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Fragmentary note from The Middletown Journal reference page includes church quotation and biblical verse. No event or clear news item is stated beyond the publication masthead and a Bible quote.
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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1962
Page
4
Fragmentary note from The Middletown Journal reference page includes church quotation and biblical verse. No event or clear news item is stated beyond the publication masthead and a Bible quote.
The piece argues humankind battles storms and seeks to master weather using satellites, hoping to save energy and reduce hardship. It notes the slim chance of real control while urges fewer feuds and more self control. It ends with a satirical line about Cuba and a potential last call by the OAS.
Defense Secretary McNamara asks for a committee to study indoctrination of troops and advise on handling the Communist threat. The move faces a charged climate with Walker incident tensions and a Senate muzzling probe looming. The study aims to balance factual threat briefing with military nonpartisanship.
Deep winter prompts reflection on spring and summer with calm leisure. The piece suggests organizing fishing tackle while browsing catalogues and imagining future garden blooms, encouraging armchair planning despite a barren landscape. It frames winter as time for thoughtful preparation and optimistic plans.
Washington columnist George Dixon riffs on returning from Florida sunburn and the Kennedy State of the Union address. He jokes about Capitol Hill greetings, Jackie Kennedy, and the speech’s sectional style while noting weather, snow in Washington, and amusement at the First Lady’s reception.
20 Years . 20 Friday, Jan. 15, 1942 BENJAMIN Powers was elected president of a new Junior Achievement company known as The All-American Co. sponsored by the East Side Works of Armco Steel Corp. Others elected were Bob Hensley secretary Alfred Laman sales manager and Jack Trimble production manager. The company organized to make flag holders. JOSEPH KR. Baker local funeral director contributed enough dimes to make a stack three feet high to become the city's first contributor to the Mile of Dimes campaign His son John was recovering from paralysis caused by a fall.
President Kennedy’s State of the Union message pledges ongoing US aid to Asian, African, and Eastern European nations even as Congress balks. Three Democratic senators warn aid to new African states must not prop up anti-democratic regimes, citing Ghana’s Volta River project and political repression.
Fulton Lewis Jr reports AFL-CIO leaders will press Congress as the 87th Congress convenes under Andrew Biemiller. The labor lobby seeks wage, education, housing and Social Security gains, while opposing tax cuts and broad public works. Major fights loom over health care via Social Security tax, aid to higher education, and civil rights laws.
The article notes that among UN flags only Cyprus includes a map of the country. It also mentions sterling as a standard of silver purity and that deer antlers are shed annually.
Civic Association and Health Department sponsor free Preparation For Parenthood classes with Middletown Hospital. Six weekly sessions begin next week and end Feb 27 at Golden Age clubhouse 111 N Broad St. Registration via Bureau of Public Health Nursing GA 3 6307. Instructors led by Marlene Naudin. Fathers urged to attend.
Dorothy Kilgallen reports Franchot Tone exiting The Umbrella with Geraldine Page and Tony Franciosa. Hefner’s Philadelphia Playboy Club faces licensing issues under Pennsylvania liquor laws. Elsa Martinelli’s Hatari scene interrupted by a leopard, shot kept as is. Sandra Church and Jule Styne seen dining at Quo Vadis. Dick Shawn promotes The Egg. Mim Benzell records Irish songs for RCA. Hollywood chatter covers Come Blow Your Horn casting hopes, Come Blow Your Horn. Nixon and California politics. Vincent Price’s horror box office pull. Dick Gregory eyeing Ahmad Jamal’s Alhambra. Stewart Granger wedding rumors. Alfred Kosselett at Fifth Avenue. Johnny Mathis recovery. David Niven voice on stardom.
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