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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1961
Page
6
Subscription rates listed for Middletown Journal including per copy costs 6c for weekdays 15c for Sundays 50c weekly carrier 10 year mail within trading area 20 year outside trading area 35 outside USA All subscriptions payable in advance Published daily by News Journal Inc Founded 1857 entry ends with a biblical quote from Corinthians 12 27
The piece notes supermarkets expanding into selling textbooks, Bibles, and encyclopedias, with convenient weekly installments. It argues this broadens culture beyond traditional books yet doubts supermarkets will replace bookstores. It ends by warning electronic devices may reveal tax return discrepancies.
A nostalgic column laments summer fashion trends exposing midriff as California designers showcase capri pants with skimpy sweaters. It hints that only flat-stomached women will dare such attire and needles concern over public display. A sports note adds women now hunt deer, a perilous shift from male-dominated sport.
A decade of oil industry optimism gave way to declining profits and a market glut as demand lagged behind production. Russia’s low prices threaten U S markets while calls for higher import duties challenge free trade. Industry urges competitive action and product development in petrochemicals to revitalize the sector.
Fidel Castro drafted his Cuba credo in the Sierra Maestra and handed it to American writer Andrew St. George, who urged publication. The result was Castro's only magazine article, now reprinted in a book titled Fabulous Yesterday.
Public figure explains aim to end Batista dictatorship in Cuba by forming a provisional government chosen by civic delegates. Proposes elections within a year, outlines program: prisoner freedom, free press, constitutional rights, anti corruption, literacy drive, selective land reform with just compensation, rapid industrialization, unemployment relief, and non expropriation of foreign investments.
David Lawrence argues that the Kennedy administration’s personnel changes in foreign policy circles undermine continuity and risk political faction clashes. He cites Bowles and Rusk power dynamics, urges a system where the elected legislature ensures stable leadership across departments.
An exultant narrator recalls becoming an imperialist agent after revolution success and notes foreign journalists lionizing anti imperialist struggle. He compares Castro’s Havana entry to a red menace claim, cites an auxiliary bishop’s remark denying communism and questions the Cuban public’s tolerance.
The piece argues the White House is infiltrating the State Department as Joseph McCarthy predicted, naming Chester Bowles as under secretary and speculating on reshuffles. It likens moves to musical chairs with Bowles possibly becoming roving ambassador and George Ball poised as head of Economic Affairs, while Dean Rusk remains nominal secretary.
Dave Regan recalls a safe holiday shopping spree as stores closed for Christmas. He details window displays, gadgets, and luxe home goods, noting a couple of thousand dollars spent yet nothing bought for themselves. He anticipates finishing shopping last minute and finding the money.
Dorothy Kilgallen surveys charity balls and show business chatter noting ticket practices, star sightings, and industry gossip. Mentions Keely Smith, Edith Piaf, Rosalind Russell, Joe DiMaggio, Barbra Streisand, Alicia Purdom Clark, Alfred Corning Clark, Marlene Dietrich, Joan Sutherland, Liz Taylor, Lester Lanin, Elvis Presley, and songwriters.
The prototype F-86 Sabrejet flew for the first time on October 1 1947. The first white observer of the Great Lakes was Franciscan friar James le Caron who sighted Lake Huron in 1615.
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