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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1961
Page
6
Middletown Journal outlines its pricing for daily and Sunday editions. Rates vary by delivery method and region, with annual options for local, trading, and outside U.S.A. readers. The note ends with a biblical quote from Mark.
The piece notes parallels between Kennedy and Lincoln amid external threats to the Union and urges a global, generous stance to pursue a just peace. It cites Lincoln’s second inaugural and suggests future upside-down years, predicting 6009 as the next year that reads the same upside down.
Officials emphasize a long haul in space technology beyond brief wins like the chimpanzee flight, Samos satellite, and Minuteman test. The seven ton Soviet Sputnik and US efforts show progress both sides, but ultimate victory depends on sustained, solid achievements, not short term gains. Some advisers deride Phi Beta Kappa jargon as political trivia.
The text argues that famine and disease are shared enemies across nations and that weather, food distribution, and similar issues require united effort. While world union is debatable, the existence of common global challenges is not.
After a Rotary Club meeting a man shares how embracing God as a partner transformed his failing business. He prayed, received a sudden insight, and began applying Jesus’s teachings daily, reporting happiness, progress, and a renewed outlook. The piece argues science confirms divine power and cites Lincoln’s kneeling faith as a precedent for seeking guidance.
A rough collection of small town items notes a deacon fined $25 for a minor accident and tries to suppress news by harassing editors. A persistent caller learns the publisher’s name and wife appear in the traffic list. Other items include faith advice at a county meeting, Miami University funding via cigarette tax, Mark Walker’s misfortunes after retirement, a local theft, and a shopper’s child who wandered toward a restroom during a store chat.
Paul Harvey argues that germ carriers should curb cold practices in public spaces. He urges readers to avoid nose blowing and nose picking in elevators and restaurants and to maintain minimal etiquette to protect others. He notes sneezing can spread germs up to five feet and calls for considerate behavior in shared spaces.
George Sokolsky surveys the Kennedy Administration’s appointees, noting many come from old State Department ranks or business worlds. He highlights Dean Rusk, Chester Bowles, George Ball, Roger Jones, John J McCloy, Soapy Williams, Adlai Stevenson, Averell Harriman and others, arguing the top echelon mixes experience with pragmatic backgrounds rather than pure liberal or intellectual conservatism. The piece questions policy directions and whether staunch realism will guide a strong stance toward the Soviet Union and Red China.
Dorothy Kilgallen notes Bardot may sign for a government run Theatre Nationale Populaire stage musical with leading man Jean Paul Belmondo and Maurice Jarre to score. Kennedy unveils housing task force plans radical in approach. Gastels head for divorce. Clift dismisses reporter. Belafonte to open Central Park series with Miriam Makeba. Hartford funds Show arts magazine. a designer’s near tragedy. Colbert eyes India film. Olivier Collins Thurber quotes. Pitney rising alongside Elvis, Vera Zorina to perform with Philadelphia Orchestra. Richard Carson’s new book My Hero.
Twenty years ago detective Roy Frazier and Supt. of Mail Hubert Martin sought to resolve how a mail truck vanished from Central Avenue and Main Street at 7 p.m. with no witness. Driver Charles Flavin was inside the First American Bank & Trust Co. lobby collecting mail. Arthur Hamilton of Lebanon, former state House speaker, was named public representative of the State Bureau of Unemployment Compensation Board of Review.
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