Middletown Journal Subscription Rates and Publish Details
The Middletown Journal lists subscription rates by delivery method and area. Prices include per copy 6 cents weekday and 15 cents Sunday, in-city carrier 6 dollars weekly, and mail options from 10 dollars yearly in trading area to 20 dollars outside, with 35 dollars for U S A. Q tsides. The paper, founded 1857, publishes daily by News-Journal Inc. and quotes a Bible verse about cheerful giving.
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Proposed New Parks Across Nation to Save Desirable Areas
President Kennedy urged Congress to reserve new park and national monument sites from New York City to California before development spoils them. Highlights include Theodore Roosevelt birthplaces in New York and Sagamore Hills, plus sites in Wisconsin Missouri Nevada Utah with bristlecone pines and major scenery. Recreation would accompany preservation nationwide.
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Congress
New York City
California
Lake Michigan
Gulf of Mexico
Sagamore Hills
Theodore Roosevelt
Wisconsin
Ozark
Missouri
Nevada
Utah
Indiana
Texas
United States
Vagabond Harry Franck Dies at 80 World Traveler and Author
Harry A Franck, a University of Michigan graduate who spent 1903 to 1942 vagabonding around the globe on foot, died at 80. He authored Vagabond Journey Round the World and Vagabonding Down the Andes, recounting epic treks from Colombia to Argentina.
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Harry A. Frafick
University of Michigan
Franck
Andes
Colombia
Argentina
Sissavang Wong
Luang Prabang
Laos
Assam
Venezuéla
Harry A. Franck
House honors living congressman with Hall of Fame bust
The House unveils a bust of Joseph W. Martin Jr in the Hall of Fame, a first for a living member. At 77, Martin served as a congressman since 1925 and twice as speaker. The event prompts debate over who deserves inclusion, noting eight deceased representatives are already enshrined and questioning current standards.
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House of Representatives
House
Hall of Fame
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Martin
Joseph G. Cannon Jr
Ilinois
Nicholas Longworth
Ohio
Thomas B. Reed
Maine
Champ Clark
Missouri
Oscar W. Underwood
Alabama
North Carolina
Claud Kitehlin
Democrats
Martin B. Madden
Illinois
Appropriations Committee
Henry Clay
Thaddeus Stevens
Reconstruction
Sam Rayburn
Reed
Cannon
Jim Bishop In Florida With Pop And 2 Girls
Jim Bishop recounts a Florida trip with his father Big John and two young daughters. The family navigates hotel quirks, a convertible misadventure, and a hectic Diplomat Hotel stay in Miami. Banter about medicine, window seats, and the chaos of connecting rooms underscores a lively, personal travel portrait of a columnist and kin.
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Karen
Kathleen
Kelly
New York
Miami
Diplomat Hotel
Diplomat
Don Cuddy
Dad
Big John
Jean Suits
Monopoly power in steel and labor unions debate
The piece argues the national labor management advisory panel failed to tackle monopoly power behind strikes. It criticizes Kennedy for coercive tactics against steel, urges law curbing union and management monopolies, and warns of regulatory entanglements harming free enterprise. It cites Ford and Block opinions on antitrust and collective bargaining.
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Kennedy
Chamber of Comes Merce
United States
labor + management advisory committee
Henry Ford MT
Ford Motor Co
Joseph
Black
Congress
Ford
Democratic Party
White House
Moose pest control urged after Capitol meeting
A reporter recounts delivering a moose pest control plea to Secretary Udall after Senator Gruening warned Alaska’s 1000-pound varmints threaten cabbage crops in the Matanuska Valley. Gruening says 18,000 moose were shot last season yet still roam. Udall says the issue will be reviewed.
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Washington
Ernest Gruening
Alaska
Stewart L. Udall
Senator Gruening
Alaskas
Gruening
Matanusaka
Kenal Peninsula
Gruefing
Udall
Capitol
Interior Department
Mr. Udall
Indiana Dunes
New Jersey
West
One Event Noted in 1897 and Victoria Becomes Queen
A peculiar year in 1897 yields a singular observed event as Victoria ascends to the throne. A London court sentences a man for attempting to forge 160 watches, a quirky miscalculation contrast to royal headlines.
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Victoria
England
GOP Troubles Loom In California And New York
George E. Sokolsky analyzes the 1962 political landscape. California faces anti Nixon resistance from ultra conservatives while Pat Brown benefits from liberal support. In New York Rockefeller Javits and other Republicans seek re election amid mixed popularity, minority bloc voting, and potential Liberal Party impact. The Conservative Party may peel votes from Rockefeller and Javits, signaling a broader conservative current nationwide.
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California
New York
Congress
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Kennedy
Pat Brown
Brown
Rockefeller
Javits
Nelson Rockefeller
New York State
Sen
Eastland
Thurgood Marshall
United States Court
Jacob Javits
al Smith
Elsa Maxwell
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
New York City
Kennedys
Cleopatra Rush In On Mankiewicz On Liz For Cleopatra
Dorothy Kilgallen reports Cleopatra scenes hinge on Joseph Mankiewicz securing Elizabeth Taylor by May 15. Fox executives rush to Rome to lobby Liz as Vegas affair rumors swirl and Fran Warren, Martha Raye, and Jackie Gleason make headlines. Mayor Wagner’s stance in NY politics shadows Rockefeller race.
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Joseph Mankiewicz
Elizabeth Taylor
Cleopatra
20th Century + Fox
Spyron Skouras
Fox
Rome
Liz
Las Vegas
Vegas
Fran Warren
New York
Martha Raye
Bob Gallagher
Wildcat
New York City
Kennedy
New York State
Rockefeller
Paul Servane
Ralph Bunche
Senate
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