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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1962
Page
4
The Middletown Journal lists subscription rates including per copy prices for weekdays and Sundays, carrier delivery in urban and suburban areas, and yearly rates for 6 and 7 day trading areas. The notice notes payments payable in coins and the paper’s daily publication by News-Journal Inc. Founded 1857 and a biblical benediction appears in the text.
National boards warn that over 1000 fires strike American homes each day causing 11,700 fatalities last year and 70,000 injuries. They cite carelessness as the cause for three quarters of blazes and urge steps like extinguishing cigars, keeping matches away from children, supervising infants, avoiding open flames in closets, and maintaining electrical fuses to cut losses. Bombs in the Valleym protests ecumenical sessions, yet meetings spark explosive issues.
The University of Mississippi affair discredited Edwin A. Walker once a symbol of right wing extremism. His incitement against the government and derailment of troops in Germany ended his army career and ruined his political hopes, illustrating dangers of fanatic ideology and the need to heed the lesson.
A veteran recalls how staying calm and thinking clearly can reveal solutions in tough times. An insurance executive on a Pittsburgh bound sleeper train prays for guidance, finds a crucial error, uncovers a larger premium, and rebuilds trust with his boss. The lesson: avoid self pity, think straight, and seek calm to find an answer and a way.
The Panama Canal bisects the isthmus separating Atlantic and Pacific entries. Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado houses the best preserved prehistoric cliff dwellings. Charles II of England apologized for a slow death. California is nicknamed the Golden State. The secretary of the State Treasury and currency inflators are ex Federal Reserve Board members.
Newcomers hear old city slang about Middletown landmarks and firms. The glossary explains terms like Polar Bear for Lorillard tobacco and The Mill for Armco Steel, with Third Street now Central Avenue and Avalon area near Germantown Road.
Dororthy Kilgallen notes a First Lady look ting hair auburn while Kennedy era intrigue surfaces at the British Embassy Ball. Melina Mercouri and Jules Dassin lodge at the St Regis as George Scott suffers a horse fall in Ireland. Harry Belafonte’s Royal Box act nears sellouts. Maynard Ferguson switches labels. Diahann Carroll gears for Philharmonic Hall concert. Dean Stockwell and Millie Perkins temper feelings amid Broadway plans.
Washington’s weekly Pencheon notice reports Soviet Agriculture Minister K. G. Pusin will address the National Press Club and answer questions. The item notes Russia’s head agronomist just finished a tour of the American farm belt and that audience questions will be limited to one per person.
George Sokolsky argues for a free press as a core American value. He notes competition sustains truth, praises notional balance among papers, and recalls historic editors who fought corruption. He questions what counts as news and stresses reader interest guides publication choices.
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