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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1964
Page
4
Front matter shows the Middletown Journal from Ohio with address lines and publication notes. It includes a Bible verse John 3 17 and mentions News Journal Inc and 1887 founding with pricing references for urban and mail subscriptions.
On Harry S. Truman turning 80 the Senate allowed a former president to address it in formal session. The event highlighted a shift toward using former leaders as elder statesmen and counsellors, a change seen as potentially expanding the nation’s reliance on presidential experience.
A nation’s cherished wilderness in northern Minnesota and adjacent Canada faces threats from clear cutting. The piece argues for stricter curbs on lumbering to preserve lakeside scenery and maintain an undisturbed canoe route for future generations.
President Johnson signs a bill tightening pesticide controls as public awareness grows. The amended law allows the Agriculture Department to block sales until safe use limits are set, with calls for further regulation as chemical varieties rise.
A commentary discusses Republican strategy ahead of the national convention. It notes Eisenhower favors fair treatment of candidates and warns against broad coalitions that could depress turnout. It highlights Goldwater's surge, potential support shifts, and the likelihood of continued contest through multiple ballots.
The piece details Senator Smathers delaying a civil rights vote with a long floor speech and humorous desk-scratch scene. It also notes Humphrey pressing for floor yield, a brief midnight recess, and Dave Guard’s strange Down Under report about a kangaroo and a fashionably dressed photographer. Louise Gore pursues Maryland’s At Large seat with limited GOP response.
A fragmentary set of statements covers topics from the Bureau of Lighthouses to presidents, crafts, fur trade, and cosmetics. The text names John Adams, butterfly tables, New York fur production, sheep aging, cotton yields, radio signals, Paris birth rates, leprosy counts, jewel counts in watches, and Louis Pasteur, ending abruptly.
A local woman sought a navy summer pocketbook across several stores. She discovered she carried a black purse on both arms, one hers and one left on a counter in the last shop. Clerks reassured her the other bag was not hers.
Dorothy Kilgallen previews a world transforming salt water project while Beatles ticket chaos at Penn Station makes headlines. Nancy Walker exits Good Good Friends to direct Not In Her Stars with Jane Wyman possible lead amid marital woes. Broadway hoopspinners target World’s Fair crowds as devious tourists become a nuisance with fake diamonds. Ann Margret’s escort to reconciliations, Xavier Cugat's troubles, and Robert Horton’s transportation hobby add to a dizzy mix of show biz intrigues.
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