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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1963
Page
4
The Middletown Journal in Middletown Ohio lists subscription prices for week day and Sunday editions, carrier and mail rates for local and distant areas, and states all mail subscriptions are payable in advance. The notice notes its post office entry and a 1857 founding, with a scripture quote from Acts 14. RSV.
The piece argues teacher training in America remains vital and contested. It cites James D. Koerner’s critique in The Miseducation of American Teachers and notes a broader push for reform, while stressing continued progress and the need for sustained discussion amid a tense education landscape.
Jim Bishop mocks dieting as self denial provoking laughter and family ridicule. He narrates his six week weight loss from 184 to 171 with comic asides about food obsessions and a spoof diet plan through a week plus a grand eating relapse after reaching 160 pounds. The piece ends with a note of grim resolve and a jab at celebrity culture.
Washington column reviews legal political and moral angles of the 1954 Birmingham case. It notes legal changes since 1896 and 1954, debates on constitutional interpretation, and the roles of Congress, courts, and public opinion. It highlights the shift from legal coercion to voluntary community action in seeking solutions.
The piece notes English spreading beyond the Americas as a global lingua franca, outpacing Chinese in widespread use. It argues this shift brings understanding, though not celebration, and that a universal language, regardless of which one, is a positive development for humanity.
The essay notes the annual rise of men in shorts and how society has softened toward casual dress. It argues shortened trousers reflect freedom and adaptability in modern civilization, though it jokes about the look of male underpinnings and the odd resemblance to a warped table leg.
Facts touch on colonial birth rates in the 50s per 1,000, the muskrat as a key fur animal in the United States, Columbus discovering Cuba in 1492, and a note that onion skin paper lacks onion skin.
A November-style oped expresses frustration with Harold Stassen as sole GOP hope for 1964. The writer vows to run, renounces Rockefeller Goldwater Romney Scranton Nixon, jokes about giving up Standard Oil and a Fifth Avenue apartment, and quips about a horseplayer replacing a sailor. Senator Norris Cotton’s deadpan reply is cited. A campaign slogan about a golfer, a sailor, and parlays closes.
Paul Harvey critiques wage welfare in Chicago and Illinois during a period of job scarcity and rising dependence. He cites two cent per worm earners in Maine and laments government aid, urging job creation over relief, while noting a surge in help wanted ads and a call to curb unemployment. He compares welfare rhetoric to Casino-era crime fears and Capone, framing aid as a societal drain amid prosperity.
Dorothy Kilgallen notes censor trouble around Carroll Baker for Baby Doll and an X rating for Sahara Six. Legal battles surface as Erich Maria Remarque fights German citizenship issue while Bobby Darin and Morris Lansburgh feud in Las Vegas show biz. Irina Demich lands a Paris deal after The Longest Day role.
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