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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1965
Page
4
The Middletown Journal in Middletown Ohio lists address at S Broad St and First, notes second class mail, and provides subscription rates: weekly 1 cent per copy, Sunday 1 cent, carrier 9 per week, mail local 12 dollars yearly, mail outside area 20 dollars, and outside USA 35 dollars. Published daily by News-Journal Inc founded 1857. Includes Isaiah verse quote about justice and bloodshed.
An article warns state legislatures pushing for a constitutional convention could unleash unlimited amendments and threaten basic rights. It argues only the standard ratification path remains controlled and cautions that a convention, once called, cannot be limited. The piece links this risk to apportionment debates and notes a contrasting analogy about space films testing boundaries.
The Civil War marked the first time Europe viewed the United States as a major power. Its battles dwarfed Napoleonic wars, shaping military study and highlighting leaders Grant Lee and Stonewall Jackson. Its tactics foreshadowed world wars with trench warfare and field fortifications. The centennial underscores the era as pivotal, rivaled only by the Louisiana Purchase in national development. The Houston Astrodome is noted as the first enclosed baseball park where games may be called in sunshine.
The article covers long running U S subsidies for helicopter lines in New York Chicago and Los Angeles totaling over four million dollars annually Critics led by Senator Bill Proxmire argue the program should end while supporters including Senators Monroney Javits Kennedy and others push for continued funding and expansion to Atlanta Houston and D C Proxmire notes most Americans have never flown in a helicopter and argues the aid primarily benefits the wealthy Proponents cite research value for the Air Force and defenses concerns with the subsidies and broader political debates surrounding Lattimore Needham and U S troops in Vietnam.
A string of quirky notes reports tribes abandoning bows for grenades in a civilizational digression. It mentions Hertford officials and the National Savings Department, and notes a black widow claim and ants using chemical language to signal food. A derailed miniature railroad in Dallas causes no injuries.
Opinion argues the Dominican Republic intervention shows the need to fortify the Organization of American States and a broader Monroe Doctrine framework. It urges a rapid, coordinated regional security plan, potential international trusteeships, and wider foreign aid to protect civilians and deter communism.
A column critiques U S information and defense strategy proposals aimed at shaping Moscow and Beijing s view of the Viet Nam conflict. It highlights plans for bounty style incentives to win local support, Taiwan led raids, river warfare, crop spraying, and open advocacy for Red China s intervention as a wider tactic.
A reflective piece argues that many authorities and public figures misstate facts. It recalls past doomsday claims and political predictions to urge discernment in evaluating authority and avoiding brainwashing.
Dorothy Kilgallen reports in Gotham about Elvis Presley’s long romance with Priscilla Beilieu possibly ending as she returns to Europe. Rumors swirl around Chaplin’s daughter and Omar Sharif’s interest as New York readies a narcotics crackdown. Prince Philip invites Irina Demick to a London charity premiere.
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