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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1961
Page
4
Middletown Journal of Middletown Ohio lists subscription rates and mailing details including per week and yearly options for city, trading area, and outside areas. It notes post office entry, class mail, and publication since 1857 with a biblical verse.
Forecasts for 1962 remain upbeat with government and private surveys predicting strong auto production and the best year in U.S. business history. Yet rising stock prices and falling yields raise investor unease as the inverse yield gap with Treasury bonds sharpens, echoing late 1920s concerns about overpricing and risk.
In the border region the Colorado River carries water into Mexico, now increasingly salted by Gila River pollution. Mexican protests have swelled, with 8000 demonstrators in Mexicali threatening to boycott U.S. goods. The State Department faces pressure to craft an equitable fix, potentially including partial desalination, to halt demonstrations and preserve Alliance for Progress.
A Minnesota couple creates a unique Christmas tree from 855 wishbones, part of a 1500-bone collection by A F Reuther who plans to age 75 next February. He notes the bones come from domestic fowl and many game birds, painted green and attached to artificial limbs for display.
Jim Bishop portrays John son of Zebedee as a bright, driven apostle with intellect and faith. The piece traces his youth in Galilee, his courage at Caiaphas, role at the cross, witness at the tomb, and lifelong charity. It notes his feast day on the 27th and his lasting example.
The article reports on President Kennedy urging Argentina's Arturo Frondizi to join Latin American efforts against communism over Cuba. It notes Frondizi's stance on nonintervention, his Latin American industrialization plans, and references the Catholic Bishops of America urging moral law as the foundation of policy. It discusses U S responsibility under the Monroe Doctrine and the Organization of American States as Cuba decisions loom.
President Kennedy capped his first year with mixed domestic results and cautious foreign progress. He pushed a broad program through aides, avoided major clashes, and backed three hard issues only to see civil rights, aged care, and education aid left unresolved. He faced Berlin tensions, resumed nuclear testing debates, and clashed with De Gaulle and Macmillan over Congo UN action, while laying groundwork for Latin America reform, new aid, and trade. He faces three years to push through a fuller agenda.
In a lighthearted event near Oslo King Olaf of Norway defeats President Kekkonen of Finland in a goodwill downhill. A summit meeting at Friendly Valley is referenced and a college president jokes about professors forgetting to remember. Grand pappy Jenkins recounts an old timer recalling when Congress sent free seed packages every spring.
Dave Regan recalls a Christmas holiday in Petersburg Virginia marked by missed planes lost luggage and a head cold yet bright with family time. a quick Williamsburg visit highlighted Bruton Episcopal Church Patrick Henry and George Washington pews, with Yorktown and Jamestown nearby.
The author argues against labeling past leaders as Communist agents, praising Paul Harvey for fighting communism while criticizing sensational anti-Communist calls. He contends Roosevelt Truman Eisenhower and Kennedy pursued diplomacy and compromise, noting Soviet influence and internal subversion exist without proving presidents as agents.
20 Years Ace Saturday, Dec. 27, 194) reports Japanese forces began a sustained air assault on Manila after Gen. Douglas MacArthur called it an open city. Ralph E. Pearson told city commissioners the city would close the year with all bills paid and a small treasury balance. Dr. J A Carter, city health commissioner, was named to head a Middletown Defense Council committee to coordinate medical and health facilities for civil defense.
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