Middletown Journal Subscription Rates and Details
The Middletown Journal lists subscription terms with pricing for six and seven day mailings, daily newspaper delivery by carrier, and regional rates. Rates include 15 cents per copy for weekdays and Sundays, 50 cents weekly by carrier, $10 per year by mail in the trading area, $20 per year outside the trading area, and $35 per year outside the USA. Subscriptions are payable in advance. The paper is published daily by News-Journal Inc established in 1857.
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Bestial Face of Man Across Global Atrocities
A reflective column condemns rape and murder worldwide while urging restraint and moral law over savagery. It cites Congo rapes, Midwest killings, a New York child rape and murder, and Algerian mob violence, then contrasts bestial acts with the belief that man at his best remains near angels, despite critics. Kennedy plays golf at the White House, sparking debate.
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Congo
United Nations
Midwest
New York City
Algeria
Mundt Licks Wounds After Eisenhower Tug-Of-War
The South Dakota senator Mundt faces political damage after claiming Ike called the new administration too left of center. Eisenhower denied the remark with blunt retort. Mundt faces a wait until 1966 election while a long life expectancy note closes the column.
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Eisenhower
Double Standard in U S Interest Rates Draws Fire
The piece argues the Kennedy administration’s plan to offer foreign holders higher Treasury yields creates a double-dollar standard. It warns this may provoke protests and shift capital abroad, advocating a single domestic and foreign rate instead.
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Frankfurt
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United States
Big John Fades From Miami Home of Prunes and Oatmeal
Jim Bishop recalls his father John M. Bishop who spent almost two rich months in Miami. The piece paints intimate scenes from daily routines, humor about eye color, friendships made, and a memorable moment at the presidential inauguration, showing humor, pride, and Irish heritage.
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Miami
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Big John
Factographs on neck bones and sugar pine cones
A giraffe has fewer bones in its neck than a bird. Sugar pine cones can reach about 20 inches in length.
Silence on RB-47 attack and US response policy
A critical view questions the Kennedy administration's handling of the RB-47 shootdown and the State Department protests. It notes American airmen were attacked on the high seas, discusses possible ransom talks, and doubts whether concessions for the fliers preceded renewed Soviet aviation talks. The piece argues for firm redress and clear policy rather than appeasement.
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Capitol Hill
High Seas
Moscow
United States
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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Barents Sea
Bridges
New Hampshire
Congress
New York
Turtle dreams and terrapin talk in a tavern tale
A humorous Washington letter riffs on Homer Capehart’s re election bid in 1962 and jokingly imagines feeding President Kennedy with terrapin. The narrator muses on turtle farming for snacks, a marine land backyard scheme, and a cheeky press release from the Chamber about minimum wage impacts.
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Washington
Homer E. Capehart
Indiana
Capehart
William Gilmer Bray
Homer
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
No Change in Weather and Moon Trip Hopes Mentioned
In Rio de Janeiro sweltering heat prompts sardonic remarks about temperature. Wernher von Braun forecasts moon travel before 1970, while a sport columnist notes ash bats and Indians arrows. Asphalt paving in the US grows from 0.5 to 11 million tons in four decades and solar eclipses aid precise Earth distance measurements.
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Wernher von Braun
Sport Page
United States
Fire insurance and home preparedness warning
The Elks Country Club fire serves as a warning on insurance adequacy and home safety. Officials urge adequate coverage, knowledge of policy terms, escape plans, and safety devices like ladders and extinguishers. Spring cleaning and removing stored debris reduce fire hazards, as do proper storage of matches and regular checks of furnaces stoves and wiring.
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Broadway’s Grapevine Bets on Cinderella Oscar Picture
Industry insiders buzz about Dorothy Kiigallen’s film “Sons and Lovers” as a potential Oscar winner amid momentum and talks of banning pricey campaigns. The piece surveys theatre flops, star intrigues, and evolving Hollywood fashion while noting Sophia Loren’s career jitters, Rita Hayworth in Milan, and Brigitte Bardot’s planned May start for Private Lives in France.
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Myrna Loy
George Kogel
Ahmad Jamal
Philadelphia
Sophia Loren
U. S
Whch
Paramount
Billy Taylor
Hickory House
State Department
Europe
Iron Curtain
Mary Astor
Peyton Place
Q Wrer
Peggy King
Peggy Wg
Debbie Reynolds
Hollywood
Brigitte Bardot
Noel Coward
Gertrude Lawrence
Piccadilly
Shubert Alley
France Nuyen
Suzie Wong
Suzie
Notable Local Musicians Featured in Who's Who in America
Twenty years ago on March 8 1941 Frank Simon former conductor of the Armco Band Ernest Glover Herman J Copp director of Middletown schools music and Rhea W Brown supervisor at McKinley Junior High were listed in Who's Who in Music in America. Robert Whitacre son of Mr and Mrs J L Glass was named advertising and business manager of the Tri-State College school paper in Angola Indiana where he was an honor junior student.
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Frank Simon
Armco Band
Ernest Glover
Herman J. Copp
Middletown Public
Rhea W. Brown
McKinley Junior High School
Robert Whitacre
J. L. Glass
Tri-State College
Angola
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