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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1961
Page
11
The Middletown Journal in Ohio lists subscription rates for various delivery options including week day, Sunday, carrier, and mail subscriptions. The paper is published daily by News-Journal Inc. and dates back to 1857 with a quoted Bible verse and church-like motto.
President Kennedy warned Congress that the nation faces difficult trials in the next four years. He contrasts his view with Eisenhower's, urging all citizens to meet the challenges abroad and at home with duty and resolve. A lighthearted note ends with a phonies joke about Washington phones.
A New York federal court ruled that segregation has occurred illegally in New Rochelle since 1930. One city school served only Negro pupils and a 1930 policy confined Negroes to Lincoln district regardless of population shifts. agitation since 1949 failed to change this until now.
The article argues for formal driver training as a public school function or equivalent outside schooling before licensing. It emphasizes the goal of ensuring every new driver has knowledge and skills for safe driving and responsibility, noting insurers back courses and marking training as a long term solution to reduce auto accidents.
Fulton Lewis Jr reports that Castro seeks UN backing for Puerto Rican independence. Cuban operatives and Moscow trained agents expand activity on the island, funding a $100 million propaganda network. New UN envoys Juan Juarde and Laura Meneses de Albizu Campos bring Puerto Rican revolutionary ties to Havana.
A Washington analysis rejects the idea of a missile gap, arguing the United States has maintained deterrence through a diversified arsenal. It notes progress in Minuteman development, movable missiles, submarines, and aircraft, with emphasis on overall destructive power rather than raw launch counts, citing Ike’s warning against panic and the need to view missile capability within the broader military balance.
Building Commissioner Orville Corson urged the City Planning Commission to revive a 10 year old scheme to widen downtown streets. He noted a 1930 ordinance on building setbacks, with Central Avenue to 104 feet and First Avenue Manchester Avenue and Clark Street to 80 feet. John Schwalm chaired a Butler County Democratic meeting to discuss legality of a proposed special election to fill a vacancy.
Paul Harvey catalogues Kennedy’s golf prowess and rhetoric, weighs promises of full employment and rapid production against political realities. He contrasts Kennedy’s drive with puttability, notes advisors like Arthur Schlesinger and Senator Harry Byrd, and cautions that eagerness must meet steady performance.
A stray newsy fragment set notes on Moscow midwinter warmth blamed on Western powers. Dutch schools reportedly offer chess courses. Watermelons used to make vinegar, a Par is airport fog incident, and Pork Chop the Tex hog is turned into roasts after a stunt filled career. A boxer times punches to Swing tunes and astronomers note a star far hotter than the Sun, described as very distant.
George Crout in Middletown diaries notes Bennet Chapple vice president of Armco provided his latest poem Rain Drops for Heart Throbs. Chapple rose from Director of Publicity to VP by 1928 and is known as the Armco Ironmaster. He recounted writing the verse on a B&O trip after watching rain drops join to form a stream, and read it last at a Girl Scout meeting.
Dorothy Kiigallen, Elaine Reynolds, a 39 24 35 Latin Quarter beauty, draws attention from Oleg Cassini and Hugh Hefner as New York nightlife buzzes over a blizzard that muted club takings. Several showbiz tidbits follow, including Kennedy press rapport, Ted Williams biog name, and Debbie Reynolds’ husband at the Friars Club.
A historical note records the first chain store in the United States opening in New York in 1859. The milestone marks an early expansion of standardized retail under a single brand across locations.
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