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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1960
Page
6
Bert Thomason at the Amex Barber Shop recounts a funny hunting misfire when a pheasant hidden behind a log was counted twice after Bert and a friend bagged four birds. The tale blends barber shop humor with a ballot miscue and a postal stamp mishap in Franklin and Amanda areas.
The Middletown Journal lists subscription rates: per copy six cents on weekdays, fifteen cents on Sundays. Carrier delivery in city and suburbs fifty cents weekly. Mail options include ten dollars yearly in the trading area, twenty dollars yearly outside the trading area, and thirty five dollars yearly outside the USA. All subscriptions payable in advance.
The piece outlines a cordial transition to a Kennedy administration, stressing the need for smooth power transfer and informed new leadership. It notes the two months ahead are crucial for appointing Cabinet members and key aides, with Eisenhower signaling a genuine handover of knowledge to minimize gaps. It cites delays at polling places affecting voters.
The piece notes the persistent rush in American life, intensified by Christmas shopping and modern leisure. It questions whether tech progress reduces pace and urges slowing down for reflection, then debunks a rumor about the Kennedy clan challenging Khrushchev to touch football.
An authority notes a shortage of capable new musicians, citing a metropolitan orchestra struggle to replace four cellists who moved away. The vacancy required a broad search as high class talent thinned. A lack of qualified music teachers compounds the issue for schools, making music careers more attractive due to anticipated higher rewards.
Norman V Peale reflects on friendship as a force that brings out the best in people. A pastor recalls a decisive act by a loyal friend who offered tough, honest guidance, and cites other supportive friends, including a Washington pastor and a metropolitan editor, as indispensable.
A quirky claim says a species of fish in India climbs trees. An angler allegedly caught a fish with two mouths, suggesting twin hooks. A Virginia highway commissioner repeated a speech, drawing mockery over repetition.
George Sokolsky weighs the looming choice for Kennedy's secretary of state. He notes candidates like Bowles, Stevenson and Fulbright and argues the administration will reveal its foreign policy approach once the appointments are announced. The piece discusses the balance between competence and political control in the State Department and cites past leaders and Cuban and Chinese cases.
Twenty years ago on Wednesday November 20 1940 Tom Venable Boy Scout executive said Dick Vogelsong would head the Boy Scout Toy Shop an annual drive collecting repairing and distributing used toys to poor families on Christmas Eve city officials discussed Nelbar Street crossing to ease cross town traffic Eldon Grieve reported a Thanksgiving theft of vegetables and a six pound chicken analysis of US foreign service appointments contrasted with Britain and the role of the Secretary of State
Paul Harvey critiques political truth squads promising the moon and demoting recession cures to work harder. He argues the economy is strong, cites past production records, and warns against artificial stimuli while urging sober expectations and steady growth.
Dorothy Kilgallen reports on upcoming cinema happenings and celebrity chatter. Jack Kennedy may view The Grass Is Greener in Palm Beach with a rare print. Diana Trask lands a $100,000 yearly deal. Diana and Eva Bartok's romances spark gossip while Don Juan Carlos and Maria Gabriella may wed soon in Madrid. Joe Levine brings Sophia Loren to America for Two Women tour. Billy Daniels to become a grandfather. Aga Khan eyes an Olympic ski bid. Duke of Kent hints at Olympic interest. Marilyn Monroe headlines fade as Yves Montand dates shift. Butterfield 8 renamed Venus in Mink in France. Prunes and coffee diet rumor for Tenderloin chorus dancers. Keith Andes grows his hair for Wildecat. John Plowright dodges Olivier questions while teased as next Lady Olivier.
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