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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1960
Page
4
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The Presidential Commission on National Goals urges higher foreign aid and education spending, faster growth, and unemployment cuts with possible tax rises, aligning with Kennedy's new frontiers. The mixed panel weighs in despite GOP ties, while Meany calls for necessary but unpopular actions. A St Louis group buys the Kansas City Athletics for 3.5 million.
A playful comparison notes an American and a Russian 1600 miles apart in Antarctica playing a months long chess duel. The piece ends with a call for better international arrangements. A Norwegian survey finds 20 percent unaware of Khrushchev while the rest know too much about him.
Dr James T Cook who was named general practitioner of the year by the AMA voices strong objections to the federal aged care law praising public help yet opposing higher social security taxes. He notes grants can cover up to eighty percent and states may need little new money by counting existing welfare. He urges Congress to weigh arguments carefully.
Reporter Jim Bishop profiles Ted Baker founder of National Airlines. From Chicago childhood to World War I service and early flying ventures to building a multimillion dollar carrier with 47 aircraft and major routes including Miami Havana New York. Baker is blunt and tough yet protective of family.
Analysis argues the 1959 steel strike and its aftermath caused widespread unemployment and a downturn in 1961. It notes oscillating inventory, production swings, and long term contracts that reduced future steel demand, urging a government post mortem and broader private accountability.
A disinterested economist notes spurts in inventory building and delayed production linked to the steel strike of 1959 and 1960. The memo outlines how plant shutdowns and supplier delays created short term gains in stockpiling while signaling broader demand and price uncertainties for the national economy.
Dorothy Kilgallen notes Ida Puente’s wedding rumor to Johnny Nicholson and Bardot’s potential lawsuits against magazines. Yves St Laurent is ill and recovering in a clinic. Brigitte Bardot and Elizabeth Taylor headlines mix with Perry Como and Anne Bancroft TV mentions. Various others include Sandra Dee, Doris Day, and political-advertising socialites.
Malta has remained a British Crown Colony since 1814. Mexico celebrates three independence days each year on September 15 and 16 and November 20.
In Butler County many elderly residents at Hamilton's Butler County Home for the Aged face a lonely Christmas. Letters to Santa have waned this year though fewer than 90 residents remained last year. County groups and the Lubbers at 26 S Main St offer help via letter requests and donations after 4 p.m. to bring small gifts and warmth to these seniors.
A Washington observer recalls how hard news has become a joke on the Hill and in press rooms. He jokes about Salinger, Wil liams, Fulbright, Mansfield, and NATO in a pacy riff on access, interviews, and the search for real headlines.
The reading advises sidestepping quarrels and miscommunications, with better late day aspects. It urges year long planning, launching programs to boost jobs and finances, noting early March results and January boosts. December and May bring opportunities in business, romance, travel later months, and a practical child born today.
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