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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1962
Page
4
The Middletown Journal publishes daily in Middletown Ohio by News Journal Inc founded 1857. Subscription options include weekday 6 cents, Sunday 5 cents, city area carrier 50 cents weekly, mail rates 10 dollars six days or 20 dollars outside the trading area, 35 dollars outside the USA. All subscriptions are payable in advance.
A fragment quotes a biblical verse about the heavens unable to contain the Lord and reflects on a temple or house the speaker has built, suggesting a sacred space of significance and awe.
The article notes 67 percent of ambassadors are proficient in foreign languages, with Asia and Africa presenting the hardest problems. Arabic is spoken well by only two ambassadors, including John S. Badeau in Egypt. Africa lacks American diplomats fluent in its languages, while Soviet languages are taught more in policy circles. Endowed chairs in African and East Asiatic languages are urged. Military experts warn Berlin is a proximity fuse on Cuba.
A young English singer Mike Larne shocks fans by quitting top recording hits to pursue a college degree. He cites speed, confusion, deceit in the music pace as intolerable. Detroit car trends push speed and power to sustain the market and crash risk.
The Findlay Ohio husband Wallace Phillips treats marriage to grand gestures. He whisked his wife from Findlay to New York for their 20th anniversary then to Reykjavik Luxembourg and Paris, ending with a dinner. The piece extols small, imaginative surprises to keep marriages lively.
Jim Bishop profiles J Edgar Hoover as a dignified long‑time FBI chief who writes on communism. He notes Hoover’s new book studies the history of communism from Marx to Khrushchev and recalls U S wartime aid to the USSR, including tank and aircraft shipments and a $11.14 billion bill, with a personal anecdote from Emil Steencken about Murmansk convoys.
In Basutoland Africa Miss Tabitha Mojela wed Paramount Chief Constantine Bereng Seeiso Moshoeshoe II. The ceremony links a royal line to the modern state as observers note the bride faces a daunting full name to remember.
In Massachusetts the Democratic primary featured Ted Kennedy and Edward McCormack amid a low turnout, while George Cabot Lodge faced Laurence Curtis in a GOP vote. The piece argues direct election by popular vote invites machine influence and questions long term democratic health and the Kennedy political future.
In a period of shifting views on wealth men, Nixon and others are seen as potential last of no mo dough-hicans. The piece argues that rich candidates are favored, while the poor are viewed with suspicion, reshaping political battles and self made images. Navy ship Daniels christening debates surface amid war claims fight.
The columnist recalls strict punctuality in business and social life. He notes how reminders via secretaries and scribbled keywords fail, causing missed dates. Social timing harms hosts, as arriving early or late can upset people, especially women.
Dorothy Kilgallen reports on Lana Turner’s reported upset over a forthcoming novel with thin disguises, Keefeauver’s possible boredom with investigations, and Italian deportee dates. notes on Peter Lorre, Buddy Rich, NBC plans, Geraldine Page Mussolini role, Diane Brown’s October wedding, and more eye catching celebrity chatter.
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