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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1962
Page
4
Jim Bishop praises Art Carney in Take Her, She’s Mine, noting his humble beginnings and gradual ascent from imitating famous voices to becoming a fine actor. The midnight theatre scene on West 47th Street frames Carney’s modest confidence and resilience.
Subscriptions listed for Middletown Ohio paper include per copy 6 cents weekday and 15 cents Sunday. Carrier in city areas 50 cents weekly. Mail in trading area six days ten dollars yearly. Mail outside trading area seven days twenty dollars yearly. Out of US 35 dollars yearly. Text ends with a biblical verse.
Mrs William Conley reports a potato plant bearing five marble sized tomatoes at 7516 Browns Runs Road. The Item notes other locals visiting town and asks readers to help the Good Samaritans with clothing and furniture for several cases. He also mentions blooming plants and matted petunias amid dry weather.
The Peace Corps, now in its second year, gains broad public and bipartisan support. By end of 1962 about 5,000 members will serve in 38 countries, with growing requests from nations hosting volunteers. The program showcases American idealism and the teaching doing learning mission, despite early ridicule and missteps. Former President Truman quips about orbiting the earth, noting political voters on the moon.
An exploration of the necktie as a peculiar male wardrobe habit. The essay notes the tie’s lack of practical function beyond fashion, the business suit’s enduring design, and asks why Americans endure heat with shoes and ties while other regions favor sandals.
A Paris linen shop offers two color blankets with Picasso on one side and Cotteau on the other, while sweatshirts in the country sport portraits of Beethoven Brahms and Bach. The piece muses on whether such art boosts interest in classics or merely amuses, noting a preference for art on walls despite the trend.
Long, intimate portrait of Art Carney as a shy, disciplined, family‑oriented actor. He stays out of the spotlight off stage, values privacy, and approaches roles with wit and quiet control. He balances fame with humility, directing his career and life with careful restraint.
Washington lacks restraint in politics as mudslinging fills hearings and speeches. The Estes case and profit windfalls spark insinuation about loyalty. Liberals’ silence contrasts with McCarthy era outcries over guilt by association amid a system of favors from officials. The Estes probe moves forward as contacts and phone lists draw suspicion.
Senate minority leader Everett Dirksen touts a fool proof method to corral hard to reach presidential advisers. A disarmament party event lures William C Foster to a State Department cocktail party, revealing Foster in town and catchable for questioning.
The article surveys how JFK implied excessive profits in strategic material purchases and how Eisenhower rebutted Kennedy’s insinuations. It references congressional digs labeling conflicts of interest and stockpile subsidies, while noting Eisenhower’s wartime service and the debate over government medical care for elderly veterans.
The text criticizes relentless mudslinging where motives are impugned and guilt by association replaces proper procedure. It contrasts American practice with Britain and Canada where legislative inquiries are conducted judiciously and reports released after evidence is gathered, hoping the U S may adopt a similar sophistication.
Dorothy Kilgallen’s guest columnist Eddie Senz shares four decades in cosmetics and hairdressing. He argues women should choose looks that suit them, cites Drew Garson, Mary Martin, Helen Morgan, Mrs. Roosevelt, and Dorothy Kirsten, and notes makeup shapes lips as the key to beauty, not color alone.
The narrator recalls giving makeup and hairstyle guidance to Margaret Truman as she prepared to debut as a concert singer. He notes adjusting her hair to frame her face, softening the halo of her head, reshaping eyebrows, and giving her a more generous mouth for a more cheerful, oval appearance.
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