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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1962
Page
8
Old Books and Modern Reading Habits
A meditation on readers preferring recent works over older books, arguing that wisdom can be found in earlier generations. It notes a famous English professor who supposedly reads old books when new ones appear and suggests this as practical guidance for enriching Lifelong reading. The passage ends with a cryptic aside about Khrushchev and a moon mission observers idea.
Farley weighs NY governorship bid at 75
Former Roosevelt campaign manager and postmaster general James A Farley nears 75 and weighs running for New York governor. Democratic rivals are little known, and Rockefeller’s hold on the nomination remains uncertain. Farley is seen as strong in organization but his issue positions are unclear and his FDR ties have cooled. He would accept a nomination if offered and holds no hard feelings if not.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Farley
Roosevelt
New York
Rockefeller
Farley
Jim
FDR
YMCA
Wall Street Journal
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Columbus
Peanut Heaven
Hartman Theater
Minnie Madden Fiske
John Drewe
Dame Whitty
Birthday honors honor diverse figures from cartoondom to trades
The British monarch’s birthday honors list includes prominent government business and arts figures alongside ordinary workers such as a blind stenographer, a trawler skipper, a Scottish school janitor, and a Hereford cattle herdsman. The piece suggests recognizing everyday citizens to boost morale and proposes a method for honoring ordinary people who excel in their duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth
David Low
Herblock
Black Muslims Face Criticism After Paris Crash Remarks
Malcolm X leads a Nation of Islam rally amid explosive claims of divine justice after the Paris air disaster. Los Angeles Mayor Yorty seeks federal action to classify the group as subversive, citing threats and calls for violence against white Americans and public officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Paris
Malcolm X
Elijah Muhammad
Nation of Islam
Los Angeles
Sam Yorty
Allah
Ronald Stokes
Muhammad
Wallace Muhammad
The
Phoenix
Arix
Gordon Selby
Yorty
Kennedy
Ethel Bryant
Inside Camp Century Greenland Atom Plant
An under ice base near the Pole houses an atomic plant that powers a two year supply of heat light and power for nearly a hundred US scientists and soldiers. Satellite technicians wear lint free caps gowns and towels and vacuum shoes to protect delicate equipment. The article notes extreme care as even a fingerprint can shorten a satellite's life. Snakes range from burrowing inches to a 30 foot python. Dutch New Guinea head-hunters wear skulls of deceased parents as protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Century
Greenland
North Pole
United States
Dutch New Guinea
Balance of Power Could Prevent a Big War
The article discusses the balance of power between the United States, the Soviet Union, and Red China, arguing that a stalemate may prevent a major war if nuclear arms are restrained. It covers McNamara and Rusk statements on nuclear proliferation, NATO defense, and the need for allied, not single nation, strategic planning to deter or avert a global conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
America
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
Kennedy
Moscow
Red China
Russia
United States
France
China
NATO Alliance
Europe
Defense McNamara
State Rusk
General de Galle
McNamara
Great Britain
NATO
Rusk
Paris
de Gaulle
Berlin
George Dixon Liquor Over The Barrel
Washington columnist laments rising alcohol references in public prints. He cites barmaids in New Zealand, a YMCA beer team in London, and stand up drinking in DC. He jokes about Eisenhower mugs, Irish regiments, and Kentucky temperance lectures, concluding with weariness and a chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
New Zealand
Young Men's Christian Association
Military
London
District of Columbia
Ogden Nash
Scotland
Sinagler
McWilliam McSol McEstes
University of Kentucky
Niel Plummer
School of Journalism
Kentucky Kernel
Kentucky
Plummer
Frank Dickey
Annie Get Your Gun at Daytons Memorial Hall Delivers Live Magic
Dave Regan notes first nighters risk and relish in Dayton's Memorial Hall opening of Annie Get Your Gun. From onstage hat mishap to delayed rifle crackling the crowd enjoyed live theater's immediacy and imperfect charm over polished film.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton’s Memorial Hall
Arnie Oakley
Dayton
O Henry's Village Steakhouse Founded From Heymann’s Butcher Shop
Dorothy Kilgallen’s guest columnist Vito Di Lucia recalls converting the Heymann butcher shop at West 4th Street and 6th Avenue into O Henry's Village Steakhouse in 1958. He preserves Jake Heymann’s legacy with meat-market fixtures and gas lamps, notes celebrity patrons including Sir Laurence Olivier and Tennessee Williams, and explains the restaurant’s naming inspired by William Sydney Porter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Kilgallen
Vito di Lucia
O. Henry's
Greenwich Village
Jacob Heymann
West 4Th Street
6Th Avenue
Heymann
Jake
Henry's
Jenny Lind
Gil
Henry
Sir Laurence Olivier
New York
Olivie
Joan Plowright
Archie Mulligan
Sir Laurence
Archie
Oliver
Tony Randall
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George Dixon
Anti-Saloon League
Honorable Artillery Company
Henry VIII
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Elizabeth II
Frederic Hooper
A.D.R. Gilbey
Dave Regan
O. Henry’s
William Sidney Porter
Tennessee
Tennessee Williams
Mr. Williams
Dennis the Menace
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