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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1961
Page
4
The Middletown Journal in Middletown Ohio lists subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions. Rates include 50 cents weekly in-city carrier, 10 dollars yearly in trading area mail, 20 dollars outside trading area, and 35 dollars outside USA. payments in advance.
Rabbi Roland B. Gittelsohn argues in Saturday Review that beliefs about God must evolve with Darwin Einstein and Freud. Those who shield immutability risk losing true meaning, while openness keeps faith alive. A Welsh bishop notes liquor as a gift of God yet abstains from stronger drinks, hinting at a moral lesson.
The piece notes Britain’s low 1.5 percent unemployment yet rising wages, arguing that too few jobless can hinder growth. It weighs the tradeoffs of prosperity and pain, and suggests experts see higher unemployment as a possible spur for expansion. The closing remark oddly mentions fallout shelters bringing families together.
A Senate committee shelved for this year a bill regulating piggyback freight on railroads. The move brings relief to railroads facing bankruptcy while Teamster Boss James R. Hoffa may push the Interstate Commerce Commission to weigh any impact on trucking competition before approving freight rates.
Jim Bishop recounts a fishing trip aboard Away We Go IV off Scotland Light to Asbury involving long, slow trolling for blues. The crew, including family members, notes empty lines, sun, seasickness pills, and a running joke about the hunt for fish that never arrives. The vessel, 35 feet with twin 225 Grays, struggles to hook any blues amid groundswells and mounting boredom.
The piece accuses several Democratic leaders in Congress of voicing positions that could be seen as undermining U S policy on Berlin and East Germany. It highlights Fulbright Humphrey Mansfield Muskie and others, suggesting their comments in London Rome and Washington may encourage Moscow and complicate official strategy under President Kennedy.
Washington column notes Hollin Hills residents collect CARE packages of spaghetti for Mrs. Chaves and the Kennedy administration aide George Dixon. The piece wryly muses on Georgetown life, ambassadors, and a playful Columbus Day deadline while recalling Chayes vows and a possible book from Arthur Schlesinger.
A reader laments narrow streets where cars parked on both sides reduce traffic to one lane. They urge a survey and wider use of one side parking signs, noting frequent failures to yield and dangerous intersections. They question liability in crashes and urge action against remiss parking practices.
Doroty Kilgallen reports on Lillian Reis on trial for burglary and Hollywood chatter about best actress contenders Audrey Hepburn Geraldine Page Piper Laurie and Sophia Loren. Also notes on a new pocket fan magazine, Zsa Zsa Gabor’s escort, De Gaulle’s bodyguard, Maria Callas, Jean Kerr, Dag Hammarskjoeld Life cover, Gary Grant Phantom remake talk, and theater buzz from Boston to Paris with various stars and events.
A television critic argues audiences crave humor over Westerns, urging networks to tilt schedules toward comedy. The critique asserts lighter fare boosts engagement and reflects changing viewer tastes.
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