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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1963
Page
4
The Middletown Journal publishes daily in Middletown Ohio. Rates list per copy six cents on weekdays and fifteen cents on Sundays. Delivery options include city carrier seventy cents weekly and mail subscriptions within and outside the trading area with annual prices stated.
The Navajo Nation elected a Flagstaff radio announcer as tribal chairman in an upset over eight year incumbent Paul Jones. The $20,000-a-year post drew wide attention with 96 polling sites on the reservation and accommodations in Chicago and other cities for Navajo workers.
Ballyhoo expert Frank Lane says spring training is half ballyhoo and three weeks can shape players, while ex White Sox and other clubs’ GM now guides the Chicago Zephyrs and promotes ticket sales. The piece notes ballyhoo’s promotional value beyond baseball and adds a Maryland principal’s view that homework should start in first grade to counter TV hooks.
The passage argues rail unions threaten an industry-wide strike over feather bedding after a Supreme Court ruling. It contrasts with France where coal miners strike nationalized industry and notes De Gaulle's draft threat to strikers. The writer condemns the public be damned attitude and defends democratic government by majority.
The piece recounts Ernest Hemingway’s hard use of a public persona and a soft inner life as shown in a two page note to Mark Hellinger. It describes Hellinger’s death and Hemingway’s suicide, noting the long forgotten letter and the doomed friendship.
The piece argues that international law allows measures short of war such as pacific blockades and reprisals. It cites Corpus Juris Secundum definitions and cites Kennedy era actions labeling quarantines as blockades. It frames economic pressure as a defensive tool to weaken the Castro regime without full war.
The piece jokes that 60 mobile health units threaten the practice of local witch doctors across Panama, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador and Honduras. It notes Fidel and Raul, Obeah Medical Association fears, and Kennedy’s Costa Rica trip as context, with satirical barbs on retraining and relocation.
A collection of disparate claims covers topics from emus in Australia traveling up to 30 miles per hour for 10 miles to bald eagles' diet favoring fish. It mentions Singapore barber ear cleanings, the first U S road as the old national pike, radish origins, a newborn kangaroo, a candle’s light equal to the full moon, and Tanganyika’s status as a former British trusteeship now fully independent within the Commonwealth.
A woman loses a coin purse in a downtown store but later a finder returns it with $14 inside after checking for a missing report and contacting the Journal. In a separate case a shopper’s groceries are stolen while she phones, with a car seen taking the cart’s contents. witnesses hope the theft was accidental.
Vaughn Meader and producers Bob Booker and Earl Doud clash over a follow up to The First Family. Meader says receipts prove willingness, while producers accuse him of dodging the project. Hitters include royalties dispute and potential counter-suit. March 31 deadline looms for settlement. Roddy MacDowall buys The Disinherited rights for a self-produced film. Susan Kohner and George Hamilton announce another betrothal. Martha Raye’s daughter Melodye hosts Easter Seals event in DC. Judy Holliday musical Hot Spot faces off-stage bickering despite potential box office. Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip seen in Fiji ritual scene. A fading film star battles liquor, while old films air on TV. Edward Albee play audio edits spark home listening debate. A NYC official is involved in a restaurant parking lot fight, shielded by press-strike and social ties.
Brief satire notes tumbleweeds in the U S called Russian thistle and jokes about Canada’s April election. It mentions Greece's 20 000 teachers strike for higher wages and a quip on spring weather and fashion labels.
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