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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1962
Page
4
The Middletown Journal lists subscription options and rates including per copy, weekly, and yearly prices. It includes in city, suburban, and trading area mail rates, outside trading area rates, and international pricing, with a note on payment and a biblical quotation from Matthew 6:15 NEB.
The article condemns the Secret Army's bombing and arson in Algeria, arguing that European Algerians misguidedly resist independence. It notes the OAS fights for a lost cause and claims continued terrorism is driven by lust for minority domination, with Moslem rule seen as near certain.
Dispatches from Macao report hunger and riots near Canton as 10 000 Chinese refugees recount railroad ticket refusals to escape routes. The piece notes famine is longstanding yet warns failures in food production could erode support for the regime and prompt a possible uprising.
The Siegfried Line, a 506 mile fortress of bunkers and tank traps along Germany’s western border, costly to build and costly to demolish. After the war, 300 bunkers were blown up at 2500 to 7500 dollars each, while farmers were compensated for land. The wall failed to deter Allied forces who bypassed it, proving barricades no longer solve defense.
A San Simeon visit unfolds as a bold real estate fixer for William Randolph Hearst narrates a century old scheme. He describes securing a hundred thousand acres for a government artillery range and moves a Navajo Indian family into a railroad town house, then reports the land theft and displacement back to Hearst.
A Kennedy news conference failed to clarify economic woes as Wall Street tumbled. The administration faces a shrinking profit margin across manufacturing, with stocks off sharply and profits hit by price controls and taxes. The piece urges a clear fiscal policy and debt relief to restore confidence.
George Dixon recalls a humorous interview with Postmaster General J Edward Day while visiting Beatrice Nebraska to unveil the Homestead stamp. Day jokes about duties and a ceremonial miscue at Chautauqua Park, while a bird nest and a spider interrupt the event.
The United Kingdom reports a five million pound wool clip, a gain of one million from the prior high. Britain's Institute of Food Technology now offers a four year sandwich course. The Congo River in Africa hosts a thousand fish species, with a future peaceful region touted as a vacation spot.
A column notes southern mockingbirds in local areas and their nocturnal songs. It highlights bird watching as a healthy outdoor hobby pursued by both genders, sharing anecdotes about photographers and the allure of identifying birds by song.
Alvin B Webb Jr surveys humanity’s long fascination with leaving Earth and the scientific milestones that turned fantasies into reality. From Daedalus and Icarus to Verne’s cannonship, Wang Hoo’s kite rocket, and key figures like Ziolkovsky Goddard Oberth, the piece traces the evolution of rocketry and space exploration.
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