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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1962
Page
4
The Middletown Journal lists subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions, with in city, suburban, trading area, and outside area pricing. It also notes mail prepaid policies, publication by News-Journal Inc, and a Bible quote.
A historian reflects on 17 years after World War II marking the British Empire’s rapid decline from 11 million square miles to scattered dominions. Britain’s ties fade into sentiment, Africa gains independence, Canada Australia India join the Commonwealth, a bloodless shift unlike Russia’s annexations, and a 48 year old transcontinental telephone line idea emerges from a New York San Francisco chat.
Ancient legends of unicorns meet a practical chase after the oryx. Hunters, then conservation bodies, move three to Kenya and place others in London to save the fleet antelope. The aim is to keep them together in a warm climate, perhaps the United States, and hope for breeding. A stray hyphen cost 18 million dollars and blocked a Venus flight.
The Senate backs a tax benefit allowing elderly homeowners to avoid capital gains tax on profits from selling their homes for retirement funds. Treasury chief Dillon declines to push limits on mortgage interest deductions, citing political risk before an election. The move aims to ease retirement cash flow while preserving broad tax benefits for homeowners and business lobbying deductions.
Madrid journalist Jim Bishop describes Valle de los Caídos beneath Guadarrama, a vast basilica carved into a mountain built under Franco. Fray Justo Perez de Urbel explains the project’s scale, purpose, and the memorial to 30,000 soldiers. The piece reflects on Spain’s Civil War outcomes and Franco’s enduring control.
A column analyzes perceived U.S. vacillation under President Kennedy over Cuba and Berlin, arguing indecision risks misreading Western resolve. It draws parallels to 1914 and 1939, notes Soviet defiance of the Monroe Doctrine, and questions Congress powers to authorize reserves while warning of potential punitive steps against East Germany and Cuba.
In Washington DC retired Oklahoma Rep. Syle ht Boren laments his backyard cotton crop ruined by May hail. He jokes about crop insurance, gourd subsidies, and stockpiling dipper gourds for defense while chatting with Sen. Robert Kerr and others. The banter touches Estes scandal, Cuba, and a naval blockade quip.
The Constitutional Congress had about 55 members in Philadelphia with Rhode Island absent. States rely more on gasoline tax income than property tax auto licences or inheritance tax. Statue of Liberty took 12 years to build and was displayed in France before arriving in the United States. In 1950s Paris begging was widespread with about forty thousand professional beggars operating daily.
Dave Regan reflects on an early Fall with clear skies and blue fades. He celebrates the season's charm, the breeze, and the joy of staying home to watch leaves turn colors as Middle town-area autumn unfolds.
George Sokolsky argues Soviet Russia pursues imperialist aims through Berlin tactics. He labels Khrushchev an imperialist opportunist and warns that the Wall of Shame endangers Poland and East Germany while threatening Western unity. He opposes concessions to Moscow and likens the risk to history’s Chamberlain.
Political writers describe splinter parties as compact groups large enough to present a platform but limited to a single major issue. These factions seek influence by capitalizing on a focused agenda rather than broad coalitions.
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