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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1964
Page
4
The Middletown Journal lists subscription prices and mailing details for its readers. Includes per-copy costs, weekly carrier rates, in-area and mail rates, and international pricing. Also notes publication by News-Journal Inc since 1857 and a Bible verse.
A Midwestern mother challenged evolution in a public school using a Bible Genesis claim, drawing amusement more than anger. The piece argues that expanding knowledge of the universe does not diminish God but expands the concept of deity, urging that God, if He exists, is revealed by truth and science aims to uncover that truth.
The public clamor to shorten presidential campaigns grows as costs rise and voter attention wanes. Observers note faster media, travel, and communications erode the need for long conventions and extended campaigns. Most voters seem to have formed opinions earlier, urging parties to adopt reforms before the next election.
Washington radio attacks Congress know-nothings opposing stepped up East West trade with the Soviet bloc. Rep Glennard Lipscomb and Sen Thomas Dodd vow to keep opposing, despite Commerce Department approvals for Soviet export of jet planes and factory equipment.
The dispute between Harry S. Truman and Douglas MacArthur over the Wake Island exchange in 1950 flares again after a taped Truman interview. Willoughby’s notes, published years earlier, challenge Truman’s memory, stating MacArthur warned only of speculative chances of Red China intervention and questioning the bombing order on Yalu bridges.
Dorothy Kilgallen sketches Broadway gossip from Elizabeth Ashley, George Peppard, and Liz Taylor talks. She mentions Sammy Davis Jr. Friars Testimonial antics, Ray Stark’s Owl and the Pussycat talks, and Allyson Ames dating Stanley Rambough Jr. plus Bob Hope World’s Fair rumors.
No clear news item readable. The excerpt mixes trivia and humorous anecdotes without a cohesive event, making a concise card impossible.
The column notes a dispute between Harry Truman and General Douglas MacArthur over Reminiscences and Wake Island remarks. It cites MacArthur’s paraphrase of Willoughby’s staff notes and accuses prevarication about Chinese intervention and Korean War expectations. The piece questions giving air time to a deceased figure.
Middletown diary describes Mayor Lorenzo Dow Doty and the village council. It details salaries for the mayor, recorder, trustees, treasurer, marshal, and supervisor, plus annual budgets of about 350 dollars for general costs and 275 dollars for streets.
Paul Harvey argues Republicans are poor lovers amid intra party feuding after a recent election. He urges conservatives to seek influence, join advisory bodies, and avoid repeating liberal weaknesses. He laments peevish behavior from GOP factions and calls for renewed batt ing practice at all levels.
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