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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1963
Page
4
Middletown Ohio public notice lists subscription prices for weekday and Sunday editions. Rates include 6 cent per weekday copy, 15 cent Sunday, 50 cent weekly carrier, 12 dollar yearly in trading area, 20 dollar outside trading area, and 35 dollar outside U S A. All subscriptions due in advance. Published daily by News Journal Inc founded 1857. Includes biblical quote from Acts 4:12.
The piece argues against U S military involvement to aid Cuban exile raids. It warns intervention would trigger international repercussions, urging patience and nonmilitary support for Cuban freedom while avoiding entanglement with hotheaded exile actions.
Universal Studios Hollywood announces an upcoming push into art films challenging the notion that such work belongs only to smaller foreign studios. Joseph L. Mankiewicz foresees TV shaping Hollywood by requiring thoughtful, artful cinema, potentially freeing filmmakers from the endless product cycle and inviting artistic experimentation.
At the American Cancer Society seminar for science writers Dr. Oscar Auerbach and team reported a rise in emphysema among smokers. Examining 1500 autopsied lungs from East Orange VA hospital cases between 1955 and 1960 they noted widespread rupture of air sacs in smokers versus few in non-smokers. Auerbach warned we are becoming a nation of lung cripples and urged quitting.
The piece argues health is more than a bodily state, encompassing mind and soul. It uses dictionary definitions and a reader letter to illustrate how negative thoughts hurt body and spirit, urging periodic mental and spiritual cleansing for better health.
Factographs Paris notes the Grand Guignol, a 60 year old Montmartre horror theater, converts to an avant garde venue. It once featured blood and gore in its shows with sensational audience reactions. The piece also recalls earth’s crust composition of oxygen hydrogen silicon and aluminum.
An Easter egg hunt prank backfired when Chamber of Commerce staffers hid a Bad News Mills egg. Mills paid 50 cents to the finder after being prompted to reveal prize names. A separate incident recalls Irene Lewis’s startled reaction to a sonic boom during a Firemen’s Club talk.
A large billboard is described as a huge rectangular sign displaying an ad with a motorcycle cop positioned behind it. Zadok Dumkoff comments on ice hockey having two seasons of equal length the regular season and the playoffs.
President Kennedy is pressed to act in Mississippi to protect Negro civil rights and in Cuba to curb Soviet influence. A Civil Rights Commission report urges withholding federal funds from Mississippi, arguing an constitutional obligation to aid all citizens. Kennedy weighs political costs in the South and among Democrats as refugee tensions with Cuba rise.
A round of social notes spans royal snubs at Princess Alexandra’s wedding, Ingo Johansson’s tax exemption loss over Sweden’s baby bounty, and restaurateur Jilly’s rift with Sinatra. Sophie Tucker charms the overflow crowd while Carol Channing impresses at the Empire Room. Alexander Kerensky’s US exile in Palo Alto draws curious attention amid theatre and political chatter.
The late William Gaxton left his friends pieces of personal jewelry in his will. A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum nets over 15,000 dollars weekly and marks its first anniversary on May 8. George Abbott will stage the Lyndon production abroad, a milestone in his 50 year career.
Paul Harvey reports the King of Morocco visited New York and Dubai style spending, using money he billing to Anna the cleaner through what he calls foreign office funds. The piece attacks the US foreign aid total and urges readers to contact their congressman.
Events noted include 1861 Danish fleet destruction at Copenhagen by Lord Horatio Nelson, 1649 Maryland General Assembly’s freedom of worship law, 1832 Black Hawk war start, 1941 British battleships bombarding Tripoli, 1946 jet NY to DC in 29:15, and a 1963 Seattle Century 21 opening by Kennedy. Queen Elizabeth II birthday listed.
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