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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1962
Page
4
The Middletown Journal lists subscription rates and mailing details for Middletown Ohio. Rates show weekday 6 cents, Sunday 15 cents, 50 cents a week by carrier, and yearly options for in area ten dollars, outside area twenty dollars, and international thirty five dollars. All subscriptions payable in advance.
A prayer from Matthew 26 39 where Jesus asks God to let the cup pass yet submits to God will. The verse expresses surrender and obedience in the face of trial.
The Treasury faces large pension duties for Civil Service, Railroad, and Social Security funds. Senator Robertson warns funds run deficits and withdrawals are unsound. He says future pension payments may require cash from the Treasury, a non political indictment of Congress and voters. The piece closes noting down to earth phone calls from jet passengers.
The President's special panel on mental retardation outlines a costly but crucial program to reduce disability affecting about three percent of the population. It calls for expanded vocational rehabilitation, more teachers, better maternal and child health funds, smaller residential centers, and far higher research, urging immediate action and legislation. Medical school applications decline, hinting at a busier future for doctors and potential shift toward do it yourself care.
Jim Bishop recounts the 1956 Parris Island court martial of Sergeant Matthew McKeon over a deadly training march. Civilian lawyer Emile Zola Berman, famed as a lawyer's lawyer, defended him, disarming judges and drawing public support. McKeon, after 11 days, was busted in rank but stayed in the corps, later becoming a standout private. Berman returned to New York and pursued justice in civilian life.
David Lawrence argues that a nuclear stalemate keeps the United States and Soviet Union from war. He credits a balance of power, Kennedy’s recent firmness, and wary bluffing by Khrushchev, while urging dismantling Cuban missile bases and maintaining the quarantine.
George Dixon reflects on Cuba tensions and Peace Corps work in Puerto Rico. He notes 10,000 volunteers planned in 50 countries next year, Shriver’s hands on approach interviewing volunteers, and Ghana’s welcoming stance, contrasting with Khrushchev era missiles.
The text notes the USSR spans two continents from the Arctic to the Gulf of Finland and mentions Illinois coal reserves exceeding any state east of the Rockies. It states 112 million automobile gasoline tanks are filled daily by credit cards. It also mentions a Brahman bull purring like a lion and Americans consuming about 410 eggs per person last year, plus a brief note on the Alpine Al wall creeper bird.
Dave Regan reports Baer's Agricultural Almanac’s 138th edition foresees a chilly five-month winter from November to March with cold periods and storms. It cites Abner Americanus wisdom, a 200 year calendar feature, quilt pattern names, and quirky remedies like lettuce for insomnia and logwood chips to restore a faded harness.
Dorothy Kilgallen notes William Holden allegedly banged up in a France auto crash that wrecked his Ferrari while Chubby Checker cancels a Jackson show over segregation tensions. Other items include Gary Merrill’s Broadway comeback, Rita Hayworth rumors, My Fair Lady still selling, and John Steinbeck and a poodle in a high rise.
Morris Lansburga of the Las Vegas Flamingo has a diamond necklace spell out Mer Man for Ethel Merman on her debut. British nudie magazines flood local stands from England. An English lecture on sex at Vassar is expected. About 45 Vassar girls attended C P Snow's The Affair. Roy Campanella's Long Island home auction foreclosure. A hit country tune calls Will Your Lawyer Talk To God. Somerset Maugham will miss Christmas in London for the South of France due to illness.
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