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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1961
Page
6
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U Thant plans to push UN actions in Congo in line with US positions despite Soviet vetoes on amendments. He aims to enforce all UN resolutions, not just the latest on Katanga, amid warnings of trouble if he oversteps directives. The risk includes challenges from Antoine Gizenga and potential uprisings against the central Congo government.
The PGA opens membership to Negroes and Orientals for the first time, co sponsored by the Georgia Alabama section. Lou Strong, president, calls the vote a realization of changing world conditions and a constructive measure aligning with U.S. government decisions.
Dwight D. Eisenhower, now an elder statesman, urges military officers to avoid pushing personal political views while bolstering troop dedication to American ideals. He warns against extremism and cautions that the U S does not need super-patriots but honest patriotism from all citizens.
A Philadelphia healing service at St Stephen's Episcopal Church helps seven year old Andrew recover strength after polio encephalitis and chicken pox enabling eye surgery to restore sight. A Midwest cathedral dean helps a woman let go of hatred, leading to improved mobility and renewed family ties as spiritual and medical healing intersect.
Middletown superintendent Cromwell and business affairs chief Wearly guessed heating and gas costs for 19 existing buildings plus two new ones, turning over Creekview early and Manchester later. They estimated 91,896.03 dollars for heating and gas January through October, actual cost 91,874.02. Electricity ran 74,323.23 dollars, with the pair slightly under the real figure.
Twenty years ago opponents filed with City Clerk Harry C. Kempf a letter demanding a referendum vote. Signed by H. O. Miller C. A. Sulfsted and Walter D. Ralston the petition validity was in Ohio Supreme Court. Martin Miller of Junior Achievement in Middletown urged new meeting places as nine active groups grow to about 100 members with adult leaders.
Postmaster General Day faces higher costs and hints at a nationwide rate increase as the Post Office runs in the red. A New Orleans check shows 300,000 Communist propaganda parcels entered the U.S. via one port in a year, paid to the origin country. The piece laments reciprocity, censorship, and the lack of exemptions for religious press from postage hikes while Communist material floods U.S. campuses.
George Sokolsky reflects on Elizabeth Gurley Flynn from her Paterson silk workers days through her rise in the Communist Party. He contrasts her past syndicalist roots with strict party obedience to Moscow, noting her role as a front for Kremlin directives and opposition to U.S. authorities.
Richard Burton plans a Rome to New York TV appearance while a spoof around Cleopatra sparks a satire of Kennedy scripts. European unity worries Russia. Khrushchev pressures Finland as NATO reassurances grow. Hollywood and social pages note divorces promotions and stage cast talk, with Bergman, Ball, and Mankiewicz among figures teased for projects.
An Austin motorist boasts of owning and driving over 400 rebuilt jalopies for fun. A columnist urges reading poetry at breakfast as a stimulant. Since 1950 more than 8,000 new food products entered the U S market per New Hampshire Extension Service.
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