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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1961
Page
4
The Middletown Journal lists subscription prices including weekly and Sunday rates, carrier and mail options, and area pricing. It notes publication by News-Journal Inc since 1857 and cites a Biblical verse as part of its motto.
The Internal Revenue Service seeks mandatory taxpayer numbers on all income to improve thorough enforcement and curb an estimated five billion dollars lost annually. Critics warn of privacy concerns, but officials argue memory limits necessitate such assists for collection. Hoffa is summoned to testify before the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee and expresses worries about Teamsters' internal security.
The article celebrates the interstate system with 41000 miles planned and 30 percent completed. It highlights pay as you go funding from gasoline taxes and public roads bureaus optimism. It notes a future of smoother travels on six lane expressways and cross country routes. The piece ends on Goldwater remarks about a hypothetical Republican sweep and the caveat that brooms wear out by election day.
Creighton M. Marcott argues in the New York Times that West Berlin’s postwar reconstruction was designed to starkly contrast with East Berlin’s decay. He says Russia let East Berlin deteriorate to remind Germans of Nazism and to prevent prosperity in their sector, a policy that backfired and prompted the wall. An educator adds that Americans lack economic literacy, noting taxes compel practical understanding.
HUAC hearings revived the Washington Area Forum an extreme left group linked to several alleged Communists. Key figures include Sylvia Rein and her husband attorney David Rein, Joseph Brandt a 1955 Smith Act convict, and Joseph Forer. Other named members include Gertrude Evans Victor Perlo Otto Nathan and Dr William Hunton. The group met to plot against HUAC with about forty members present at a private Washington home.
A collection of factoids covers the vine nut growing underground, the kelp as the tallest plant, maple sugar prominence in American farming, the U S pharmaceutical research spend, Zanzibar’s cloves dominance, and the higher energy burn in the first hour of sleep.
George E. Sokolsky argues the U S Soviet talks are exploratory not binding and warns the crisis around Berlin will persist. He contends Moscow seeks concessions through bluff and that Western resolve and unity, especially behind Kennedy, are essential to prevent a broader war.
Washington humorist George Dixon riffs on pulling from the Congressional Record a squabble over Blair Nebraska golf course land use and emergency feed grain payments. He spots cheese filters and seven number puzzles while joking about memory and seven-figure numbers.
J S Mend en hall national director of Junior Achievement spoke at a Manchester Hotel invitation dinner, urging the 16 21 age group to buy into America. David Smith was named chairman with Joe Schramm and Bill Gillespie as committee members to plan a hayride for Miami Hi-V Clubs featuring Triangle Club members.
Dave Regan writes from the Miami Valley that the Reds fell in the fifth game of the Series, delivering a mixed bag of good and bad baseball. He notes the pennant victory earlier, jokes about New York writers, and laments a slow sports drought while outlining his own leisurely plans and sports tastes.
Dorothy Kilgallen surveys New York society and show business chatter with Crazy Joe Gallo seen among midtown sports figures, Anita O Day singing at Village Vanguard despite medical advice, and plans for Joyce Prima in Louis Prima's act. Also notes on Bobby Darin, Peter Duchin, Fidel Castro courier, Wally Cox memoirs, Roberto Merrill on opera, and Troy Donahue Suzanne Pleshette romance amid Broadway buzz.
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