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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1962
Page
6
Subscription rates for the Middletown Journal include 50c per week in city areas, 10 dollars per year by mail in trading areas, 20 dollars for outside trading areas, and 35 dollars outside the USA. The paper, published daily by News-Journal Inc since 1857, notes the motto from Isaiah 35:8.
The piece urges clear public understanding of economic prospects and the need to align personal interests with the national interest. It calls labor, management, policymakers, and voters to measure prejudices against the national good, emphasizing informed voting despite short term costs. It warns that failing to address export declines, debt, and demographic shifts harms all citizens.
The piece notes that 800,000 of 2,400,000 entering this fall may quit school before graduation in 1975, risking $46,000 lifetime earnings loss for each non graduate. It cites Kennedy and Commerce Clearing House, urging action to arrest the drop-out trend and keep youths prepared for work.
Washington report notes John Kennedy pressed for a 446 billion foreign aid program yet anticipates substantial Republican and Democrat cuts. Key figures Otto Passman and John Byrnes push for multibillion reductions while controversy grows over aid funds used for UN, Ethiopian affairs, and a Cambodian highway project. American scientists question Soviet space twin claims and dispute satellite proximity.
The largest number of states admitted to the Union occurred under Benjamin Harrison. Texas is linked to the Comanche term tejas meaning friends, with Captain de Leon naming the country in 1690 for a Spanish mission. Mercury through Saturn are visible unaided, and the Liberty Bell cracked in 1835 during Chief Justice John Marshall's death. An old note mentions snake charming being banned by Marrakesh ordinance.
A partisan critique argues that civil rights agitation masks a broader political expediency. Adam Clayton Powell’s six week European trip amid crucial labor and education bills draws editorial fire, with claims the Kennedy administration weighs black voters over universal interests.
Washington column discusses the rise of CIA leaks as a status symbol for senators and reporters. It notes lines used to imply insider data, cites Senator Holland losing his moment, and jokes about Cuban and Berlin leaks setting the pace for political stature.
A close ally reflects on helping a man charged with driving under the influence in Hamilton Ohio. The jailed man faces three days in jail probation consequences, possible license suspension, and insurance issues. The narrator notes the trouble of obtaining a bondsman and the need to travel to county seats, ending with a grim joke about explaining it to his wife.
Dorothy Kilgallen notes Juliet Prowse using Frank Sinatra’s plane to Las Vegas for Flamingo engagement while 18 year old Melodye Condos clashes with mother Martha Raye over schooling and show business plans. Audrey Hepburn pairing with Cary Grant teased. Katharine Hepburn Oscar bets. Castro executes 132 political prisoners. Harrah’s signs Godfrey and Garland deals. Nancy Kwan allergy and Belmondo Cardinale tension.
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