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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1961
Page
6
Middletown Journal lists subscription prices for daily, Sunday, and mail delivery. Rates include 60 cents per week for weekdays, 15 cents for Sundays, 50 cents per week by carrier, and annual mail options of 10 dollars within trading area and 20 dollars outside, with USA at 35 dollars per year.
The administration’s emergency plan to cut feed grain production and raise price supports is experimental and echoes New Deal methods. It hinges on farmer participation and includes in kind payments to divert acreage, with corn at 1.20 and soybeans at 2.30 per bushel for cooperators. Willard Cochrane calls it a fighting chance to raise income 10 to 12 percent and save half a billion over ten years, but predicts uncertainty. President Kennedy invites a TV debate with his 1964 Republican rival as camps begin training.
Thousands of job seekers flee recession and harsh winters, flooding California and Arizona. Tucson stands out for climate and rumored defense work with 18 Titan missile sites. Shelters and aid agencies strain under rising homeless numbers as welfare boards seek state funds. Families camp on deserts while defense employment remains scarce. A Washington clearinghouse on job availability could curb the migration.
Dazzy Vance, late bloom standout who joined the Hall of Fame after a 14 year career with the Brooklyn Dodgers, died at age 69 in Florida. Known for a dazzling fastball and seven straight NL strikeout titles, he helped the Dodgers during the Daffiness Boys era and remained a beloved figure among fans who recall his hunting and fishing chats.
Fulton Lewis Jr reports on Jim Mitchell, former Labor Secretary and chairman of the Railroad Commission, and his fading path to the New Jersey governorship. Rival State Senator Walter Jones gains strength in Bergen County while Mitchell’s Washington ambitions falter. Case backing aids fade as political machines in 13 counties tilt toward Jones, leaving Mitchell to resign with Kennedy.
A collection of quips about human nature from Milt the printer and a London arrest story. It notes dis appointments, budding geniuses turning pests, a heel strike against a policeman, and Scottish soldiers offered as babysitters with drill sergeant discipline.
Washington viewpoint argues Kennedy era marks shift to centralized federal power via education spending and social program funding. Nestingen warns states lack resources and political authority. federal action needed to address education health welfare and pollution. Johnson touts restraint while observers foresee erosion of state sovereignty beginning in 1961.
In a Yale Club Washington event at the Sheraton Carlton Hotel Yale men tied to the new government were honored. Notables included Johnathon B. Bingham, Chester Bowles, William P. Bundy, Henry H. Fowler, and Najeeb E. Halaby. The column also notes cherry blossom timing history and the return of coffee machines to the Agriculture Department under Secretary Freeman.
Estrellita suggests decisions today shape luck tomorrow with care in speech and ties kept. For a birthday, the year ahead starts difficult but business is favored, April brings progress, summer brings rewards, fall brings wealth opportunities, and winter favors social life. a child born then could become a social worker or politician.
Ruth Lyons broadens a Christmas Fund to aid the Butler County Retarded Children's Society and Duty House, boosting support for Middletown Hospital's Children's Department. Downtown merchants promote George Washington Day sales, while a Brotherhood Week speech by Cincinnati councilwoman Dorothy Dolbey urges against prejudice and cautions on words.
Dorothy Kigallen comments from Jamaica where Tony Perkins visits to enjoy sun after work on Goodby Again. She ponders Oscar prospects for Tony and pasts Oscar wins, critiques title changes, and notes limited production quality. The piece includes limbo dance, Calypso group The Marrakesh Wrigglers, and Jan Murray’s plan to film with taped segments to avoid plugola.
Factographs say about 34 million cameras exist in the United States and roughly 33 thousand swimming pools, half private. Ospreys, known as sea hawks, build nests several feet across and reuse them annually. Before southbound migration, they reinforce nests with fresh sticks as winter protection. Smaller birds hollow out cavities in the nest bases.
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