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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1963
Page
4
Middletown Ohio publication details including postage address First Ave S Broad, post office, and second class mail. Rates show per copy six cents weekday, fifteen cents Sunday, 50 cents weekly carrier, 12 dollars yearly in trading area, 20 dollars outside 7 days, and 35 dollars outside L.A. per year. Published daily by News-Journal Inc founded 1857. Psalm verse appears as a motto.
Widespread concern centers on glue sniffing and the rising use of codeine cough syrup among high school and college students. Narco experts warn syrup may replace marijuana as a high, sometimes with stimulant or sleep pills, and weekend cough syrup parties have grown. Stronger laws and tighter controls on habit forming ingredients are urged to curb abuse.
Hollywood gears up for a 40 million dollar Cleopatra film starring Liz Taylor and Richard Burton. Despite high costs the project is expected to recoup losses and perhaps spur bigger budgets, while winter weather clichés prompt dueling editorials on wit versus cold.
Jim Bishop recalls a wild family trip thirty years ago in a biplane era style memoir. The narrator and Elinor escape debt and fear with flashy aircraft, quirky pilots like Richard Merrill and Stark, and stops from Newark to St. Petersburg. A humorous, chaotic tale of travel, alcohol, weather and daring flights ends with the line that flying was the true vacation.
This retrospective contrasts Kennedy’s early presidency with Eisenhower’s two years after leaving office. It notes White House briefings praise the Congo effort as begun by prior administrations, cites travel and activity levels, and weighs domestic policy harmony, presidential legacies, and Ike’s quiet service and restraint toward his successor.
John Chamberlain analyzes the clash of styles as the Bolshoi tours New York and U S troupes return from Iron Curtain venues. He argues Balanchine and Martha Graham prove more inventive and adaptable than Imperial Russian tradition, framing dance as soft power in the cultural Cold War. He notes Athens performances of Clytemnestra and Judith, plus tours from Ankara to Zagreb, highlighting propaganda value and artistic vitality.
Factographs notes Brazil hosts about seven million horses. The bat remains the only mammal capable of true flight.
The American Legion sponsorship of the Back To God observance in Middletown grows toward 30 supporting organizations as a week long observance honors four U S S Dorchester chaplains who died February 3, 1943. The program promotes daily personal prayer Bible home placement family Bible reading child religious training and weekly worship. Pamphlets will be distributed in churches next Sunday during Religious Emphasis Week proclaimed February 2 to 8.
Paul Harvey notes skiing has grown from a few enthusiasts to a multi million dollar industry. Resorts spend on chairlifts and snow making while houses and Alpine villages rise near slopes. Government funds study why people ski and what they buy as demand expands nationwide.
On January 28, 1963 this page notes events from 1915 Coast Guard creation to 1738 Westminster Bridge construction and 1878 first US commercial telephone switchboard in New Haven. It also cites 1932 Shanghai battle, 1947 Bay Psalm Book sale, and birthdays of Artur Rubinstein and Jean Felix Piccard.
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