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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1961
Page
4
Middletown Journal lists subscription rates with weekly 6 cents for weekdays and 15 cents for Sundays, 10 dollars per year by mail in trading area, 20 dollars outside trading area, 35 dollars outside USA. Published daily by News-Journal Inc founded 1857. The Church of the Living God is cited as pillar and ground of the truth.
The United States Information Agency broadcast the inauguration worldwide in 35 languages and sent film to ambassadors abroad. The piece argues the ceremony showed democratic virtue, simplicity, and restraint, contrasting it with totalitarian regimes. Separately, home buyers favor fewer kitchen gadgets and more bedrooms, hinting at changing domestic tastes.
The piece argues that trimming pounds alone does not ensure fitness. Diet quality matters, as does regular exercise, adequate rest, and ongoing healthy eating. Even slimmed-down individuals may not feel fit if they neglect conditioning and defense, likening safe driving to defensive walking.
Treasury worries about a penny shortage driven by vending machines taxes and collectors. Collectors pay premium for pennies, Fed halts, pennies rationed to banks. Dollar value drops to 50 cents though 100 pennies per dollar. Castro regime outlines Cuba visit rules for U S tourists demanding readiness.
Fulton Lewis Jr reports from behind the Bamboo Curtain that the Great Leap Forward is slowing in most sectors. He cites scrap drives, backyard furnaces, and ore-dust usage as attempts to boost steel, while coal shortages persist and oil, transport, and auto production lag. The piece notes limited road and air transport and minimal vehicle output.
A five vote win by radicals over the House Rules Committee plan sparks ongoing tussles between supporters of strong party discipline and those backing spending limits. The dispute centers on majority rule, pressure politics, and a coalition with Republicans to curb what protesters call excessive spending. The New York Times editorial condemns elevating Adam Clayton Powell, arguing the move politicizes governance and erodes standards, with the Negro vote shaping Kennedy administration calculations.
The reading warns against overdoing outdoor activities tomorrow while highlighting a birthday year with expanding opportunities. It foresees higher earning potential, a broader social circle, and better cooperation prospects. December could bring unexpected money by Christmas, and marriage chances loom for singles or strengthened partnerships for married individuals.
Washington almanac notes U S Tax Court Judge Norman O Tietjens ruled a taxpayer cannot claim his share of the national debt as a bad debt in denying the novel exemption claim by a Bedford wage earner known as Tax Slave Bostick. The piece also mentions Alaska State Senator Eben Hopson, snow in Washington, and a Cuban anti Castro prank reported to FBI Director J Edgar Hoover.
Digest of varied facts from wildlife to weather to architecture. Bears use claws mainly for digging prey while claws slash threats. Nevada's rainfall averages just over eight inches annually. Chartres Cathedral towers feature Romanesque and Gothic spires. Cathedral construction surged in the 12th and 13th centuries per National Geographic. Explosions drive waves at about four miles per second per U S Bureau of Mines tests.
Dave Regan laments a harsh winter with no robins in sight and long, cold days ahead. He notes the impact on driveways sidewalks and cars and urges readers to feed birds while hoping for the coming of spring.
The essay questions why vows include sickness and health and richer or poorer. It argues vows reflect long tested conduct, not Biblical prescription, noting many marriages endure poverty but falter in wealth. The speaker urges couples to fully understand and commit to the promises before proceeding.
Middletown Ohio probate judge W Gideon Palmer aged 64 died at Middletown Hospital about 90 days after his re election to a fifth term. He had pneumonia after flu during the epidemic and was re elected to his 10th term as president of the Ohio Probate Judges Association. He was active in the Judicial Council of Ohio and the Ohio Juvenile Research Bureau and helped found the Boys Detention Home. He studied law in the Hurwitz office and joined Palmer and Elliott, later serving as Middletown city attorney under the new charter.
A collage of quirky notes shows mechanized egg farming claims, a Rhode Island club fundraising by waist measurements, a Minneapolis baseball name choice, a jungle brain study, a wormy appetite aside, 4.7 million California tourists in a year, and Horace Greeley's Go West inspiration.
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