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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1964
Page
4
Middletown Journal announces subscription prices and delivery options for daily and Sunday editions. Rates include in city 50 cents weekly, seven day mail $12 yearly within trading area, $20 outside, and $35 outside U S A. Published daily by News Journal Inc. Founded 1857. Bible verse included.
The era of high energy economy and strong demand risks inflation as industry nears capacity. U S Steel revives 1917 equipment to meet orders while freight car makers stretch to the limit. Rising employment accompanies tighter supply, underscoring the need for industrial over capacity to offset tax-cut stimulus. Henry Hudson and Robert Kennedy are noted.
Joseph Wilkos, a Chicago restaurant owner who testified before a Senate rackets committee, saw his business bombed for resisting hoodlums. He called for an FBI probe, exemplifying rare courage amid mob influence in the city.
A Vermont cen tennial recalls the October 1864 raid of St Albans by 21 Confederate men led by Bennett H Young. They robbed three banks during a nine day stay, netting $206000. Canadian courts discharged the raiders after ruling no jurisdiction and later extradition failed. Young said the money was turned over to Richmond. The episode aimed to divert Union troops, though the plan failed.
Tel Aviv reports the Egypt leader Abdel Gamel Nasser faces a pivotal choice between war or peace. Shimon Peres warns of a plan to exterminate Jews, while Arab and Israeli forces posture across Sinai and Yemen. Israel cites NATO and US support as key to deterring aggression.
The 1964 GOP plan creates a seven member task force led by former Vice President Richard Nixon to discuss advancing freedom and peace with world leaders. The roster includes Sen. Rourke B. Hickenlooper and Adolph W. Schmidt, while the group’s exact activities remain unspecified and plans for foreign travel are uncertain.
A wave of prominent businessmen shows willingness to back President Johnson in November citing benefits of federal influence on labor policy and contracts. Analysts note antitrust actions and regulatory powers shape corporate risk, yet business conditions remain strong for now.
Factographs note the honeybee beating its wings over 400 times per second and that Hialeah Park in Florida is the sole U.S. location where flamingos breed.
A civic committee promotes the November school bond with a speakers bureau and invites groups to schedule talks. Also announces American Field Service fundraiser dinner September 24 at Middletown High School and notes extended registration hours through September 23 for the November 3 election.
Dorothy Kilgallen’s guest Charlton Heston discusses actor responsibilities and the craft of biographical portrayal. He compares film writing to a shared effort, notes modern cinema’s rise, and explains how he approaches playing Michelangelo in The Agony and the Ecstasy.
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