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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1961
Page
4
Middletown Journal in Ohio publishes daily with subscription options including 50c weekly city and suburban, 10 year mail within trading area, 20 year outside trading area, and 35 year outside USA. The page also carries a biblical quotation from Exodus 17 12 RSV.
The piece praises Secretary Ribicoff for restraining secret monitoring in the Health, Education and Welfare Department after the House government operations committee report. It argues secrecy breaches violate privacy, while acknowledging limited efficiency gains. The passage questions Nixon Knight negotiations and notes the campaign's gold rush imagery.
Banks are creating separate departments to safeguard vital records and envision operating with limited staffing and facilities after a nuclear attack. The piece notes the importance of indestructible bank records for civilization’s restoration. It ends with a bleak report of a crop failure in Kazakhstan, dampening Russian hopes.
Dr C Henry Kemps of the University of Colorado warned at the American Academy of Pediatrics meeting that child beating is a major U.S. problem. A survey of 71 hospitals recorded 302 seriously injured children, 33 deaths, and 31 with permanent brain injuries, with experts noting many cases go unreported and authorities hesitate to intervene. Society must curb brutality while ensuring discipline.
Norman V. Peale reflects on the David and Goliath tale while in Europe amid the Berlin crisis. He argues faith and courage matter more than fear, noting Europeans view grand leaders skeptically and believe in personal resolve over collective doom. He contrasts Western doubt with Russian conviction and asserts inner faith sustains against threat.
A Middletown Journal dispatch highlights Eve West handling odd inquiries at the switchboard. Birth announcements belong in the news room, not ads, and callers confuse publishing with other departments. A Yankee game note complements the busy day with a humorous crowd interruption.
Paul Harvey argues recovery from recession is hindered by uncertainty and pessimism. He cites Hodges, discusses federal aid, consumer confidence, and optimistic growth forecasts for 1963 and 1965, urging continued initiative to win the cold war and sustain economic momentum.
A quoted passage reflects on faith and confrontation, contrasting reliance on worldly weapons with coming in the name of the Lord of hosts. It emphasizes that doubtless commitment to values enables resilience against difficulties. The speaker urges rapid reaffirmation of core beliefs to overcome looming challenges.
George Sokolsky surveys the upcoming Soviet Communist Party Congress and its platform. He warns that deviation from the program risks expulsion or death, and notes the document extols socialism, asserts capitalism will fail, and portrays the worker as a state-owned factor in a planned society where individual choice is curtailed.
Dorothy Kilgallen argues that Frank Sinatra is now a dominant public figure, more famous than writers or clergy, and defends Kennedy's association with him. The column frames reader mail condemning the Kennedys yet endorses Sinatra as a powerful cultural force in America.
Charles Melat of Ohio Bell warns Middletown and Trenton residents have 72 hours to operate phones by manual method as the new dial system rolls out serving 9 360 phones. William J. Miles installed as commander of American Legion Post 218 with Donald Brown as vice commander and other new officers named.
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