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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1962
Page
4
The Middletown Journal outlines subscription costs for 6 day and Sunday delivery, in city and suburban areas, by carrier or mail, with yearly rates for within and outside trading areas, plus international and advance payment requirements. The note ends with a biblical quote from Genesis.
A car owned by one youth’s father, racing over a hill at over 100 mph on a four lane highway near Memphis, killed four occupants at 2:30 am. Investigators blame driver error and lack of supervision, with broader fault on parental indulgence and society permitting teen driving. The tragedy prompts questions of blame and safety.
The United States faces a record influx of picnickers campers and sightseers estimated at 115 million this season up from 102 million in 1961 President Kennedy calls for more land for national parks to accommodate growth while Forest Service urges visitors to Leave no trace and follow safety rules.
Jim Bishop profiles Robert Brumby, once a star golf and sports writer, now a publicity chief and assistant manager at the Jack Tar Hotel in West End Grand Bahama. He quit the big time, found solace among Bahamian locals, and rebuilt a quieter life after wars, moves, and a long career of wandering.
A Washington discussion contends that the current presidential news conference format harms the country. It argues Kennedy should have avoided answering the April remarks about steel executives, citing bias and sensationalism. The piece notes the Times report and the stock market decline since March 15, urging formal prewritten questions and answers.
Ingrid Bergman’s first husband Dr Peter Lindstrom displays two dozen praised landscapes at a swank Paris gallery on Avenue Franklin D. Roosevelt. Daisy Bates writes about desegregation battles. Jayne Mansfield and Mickey Hargitay divorce headlines unfold, while Brigitte Bardot’s rival Nemogeot reconciles with Costes. Lawrence Welk and Eisenhower golf. Grace Kelly signs fewer autographs at a Nice set. Rockefeller and Goldwater favored in politics. Liz Taylor seen in Rome with a nose bruise rumor fuels Sybil Burton chatter.
A note on early transport cites the first commercial elevator use in the United States. The passage also claims a set of historical facts about brides’ knowledge of husbands’ earnings, Britain’s Egypt occupation in 1882, and other invented details about warships, automobiles, and President Harding.
The narrator describes Europe as full of holidays closing shops while joking about blame for it being the Communists or the Common Market. He recalls Queen Juliana’s anniversary date shift, British strawberry antics, a cemetery chat, and a misdated birth story as they tour Amsterdam Paris and back to Amsterdam, noting open bars and traffic chaos.
A reader reports on enduring animal cruelty including dog fighting and cockfighting. The Kentucky attorney boasts dog bouts abroad and a federal law push led by Robert Kennedy to ban participation or ownership in animal fighting. The piece condemns the barbarism and urges swift congressional action. The writer notes similar condemnations of cockfighting and urges moral progress.
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