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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1962
Page
4
Middletown Ohio indicates subscription rates for printed and mail editions, with daily publication by News Journal Inc. since 1857. The notice includes rates for weekday, Sunday, carrier, and mail subscriptions, domestic and international, and a biblical quotation from 1 Corinthians.
The piece notes the wilderness bill failed in the House after Senate passage, delaying protection of remaining wildlands. Advocates vow to push it again next session, citing heightened public awareness and mounting support for preserving natural areas amid lobbying by private interests. A British educator warns children fear noise from media, while adults grow resigned to silence.
A humorous column notes attempts to cure snoring with a scarf gag as isolation suggested as the real solution. It then pivots to compare snoring to border clashes between Chinese and Indians over Himalayan peaks, both framed as overblown irritations rather than serious threats.
The Los Angeles Dodgers reaffirmed confidence in manager Walter Alston after a season slump and pennant playoff loss to the San Francisco Giants. President Walter O Malley stood by him, citing circumstances including Sandy Koufax injury and inexperience, predicting continued dominance for the Dodgers in the National League and potential pennant-winning seasons ahead.
A prose piece notes the transition from late summer to autumn with vivid, sensory imagery. It traces color, scents, and scenes along a riverfront coast as leaves fall, boats idle, and distant life slows. The narrator frames this seasonal shift as a quiet, sweet sadness and a time to remember.
The United States may bomb and destroy Cuban missile bases in self defense as President Kennedy warned. Nuclear warheads could be hidden, and aerial photos show Soviet bombers and missiles ready in Cuba. The U.N. Charter allows self defense until peace is restored, but action hinges on Cuba dismantling sites and UN inspections.
George Dixon recounts a traveler's misadventures with gambling at a Monte Carlo Night in Port St. Lucie and drama aboard a flight. Ymelda tests a traveling clock, causes alarm, and riffs on Bahamian politics and independence fantasies in Freeport. The narrative blends travel woes with witty social satire and a chaotic daily schedule.
Dave Regan notes an early snow on the 24th Wednesday and predicts more into the week while tying weather to wartime anxieties. He urges calm and resilience, suggesting Americans should continue daily life amid Cuba tensions and consider protecting freedoms.
Dorothy Kilgallen notes Kennedy Cuba crisis humor and tv plans. Jack Paar Castro jokes and Paul Lynde Castro program talk. Joshua Logan begins A Place Without Twilight direction. Danny Kaye eyes a weekly series. Lana Turver and Fred May settle matters politely. Nehru and Menon India China chatter. Timi Yuro and Jimmy Rushing chatter over managers and memoirs. Sarah Vaughan and C B Atkins reconciliation fails. Ben Bella buys Ivy League trousers in New York. Cotten to star in A Calculated Risk while recording The Last of the Mohicans. Leslie Uggams tops polls. Michele Morgan and Geard Oury visit US with film Crime Does Not Pay. West Side Story earns 21 million. foreign acts on cruise ships investigated. Dennis O Keefe and Lee Bowman argue over fudge recipe. Dizzy Gillespie seeks big band funding. Marcello Mastroianni arrives in New York. Joe Levine flooded with interviews. Divorce Italian Style boosts box office. Belafonte to film in West Indies in January with sunny casting. Belafonte praised as hard worker, not slipping into Jolson imitation.
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