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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1961
Page
4
Middletown Journal lists subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions. Rates include 6 day mail at $10 per year and 7 day mail outside the trading area at $20 per year, with USA subscriptions at $35 per year. Published daily by News Journal Inc. Founded 1857.
The administration taps Robert F. Woodward, longtime diplomat and current Chile ambassador, for the key post of assistant secretary of state for Inter American affairs. He brings 30 years of service and is expected to influence policy in sensitive Latin American relations amid limited external interference. A separate note reports the head of the American Republican Army facing charges for conspiracy linked to microwave tower bombings, advocating political overthrow of the United States.
The piece extols boys building simple craft on any water touch, noting the charm and memories but warning of dangers when vessels swamp or deviate. It urges safety: solid rafts, leak free boats, and basic rules taught in advance, with forethought as a constant companion on any voyage.
The Berlin dispute intensifies as Premier Khrushchev reiterates a 1958 ultimatum amid warnings of a possible world war. West Berlin mayor Willy Brandt cautions that a treaty with East Germany would affect only the city’s status, not trigger global catastrophe. The piece notes traffic controls and maintains calls for cautious, measured action.
In a hospital visit a wife comforts her gloomy husband by listing good things. The wife adds at the bottom ALL THIS PLUS GOD, prompting the husband to shift to a positive outlook. The piece urges readers to count blessings and add God to the list as a cure for gloom.
In 1941 Ronald Lane announced the Junior Chamber of Commerce budgeted $1,000 for the Armco Field Fourth of July celebration. Police Chief Hugh King reported the City Commission ordered tow-away enforcement for cars left on streets overnight to aid street sweeping. Chris A. Politz of 1600 Tytus Ave was elected marshal of Buckeye District for the American Hellenic Educational progressive Association.
John McAlister and family faced a failed Nashville trip when a trailer caught fire on I-75 three miles south of Troy. Bottled gas explosion destroyed the trailer, with an estimated loss of $2,000 or more. No insurance coverage on the trailer owned by McAlister’s mother. Another brief note shares a child’s witty closing line about a monster movie ending.
George Sokolsky argues Kennedy will diverge from both conservative Republican and Hopkinsian aims. He predicts Kennedy's 1964 stance will evolve with age and experience, learning from Vienna and Khrushchev. The piece warns of Vienna’s lessons, possible staff purges, and the need for decisive policy to avoid indecision and scandal.
Paul Harvey argues that senators and representatives should reflect their constituents not serve as White House mouthpieces. He cites Arkansas as an example and warns that party unity and executive subservience erode republican representation. He stresses lawmakers must mirror home district will and uphold majority will.
A reader muses on Mrs Jacqueline Kennedy buying secondhand items from poets and other figures, joking that such mirrors and keepsakes could spark a national trend. He recalls a Madrid flea market purchase and contrasts public attention with private, literary-era trinkets while critiquing media coverage of the First Lady’s outings.
A spoofing note contrasts U S rental bills for government properties with NASA moon trip estimates of 20 to 40 billion dollars. The column muses about pay later travel plans and jokes about in flight movies and pop psychology. It also jokes about porcupines and cow milk in winter as playful asides.
The event will be held on a two mile sandy beach bordered by 250 acres of pine forest near Marathon site. Dr. Paul Zahl notes carnivorous plants number around 450 species worldwide using attractants and digestive mechanisms. The 1871 Peshtigo fire remains the deadliest in U.S. history with 1,152 or more fatalities.
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