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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1962
Page
6
The Middletown Journal presents subscription pricing for city and suburban delivery, with annual, weekly, and outside trading area rates. The notice includes publication details and a Bible verse from John 8:12.
A Dallas department store offers jade carved screens from a Chinese emperor’s palace for one million dollars. A Hong Kong made His and Hers Chinese junk is priced at 11500. A New York emporium sells a mechanical magician for 3500 and a sterling silver frying pan for 320. The piece closes with a note about a neighbor who plans no shopping this season.
Baseball fans confront the demise of the American Association, once a major minor circuit, as the International and Pacific Coast Leagues absorb its five remaining franchises in Denver Oklahoma City Dallas Fort Worth Indianapolis and Little Rock. The piece notes televised major league games as the driver and ponders future stability of minor leagues amid vast major league expenditures.
Jim Bishop portrays Madrid as a place of contrast where nature and hosts reveal mixed moods. He notes Castilian scenes from Cybele on The Castellana to Gran Via leaves, street life, and daily routines from siestas to late dinners, highlighting polite restraint and guarded emotions of Madrilenos.
A column contrasts Madrid life with American welfare rhetoric. It describes Spanish social customs, family life, and emotion, then shifts to U.S. newspaper strikes, noting 20,000 out of work, millions losing info, and blame on unions and employers for press shutdowns in New York and Cleveland.
A comic monologue recounts a chaotic exchange about a Pentagon directive and public figures. The narrator laments media stringing and jokes about Khrushchev, Solzhenitsyn, and press manipulation while a witty companion Ymelda quips on the absurdity of Washington news handling.
The piece argues unions seek uniform wage scales across NYC papers, with printers seeking over 8 000 yearly while present pay sits at 7 380 plus fringe benefits. It questions if higher wages justify a costlier, possibly bankrupting industry and promotes mutual restraint, urging workers to pressure leaders to avoid strikes and support fair profits and jobs.
Dave Regan reflects on a 25 year milestone as Middletown’s Chamber of Commerce board honors him and Leo F. Reinartz. He recalls changing times, declining wages, and aging with humor, noting the honor and Reinartz’s contributions to Middletown as the high point.
Dorothy Kilgallen reports Billy May Records in New York with Eydie Gorme as a first disc session in a decade. Hot Spot seeks a leading man amid pro rata star dues. MacDonald Carey and Anita Loos discussed revivals. Columbia fears Johnny Mathis deal and Helen Noga’s contract stance. Zsa Zsa Gabor marks anniversary with Herbert Hutner. Three thousand Cubans join Castro’s Red Foreign Legion. Mary Kaye considers marriage to oil tycoon Douglas Brody. Corene Hamilton files for divorce from Roy Hamilton’s father. Sophia Loren’s Madame wardrobe by Escoffier and Scandariato. peasant vs princess design secrecy. Midtown clubs shut amid SLA licensing probe. Judy Canova pursues recording comeback. Hazel Scott ill in Paris. Sylvia Casablancas to Milan shows, dating Cesare Spadaceia. Clyde Beatty subject of New Yorker piece. Days of Wine and Roses eyed for Oscar nods. Geraldine Page praised in Sweet Bird of Youth. Timmy Everett to spend Christmas in Spain. Olivier’s Semi-Detached panned. Tamiko color photos boost Japanese tourism. George Hamilton in London with Catherine Millinaire. rumors fade. Anthony Hope, PT-109 crew, heads toward Harvard Law. Mickey Rooney loses 28 pounds for Women feature. Ann Croswell writes Vivien Leigh musical fature just begun. Birgit Bergen, 22, signed by Levine for Young Girls of Good Families build-up.
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