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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1961
Page
6
The Middletown Journal lists subscription prices for daily and Sunday delivery including in city, trading area, and outside U S rates. The paper notes it is published by News Journal Inc since 1887 and includes a Bible verse from Mark 8 38.
Critics warn that rising production costs threaten serious drama and limit backing to only proven successes. They urge long term capital or investor groups to nurture less commercial works and revitalize the American theater while noting the Moon is 100 million years older than Earth.
The International Association of Machinists magazine argues that farm goods cost farmers more in labor hours than in the late 1940s. It notes autos and hospitalization insurance cost 975 and rising hours today, while factory wages rose from 1.35 to 2.32 per hour by 1961. It predicts a one billion dollar net farm income increase this year amid lower GDP hopes.
A Senate education subcommittee vote highlights Goldwater as a lone dissent against federal aid to education. The Arizona senator says federal aid implies federal control and backs an income tax deduction idea that failed to gain traction. He suggests exploring alternatives beyond Kennedy's program.
Shorty and Booke drift through a wild drunken night at The Happy Home. Lipstick on a shirt, a messy bed, and Bessie’s sharp temper mix with comic misadventures as a meter man, a lipstick clue, and a prompted apology lead to a tentative reconciliation and a lunch date at the same tavern.
Factographs report eggs stored at room temperature lose quality as quickly as those kept two weeks refrigerated. Perfume is sprayed in Paris subway trains to control objectionable odors.
President Kennedy faces a dilemma as the debate over federal aid to public schools intensifies. A 1953 American Council on Education report shows religion in schools persists through Bible readings and holiday observances, raising questions about constitutional limits and possible shifts in funding and control.
Government insiders discuss a Western European agent in contact with a Russian engineer to smuggle him past the Iron Curtain. Jimmy Durante courts Janice Rule. Floyd Patterson and other boxers advised by singers now. James Mitchell out with mono. Ina Ray Hutton improving post nervous collapse. Spencer Tracy’s long take in Judgement at Nuremberg noted. Derby betting and bookies cited. Phyllis Diller drawing crowds in Pittsburgh. Guns of Navarone eyed for big box office. Frankie Lymon ages and image shift discussed. William Wyler to interview child actresses for The Children’s Hour remake. Ginger Rogers’s ex-husband Jack Pepper working in Las Vegas. Lada Thompson eyed by Hollywood. Cyril Ritchard writes memoirs. Is FBI probing Aqueduct horse doping unofficially. Kean to be backed by Columbia Records for Broadway musical.
Dave Regan reflects on graduation as a transition from high school to the adult world. He urges graduates to apply their study and discipline to future life, noting youth remains a chance to catch up with time. He mentions the Humane Association carnival at the Shelter south of Trenton, postponed by rain and rescheduled for tomorrow from 1 to 5 p.m.
Washington columnist marbles Udall with a cloudburst of criticism over ethics questions tied to a $100 dinner fundraiser. He recalls Udall’s long public service, then notes a rain soaked hike from Seneca to Potomac and a lodging clash with the innkeeper.
20 years ago on May 12 1941 Jack Wilson of Middletown chapter of the Junior Chamber of Commerce was elected vice president of the Ohio Jaycees marking the first time a year old local chapter won a state office. Butter County approved for Food Stamp Plan participation with Edward H Garry to set up the program. John Murdock, OSU student, elected president of the Triangle Club.
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