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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1962
Page
4
Publication name Middletown Journal located in Middletown Ohio lists subscription prices for week days and Sundays, city carrier and mail options, and annual rates for trading area outside area and international, all payable in advance. Includes a biblical adage from Mark 12 44.
Two guiding spirits of ocean exploration have died within weeks of each other. Swiss scientist Auguste Piccard, designer of the bathyscaphe, preceded American naturalist and explorer William Beebe who died at 84. Beebe was famed for prose about the deep and the beauty of life. Their legacies mark a shift from deep sea probing to space ambitions.
Khrushchev pledges penalties for those who fail to understand as meat and butter rise 25 to 30 percent. The regime signals harsher control with economic distress blamed on Moscow's planned system. Death penalty reports for currency manipulation underscore dire economic trouble. Travel and smoking taxes rise. commentators note weakened liberal rhetoric.
The piece muses on public relations gimmicks that tie causes to days weeks or months such as May’s National Tavern Month National Pickle Week and Mothers Day. It contrasts overlong calendars with practical limits while noting Argentina’s President orders party reorganization and rules by decree in a Fuehrer overtones critique.
Jim Bishop chronicles Mrs Manny Budinger and Bill Silver in St Cloud Florida where a clock museum funded a hospital. Mrs Budinger built a hospital brick by brick with donated clocks and land. Bill Silver, once the town drunk, found a purpose until his death. the community now seeks someone to equip the vacant St Cloud Hospital.
Washington observers debate pay and productivity in Congress as Rep. H Gross of Iowa derides the 87th Congress for idle sessions while noting bills from a Judiciary Committee reflect ongoing legislative activity. The article contrasts fiscal vigilance with examples of sanctioned holidays and evolving views on foreign aid.
President Kennedy shows little awareness of the US economy's serious plight as labor wage costs mount and stock markets falter. He defends current policy, hints at a delayed tax cut, and proposes limited adjustments like depreciation changes and an 8 percent investment credit, while critics doubt these steps will prevent a recession before November elections.
Milton Proctor urges readers to display the American flag on Flag Day Thursday between Memorial Day and July Fourth. The note lists outlets like The Journal, the Legion, the Trenton Jaycees, and various local stores for flag purchases and includes a light, joke-filled clipping about monkeys and human ancestry.
Dorothy Kilgallen writes of guest columnist Guy Lombardo recalling his orchestral work for Franklin D. Roosevelt at inaugural events and other White House occasions. He notes regular invitations to Washington, a joke about playing Home on the Range for the president, and Secret Service dinners at the Roosevelt Grill. He also remembers performing for England’s Queen Mother and Queen Elizabeth, and a quiet, lonely moment with Queen Elizabeth at the Seventh Regiment Armory after a ball.
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