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The Middletown Journal announces subscription rates for the Middletown area. Per copy rates are six cents on weekdays and fifteen cents on Sundays. Carrier delivery is fifty cents weekly. mail rates are ten dollars per year (six days) within trading area and twenty dollars per year (seven days) outside trading area. outside U S A thirty five dollars per year.
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Kennedy picks strong governors for early cabinet posts
The president elect begins shaping the new administration with Gov. Abraham Ribicoff named secretary of health education and welfare and Gov. Luther Hodges chosen as commerce secretary. G. Mennen Williams will be assistant secretary of state for African affairs, signaling a focus on the region. David E. Bell is named director of the budget.
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Abraham Ribicoff
Connecticut
Health, Education and Welfare
Luther Hodges
North Carolina
Commerce
G. Mennen Williams
Michigan
David E. Bell
Glenn Ford
Ali Khan
Hialean
Ford
Glenn
Cary Grant
Hollywood
Richard Widmark
Ina Balin
Liberals See Potential Comeback in Britain
The Liberal party once dominant faces a grim electoral history but shows revived energy. With Labor split and Conservative losses, Liberals gain ground in by elections, improving from 1959 and challenging the two major parties as the political pendulum may swing back.
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Stengel’s Shifts Legacy Shapes Houk Era Expectations
The piece weighs whether Ralph Houk can match Casey Stengel’s pennant record with frequent lineup shifts. It notes Stengel changed batting orders almost daily, unlike conservative managers, and asks if Houk will maintain that aggressive policy or revert to tradition.
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Illinois Voting Fraud Allegations Across Chicago Essays
Fulton Lewis Jr reports federal state and county investigations into charges that Illinois 27 electoral votes were stolen from Nixon by Kennedy backers. District Attorney FBI and state authorities uncover precincts with more votes than registrants and broken ballot boxes, with ghost voters and late ballots in Chicago's south side.
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John Kennedy
Fulton Lewis Jr
William Schulz
Cook County
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William Stratton
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Kennedy
House of Representatives
Robert Tieken
Chicago
William Dawson
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Fifth Ward
Costs of building stores and UN costs per American
The text notes average supermarket construction costs exceeding 350 thousand dollars and in some areas up to one million. It states the United Nations and its programs cost the United States about 55 cents per American per year. It adds that beer and ale are among the oldest agricultural products, tied to early civilization and farming.
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Dinah Washington
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Before Kennedy Presidency Ike-Eisenhower Informal Transition Talks
The piece argues for thorough transition briefings between President Eisenhower and incoming President Kennedy. It emphasizes the 1961 handover timing, the risks of rapid decisions, and the need for extensive briefings on national security, policy, and administration to safeguard the nation.
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Kennedy
Eisenhower
Camelot shines with Lerner Loewe score and Burton lead
Broadway review hails Camelot as lavish and beautiful with Richard Burton delivering a standout Arthur. Julie Andrews, Robert Coote, and Robert Goulet praised. Loewe and Lerner score regarded as near perfect. Plus Hollywood notes on Kilgallen items and industry gossip.
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Frederick Loewe
Moss Hart
Camelot
Julie Andrews
Guinevere
Richard Burton
King Arthur
Robert Coote
Robert Goulet
Lancelot
James Mason
Lerner - Loewe
Frank Loessers
Greenwillow
National Aviation Training Association Elects Leaders
In Kansas City a conference formed the National Aviation Training Association to accelerate youth flight training with government backing. A. H. Helmers and A. F. Davis were elected treasurer and publicity committee member. Fred Bowman and John Shafer, both in their twenties, asked the Selective Service Board to permit volunteer service now to safeguard future career plans.
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Aeronca
A. F. Davis
National Aviation Training Association
Kansas City
Fred Bowman
John Shafer
Selective Service Board
Middletown News Agency to Issue Colored Scenic Postcards
A Middletown News Agency group led by Ruth Annenberg and her son Bud plans colored scenic postcards of Middletown sights for sale at newsstands and drug stores. The project aims to cover expenses and may take time to gather full answers to reader questions. The column notes caution about Russian space claims and defends American reporters in Moscow as highly capable.
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Florida
Ruth Annenberg
Bud
U. S
American Press Association
Russia
Ameican
Moscow
Campaign Duel Over Hoskins Allison in Columbus Rally
A Kennedy campaign stop in Columbus Ohio drew a lone Hoskins sign as Art Buchwald backed the local prosecutor candidate. The split Kennedy entourage backed Hoskins against incumbent Earl Allison in a fierce cross country battle that reached Florida and New England. A bet for $5 contrasted with Salinger led briefings and a closing note that Allison won in a Columbus landslide.
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Columbus
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Court House Square
Kennedy
John Hoskins
Franklin County
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Art Buchwaild
Paris
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Miami
Earl Allison
Hoskins Allison
Florida
New York
New England
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Quenncy
Matsu
Quenny
Pierre Salinger
Alt
Salinger
Tom
Hoscins
Columbus, Ohio
Shortest Day and Oddities From a Quirky Almanac
A playful sampler notes that the shortest day falls before Christmas and riffs on curious facts. It mentions giraffes signaling with tails, a tiny snowfall termed a blizzard, prehistoric hogs, a printer’s grumble about holiday sales, and a toad that feeds on bees with humorous desserts suggested. The tone is light and observational with plenty of whimsy.
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