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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1961
Page
6
Subscription rates for Middletown Journal list prices for weekday and Sunday delivery by carrier and mail. Rates include in area six days ten dollars per year and seven day outsides twenty dollars, with higher yearly outside rates, all payable in advance. Published daily by News-Journal Inc. Founded 1857.
The piece compares Presidents Eisenhower and Coolidge, noting shared postwar restraint and veto usage, admiration for business leaders, and secretaries Mellon and Humphrey. It contrasts ambitions to peace versus economic welfare and discusses prestige and risks if crises hit. It ends with a China note on relations with farmers and workers.
Two rising authors Casey Stengel and Yogi Berra near publication, with Stengel writing his life story for a national magazine and Berra wooing the muse after signing another contract. Critics note potential humor in their prose but anticipate refinements, while lamenting the pay gap for ghostwriters and the lure of lucrative ball careers. Preparations for an invasion have slowed Cuba's sugar harvest as Castro raises too much cane.
A Democratic White House and Congress contrasts with GOP gains of 21 House seats and two Senate seats, two governorships, and wins in 10 state legislatures. Yet three strong factions vie for influence as Nixon, Rockefeller, and Goldwater contend for party leadership and the 1964 path.
Ohio politics see former Senator George Bender tumble from power as he announces a bid for a House seat next year amid a crowded Republican field led by Bob Taft Jr. In California, Bart Lytton challenges Mayor Norris Poulson with support from ultra liberal Democrats. Sam Yorty favored by party groups. Lytton’s bid highlights leftist backing and Fresno convention resolutions pushing anti NUCLEAR and anti HUAC measures.
Washington AP report reviews how Defense Secretary Robert McNamara’s backgrounder on missile studies sparked controversy. Kennedy aides tried to distance him while Republicans pressed for an apology, revealing tension over access and attribution in postures on the missile gap.
William S Knudsen of the National Defense Commission said the American Rolling Mill Co has completed plans for a new $15 million plant in Houston to produce steel products for the National Defense program. Arthur Hauselman became secretary treasurer of the Mayflower Warehousemen's Association at a St Louis convention. The Rev J D Almes led a rededication service at the United Presbyterian Church after a fire last October.
George Dixon muses about hijacking a Potomac barge to pressure the Kennedy administration but rules it out due to weather, asylum doubts, and Byrd allyship. He notes Howard W. Smith as a Byrd figure, fears Tawes gunboats, and jokes about Robert F. Kennedy's snowbound social calls as possible diplomacy. The piece ends with Kennedy goodwill praise.
A column crisscrosses topics from California lemon crops and friendship hints to Yankees expansion and wall street gains. It also notes a rare orchid, parodic advice about speaking up at work, a cigar smoker’s bridge promise, and a projected World’s Fair budget. A Mexican volcano and social quirks conclude the register.
Ralph Gilbert of 1416 Germantown Road and his brother operate a Germantown Road filling station and quietly shovel snow for several blocks, aiding neighbors with heart conditions and widows. The Journal notes strong sales of the education booklet You CAN Get Better Grades, delayed by heavy snows and shipments from New York City, offered at cost as a public service.
George Sokolsky notes economics bulletin praising West Germany for restoring sound money and free markets after World War II. He contrasts it with U.S. Keynesian aid, Kennedy’s warnings of a slowing economy, rising unemployment, and the need for permanent jobs and goods to compete globally.
Uruguay won its independence from Spain in the early 19th century, a pivotal geopolitical shift in South American history shaping regional borders and national identities. Victoria British Columbia is noted for its strong British cultural heritage and designation as a highly British city in North America.
If tomorrow is your birthday the year ahead brings opportunities scattered throughout. Relationships will change and require a different approach until about next June. Travel with romantic fringes looms next August. A child born today could excel in business or as a secret government agent.
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