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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1961
Page
6
The Middletown Journal lists subscription options with daily and Sunday rates. In city delivery six cents per weekday, fifteen cents Sunday. six days ten-nine? The mail rates show eight press?
Civil War era shifts public demand for on the scene reporting. Bruce Catton recalls reporters at Shiloh and the evolving role of newspapers to present news without party coloration. The piece notes the House rules committee remains packed and questions on constraining legislation.
Federal Judge F Dickinson Letts dissolved the Hoffa monitor board, upholding due process while leaving a Florida fraud indictment to be pursued by the Justice Department. The decision frames restraint and oversight as compatible with legal rights, amid public debate over Hoffa’s conduct and power. Weather shifts aside, the administration may need focus beyond international issues.
The Kennedy administration proposes tax revisions to encourage corporate reinvestment in plant and equipment rather than broadening tax on individuals. Economists say credits for funds plowed back aim to stimulate expansion during a recession, a shift from accelerated write-offs. A contrasting headline notes Castro closing a trap on rebels, with a sharp editorial quip.
Federal and state probes reveal Delaware Democratic officials accepting kickbacks from employees and contractors tied to road projects. G. Clarence Reihm collected 1-2 percent from payrolls, passing funds to supervisor Roy Hawke. Contractors like Petrillo Brothers paid $5,000 for state contracts, with further demands totaling $10,000 over four years. Justice Department urged to check for federal law violations under 18 U.S.C. 610.
Estrellita delivers a long fortune noting congenial mood today with good news from afar. It highlights financial and property turns in the afternoon, potential upward swings in real estate late year, possible romance and marriage in June, travel chances in late July and early August, and a strong year ahead for business and personal matters with 1961 ending strong for job and economy. a warmhearted intelligent child is predicted, but a dislike of restraint.
Washington reports Catholic leaders and lawmakers debate President Kennedy s stance on aid to private and parochial schools. McCormack and Keating support federal loans for private schools while Kennedy resists aid to parochial and private K 12 education, citing constitutional concerns. Critics say loans for construction and other aid to sectarian schools merit equal treatment under law.
The UN has failed to civilize the jungle says the speaker, criticizing inviting Red China to the UN and British moves to seat the Beijing regime. The piece denounces Khrushchev’s shoe bangs and Congo interventions while urging adherence to Rusk’s long-standing view that China’s Communist government does not deserve a seat among nations.
City Solicitor Fred J. Schatzmann said the City Commission may compile and publish all city ordinances for the first time in 25 years to simplify reference. Edith Faust of McKinley Junior High spoke on makeup at Armco Dramatic Club. June Jurgensen, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. C E Jurgensen, pledged to Delta Gamma at Miami University as a sophomore.
A playful collection notes the sun earth gravity could snap a steel cable three thousand miles thick. It also cites modern machines planting around a thousand seedlings per hour and credits Genghis Khan with early use of gunpowder.
Standard Oil of Ohio offers a free booklet Ohio In The Civil War covering 1861 to 1865 and invites teachers to request any number of copies by writing to 1813 Midland Building Cleveland Ohio Readers report an AMA release warning that common detergents can injure hair skin and eyes and suggest bland shampoo as a safe alternative A letter signed by a woman driver criticizes female drivers citing a one week observation of 29 women running red lights versus five men
A London writer stirs Marion Brando fans with a Mexico wedding claim to Movita using Pennebaker as a front. Ex-husband Jack Doyle voices doubt. The piece hints at a plan to link Brando and Monroe for box office hype while Liz Taylor and Eddie Fisher face lawsuits. Career moves and romances ripple through actors, singers, and industry figures from Coward to Kennedy.
The text notes falconry shares roots with archery and that the Chinese practiced the sport about two thousand years ago, highlighting ancient origins and cross cultural parallels in these craft fields.
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