Subscription rates in Middletown Journal
Middletown Journal lists subscription prices with per copy rates for weekdays and Sundays, local carrier and mail options, and annual rates for trading areas and outside regions. Rates include 6 cents per weekday copy and 15 cents on Sundays, with 50 cents weekly carrier delivery, 12 dollars yearly by mail in the trading area, 20 dollars outside trading area, and 35 dollars outside the U S. All subscriptions payable in advance.
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Daily News-Journal Publication Note
A short notice appears from a historic daily publisher News Journal Inc noting its publication status with a motto quote from Luke. The fragment references a founding year and religious text, presenting as a bibliographic or archival stamp rather than a news item.
Profitable Switch for City Meters Curb Theft
New York replaced old parking meters with stronger units in 1962 at a cost of two and a half million dollars. In the first year revenues rose by nearly two million, offsetting the expense, and few meters were broken or stolen. The piece frames the issue as a model for other cities facing meter robbery. The Duke of Windsor is noted at 70 as a lighthearted aside.
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New York City
New York
Political weighers note shifts in Republican scene
The piece discusses Ambassador Lodge’s Saigon departure and its ripple effects on GOP politics. It considers General Maxwell D. Taylor becoming ambassador and what his appointment signals for Vietnam policy, suggesting a tilt toward military action but stressing the continued value of non military aid and diplomacy.
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Ambassador Lodge
Saigon
Lodge
Scranton
Maxwell D. Taylor
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Taylor
Vietnam
Defense
McNamara
Southeast Asia
Financing campaigns to curb undue influence in politics
The piece argues that current campaign financing invites undue influence and is worsening with air travel and television. It notes about five million dollars spent on Rockefeller's bid for the Republican nomination since last November and calls for congressional reform after the elections to prevent repetition four years later.
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Rockefeller
Congress
Television Wins At Convent In 1947
Jim Bishop Television Is Winner Over Piety chronicles a 17 inch set gifted to a Catholic convent on Robinson Street. Nuns fear the device until the Reverend Mother watches a test image. The moment wild speculation gives way to astonished prayers as the screen finally shows a moving picture.
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Jim Bishop
Robinson Street
Margaret Rose
St. Anastasia Convent
P.T.A
Gleason
Dumont
Milton Berle
Dennis James
Maggi MecNellis
Sisters of Charity
Margaret-Rose
United States
Congress
Kennedy Vice Presidential Bid Faces Atlantic City Debate
The Kennedy clout grows as supporters push for RFK to be Johnson's running mate. An frank Newsweek interview reveals Kennedy's openness while Northern leaders back his qualifications for high office. The Atlantic City convention looms as delegates weigh the risks and gains.
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Atlantic City
Robert F. Kennedy
Johnson
Bobby Kennedy
Benjamin Bradlee
Newsweek
Kennedy
Democratic Party
Mr. Bradlee
President Johnson
Ken
Huey
Mr. Johnson
Vielen
United States
Profit sharing urged as workers gain stake in Alcoa case
Paul Harvey argues profit sharing could revitalize U S industry as unions resist layoffs and automation at Massena plant. He notes wartime shifts, competition from Kaiser and Reynolds, and the idea that seven million workers already participate in some profit sharing. The column weighs incentives and loyalty beyond unions.
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Jon
Massena
Unclear odds and ends headline in a fragmented note
A garbled column fragment notes various trivia from 1.7 million more licensed U S drivers to a tiny South Dakota town vanishing from the map. It mentions a 900 year old Florida alligator and raises random questions about dermatology and antique prices in Europe.
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Florida
Fountain of Youth
Ponce de Leon
Pleasant Fourth of July Weekend in Middletown
Dave Regan notes calm Fourth of July in Middletown with pleasant weekend weather. No serious local accidents or incidents reported while crowds enjoyed LeSourdsville Lake Coney Island game parks and outdoor gatherings. Flags appeared more widely and households hosted barbecues as reporters worked through a holiday weekend.
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Middletown
LeSourdsville Lake
Coney Island
Jottings From Dorothy Kilgallen on Hollywood and Europe
Kilgallen sketches showbiz teasers from Paris to Hollywood. Romy Schneider Cary Grant security on set Piaf cab driver era Gen de Gaulle plans Edwards and Sophia Loren casting for After the Fall faces, plus Joe Levine gala notes and Liz Ashley screen impressions.
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Romy Schneiders
Cary Grant
Cary
Paris
Gen. de Gaulle
Edith Piaf
Regent's Park Zoo hosts special play section with mixed animals
The well known Regent's Park Zoo in London runs a special play area presided over by hostesses where young visitors mix with ponies goats rabbits llamas and wooly lambs. Rouen in France is famous as the town where Joan of Arc was burned in 1431 and the tower of her imprisonment still stands.
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Regent's Park Zoo
London
Rouen
France
Joan of Arc
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