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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1963
Page
4
The Middletown Journal issue announces post office entry and subscription pricing. Rates include 6 cents weekdays and 15 cents Sundays, 50 cents weekly by carrier, 12 dollars yearly in trading area, 20 dollars outside, 35 dollars outside USA. Published daily by News-Journal Inc. Established 1857. Psalm reference verse quoted.
An editorial weighing De Gaulle’s stubborn stance in France, his relations with the United States, Spain, and the Soviet Union, and the risk of widening Western unity gaps. It urges coolness, warns against overreaction, and suggests France will stay a strong ally despite a rambunctious stance. A late note cites a survey favoring a balanced budget for tax relief, but calls it remote.
The article notes a one-degree shift in temperature can affect daily life from snuffles to car starts. Dr. J Murray Mitchell Jr. says global patterns may be changing with 1885 1940 warming followed by a cooling trend since 1940. If cycles persist, winters grow colder toward the century’s end, with a hopeful line for younger generations.
The piece suggests using a large eager dog for daily brisk running to burn calories. It cautions that chasing a big dog on a leash ruins dignity, and humorously notes a smaller dog is better for appearances while the big dog helps fitness.
Jim Bishop muses on childishness and tears in kids and adults, noting daughters outthink fathers, mothers as competition, and the family dynamic. He wryly imagines a world where children are born age 21 and working, while recounting his own brood and their dramatic crying episodes.
David Lawrence argues a broad pessimism about global tension and U S policy, citing Vietnam casualties, Cuba, the Monroe Doctrine, Western alliance strains, Latin America, Africa, and Soviet influence. He urges clear facing of facts and principled justice to restore sunshine in U S affairs.
Washington AP Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara announced there are no offensive Soviet weapons in Cuba and no imminent threat to the United States. He presented a two hour television briefing with aerial photos to prove the point, while Sen. Kenneth Keating questioned the data and warned bases could still exist.
Dave Regan notes Middletown has 344 streets and 259 county roads plus 18 state highways in the latest county engineer index. He also cites 56 volunteer fire chiefs in Potter and Butler counties and hints at other locale facts in a playful, calendar reform minded column.
Paul Harvey writes an open letter to his son reflecting on lessons from the past fifteen years. He urges resilience and responsibility, noting that a man rises after falling and stresses hard work in school as preparation for life. He shares personal notebook entries about pursuing ideals and heart’s desires with intelligence guiding wisdom.
The piece offers astrological guidance for tomorrow's birthday, noting favorable financial and romantic periods through six months and into early 1964. It urges caution to avoid mistakes, promote enthusiasm and pleasantness at work, and to practice tolerance, personal restraint, and self-control amid life’s challenges.
An historian questions if bagpipes shaped troubadour lore and why the Dark Ages earned that label. Immortal Ben Johnson, famed British dramatist, began as bricklayer and later hurled sharp literary brickbats.
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