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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1962
Page
4
Middletown Journal lists subscription costs for in city and suburban carriers, trading area and outside trading area mail, and international rates. Includes old motto and biblical quote.
Discussion centers on Senate Joint Resolution No. 12 to replace the panel system with three two at large electors and one per congressional district. Proponents say it would align votes with state political makeup and bring the popular vote closer to selecting the president, though effects are debated.
California historian Bradford Perkins argues that the British Orders in Council were withdrawn due to Britain's economic downturn, not American trade reprisals. The piece suggests U.S. embargoes and non-intercourse laws had limited effect and that the war arose in a bad era rather than clear strategic manipulation.
The Nobel prize in literature raises public interest in authors beyond their borders. It highlights figures like Herman Hesse who died recently after leaving Germany in 1923 for pacifist reasons, and notes admired writers such as Mann Gide Eliot and Shaw. It also points to lesser known names like Quasimodo Andrie Jimenez and urges American readers to explore them.
Norman V. Peale describes rapid modernization across Lebanon Syria Jordan and Israel during his fifth visit. He notes Beirut as a hub of wealth and cultivation, new roads farms and housing expanding near Bethlehem and Boaz fields, and a religious revival in Jordan with mosques and King Hussein urging devotion. A Western friend warns of rising unbelief and secularism, while Peale reflects on faith and the Garden of Gethsemane.
Community event faced mishaps from a dancer’s stumble to a beauty contestant’s back injury and poster misspelling. Despite paint shortages and a sledge hammer fix, the Armco Girls' Jamboree proceeded with planning by many volunteers and a note of resilient faith in local groups. Ringo the collie endured a series of trips from home to farm, escape, and return, finally confined in the Murphy garage as the Ohio River nearly cut his bid for freedom.
Paul Harvey argues against government control, praising individual competence. He cites higher transit fares, wasteful military planning, social security concerns, and a vast payroll as evidence that government cannot manage affairs, urging the public to resist expanding federal power.
George Sokolsky surveys a party short on viable options in New York as Democrats scramble for a gubernatorial candidate to challenge Rockefeller and Javits. Names like Morgenthau Farley and Wagner surface amid a weak field, signaling uncertain chances for Kennedy support in the state.
The article notes Khrushchev's moves to redefine Berlin and Germany, replacing the Soviet commandant in East Berlin with an East German chief, arguing this signals a harder stance. It recalls past blockades, the 13 August wall, and warns of possible peace treaty with East Germany amidst Western refusal to recognize East German Communists.
Bank examiner appointments come from the comptroller of the Treasury. Mohair is the wool of the Angora goat from Asia Minor and South Africa. Chess is the most universal game with devotees in every civilized land.
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