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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1962
Page
6
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Japan grapples with a funds shortage to expand industry as growth runs near 10 percent annually while domestic savings are limited. The article notes overseas capital, especially from America, could fuel expansion, but warns against inflating risk and stresses Japan as a regional partner and buffer. Also mentions Danny Kaye in a separate line about a documentary film, noting his speed of travel.
The 30 year old bay gelding Chief is the final U S Cavalry horse in the nation. Though aging he stays active in the Fort Riley corral and his life evokes the old cavalry spirit and its days of mounted power and glamor. A salute to Chief and the force that once thundered with gleaming sabres across many fields of combat.
The piece argues rising wages fuel automation and unemployment, creating a mixed blessing. It notes four million unemployed and rising pay scales push jobs out as producers demand higher wages. It questions whether ongoing prosperity for some justifies distress for many others and calls for fair play in labor.
Norman V. Peale argues against discouragement using Beethoven as example. The Heiligenstadt Testament reveals how deafness nearly broke him, yet he persisted, transforming misery into genius, aided by love of beauty and people. Wonder and beauty impart courage to persevere.
The Middletown Area Chamber of Commerce reviews the Census Bureau’s Detailed Characteristics report and highlights surprising figures for Ohio and the Middletown Hamilton area. It notes 11 Ohio residents aged 14 married more than once, 16 widows and 24 divorcees aged 14, large gaps between married women and men, and a 26.3 year median age in the area. Also mentions 1,732 World War II veterans over 70 and a humorous local incident of a window egg splatter turning into a window repair tale.
Paul Harvey argues the nuclear era makes dictators personally liable for war decisions. He warns that even a justified strike risks global devastation and calls for leaders to face combat themselves rather than wage brush-fire wars from afar. The piece frames a moral lesson that the aggressor bears the blood price and crises rise from unchecked power.
Reporter Ted Pollard sought Crum family details from Mrs. Noy Crum sparking a lighthearted Crum punchline. Jim Waxweiler complains nine coats failed to fully cover kids wall markings with Christy is a fink still visible in spots. Postmaster Mort Taylor plans a new post office and asks Uncle for funding to repaint red white and blue mailboxes.
George Sokolsky argues that no censorship system is truly limited and that government managed news amounts to propaganda. He cites the Bolsheviks, Castro, and American officials like Arthur Sylvester, warning that free press must resist state reporting controls and noting how enemies use media as a weapon.
Dorothy Kilgallen among the famous women struggles to convince friends and husband her interest in a baseball star is professional. Roy Campanella faces divorce as celebrities discuss marriages Betty Grable eyes an autobiography. Bruce Lindsay and Russell Crouse are ailing after hard work on Mr President. Vivian Leigh musical To varich budgeted at 450000. Terry Gibbs resumes touring to pay alimony. Miami Beach clubs face raids over new laws. Two Russian submarines reportedly patrolling Cuban waters. Connie Francis writes a ballad Caroline. Bing Crosby family news stirs talk. Judy Garland’s daughter Lisa Minnelli ill in London, Ahmad Jamal at Embers with new trio. Celebrities tease future projects and marriages as gossip swirls.
Factographs notes that Tailor and Cutter Magazine says well dressed men wear pajamas when receiving friends at home and may shoo guests away early. Mars spacecraft Mars I to reach in seven or eight months with photo gear to look for life signs. Moon recedes about five feet per century, limiting future reach.
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