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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1961
Page
6
The Middletown Journal of Middletown Ohio lists subscription rates including six cent weekday copies and fifteen cent Sundays. It shows delivery options by carrier and mail, with annual rates ranging from ten dollars to thirty five dollars, and notes the paper is published daily by News Journal Inc. Founded in 1857.
A critical excerpt discusses J B Phillips work on viewing God beyond simple Sunday school images. It argues that public faith often clings to a limited concept of the divine while tradition calls for a loftier understanding. The piece notes TV season hype has begun with modest fanfare.
A Saturday Evening Post installment on Casey Stengel drew criticism for stilted prose and strained delivery. The piece, written with Harry Paxson, failed to capture Stengelese fully, unlike his sharper 1959 World Series writings. Chancellor Adenauer is noted as durable though not indispensable.
The piece urges better fish based nutrition and higher protein access for developing nations. It notes U S and United Nations efforts, cites Secretary Udall challenging scientists, and argues improved nutrition could reduce global hunger, aiding world stability and peace.
The narrator recalls a hot steamy New York summer filled with street noise, polluted rivers, and fading friends. Rocky the dog, daily routines, and neighbors frame a landscape of heat and longing. The piece ends with a meditation on seasons, nature, and the gift of perception.
The August and September typhoons battering Korea and Japan are traced to origins in the China Sea east of Formosa. Meteorological officials note storms form from monsoon systems there before moving northeast toward the Korean peninsula and Japanese archipelago.
George E. Sokolsky discusses Vladimir Petrov's classification of global alignments as non aligned. He lists how nations line up across West and anti groups, notes shifts since 1948, and cautions that UN expansion and China’s rise threaten independent regimes like Laos and the Congo while questioning Hammarskjold's death and the unity of Marxist blocs.
A sharp sketch details a day of Republican and Democratic press releases flooding Washington. The piece lists nine items including Bailey and Miller speeches, Goldberg at an ox roast, a misidentified Kerr, debates and slogans about James Mitchell, Clare Williams remarks, Young Democrats fundraising, and Hartke campaign commentary.
A Philadelphia pastor claims a British chancellor owes him for a church fence broken by Redcoats during the Revolutionary War. The case is framed as a long-lost chance to collect. Nearby Wilmington merchants offer a $1,000 reward for shaving Fidel Castro's beard.
Dave Regan lauds the beautified Bates Shop and Pickwick Building complex near First Main and Central Avenue in Middletown. He urges preserving remaining historic fronts rather than replacing them, arguing the area could become a premier small-office and shopping district while retaining traditional architecture.
Dorothy Kilgallen reports on Broadway delays for Kicks & Co. and casting changes including Carla Huston leaving a S J Perelman comedy with Bert Lahr. Dinah Washington links with Chuck Barksdale of the Dells, Simone Signoret in town, and James Stewart’s box office setback. Ava Gardner noted as a Count Basie fan.
William J J Miles, a charter member, becomes the 23rd commander succeeding Charles K Pigman. Other officers elected include Don Brown as vice commander Paul Habig as adjutant James Buchanan as finance officer and Frank Hatdier as chaplain. Cincinnati Dayton Hamilton and Richmond physicians joined Middletown doctors at a Butler County Medical Society dinner at the Hotel Manchester with Dr Richard B Cattell of Lathey Clinic Boston as main speaker.
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