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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1961
Page
6
Subscription rates for the Middletown Ohio News Journal Inc. include per week city 6c and Sunday 15c, six days by mail $10 per year in trading area, seven days outside trading area $20 per year, and $35 per year outside the USA. All mail subscriptions payable in advance. Published daily. Address: S Broad at First Ave, Middletown Ohio.
A reflective, humorous inventory of papers, cards, photos, bills, and keepsakes shifted to Mrs. Walter’s side of the desk. The writer notes an honorary boating association membership, autographs, a 1960 birthday card, bills, reports, stamps, and mementos from government, industry, and personal life.
U Thant warned the United Nations faces a growing unpaid obligations crisis as cash receipts fall from 1956 levels. Projections for 1961 show a rising deficit, driven by nonpayment from the Soviet bloc and several Western and Arab states, risking the UN's ability to function without new funding measures.
A Hessian soldier diary covering six years of the Revolution, found in a British private library, will be auctioned in London. The document adds insight into Hessian mercenaries hired by the British, their impact on the war, and their postwar presence in America as part of the melting pot shaping American character.
Grandma Moses born the year of Lincoln’s election and dying at 101 on December 13, is praised by critics as a modern primitive. Her self taught, vivid landscapes unfold memories and joy, earning vast popularity and high regard from art experts.
A 16 000 word Catholic Welfare Conference memo argues for federal aid to church related education as constitutional and necessary for national policy. It rebuts HEW analysis, cites Supreme Court decisions, and warns that denying aid could erode church schools and broaden a totalitarian state. The document contends secular education is a public service and that aid should extend to church related elementary schools.
Paul Harvey notes slow service in many sectors from clothing stores to hotels and airlines. Instances include mislaid laundry, torn garments, missing rooms, and high repair bills. He argues civil service and unions don’t guarantee service quality and urges knowledgeable, attentive staff across industries.
A jumble of dated musings cites a non-rolling collar button, groundhogs and winter lore, then shifts to $40 million yearly on game fish, a $276,220 raise for Queen Juliana, and a playful remark on March roaring in like an entire 200.
The column notes how women display endless variety in dresses and hats, while men show conformity. It observes no two Christmas cards are alike despite many sources, and comments on evolving men’s fashion from coats to suits. It ends with a remark on sportswear's bold styles.
Dor othy Kilgallen notes Ben Hecht writing another Mutiny on the Bounty finale amid seven endings. Phyllis McGuire and Si Shribnik partner, Joan Hackett eyed for Emmy chatter, St Laurent worries for family in Algeria, Onassis and Arias lunch daily. Richards Zanuck to Paris with family, Gretta Thyssen photographed with Kennedy, Salinger inquiry, Detroit fears Japanese cars, Sartorial Bardot deemed well dressed. Saverio Saridis gains praise, Lee Evans headlines Embers holiday run, Bardot fashion, Levine tours Rome with Loren. Steve McQueen badge of notoriety in British press, Fabian shifts to acting, Gleason shot on location with catered lunches.
Twenty years ago on Saturday December 20 Middletown launched a city wide campaign to conserve all materials for greater war production. E A Lampe chaired the committee with actions by Ralph E Pearson Frank Dobrozsi Harold Waller and H H Schaeffer. Rear Admiral John W Greenslade appealed to West Coast shipyard workers to remain at work amid unconfirmed reports of submarine attacks off the California coast.
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