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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1962
Page
4
The Middletown Journal lists subscription prices for city and suburban carriers, mail within and outside the trading area, and international rates. The brief masthead notes News-Journal Inc. and a Bible verse.
An Alabama minister urged including a Negro among NASA astronaut trainees but James E Webb said race religion or politics will not govern selection. He warned segregation in reverse would hinder equal opportunity and that the pool must be the best qualified, regardless of race. Hank Bauer bets on youth to keep his Kansas City Athletics job, implying potential firing.
The San Diego desalination plant celebration highlights progress in purifying seawater for large use. Analysts note current 20 cent thousand gallon price to the city, with costs expected to fall as scale improves, and atomic energy could have cut costs further if feasible. A mail carrier from Ohio walked to Washington to back postal pay raises.
The American Medical Association plans a soon to be released book of preferred medical terms to reduce doctor confusion caused by varying terminology. It aims to guide doctors across diseases, benefiting patients who may later know precise terms for their ailments.
Captain Waldo W. Lynch and crew host Jack and Dorothy Sullivan in New Delhi at Palam Airport. They discuss old planes, jet engines, and the Round-the-World trip, while observing India’s contrasts from wealth to poverty. The crew prepares for Flight 2 to Bangkok and Hong Kong as the world grows smaller.
Broadway Bulletin reports Rock Hudson may wed Marilyn Maxwell once he finishes paying his ex-wife. Desi Arnaz chats at Roundtable as Nora Hayden sings. Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis split draws clan interest. Sinatra sympathizes with Janet amid Tony’s attention to Juliet Prowse. Sugar Ray Robinson sells part of Harlem bar. Warren Beatty and Natalie Wood marriage bets wane. Jimmy Harris and Stanley Kubrick shield Sue Lyon until Lolita opens. Judge Levet’s injunction shocks Madison Ave. An art-mobile tour by Mrs. Winthrop Rockefeller, a $50,000 Chrysler collection exhibit, and plans for a legendary Boston cinema project emerge. Ava Gardner dines with Walter Leeds in New York. Lyda Fairbanks to spend $25,000 on wardrobe. De Laurentis eyes three-part Bible film with London script talks.
The Senate debates whether to amend the Constitution or bypass it to end poll taxes and redefine voter qualifications. The article notes states decide voting eligibility, cites the Seventeenth Amendment and Supreme Court rulings, and warns that universal voting could shift balance toward illiterate voters if not properly constrained.
Dave Regan writes of the annual license tag delay and a likely April 1 rush as drivers forget to place plates. The column notes an Oaks Service station car wash fundraiser for Middletown Rescue Squad from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. with proceeds supporting their ambulance and first aid equipment.
In a satirical piece, a narrator hunts the elusive Salan by mixing cinema parodies with Algeria’s political tension. The Casbah, Pepe Le Moko, and Peter Lorre appear as playful framing while references poke at De Gaulle’s forces and OAS.
Dr J C Stratton, president of the Board of Education, announced a special meeting to move 50 394 from a property fund to the general fund for a vocational training program aiding the war effort. Charles Reuthe noted Middletown’s March of Dimes drive raised 2 908, doubling last year’s total.
The Yankees Roger Maris, Tigers Norm Cash and Senator Jimmy Piersall headline a wave of pitchers and players securing large pay raises. Zadok Dumkopf questions Soviet claims on invention while a US firm plans a compact auto with single headlamps signaling radical design ideas.
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