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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1964
Page
4
The Middletown Journal lists subscription prices for Middletown Ohio readers, with daily, Sunday, and week rates. It notes delivery options in and outside suburban areas, plus annual mail rates for international subscribers and a note on prepaid payments.
The piece argues that focusing on human error ignores how safer vehicle design could reduce crashes. It notes the Public Health Service study funded mostly away from design research and highlights Congress urging stricter government vehicle safety standards. Safer design could save lives and curb injuries.
The Society for the Abolition of Inflicting Baby Talk on Children calls for plain English with toddlers. London teacher Barbara Hicks argues baby talk adds language confusion and harms vocabulary growth, urging parents to speak normally to foster understanding.
A newspaper column teases steamship ads promising 1 001 things to do aboard. It jokes that travelers could simply sit and stare at the sea, while others may chase sauna, clay shooting, dances, art tours, horse rides, or early morning walks before dinner.
Fulton Lewis Jr reports from Washington on Harrington Wood leading GOP ballot security with a 50-state network. The plan targets ghost voters, uses mail to purge registrations, and deploys poll watchers and investigators with evidence gathering through photos and tape recordings.
Fact notes Joseph Cannon of Illinois known as Angele Joe served in the House 46th Congress from 1873 to 1923. Other items cover private forest land ownership at about 74 percent, sea breakwater destruction by massive force, Andrew Johnson’s party history, a high absorption recoil pad, and a compact nuclear generator for lighthouse power.
The FBI report on nine city riots concludes no single organized pattern but notes mob energy, attacks on authorities, and racial tensions. It cites two alleged Communist affiliates as instigators, urges caution on civilian review boards, and warns political context affected reception.
Dorothy Kilgallen notes that headline divorces in Hollywood often spur offers from Australia and New York promoters as ex spouses like Ethel Merman and June Allyson reclaim fame. Kilgallen recalls Lana Turner and Bob Evans discoveries, and recounts her own surprised entry into a film role riding a motorcycle at Columbia ranch with James Nicholson and Elsa Lanchester nearby.
A United Nations study places Shanghai as the world’s third largest city with about 6.9 million people. The piece notes overall urban growth and contrasts living costs with the city’s laundry market as a quip.
A columnist notes rising wrong numbers as homes adopt seven digit dialing. The piece urges careful dialing, suggests looking up numbers or writing them down, and warns that next person may be the one to receive a wrong call. It laments late night disruptions and praises courtesy in avoiding mistaken calls.
AP notes the Warren Commission could not determine Lee Harvey Oswald's motive for assassinating President Kennedy. The seven member panel led by Chief Justice Warren found no confirmed insanity and cited Oswald's troubled youth with early violence, fantasies of power, and fascination with killing.
The commission portrays Lee Harvey Oswald as a liar pretentious and conceited man driven by a craving for historical significance. It notes his failed plots his court martial his stab at the Soviet Union and repeated job failures as context for the Kennedy assassination.
The subject is described as boastful yet deceitful about two major killings, Kennedy and Officer J D Tippit, with a pattern of seeking charity while resenting it. He vacillated between desertion to the Soviet Union and return to the United States, posing as anti Castro while four days later distributing pro Castro leaflets.
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