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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1962
Page
4
The Middletown Journal provides subscription prices and mailing details. Rates include 6 cents daily, 15 cents Sunday, 50 cents weekly by carrier in city, 10 dollars yearly in trading area, 20 dollars outside trading area, 35 dollars outside U S per year. Published daily by News Journal Inc founded in 1857.
Radioactive hazard prompts Minnesota to ask farmers to move milk cows from pastures and feed aged rations to reduce iodine-131 in milk. Experts warn of thyroid cancer risk in children and call for prompt protective measures as iodine-131 decays with an eight day half life.
Congressman Wright Patman of Texas leads a House Small Business Committee interim report criticizing some tax exempt foundations for alleged overreach and abuse. He urges scrutiny and potential corrective legislation while noting many foundations do good work. Refugees from Tristan da Cunha island return after volcanic eruption, a fragile recovery continues.
Jim Bishop reflects on travel to Madrid and Spain savoring the culture and contrasts with America. He notes Ava Gardner and Sam Bronston in Spain, visits to Santa Cruz de Valle de los Caidos, Botin’s, and village inns, cheap prices, quiet Sundays, and a desire to think like a Spaniard to find beauty in the country.
David Dubinsky, head of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union, argued before a House subcommittee that leadership should be chosen on merit not race color or creed. He defended his union against charges of discrimination and urged political leaders to separate religion and racial considerations from official appointments.
Maryland hunt club social pages spark a running gag as a governess borrows a cap at the Stone Ridge Pony and Horse Show. The Kennedy household calfles the joke while readers chase the tale of Gerrin Gosnell and the $15.95 hat. Elsewhere Washington VIPs witness a Savannah test voyage where a pool aboard the atomic ship flips, tossing dignitaries onto the deck.
The piece notes Nature invented the bathysphere, describes the water spider filling a sac with air to live underwater, and mentions the United States representation in over 60 international organizations along with Congress making The Star Spangled Banner the national anthem in 1931.
A reader recounts a son who, after high school, asks for broader freedom while his parents set limits. He gains car access and dating freedom but learns adults must still meet expectations, such as on time meals and laundry, revealing that freedom comes with new responsibilities.
Dorothy Kilgallen reports Della Reese walks out on Bobby Darin during a Flamingo closing night altercation while crowds demand Della. Inside showbiz notes Morton DaCosta may direct The Pleasure Seekers, Sue Lyon heads to Venice for Lolita, and Martin Monroe death secrecy looms as The Chapman Report draws satirical reaction.
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