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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1962
Page
4
The Middletown Journal lists pricing for subscriptions and delivery options in the city and surrounding areas, including annual mail rates for trading and non trading areas, and a religious motto from Matthew 28.6. The notice also identifies the publication as a daily paper founded in 1857 with a standard press masthead.
An EEC official admits cereal needs and import guarantees shape talks, hinting Britain may join the Common Market without breaking Commonwealth commitments. The six nations require 60 percent of world grain supplies and will secure importer guarantees, a leverage point for Britain in negotiations.
A Senate subcommittee investigation into missile contractor profits suggests practices needing scrutiny. Tentative evidence of profit pyramiding could push Congress to act to reform defense contract awarding. Dramatic gaps, such as a 34 million dollar profit discrepancy on a major project, prompt calls for new laws to curb excessive profits while ethics are reviewed.
The report notes John Glenn’s orbital flight at 17 000 miles per hour, seen at home on television. It likens the experience to watching a motion picture about exploration and cautions that public risk accompanies triumph in space.
Jim Bishop profiles David Brown a rookie Hollywood producer with 19 years in the business. The piece covers Brown's rise from Zanuck assistant to producer, his four historical story ideas, high salary, and battlefield with ulcers, plus reflections on Liberty magazine and his wife Helen Gurley Brown.
The piece argues Congress must investigate the U S Steel price increase and calls out perceived executive overreach. It cites Wall Street Journal and Evening Star editorials, notes government raids and subpoenas, and urges conservatives from both parties to defend constitutional limits and lawmaking by Congress.
George Dixon Abuse With English Accent profiles Max Freedman of Manchester Guardian as a sharp witted baseball observer. The piece recalls Freedman’s mild yet biting verbal jabs at players like Kaline and Cottier, the Kennedy briefing, and a rain delay that barely dampens his 20th century taunts as fans and officials watch a Senators opener.
Des Moines Iowa youngsters arrive at school in costume as cowboys policemen firemen baseball players doctors and nurses for a pretend grown up day. A classmate questions a prediction of paralysis asking who would push wheelchairs if it came true.
Dennis O Connor a sophomore at Seven Mile High School living near Jacksonburg chose to not skip school. He cranked his dad s tractor and drove five miles to school arriving on time despite missing the bus. The note also discusses traffic policy questions and new guidance on lane use for passing and slower traffic.
Intimate notes reveal Basie eyeing a controlling stake to rename a Broadway club Basie's Basement while chorus girls seek other jobs in All American and a flurry of Broadway connections emerge from Hollywood circles with Burton Taylor and Robbins among others as the nightlife week unfolds with party rumors and casting chatter.
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