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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1963
Page
6
The Middletown Journal outlines subscription rates for in city and suburban delivery, trading area mail, and outside trading area and international rates. A biblical quote from 1 John 4.20 is printed alongside the masthead motto about love and brotherhood.
The articles reveal how near the United States came to invading Cuba last October and show a vast mobilization that risked nuclear war with the Soviet Union. The public was kept largely uninformed as decisions were made quickly, underscoring a chilling reality of the nuclear age. The piece notes the government plans to spend 12 million next year to develop seawater desalination, a laudable goal despite taxpayer costs.
The article notes a surge in new apartment building as an active sector, with last year totaling 400,000 units and an oversupply in many U.S. cities. It contrasts housing abundance in the United States with shortages elsewhere, mentions Senator Goldwater and President Kennedy, and notes IRS pressure on taxpayers.
A concise analysis argues that most winter crashes come from driving as if snow and ice do not exist. It outlines a simple recipe: ignore changing road conditions, haste, belief bad things happen to others, luck, and cold to create a slide toward cross traffic. Drive with awareness that ice and snow are present to minimize crashes.
A Washington digest notes repeated Democratic successes in filling top posts with defeated rivals. It highlights Phil Weaver and Kathlyn Granahan among others, detailing appointments as U S attorney, treasurer, deputy secretary, and various agency roles, underscoring a pattern of post‑election placements.
The note claims the New York Yankees each received 9 882 dollars as a World Series share and playfully asks if a more profitable two week plan could be named. It presents a hypothetical cash windfall and hints at seeking wiser use of the sum.
A Washington case argues the Bay of Pigs disaster demands a congressional probe to fix responsibility among military chiefs and civilian interferences. Kennedy says no full invasion plan existed in Eisenhower’s term and that CIA led planning with joint chiefs approval.
President Kennedy has presented his three main messages to Congress and outlines a tax cut as the top priority. Congress appears unusually silent, having already heard much of the plan during pre-session speeches and news conferences. Kennedy’s strategy positions tax cuts first, banking on a favorable political climate after Cuba and Khrushchev’s Cuba backdown.
A reader-letter urges collective action by the public to curb self interest and materialism. It calls voting for principled leaders, funding law enforcement and schools adequately, honoring elders at home, resisting wasteful consumerism, and avoiding fashion and entertainment driven by shallow images to teach youth dignity and responsibility.
A columnist attacks the then fashionable “new arithmetic” in schools, arguing algebraic symbols distort grasp of balance sheets. He warns Kennedy’s $6 billion tax cut misreads cash flow after Social Security, stamps, and deficits erode real relief.
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