Subscription rates and address details from Middletown paper
The notice lists Broad at First Ave Middletown Ohio as a Post Office entry point. It specifies subscription prices: weekday 6 cents, Sunday 15 cents, in city and nearby areas 50 cents weekly, mail within trading area 12 dollars yearly, outside trading area 20 dollars yearly, and international 35 dollars yearly. All subscriptions are prepaid. The paper cites a 1857 founding and a Bible quotation from Acts 17.
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First Ave
Postoffice
Middletown
Ohio
U.S.A
Democrats No Longer Poor Party
Official figures show Democratic fundraising heavily relies on large contributors while GOP funds come from many small donors. The report details donations to COPE and labor unions, names several lawmakers, and notes ties to Vietnam and charges of imperialism amid Cold War rhetoric.
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Washington
House
COPE
Texas
Indiana
Johnson
Ralph Yarborough
Vance Hartke
Yarborough
Tex
Hart
Mich
McCarthy
Minn
Muskie
McGee
Wyo
Moss
Utah
Williams
N.J
Rhodes
Duncan
Ore
Bolling
O'Hara
Sickles
Pepper
Fla
Bass
Congress Clashes Over Presidential Disability And Vice Presidency
Washington AP reports Congressional action on a constitutional amendment to resolve presidential disability and fill a vacancy in the vice presidency. The 1947 law currently triggers succession to the Speaker of the House, while the proposed measure faces hurdles before passage and ratification. The piece notes Johnson's health and risks for future presidents, plus the timing around Electoral College certification.
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Washington
Congress
Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
Lyndon B. Johnson
Kennedy
Johnson
House
John McCormack
Massachusetts
Senate
Revolutionary Day On Fees and Faith In Modern Churches
The Rev. Harold A. Bosley urged Christ Church Methodist in New York to align belief with behavior and to push for change beyond maintaining the status quo. He warned that the church’s impact depends on members’ generous devotion and pledged loyalty to church and Lord. He envisioned a revolutionary day if all who honor the church feel at home and dedicated.
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Harold A. Bosley
Christ Church Methodist
New York City
Bosley
Those Were The Days When Articles Led To Union
The speaker recalls the Articles of Confederation, noting every state had one vote and little power to fund or curb oversized states. Nine of thirteen votes were needed to act, risking foreign invasion. Adoption of the Constitution ended those weaknesses, though states lost sovereign power, forging the Union.
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Continental Congress
The Coming Explosion in China Nuclear Debate
The piece discusses repeated alerts that Communist China may test a nuclear device and contrasts explosion with stockpiles and delivery. It notes Secretary Rusk detailing the U S stance and weighs the difficulty of controlling nuclear weapons as more nations, especially China, acquire capability.
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China
Peking
Rusk
FBI critics clash over Reds and detentions in national debate
John Chamberlain argues the FBI wavers between harsh anti-Communist action and civil liberties concerns. He notes Warren Commission critique of the FBI’s preventive limits, cites Dallas events, and questions detaining suspected Reds or psychotics before presidential visits. He warns such moves would provoke civil libertarian backlash.
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Warren Commission
Lee Harvey Oswald
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Dallas
Oswald
Soviet Union
Fair Play For
Cuba
Jack Kennedy
Texas
United States
Warren Court
Mallory
America
Supreme Court
Nation Magazine
Fred J. Cook
This Day In History Highlights From 1964 and Earlier
On Oct 3 1964 the day recalls Lincoln's Thanksgiving proclamation in 1863 and Washington declaring Thanksgiving in 1789. It notes Johns Hopkins University opening 1876 Ethiopian invasion 1935 Siegfried Line breach 1944 and postwar talks in London Washington Eisenhower Segni 1959 1969.
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Abraham Lincoln
Franklin D. Roosevelt
George Washington
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
Ethiopia
Adolf Hitler
Russia
Aachen
London
Germany
Western
Europe
Antonio Segni
Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
New York
Italy
United States
Britain
Curious gestures and historic firsts from the past
A Hunza native salutes a guest with a respectful ear circle. Edison first heard his voice not as a mere echo. Greeks praised oysters as a perfect meal prelude. Columbus found the Virgin Islands on his second voyage.
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Hunza
Pakistan
Thomas A. Edison
The
Virgin Islands
Columbus
Middletown Chamber Yearbook Highlights WWI Efforts
The Middletown Chamber of Commerce published its first yearbook detailing WWI mobilization and home-front work. It notes 1600 local men in service, 15 campaigns raising 6.7 million, Red Cross drives totaling 243,268, and war funds plus savings stamps. Plans for postwar civic growth included a 1 million fund to expand hospital, YMCA, Girls' Club, and memorial housing.
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Middletown Chamber of Commerce
Middletown
Chamber
Minute Men
Chamber of Commerce
Red Cross War Fund
Salvation Army
Soldiers’ Library
Ymca Red Triangle War Fund
U.W.W. Fund
Council of National Defense and War Industries Board
U. S. Employment Service
Armco
Raith and Mack Shirt Company
Mid-West Castings Company
George M. Verity
American Rolling Mill
The
American Legion
Break Up the Yankees A Call for Democratic Equality
A 1964 letter argues against Yankee dominance in baseball urging breaking up the team by cutting extra pay and fostering mediocrity. The writer rails at bigness and calls for the public to oppose star players, predicting a harsher, leveling era.
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Yankees
Times
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Middletown, Ohio
AFL- Cio Committee On Political Education
U. S
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Lyndon Baines Johnson
Frank Coe
Coe
New Deal
State
Treasury Department
International Monetary Fund
Chiang Kai-shek
Sen
Karl Mundt
Chiang
Elizabeth Bentley
Mao Tse-tung
William Epton
Epton
Harlem
James Marlow
McCormack
New England
White House
John Chamberlain
Reuther Brothers
Walter
Victor
Bobby Kennedy
Department of Justice
LBJ
Associated Press
George Crout
Paul Harvey
Georgetetter
Mantle
Maris
Berra
Ford
Dennis the Menace
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