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Newspaper

Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Apr 08, 1962

Page

4

Middletown Journal Subscription Rates and Details

Subscription rates for The Middletown Journal include per copy six cents on weekdays and fifteen cents on Sundays. City and suburban carrier delivery costs five cents weekly. six day mail in trading area ten dollars yearly. seven day mail outside trading area two thousand dollars yearly. outside USA thirty five dollars yearly. All mail subscriptions payable in advance. Journal published daily by News Journal Inc.

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Background of U S Senators and House Members

Article notes most senators grew up in small towns or rural areas and attended nearby colleges or state universities. It argues gerrymandering and districting favor rural areas, narrowing House perspective, while the Senate reflects limited contact with life outside home towns. It also mentions Russia developing a world communications system via satellites leveraging Kremlin experience.

Andrew Hacker Cornell House of Representatives House Senate Houses Congress

The Fading Batter and the Rise of Home Runs

The piece analyzes the shift from .300 batting as the test of success to the era of power hitting led by Roger Maris. It notes Maris's 61 homers eclipsing Ruth's mark despite a .269 average, cites declines in average hitters, and attributes changes to night baseball, platooning, and the lure of home runs with players preferring power over safe singles.

Roger Maris Babe Ruth Rogers Hornsby

Tories in Revolutionary Era Split Families and Fled to Canada

Wallace Brown cites John Adams noting about one third supported England in 1776 era. Many English sympathizers held crown or business ties. Frontier farmers and New York landowners sheltered Tories. Scots Irish in the Carolinas and Georgia were mainly Tory. Some 40,000 to 50,000 fled to Canada, making it a consolation for Britain after losing the 13 colonies.

Wallace Brown History Today John Adams England New York New Jersey Carolines Georgia Benjamin Franklin William Canada

The Iron Skillet and a Spiritual Turnaround

A worn iron skillet becomes a parable for personal renewal as a grizzled outdoorsman teaches cleansing through heat. A hard-drinking, talented man admits powerlessness, seeks divine help, attends church, and a year later reports lasting sobriety and professional rise after a life-changing embrace of faith.

Mystery Doorbell In Monroe Ends With Shorted Wiring

In a remote near Monroe home Mr and Mrs Gene Switzer faced multiple doorbell incidents during a wedding anniversary night. A police patrol was advised due to nearby convicts, but the culprit proved to be a short in the wiring. The sleepless night continued with more rings as the couple guarded their family, while a late call to a babysitter’s father sparked concern and rural mystery.

Gene Switzer Monroe Switzers Gene Donna Switzer Switver Lebanon Reformatory

Carrot and Whip as Fear Tools in Totalitarian Rule

Paul Harvey argues fear sustains dictatorships, using fear of enemies and nuclear threats as propaganda. He likens totalitarian regimes to employing fear as a whip and a carrot of promised prosperity, urging Americans to resist similar manipulation at home.

Khrushchev Paradise Sians Red China

Hunt for Formosa gold stash ends after search

Officials call off the hunt for the rumored $370 million in gold believed hidden on Mt Cuckoo in Formosa. The mountain name is incidental to the move and no treasure was found or confirmed.

Formosa Mt. Cuckoo

The Taylor Burton Story and Hollywood Moralists

George Sokolsky rails against Liz Taylor Eddie Fisher and Burton in a critique of Hollywood publicity. He discusses Cleopatra costs critics, the eight or nine children involved, and the long lived public fascination with star marriages and the parents who profit from scandal.

Liz Taylor Eddie Fisher Burton Liz Eddie Park Avenue the Waldorf Mike Todd Stork Club Debbie Reynolds Fisher Elizabeth Taylor Taylor Wilding Nicky Hilton Hollywood Walter Wanger Wanger Dow Cleopatra New York Las Vegas Joe Mankiewicz Rome U. S Joe Mankiewicz London Sybil Burton

Elizabeth Taylor Richard Burton romance stirs Rome gossip

Bricktop hosts and guards Liz and Dickie as their Rome romance headlines tabloids. The Wales actor Sybil Burton and Sybil’s publicist weigh publicity vs privacy amid Cleopatra filming and Skouras efforts to shield the couple. Liz’s appeal, Burton’s pull, and studio pressure drive sensational coverage.

Bricktop Via Veneto Rome Duke of Windsor Prince of Wales Brick Italy Liz Dickie Brick Top Eddie Burton

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