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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1962
Page
4
The Middletown Journal details subscription prices including per week rates 6 cents for weekdays 15 cents for Sunday and carrier and mail options. It lists annual rates 10 dollars in trading area 20 dollars outside trading area and 35 dollars outside USA with payment in advance. Published daily by News-Journal Inc. since 1857.
A devotional line urges believers to resist worldly patterns and be transformed by renewing their minds to discern God’s good and perfect will. The message emphasizes inner change over exterior conformity and aligns with Romans teaching on discernment and growth in faith.
The odds favor Europe forming an independent nuclear deterrent after Britain joins the EEC. US aid may or may not come, but a European capability could complicate world affairs and raise risk of conflict as weapon know-how spreads. Control agreements with Russia and others are urged to slow the spread. When used moderately liquor helps as a tranquilizer, but excess use acts as a stupifier.
The FAA and an airline grounded three pilots and fined 13 others, with penalties totaling over a thousand dollars in some cases. The move signals a firm reminder that full alertness is required in the cockpit despite ongoing questions about the scale of the issue. November weather concerns mix with thoughts of football and Thanksgiving as a seasonal aside.
A jewelry store burglaries mystery centers on Archie a 53 year old Queens widower fired after 22 years as a thief. Detectives Clancy and Bella expose the inside job revealing Archie’s weekend life with a mistress and a staged internal ring. Archie is rehired after a week.
Analysis notes that despite Democrats losing fewer seats in 1962 off year elections, their overall strength is weaker than in 1958 and far from the highs of 1934. The piece cites a conservative coalition from the South, counts 95 Southern Democrats, and argues the party remains bound by conservative influence. It predicts a 1964 contest driven by economic fortunes and the Cuban situation, with the two parties retaining similar power.
Washington dispatch describes a cold gray morning as five airmen win slots to fly to the Caribbean amid a tense Cuban crisis. Pentagon officials briefed reporters while identities and details were kept tight, and the group prepared for a same day return flight with sparse gear and nervous anticipation.
A humorous roundup notes Hungary’s collective farms hiring their own doctors to treat members, a piano sold for a penny at a Grantham auction, and a wry line about autumn and screens. It closes with a quip about Benjamin Franklin and a pun on Poor Richard.
Local appeal asks readers to donate a bass viol to the Red Cross for therapy use at the Veterans Hospital in Dayton. Call GA 3-9233 to volunteer or arrange a donation. Also notes nine year old Doug Schmidt’s kidney infection recovery and Christmas season rush.
Dorothy Kilgallen reports on a DJ tied to payola probes facing new evidence, Leslie Caron wary of Piaf script, Betty Grable’s club bid, Vivien Leigh’s ballad soaring to hit status, Tab Hunter’s Hollywood return, Andrews and Cook vie for Shop Around the Corner, Mary Martin West Coast Christmas special with Bing Crosby, and mixed Broadway openings. Dinah Washington hospitalized. A Man For All Seasons anniversary. Scofield King Lear reception criticized. Soraya travels post break up. Anna Maria Alberghetti and Claudio Guzman scene in LA. new LA nude photo license law. Hermione Badderly at Spoleto. Mancini concert struggles. UN envoy Sir Patrick Dean with Rolls Royce. Peggy Lee on Basin Street. Claire Iaa’s Broadway future. John Huston to be honored by Dartmouth.
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