Middletown Journal subscription rates and origins
The Middletown Journal in Middletown Ohio lists subscription rates including per copy six cents on weekdays and fifteen cents on Sundays, with city carrier and six day mail options. It notes the paper was founded in 1857 and printed daily by News-Journal Inc. The snippet also contains a biblical quotation from Matthew 2 1 3.
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UN Bond Issue Vital to Keep United Nations Viable
The editorial argues for the United Nations bond issue of 200 million dollars to fund peacekeeping in the Congo and Middle East. It urges American support for 100 million in bonds to prevent UN forces from being crippled by nonpaying member states. It warns that failure could set a precedent allowing nations to thwart UN actions. Brunettes outnumber blondes five to four in the 1961 best coiffured women selection, winning by a head.
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Physical tests weed out 37 of 143 police applicants
One hundred forty three applicants for a large city police force faced physical tests. Thirty seven failed to meet basic standards, despite tests not requiring exceptional prowess. Climb 20 feet, 16 pushups, 27 situps, 18 inch jump, and 29 second stair run. Schools should emphasize fitness. current training may be inadequate.
Rights Of Indians in Supreme Court Ruling Sparks Concern
A high federal court ruling suggests local laws on reservations may not fully follow the Constitution. Native American Church vs Navajo Tribal Court involves police entering homes without warrants to enforce tribal peyote laws. The decision, declining federal interference, hinges on old views that Indian tribes are separate nations. This framing clashes with modern citizen rights.
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Jim Bishop Defends Smoking in Personal Essay
Jim Bishop defends cigarette use with defiant humor, recounting lifelong smoking, past foibles, and family habits. He notes modern medical scrutiny, cites rising national smoking figures, and pokes light fun at doctors, snuff, and tobacco brands while highlighting his own resolve to keep smoking.
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Homeowners Spend Billions on Repairs Nationwide
Factographs show United States homeowners invest six billion six hundred million dollars in home repairs and improvements. The national homicide rate is over twice Canada and Australia. England's National Physical Laboratory finds the most annoying sound is the scraping of a knife across a saucepan in any kitchen.
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Half baked Idea of Flexible Tax Power for President
The piece critiques President Kennedy’s idea to transfer tax rate setting from Congress to the president. It notes practical hurdles, legal constraints, and timing risks, including veto windows, form revisions, and the potential for bigger deficits. The analysis warns that sudden tax changes could mishandle economy cycles and trigger voter backlash.
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Washington Capitol Tales From Senate Galleries
George Dixon reports on Washington highlights and Senate hall chatter. Humphrey jokes with a Brazilian university contact about AID funding while Mansfield and Chavez brighten the Capitol mood with a light quip about a voiceless senator on the floor.
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Good Samaritans Aid Needy Families In Middletown
A Middletown group called the Good Samaritans works to provide bare necessities for fire victims and other the less fortunate. They seek items including clothing, furniture, a sewing machine, a washer, bedding, and children's wear to help a five-child family and a widow with three children. Call GA 2-8310 to arrange pickup.
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Broadway Gossips and Streetwise Star Notes Roundup
Dorothy Kilgallen surveys Broadway chatter from Sophia Loren's Paris bid for a Film Critics award to Philadephia hospital letters and Ted Strater’s Palm Beach debut. Rumors of engagements and romances mingle with industry notes on Abbott and Costello, Red Skelton, Tammy Grimes, and Tammy’s Harbour. The piece tracks film, theater, and radio stars, invites, and fashion writers across New York and beyond with vivid society drama and name-dropping.
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Reverend Buckley Dies After Traffic Injury
Rev Msgr Danel A Buckley eighty died in Springfield hours after a traffic crash He served Middletown parish from 1890 to 1903 and was the oldest active priest in the Cincinnati Archdiocese His work spurred construction of the church on Clark Street Also Hugh W Wright named local scrap iron drive chairman for Ohio American Legion posts
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