Keep Your Heart and Faith Shape a Good Year
A columnist recalls a fortune teller and a preacher in one mind set. The piece urges inner change through scriptural guidance to shape 1961 happiness, noting personal accountability and faith as keys to keeping resolutions. It then cites a Madison Avenue advisor who finds hope through repentance and divine guidance, ending with a tale of a man who chose to help others after a near despair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius Caesar
Brutus
Madison Avenue
God
Middletown Journal Subscription Rates and Details
Middletown Journal in Ohio lists pricing for subscriptions including per copy, city delivery, and mail options. Rates shown cover in area six days for 10 dollars yearly and outside trading area 20 dollars yearly with outer U S at 35 dollars annually.
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Middletown Journal
Middletown
Ohio
S. Broad
First Ave
Postoffice
U.S A
News-Journal Inc
Jesus
John Baie
Subsidies Reach Beyond Farms and raises questions
The joint economic committee reports federal direct subsidies total 7.46 billion, with farmers receiving 3.568 billion and business 1.352 billion. Farm aid boosts others, like school lunch programs, and critics should examine their own benefits before railing at subsidies. The piece also notes the Soviet Union promises 3.2 million more jobs with a five percent pay raise, seen as campaign rhetoric.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joint Economic Committee of Congress
U.S
the Economic Committee
Soviet Union
Fearful specter of accidental war from early warning fears
The piece discusses the danger of accidental nuclear war from a lone radar blip at Thule Greenland. It notes SAC downplayed the October event as the moon and calls for stronger controls, while praising the Midas system and warning against overreaction. It also includes Castro criticizing Cuba's sugar policy as hurting workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Strategic Air Command
Thule
Greenland
United States
SAC
Midas
Holiday Crime Fears Rise As Lights Are Stolen
The piece notes thefts of nativity figures and outdoor lights, rising shoplifting, fires and traffic accidents during the season. It urges individuals to take home safety precautions and extra care on the road, while law enforcement handles vandals and thieves.
One Middletown Man's Take On IQ Tests At Ohio Wesleyan
A Middletown man recalls his college days when he skipped IQ testing at Ohio Wesleyan University. After four years of study he faced a dean's request to retake the exam to avoid a historically low IQ outcome. The dean warned that without retaking, the student would graduate with an IQ of 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Wesleyan University
Deans Office
William K. Robinson
P.O
The Happiness Card Prompted 1961 Wish
A fragmentary reminiscence recalls a small card with a printed formula for happiness. The message urges keeping a loving, simple life and thinking of others, ending with a playful hint to make 1961 a year of happiness.
White House Ghosts Through History Prominent Figures Haunted
A column notes beliefs in White House hauntings from Abigail Adams and Dolly Madison to Lincoln, Grant, Jackson and FDR. It cites Kennedy rumors and anecdotes from presidents, first ladies, maids, and royal visitors, describing eerie knocks and sightings across the residence.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
White House
Pennsylvania Avenue
Capper
Adams
Truman
Abigail
John Adams
James Madison
Dolly
Woodrow Wilson
Republicans fail to gain in the South under Dixie plan
Fulton Lewis Jr. examines Operation Dixie's lack of impact despite eight years in power. Nixon's strong showing masks weak GOP statewide infrastructure, with Alabama and Florida illustrating entrenched leadership opposing local campaigns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Republican Party
Nixon
Mason-Dixon Line
South
Eisenhower
Republican National Committee
GOP
Alabama
Ordeters
Kennedy
Florida
Harold Alexander
Clare Wiliams
National Committee
Miami
Alexander
State
North Carolina
Peterson
John Tower
Lyndon Johnson
Senate
Virginia
Richard Poff
Old Confederacy
Government figures on U S steel plant aid abroad since 1939
A researcher outlines the incomplete tally of U S money spent to build or expand foreign steel plants since 1939. Departments and banks cited include Commerce, World Bank, International Finance Corp, Export Import Bank and ICA with a combined figure of about 1.088 billion dollars, noting many figures are estimates and not precise. The piece notes rising unemployment and questions the impact of such aid on the U S economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Department of Commerce
Department of State
Business and Defense Services Administration
International Bank For Reconstruction and Development
World Bank
Export Import Bank Development Loan Fund
International Finance Corporation
International Cooperate
International Finance
ICA
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Norman V. Peale
Kina
Sun
Castro
Cuba
Wesleyan
Pop
Max Sommers
Journal
Frank Morgan
Keith
Morgan
Max
Daddy
Millie Sommers
Secret Spof
South Main Street
Bureau of Medical Statistical Analysis
Allentown
Paul Harvey
Roosevelts
Wilhelmina
Netherlands
Lincoln
Fulton Lewis Jr
Dixie
Steve Slepin
Mrs. Coolidge
Greater Miami
Dade County
George Peterson
American Legion
Alexander and Company
Republican
Henry Cabot Lodge
Neil McElroy
University of Miami Young Republican Club
Barry Goldwater
Goldwater
Scheel
Jomn Ve Pao
George Sokolsky
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