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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1965
Page
4
The Middletown Journal lists daily and Sunday pricing, with in city and suburban 60c per week, mail rates 15.00 per year in trading areas, 24.00 outside trading area, and 38.00 outside US. All subscriptions are prepaid.
The article notes the presidents successful routine gall bladder removal praised by Johnson and contrasts it with the slow progress of ratifying the 25th Amendment. It explains two thirds of states must approve and suggests special sessions in 1966 may help.
The Bureau of Public Roads projects almost 90 million vehicles on U.S. roads by year end, including 75 million cars and 15 million trucks. Traffic will rise further toward 116 million by 1975, prompting calls for better driver training auto safety and stricter enforcement.
M Scott Carpenter, astronaut and aquanaut, concludes a 29 day Sealab 2 stay proves sea is more hostile to humans than space yet shows man can adapt to underwater life. He argues long term ocean work demands survival in environments outside natural human fit.
In Colum bus New Mexico a bleak night unfolds as Pancho Villa and 600 Mexican irregulars surge into town from an arroyo. The 13th Cavalry tents guard the outskirts while Col Slocum leaves town and weapons are secured. A creak at 4 20 am signals the moment Villa attacks.
Mexican forces led by Villa assaulted Columbus New Mexico on March 9 1916 slaying civilians and burning property. Sentries died and residents fled while Lt Castleman and Major Tompkins led feeble resistance. Wilson recognized Carranza and embargoed arms to Mexico amid chaos and fear.
Doroteo Arango known as Pancho Villa was born June 5, 1878 in Durango to un married parents. The article portrays his brutal rise across northern Mexico, his fear of storms and death, and his ruthless methods including executions and affairs, noting he was 37 in 1916 with the visage of a man much older.
In Columbus a 1916 raid began with a 4 20 a. m. shot and ended at 6 20 a. m. with casualties including Seventeen Americans. Villa’s forces and a rear guard clash followed as Major Tompkins led troops. Victims were burned in a gasoline pit, and the town later memorialized Villa with a park and a museum. Fifty years on, the event remains a rare US city war episode.
John Chamberlain warns of a continent wide anti-Vietnam War mobilization by the New Left this weekend with demonstrations in Madison Berkeley New York and Mexico City The Oakland Military Terminal march could block troop dispatches provoking arrests and a police state scare while the Viet Nam Day Committee coordinates a global protest push and college officials face pressure to stop disruption.
Dorothy Kilgallen covers a star studded gathering hosted by Joseph E Levine at the Riviera Las Vegas for the film The Oscar. Tony Bennett performs with Jill St John Milton Berle Jane Darwell Ethel Merman and Roman Polanski among others attend as Levine hypes the Oscar opening party.
The article notes Joe Levine plans a lavish premiere at the Santa Monica Auditorium, site of Oscar ceremonies, contingent on Academy Committee approval. It praises his constant flow of ideas and suggests the event would be a major, ambitious showcase.
The article recounts Everett Dirksen’s aborted plan to dump sacks of union mail in the Senate chamber over Section 14(b) repeal, the risks noted by Senator Bass, and the lack of a prohibiting rule. It contrasts with Ayres’s gaffeful farewell party for James Roosevelt and a quip from Dean Rusk about photographers and handshakes.
A Russian scientist theorizes the Moon’s interior is tens of times hotter than Earth, suggesting a molten radioactive core. The remark imagines the Moon as a fiery ball beneath its cold exterior, a provocative twist on lunar science.
Washington notes that with a new airlift sealift fleet by the early 1970s the United States could reduce 250000 troops in Europe while maintaining NATO defense. Officials argue a withdrawal would cut costs and free U.S. reserves without abandoning allies. Security hinges on C5A transport plans signaling future shifts.
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