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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1963
Page
4
The Middletown Journal announces subscription costs including per copy 6 cents on weekdays and 15 cents on Sundays. Carrier delivery in city areas 50 cents weekly, mail rates vary by trading area at 12 dollars yearly for seven days, 20 dollars outside trading area, and 35 dollars outside the U.S. All subscriptions payable in advance.
An essay highlights cold city indifference after a dying man on a Texas highway reveals his wife’s death. The story underscores a shrinking human kinship as fear and apathy spread, warning society suffers when compassion fades. Khrushchev and De Gaulle note hints of shared concerns with Kennedy.
The piece compares environmental repair to a recurring cycle of damage and restoration. It cites an artificial radiation belt created by high altitude nukes and proposals to sweep or disrupt it with vast devices or ocean currents. It notes the high cost and speculative feasibility while reflecting on human habit of altering nature and then trying to revert it. It ends with Manager Casey Stengel predicting the Mets will improve but avoiding pennant or last-place certainty.
A reader shares a dramatic Indian homework tale of a man who endured fourteen surgeries and tuberculosis, losing two limbs yet pursuing mathematics. He earned a Master’s in Mathematics and became a lecturer, illustrating the belief power described in Norman V. Peale’s column.
Ohio Bell direct dialing test sparks people to dial long distance for free. In Middletown, two old college friends call New York, share greetings, and close with goodbye. City officials joke about Save-Us Briars-Day as Red Cross drives and war fund chatter drift. YMCA staff lose a hat to a gust and retrieve it with a window-cleaning aid. A daughter’s engagement rings prompts witty breakfast toast, Hal Boyle notes Paris calling lines offer lonely advice and jokes.
Factographs note that knight armor bore elaborate decorative motifs aiding identification. The Republic of Iceland, volcanic by origin, enjoys Gulf Stream moderated climate and numerous geysers and hot springs. The Aurora Borealis appears as faint northern lights at night. Beirut's ancient gate way features elaborate grillwork and carved arches exemplifying Syrian architecture.
A Paul Harvey column argues against disarmament and surrender to foreign domination. It critiques the United States Disarmament Agency and Public Law 87-297, warns of world disarmament stages, and contends the United States could only defend itself with nuclear parity and a strong arsenal.
George Dixon recalls a walking challenge linked to Theodore Roosevelt's 50 mile in 20 hours remark. He notes Uncle Bobby and Pierre Salinger comments, a British ambassador aside, and a White House rumor about unfitness rhetoric influencing 1964 politics while General McHugh and others weigh in on fitness myths and political appeal.
James Marlow Rockefeller builds a public relations machine in New York and Albany as he presses for the 1964 Republican nomination. He blasts Kennedy policy, tours the nation, and maintains a sizable staff to keep his name in the national spotlight while denying he is formally a candidate.
A jigsaw of witty items and snatches of news from around the world including medical pride in infant health a sports career change for a Detroit Lions figure a Khrushchev anecdote a misidentified embassy incident and playful lines on fashion travel and romance. The tone blends humor and topical references with a parlor‑game flavor.
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