Middletown Journal Subscription Rates and Details
The Middletown Journal lists subscription rates for the Middletown area, including 6 day and Sunday per-copy prices, carrier delivery in city and suburbs, and mail options for in and outside trading areas. Also notes annual U S subscriptions and advance payment, with publication lineage since 1857.
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Penalty For Pickups Drives Hitchhiker Dangers
Police reports show hitchhikers may be escaped prisoners or criminals. Picking up rides can hide fugitives and lead to robberies, accidents, and state laws vary. New York imposes fines and jail for drivers who pick up hitchhikers. The missile gap has narrowed since the presidential campaign.
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A Simple Change on Veto Power Repeats Old Debate
The essay argues for presidents vetoing individual items in appropriation bills to curb waste and inflation. It notes not new power, cites states and Confederacy, and discusses constitutional versus statutory routes. It also recounts Michigan Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg’s stance and warns that reducing pork would be a major hurdle. It ends with a note that Moscow fears Castro may overreach.
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Arthur H. Vandenberg
Battle over reading at Camp Lejeune sparks free speech clash
General R B Luckey barred a magazine at the Marine base claiming it faults the Marine Corps. He said he bans it because of the Marine hymn and questions the sailors’ ability to handle criticism. The incident highlights ongoing tensions between reading controls and First Amendment freedoms.
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Pancake Race Victory Sparks Liberal Kansas Cheer
Caroline McGlamery of Liberal Kansas won an international pancake race by finishing fastest after flipping a pancake three times and catching it in a skillet. The competition echoed by Olney England, with mystery over why the races happen, yet the scene still feels like a bright note amid a troubled world.
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Caroline McGlamery
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Carole Worley
Olney
England
Liberal
Importance Of Liking Yourself In Teenage Times
A self esteem themed piece urges liking oneself for happiness and effectiveness. It presents a teen letter about overcoming self doubt, focusing on recognizing good points, studying, helping others, and rediscovering God. A pastor’s counseling anecdote highlights faith and self acceptance as paths to change.
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Chaff From The Staff and YMCA Dinner Puzzles Members
YMCA general secretary Ralph Knight reflects on volunteers who devote 290 years of service yet face token recognition at a single dinner that requires purchase. A Hi Y adviser tells a church Ash Wednesday anecdote about a thirsty child, and Mayor Bill Denham touts travel tales while superintendent Howard Cromwell highlights Russia trips. A Valentine rumor of betrothal divination using eggs and pillows amuses readers, followed by a Washington dispatch noting Congress’s sparse session and the costly Congressional Record.
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Bill Denham
Howard Cromwell
Denham
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Cromwell
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Jerusalem
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House
Congressional Record
Paul Harvey Calls for Modern Farm Reform and Efficiency
A self proclaimed city farmer criticizes mismanagement and waste on American farms. He urges adopting industrial organization and time and motion studies to end slovenly farming, arguing bureaucrats cannot fix the farm problem without farmers embracing better systems. He cites Missouri Ozarks as example and warns against clinging to grandpa's methods. He says one man farm may fade but discipline and efficiency can save farm costs.
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What Folks Want To Know Is Politics The Total Of Life
George Sokolsky discusses public knowledge and personal interests, arguing most people prefer local, human concerns over grand geopolitical debates. He contrasts Copland and Bernstein with Khrushchev era issues and laments the gap between expertise and everyday reading. He questions why humanity aims for Venus and how much mathematics is needed to understand science and policy.
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United States
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Marilyn Monroe
Aaron Copland
Leonard Bernstein
New York Philharmonic
Copland
Carnegie Hall
Mao Tze-tung
Khrushchev
Perry Mason
Venus
Max Planck
Albert Einstein
Washington’s committee killers target interagency bloat
Dorothy Kilgallen notes a Senate subcommittee led by Henry M. Jackson urging extinction for redundant interagency coordinating committees. She cites Lovett’s quip about “glutinous mass” committees, Muskie’s warning that they should implement not dement the president, and Kennedy’s support for trimming waste including defense and commerce panels.
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Defense
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Harriman
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Joint Masters Menu Board
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Dental Burr
Edmund §. Muskie
Maine
Muskie
Department of Commerce
House
Government Information
John E. Moss
California
Lake Mana ger Don Carey recalls resort history at Lions Club
Don Carey told Middletown Lions Club that land for the resort was bought from the U S government in 1778 and later passed to the Streifthau family. He notes winter ice harvesting for Middletown residents. E A Lampe of the American Legion said Middletown post preparations were made to register members for possible participation in a national program.
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Don Carey
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Middletown
E. A. Lampe
American Legion
Middletown Post
News Briefs from Around the World and Home
String of quirky items includes Khrushchev’s long agricultural talk in Moscow, jokes about U.S. presidents as back-seat drivers, Tibetan sleeves signaling independence, radio tagged sheep in Australia, tea pipes for 5,000 workers in London, and a Berkhamsted hotel permit refusal.
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