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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1964
Page
4
The Middletown Journal announces subscription details for city and suburban delivery with per copy and mail options. Rates include daily and Sunday editions, with 12 month and 7 day arrangements for local and trading areas and international pricing.
The piece argues land values are rising not from pent up demand but from scarce usable land. It cites a Wall Street Journal poll showing raw land prices doubling or tripling in four years and warns that inflation could curb single family homes and push builders toward multi family units and high rise apartments.
The United States embassy in Moscow was found to be wired with listening devices embedded in its walls. Since 1952 renovations, such devices have remained undetected for years. State Department notes 130 devices found and removed over 15 years. A protest was issued and a review is underway to assess potential information compromise.
Attorney General Kennedy may pursue the New York Senate seat but the decision hinges on the Democratic national convention and vice presidential picks. Stevenson Wagner and Kennedy differ on residency with Kennedy not a New York resident while Wagner has deep New York ties. The parallel question arises why he would seek New York rather than Massachusetts where his brother Edward Kennedy serves as senator.
A retrospective on John F Kennedy's legacy and the effort to create the JFK Library in Cambridge. The piece notes public funding hopes, donor details, and family involvement, with remarks from Stephen Smith about contributions and display of supporters’ names.
The piece argues that a 5 percent defection in voting could shift control of the House, with both parties facing losses over civil rights. It notes potential primary and general election challenges to incumbents who voted for the civil rights bill, especially in white-majority northern and western districts, amid fears of employment discrimination and enforcement costs.
Washington notes levity aimed at Transkei chief Kaiser Matanzima for appointing an official praiser. The piece compares Western leaders' praise aides, from FDR to Kennedy, highlighting public flattery as a political device and joking that Transkei could rival the White House with a Breakfast secretary.
A Ghazibad judge fines a donkey $1.05 after wandering into a railway station triggering a minor legal action. The incident is noted alongside quirky political and domestic musings about Lodge in Viet Nam and family library advice from Grandpappy Jenkins.
Dave Regan narrates a rough weekend of gardening with back pain and aching arms. Despite a failed start and soggy conditions, weekend rain softened the soil and the plants revived. A hopeful look toward a flower garden emerges amid worries about future dry spells and garden pests.
Dorothy Kilgallen previews a lush fall season with over 15 Broadway openings. Arthur Godfrey plans a TV based Our Town project. Sammy Davis Jr joins a new B'nai B'rith arts chapter in New York. Gower Champion to direct World War 2. Jason Robards Jr eyed for On a Clear Day You Can See Forever. Mandy Rice-Davies wins praise for Introducing Mandy. Tony Bennett cover art by Bob Peak. Emmy Awards talk at NBC with That Was The Week That Was cast. Carroll Baker to tour The Carpetbaggers. Barefoot in the Park still selling strongly at the Biltmore. Rocky Graziano to record an album with eight girl singers.
Even from their lofty vantage point the strikers apparently continued to hold the same view of the situation.
A restaurant chef says he is fed up with his work and fears losing his grip as burnout grows. He confides to F.E.F. that the stress and long hours are driving him toward a breakdown.
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