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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1961
Page
4
The Middletown Journal lists subscription terms and rates including per week prices 15 cents, carrier 50 cents weekly, and mail options 6 days 10 dollars 7 days 20 dollars, with outside U S A 35 dollars. It notes publication by News Journal Inc since 1857 and a biblical quote from Timothy.
A Washington correspondent compares Alan B. Shepard’s Mercury mission to Charles Lindbergh’s 1927 solo flight. The piece argues Shepard’s achievement was a collective effort from many scientists and technicians, not a lone solo feat. It notes a farm lag report contrasting American progress in science and agriculture.
The University of Florida creates a national Journalism Hall of Fame in Gainesville naming five initial members: Benjamin Franklin James Gordon Bennett Joseph Pulitzer Adolph S. Ochs and John Peter Zenger. Horace Greeley is noted as a conspicuous omission possible in the future. Television blamed for causing back and stomach ache in some programs.
The article highlights Caroline Mills becoming Master of the Winks at Oxford, the first female leader in the university tiddlywinks team, and Hilda Poulson as the first woman seated on a stock exchange. It argues women can excel in fields once thought male, stressing equal opportunity and achievement.
Jim Bishop recounts visits to Dr. Milton Berliner at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary. He describes subacute conjunctivitis, glaucoma risks, and the doctor’s patient explanations amid vivid anecdotes from patients and family memory, noting glaucoma as the worst foe.
Milt, a noted printer, proclaims the rest of the 1961 sports season will be anticlimactic after Cambridge University defeated its arch rival Oxford. The travel folder remark about hat sellers in Mexico is noted but unrelated to the sports note.
A Washington opinion argues that President Kennedy is using executive orders to impose non discrimination clauses on federal contractors and require inclusion in subcontracts. It claims this creates government by decree, bypassing Congress and constitutional protections, with limited legal recourse for citizens.
Mrs. John T. Reges of the Old Angler's Inn in Potomac Md upbraids Udall, Douglas, and Senator Douglas calling them tramps as they sought shelter after a hike. The incident drew attention to hospitality and political optics amid a Washington fashion show and public figures in attendance.
E. S. Myers was named general chairman of a committee to raise 7200 dollars for the USO local share of an 11 million fund to improve religious and welfare standards at Army training camps. George M. Verity, Armco board chairman, was honorary chairman. Robert Lane became the second president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce at the Manchester Hotel installation banquet.
The column celebrates Paul Banker Jr in Rome as a Baltimore Journal correspondent attending events for the queen, recalls his late father Paul Banker, and mentions Middletown roots, graduations, and Father’s Day coming on June 10. It also jokes about vacations, grass growth, and a hiring surge in local business.
In New York and Europe showbiz chatter centers on Peggy King and Gypsy casting talk, Joe Williams’ rising pay and venues, Rita Haworth’s marital rumors, Danny Dayton and Dagmar rumors, Peter Hurkos film deal, Ice Capades Moscow encore, Bol Kuncay at Pigalle, Jim Jordan NBC talks, Sammy Kaye wedding chatter, a colossal 21 story motel planned opposite Lindy’s, Diana Dors premiere fly in, circus tattooed lady injuries, Don Jaime de Mora’s royal mischief, Leland Hayward helicopter lesson, Kenneth Tynan return to New Yorker, Celeste Holm at Fox, flop off Broadway woes, pachanga ban, Tom Poston ad, and film stars resisting tours hurting big movies.
In the Panama Canal Zone United States and Panamanian flags were raised together to mark Panamanian sovereignty. Attendees included several thousand Panamanians and U.S. citizens near Panama City.
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