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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1961
Page
4
The Middletown Journal lists subscription prices including 6c per weekday, 15c Sundays, 50c weekly carrier, 10 year mail within trading area, 20 year outside trading area, and 35 year outside U S. All subscriptions payable in advance. Published daily by News Journal Inc. Founded 1857.
The piece notes Edward R. Murrow’s selection to head USIA and cites advisers including Senator Hickenlooper urging a balanced presentation. It also highlights reported Voice of America bandwidth issues abroad and the need to improve reception, while mentioning McNamara’s push to cut Pentagon waste and seek congressional support.
The Justice Department backs Kennedy in urging reapportionment under the 14th Amendment. States long unredistricted have caused urban residents to pay more taxes with fewer services, eroding confidence in state government as people seek solutions from Washington. Morocco's political scene is described as potentially explosive.
The article defends President Kennedy’s rocking chair as a symbol of mature taste and practical benefits. It praises the chair for gentle exercise and relaxation, urges a national swing to rockers, and suggests a four day work week with higher pay to fund added leisure.
A vivid medieval tableau shows two Christians crucified at the Gate of Rome as a magistrate asks about their crime. The soldiers repeat Die while a companion named Broken Nose offers a pact: free the other, he will die within the hour. The officer refuses, seeking proof he will keep the bargain.
The Centurion orders the other guard down and tends the wounded as the Frightened One weeps and dies. Broken Nose watches the scene then dies. The Centurion asks why these people speak of love, wishing for understanding.
Washington diary reveals how the journalist gathered material for a Navy and Mrs John B Connally Jr column by attending a party. He recalls encounters with Senator Young Kennedy sisters Robert E Lee and others as he mingled with political and social figures at the event.
The method may not suit all journalism students but a party hosted by Vice President and Mrs Lyndon B Johnson highlighted informal discussion about reporting approaches and ethics at the event.
The newly organized Young Republicans Club adopts a constitution drafted by a committee led by Tilmon Ellison with Herschel Day Emma Aversano Jane Shepherd and Mrs. F. E. Troutvine Jr. The City Commission orders an ordinance raising outside city fire calls from 25 to 100 per hour with fees to fund new departmental equipment.
Paul Harvey argues pessimism harms innovation citing Franklin, Columbus, and Wrights. He notes Labor and Commerce figures show a recession bottoming, warns against political fearmongering by Goldberg and Hodges. He tells a parable of a hot dog vendor resisting doom to illustrate optimism driving growth.
The reading notes favorable influences for creative work and imagination with belated recognition possible for past efforts. P M hours suit outdoor, sports, and social activities but warn against family friction. October may demand sacrificing personal desires for work, with rewards seen early 1962. A birth child will be steady, conservative, and powerfully building.
The text notes Andrew Jackson as the first U S president to ride a train, then mentions an ostrich fern frond resembling an ostrich plume and a claim about a rat living longer with water than any man.
Dave Regan recalls Milt Caniff creator of Steve Canyon and Male Call visiting Miami University for a journalism clinic. Caniff, a Columbus Dispatch alumnus, discussed balancing work from Dayton under his mother’s illness while shipping art to New York. He recalled his stage interest and compares early Terry and the Pirates to his later fame.
Dorothy Kilgallen surveys stars and industry moves as Lars Schmidt pursues film rights to The Frog Pond while Broadway plans a two way street push. Peggy King, Buddy Bregman, and Peggy Lee figure in romantic and career shifts amid Oscars chatter and a wild Night at Latin Quarter spotlight.
The item notes that the dimple is seen as a sign of intelligence and questions beauty and brains mixing. It mentions college trends like bed pushing for activity, and laments the decline of telephone booth jamming. It predicts feminine fashion shifts toward flat, fat heels as spike heels wane.
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