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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1960
Page
6
The Middletown Journal lists subscription prices for various delivery options. Rates include per copy, city carrier, and mail options within and outside the trading area with annual prepayment required. The paper, published daily by News-Journal Inc since 1857, cites a Bible verse motto.
A Moscow report notes strong demand for prayer books despite four decades of suppression. Secret publishing and black market activity show religious yearning persists. Arrests of those involved are noted, but the point remains the power of faith to reach the light. The writer echoes Shelley on spring after winter.
A northern city lake hosts hundreds of wild ducks that stay through winter for safety and food. People feed them, and the flock winters there, leaving only when water cover ends. The piece argues the ducks are smart, not stupid or lazy. It contrasts this with remarks on U S prestige abroad, noting Britain views it higher than Russia.
A favorable hog market is seen pushing production higher and pork prices down by next fall. The article notes the federal treasury may again face calls for government pork distribution, costly to taxpayers. Kennedy is silent on his cabinet.
Educational researchers warn of financing higher education as enrollments grow by about a million in the next decade. They note the funding challenge will extend beyond the 1960s as new waves of students in the 1970s require additional resources.
A physician explains psychosomatic illness linking mind and body. He cites cases of a dominating father forcing marriage causing a fever and a stuttering child resolving with improved family relations. Mental and spiritual hygiene, prayer, and self control reduce fatigue and stress related ailments.
A Middletown boy and his mother confront the Santa myth revealing Santa is a symbol not a man. The mother explains the spirit of goodwill while the boy questions gifts and belief as the family prepares for Christmas.
Paul Harvey denounces voting irregularities in Chicago's second ward fiftieth precinct claiming over voting and dead ballots. He argues Illinois’ Kennedy victory rests on stolen votes and warns of a national political disease.
Insider word from Attica Prison hints Willie Sutton is ailing yet guarded as a crafty figure. Hollywood buzz covers Sugar Ray Robinson’s TV pay insistence, Marilyn Monroe critiques, Rock Hudson autograph chase, Brigitte Bardot exfiance’s drag races, Betty Grable Broadway rumors, Desi Arnaz at premiere, and Waldorf-Astoria’s Austrian restaurant opening with jazzed guests.
George Sokolsky argues that large U.S. wheat holdings and farm subsidies drive up food prices and national debt. He critiques Eisenhower policies, urges a broad reform involving Agriculture, Commerce, and State, and predicts Kennedy must craft a bold rural urban program to avoid urban decline.
A quirky atlas note highlights a Arizona town named Gripe, while Moscow announces plans to build motels in 50 Soviet cities by 1965. By 1970 claims of invention may follow, and a Japan sperm search this autumn could send 143 ships to the Antarctic fleet.
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