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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1961
Page
4
Middletown Ohio subscription page lists per copy and mailing rates for city, trading area, and outside regions. Daily publication by News Journal Inc since 1857 includes a biblical motto from Revelation.
Washington observers debate benefits of a Kennedy Khrushchev meeting in Europe after talks with De Gaulle. A potential test ban and West Berlin stance are discussed, with emphasis on careful preparation and clear objectives. The piece notes US space program openness as strength after a successful mission.
Opinion notes a 300 mile ascent after a 115 mile launch fuels fresh doubt about Soviet claims yet asserts shared human triumph. Emphasizes future outlook, suggesting a Kennedy Khrushchev meeting in June as roses bloom and mutual ideas may improve.
A Harvard protest over changing diplomas from Latin to English ends with police dispersal. The piece notes Latin’s erosion from the curriculum, its romantic value, and compares to England where classics yield to modern languages and science. It also mentions violence against freedom riders in the South during civil rights era.
Norman V. Peale recalls a breakfast chat with Judson Sayre in Chicago about starting each day with faith and self conditioning. He describes how Sayre uses a shaving mirror mantra and scripture to shape daily outcomes, urging a positive view and prayerful resolve to make good days out of bad.
20 Years Ago details a May 21 1941 event in Middletown where Jacob Fichter was honored for 50 years as a carpenters local member at the Mid dletown Trades and Labor Council anniversary banquet. Probate Judge Oscar Leser led a regional conference on creating a boys farm to curb juvenile delinquency. Middletown residents faced a heat wave with temperatures from 90 to 114.
Norman Korn, Central School principal, greets fifth graders as Mister and Miss in airborne TV lessons, highlighting informal, in-class engagement and teacher-student rapport during early television instruction demonstrations. Local experts praise his language and teaching fluency.
A reflective essay argues that fear of getting caught governs behavior across professions from bankers to politicians. It traces how theft, corruption, and sexual scandal are excused or forgiven when not publicly exposed, yet punished when exposure occurs, suggesting society’s tolerance erodes as accountability fades. The piece critiques a culture of impropriety and hints that Darwinian inevitability may soon justify widespread amnesty.
George Sokolsky argues that public attention gives credibility to small movements. He recalls 1917 Petrograd and Lenin’s rise, notes how neglect allows mass movements to grow, and warns against dismissing currents in 1960s America while stressing measurable organization can attract thousands.
Dorothy Kilgallen notes Elvis Presley favoring Joan Blackman among beauties while TV ventures expand on space men. Alan Shepard era headlines spur more space episodes. George Gobel pursues Betty Grable for Let It Ride. Meg Myles draws Broadway bids after Living Room engagement. Tom Dooley's mother writes a memoir. Celebs, shows, and club moves fill pages.
Paul Anka thanks Holiday House in Pittsburgh for kindness when his mother fell ill. He will honor his engagement and open at the Cona cabana on June 1. Sandra Dee denies pregnancy rumors while dressing to suggest a baby. Judy Abbott faces imminent divorce proceedings from Dick Clark.
The article catalogs the spiritual titles of Pope John XXIII including Bishop of Rome Vicar of Jesus Christ Successor of St Peter Prince of the Universal Church Patriarch of Apostles Supreme Pontiff of the West Primate of Italy Archbishop and Metropolitan of the Roman Province and Sovereign of the State of Vatican City.
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