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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1963
Page
3
The Middletown Journal lists subscription pricing and delivery areas with per week carrier rates in city and suburban zones and a yearly rate for outside trading areas. The note includes a biblical quotation from Romans 8 3 at the end.
The article highlights William Pitt the elder and William Pitt the younger as key wartime leaders alongside Winston Churchill. It notes Pitt the elder's decisive leadership and early victories expanding the empire and Pitt the younger's long premiership, reformist start, and role in resisting Napoleon and forming coalitions that aided Britain. Churchill is acknowledged as the latest of the trio.
The National Gallery of Art in Washington buys Nicolas Poussin's Assumption of the Virgin for 201000 dollars, a move praised in the United States and opposed by Britain which urged the export license be refused. The British government denied the request, allowing the painting to join Washington's art treasury.
A batch of 50 United Nations postage stamps bought for two dollars sold to a wholesaler for over 10,000 dollars. The absence of the housing and community facilities inscription and shading on buildings sharply raises collectors’ interest, with dealers hoping to resell at about 390 dollars each. The piece notes the irony and jokes about misprints in newspapers.
Norman V. Peale recalls childhood trips from Ohio to Chicago and Wilmington as he reflects on America’s strength through urban finance and agricultural abundance. He contrasts bank temples with farm life, noting the grain trade and democracy shaping the country.
A fragment from The Journal reflects on TV appearances by Ann Landers and Al Capp discussing sex with teens. It shifts to a Cincinnati shopping excursion, a tavern raid, and a farm-table prayer scene. The column ends by recalling the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and the newsroom's anguish.
John Chamberlain argues Congress is not a do nothing body as it follows a coherent logic. The Senate accepted the nuclear test ban and trimmed foreign aid while delaying tax bill actions, aiming to reflect grass roots wishes and avoid a rush to deficit spending. He notes political realities and historic Madisonian balance.
Paul Harvey reflects on railroad Brotherhood leaders and firemen resisting changes, arguing the workers face retirement or retraining as time advances. He recalls loyalty to country and God, notes past strength from resistance to change, and stresses he cannot accept a national calamity.
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