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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1962
Page
4
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The piece argues summit meetings need lower-level prep to be productive and warns publics should not expect world shaking results. It notes jet travel enables rapid meetings and cites Kennedy Macmillan guidance on timing. It reports Du Pont GM shares divestment after a 13 year antitrust case and analyzes New York's potential conservative party rise led by Rockefeller or Javits amid Liberal pressure.
Washington reports in Colorado that Sen. John Carroll faces Republican challenger Peter Dominick in a high stakes race. Dominick accuses Carroll of ADA liberalism and presses him to defend the Kennedy foreign policy record from Laos to Berlin to Cuba and Vietnam.
Factographs describe how hurricanes and typhoons form in oceans near the equator and note that all great oceans except the South Atlantic host these storms. The piece compares taste buds among humans and antelope, debunks hair and chest size as strength indicators, cites snakebite deaths worldwide, and states helium and hydrogen have the greatest lifting power.
In Middletown residents note an abrupt warm spell followed by hot days and nights and a sudden surge of maple seeds covering yards. The column ponders how quickly nature could reclaim human spaces, suggesting civilizations could vanish without war if plants and insects ran amok.
In a speech to Delaware Bankers Association Senator Harry Byrd argues deficits drive inflation and erode the dollar. He calls for drastic action to balance the budget, cut non essential spending, and spur business to raise tax receipts and fuel growth. He warns continued deficits risk bankruptcy and currency decline.
Washington columnist rails at the FDA seizure of 5400 giant economy size coffee jars as an attack on American freedom to spend. He mocks thrift, praises conspicuous consumption, and cites Major General Edwin A. Walker and the AMA urging defense of oversized purchases. He notes packaging quirks and jokes about Kefauver and Utt newsletters.
The piece notes 1941 complaints to Philadelphia’s Noise Abatement Committee about noisy pets, cites a 21 count, and humorously compares roosters to snoring Americans. It also mentions a 24-hour Tokyo police sweep, June’s 150th anniversary of 1812, and a Kenyan police dog Pony’s 1000th capture, ending with a light remark on groundhogs.
Dorothy Kilgallen notes Nicolette Goulet sleeping in Downey's pub with Madeleine Sherwood. Rita Hayworth and Gary Merrill pose outside Ethel Barrymore Theatre. Cleopatra footage thrills Spyros Skouras in Rome yet Australian protests overshadow. Danny Kaye draws crowds at Harrah's. Karajan replacement sparks Viennese controversy. Mussolini kin and Romano teased about UK gigs. Lenny Bruce ill in London. Dinah Shore and Rosemary Clooney divorce echoes.
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