Middletown Journal subscription rates and contact
The Middletown Journal lists subscription rates for varying regions and formats. Rates include 6c per weekday, 15c Sunday, 10 dollar annual mail within trading area, 20 dollar year outside trading area, and 35 dollars for outside USA with advance payment required. The paper is published daily by News-Journal Inc. and includes a verse from Romans and John.
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Middletown Journal
Middletown
Ohio
First Ave
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U.S.A
News-Journal Inc
Red Cross launches 1960 fund drive amid shrinking gifts
The American Red Cross begins a month long nationwide fundraising campaign described as critical to peacetime operations. In 1959 it raised about 83 million dollars, aims for 95 million this year to fund 3700 chapters and programs. The federation highlights disaster relief, blood for hospitals, and military family support served by 2 million volunteers.
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American National Red Cross
Red Cross
United
Shrove Tuesday Traditions Across Europe and Britain
The piece surveys Shrove Tuesday customs from New Orleans carnival roots to English pancake races in Olney and Liberal, Kansas, and notes historic football games in Britain. It highlights Ashbourne’s long distance goals and public collections for potential damages, reflecting festive prior to Lent.
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New Orleans
Paris
England
Olney
Buckinghamshire
Liberal
Kansas
Britain
Ashbourne
Derby
Fighte
Representation for District Voters in Congress Gets Touch of Vote
House Interior Committee considers measures to grant non voting delegates to Guam and Virgin Islands totaling 71 500 residents while a District of Columbia home rule vote stalls in a hostile sub committee. Advocates press discharge petitions seeking floor action. Southerners oppose DC rule amid racial politics. Presidential election voting rights may be the year’s best outcome.
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District of Columbia
Congress
Guam
Virgin Islands
House
Interior Committee
Virgin Islanders
Wayne N. Aspinall
Colo
Washington
Senate
D. C
Taipei press rails against Conlon Report on recognizing Red China
Taipei newspapers reject the Conlon Associates study urging United Nations recognition of Peiping. They argue Washington policies and Western diplomacy rely on nonrecognition and warn that recognition would legitimize Mao’s regime and invite espionage, while noting Russia supplies China’s military hardware.
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Washington
Taipei
Formosa
Conlon
Red China
United Nations
San Francisco Researchirm
Conlon Associates
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
House
Peiping
Russia
Quemoy
Matsu
Khrushchev
Mao Tse-tung
China
Great Britain
Mao
Southeast Asia
It’s February and a Kremlin quip on pop music
The excerpt mockingly faults Soviet popular music as behind America. It shifts to a jab about a pro basketball team scoring 135 but losing, then notes 100 million Americans will vacation by car. It mentions Africa’s mamba venom and Aya Sofya’s conversion to a mosque and current status as a state museum.
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Dmitri Kabelevsky
Moscow
U. S
America
Kremlin
Constantinople
Can Legislation Create Honest Government Or Not
A two year study by a New York City bar association committee argues for a regulatory scheme to prevent conflicts of interest in government service. The piece contends honesty cannot be legislated and calls for simple injunctions demanding integrity rather than sweeping laws.
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Washington
Congress
Association of the Law of the City of New York
Bar Association Committee
Benson Sells and Leasing Proposals Stir Political Debate
Washington column questions Ezra Taft Benson sale or lease as Republicans trumpet civil rights. Morton hints to voters, while a witty riff contrasts Democratic contenders and regional travel tales from Florida to Las Vegas amid partisan banter.
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Washington
Thruston B. Morton
Ezra Taft Benson
Morton
Kentucky
Ezra
Estrellita Horoscope Highlights Across 1960 61
The reading notes today's values may seem confusing without digging beneath the surface. It warns of conflicting influences but urges aiming high for gains and prioritizing harmony in personal relationships. It also notes a potential snag in signing important papers for tomorrow's birthdays and forecasts emotional tension in early June and October.
