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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1962
Page
4
The Middletown Journal publishes daily through News-Journal Inc. with subscription options printed for 6 day and 7 day mail, city carrier, and overseas plans. Rates include 6c for weekday copies, 15c Sundays, 50c weekly carrier, $10 yearly in trading area, $20 outside, and $35 outside USA.
The piece argues that sun tanning is not healthful despite fashion, citing doctors at a AMA convention who warn of premature aging and localized skin cancer from sun exposure. Vitamin D benefits come from food, not tanning, and beauty may not justify the health risks. The column ends by noting rail unions protesting a wage boost amid non-operating tensions.
Sir David Eccles proposes English for international use at Rome luncheon clubs noting its role in science and as a window to the world. He urges consideration of English English versus American English and calls for spelling simplification as a desirable reform.
The piece notes two trends in women’s hosiery. Run resistant stockings aim at durability while sheer disposable stockings sell on extreme cheapness. It jokes that wearers may discard the sheer pair daily, with husbands spared from dodging run sags but facing higher waste.
A terse portrait of Bessie Cullen, a ghostlike farm laborer in Piscataway Township. The girl, aged unknown, endures isolation, mythic caregiving for children, and relentless labor from youth to death in a state hospital, with the narrator recalling her quiet influence and untold life.
George E. Sokolsky argues the Supreme Court prayer decision is often misread by the public and press. He urges separating ruling from explanation to avoid false impressions about what the court actually barred in public schools.
McClellan committee witness Paull Kamerick cites inconceivable mismanagement in the Agriculture Department under Secretary Orville Freeman. He notes faulty communications and a sprawling 100000 strong workforce, mocks agency phone numbers, and predicts Senate investigators will hear many I don’t knows as the inquiry continues.
The great fire of 1666 wrecked about 13 200 homes and 389 churches in London England as reported in historical records.
City health officials remind residents that trash collection is free but some refuse to participate. Violators can be forced to comply under law as uncollected garbage endangers public health. Also appeals for get well postcards to Barbara Dickenson, Mercy Hospital, Hamilton, five years old, critically ill.
Dorothy Kilgallen weighs in on the Supreme Court ruling banning school prayer. She argues show business figures vote and pray too, cites Kennedy and atheists, warns the decision could erode childhood freedoms and challenges the Court to remove references to God from oaths and pledges.
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