Rathman Lewis Drugs Inc and Furnishings Firm Formed
Two local firms incorporated on March 1 1940 Rathman Lewis Drugs Inc with Harry Phillips Ernest Rathman and Harry W Lewis as incorporators and Rathman family linked to the business since 1818. The Furniture Shop created with Chester Skillman Charles R Troup Rathman as founders.
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Just Incorporated
Rathman-Lewis’ Drug Store
Rathman-Lewis Drugs, Inc
Harry Phillips
Ernest D. Rathman
Harry W. Lewis
Chester D. Skillman
Charles R. Troup
Rathman
March Adapts From Lion to Taxes as Spring Arrives
The piece notes March fading from lion to lamb and marks the Vernal Equinox on March 21. It warns of income tax payments and semi annual real estate levies, then celebrates April and the promise of May with Saint Patrick’s Day near.
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Sam
Broadway Grapevine Highlights and Party Buzz
Dorothy Kilgallen notes ex treasury secretary George M. Humphrey to direct Nixon campaign efforts. Henry Hull arrives to discuss a Dore Schary play. Sophia Loren travels ill with antibiotic allergy. Debbie Reynolds courted by Bob Neal with a diamond gift. Tammy Grimes seen with ex-husband Christopher Plummer fueling cafe chatter. The Harris Committee shifts focus to book publishing payola. Harold Krupp plans Spring wedding with Princess Soraya. Tab Hunter's magazine line. Umberto Agnelli and Antonella Piaggio tied in Milan. Madison Square Garden sports crowds turn volatile. The Latin Quarter denies plans to tear down its cafe building. Bing Crosby offered £100,000 for London Palladium engagement. Jesse Belvin death rumors prompt suspicions of foul play. Toshiko and Charlie Mariano wed. Mariano joins Toshiko’s group. Sloan Simpson courted in The Pleasure of His Company tour. Night-tour guides strike for $6 after 9 p.m. Gladys Bentley’s autobiography unpublished at death. Bobby Darin predicts huge success. Belafonte and Nat King Cole form a TV film venture. Pygmalion seeks Shaw lookalike doorman. Francoise Sagan edits preface for Jacques Chazot’s Sophie Ripaille.
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Treasury
George M. Humphrey
Nixon
Humphrey
Ike
Nuff
Henry Hull
Hollywood
Dore Schary
Sophia Loren
Bob Neal
Debbie Reynolds
Debbie
Tammy Grimes
Christopher Plummer
Rex Harrison
Rex
Harris Committee
Gladys Bentley
Harlem
Connie's Inn
Bobby Darin
Harry Belafonte
Nat Cole
Pygmalion
George Bernard Shaw
Francoise Sagan
Sophie Ripaille
Jacques Chazot
Francoise
Chazot
Factoids From Geography and Biology
The text lists comparisons across marine life, planetary facts, city trade, island size, disease causes, state history, dairy goats, and high altitude regions. Notable items include shrimp leading shellfish catches, Mars named for war, Chicago’s inland water traffic, Sumatra versus California and Connecticut, carbon monoxide danger, Massachusetts historical society, milk goats’ peak yield age, and India’s high terrain.
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King Features Syndicate
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Conlon Report
Communist Party
Thomas Jefferson
Africa
David Lawrence
Sherman Adams
Adams
George Dixon
Benson
India Edwards
Women’s Democratic
George A. Smathers
Florida
Palm Springs
Calif
Sunshine
Miami
Warren G. Magnuson
Senator Magnuson
Las Vegas
Senator Smathers
Magnuson
Maggie
Estrellita
Dave Regan
March
Dorothy Kilgallen
Harold Krupp
Soraya
Iran
Lonelness
Tab Hunter
Rome
Turin
Umberto Agnelli
Fiat
Antonella Piaggio
Vespa
Madison Square Garden
Latin Quarter
London Palladium
Bing Crosby
Tin Pan Alley
Jesse Belvin
Toshiko
Japan
Charlie Mariano
Stan Kenton
American
Mars
Earth
Chicago
Panama Canal
Sumatra
California
Connecticut
Massachusetts
India
Dennis the Menace
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