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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1961
Page
9
An editorial argues that matching Soviet Russia would require drastic losses in steel and petroleum capacity, electric output, transport, and living standards. It warns against excuses for material gains and urges national dedication to preserve individual freedom and enterprise.
Milford United Appeal Area Vice Chairman Ron Sullivan argues Clermont County faces funding strains as sheriff and staff risk unpaid salaries and county offices struggle. He notes potential federal funds for Children’s Services and urges support as United Appeal campaigns begin with volunteers canvassing factories stores and neighborhoods.
Look ahead at a column praising J. Edgar Hoover as a key FBI leader. The piece notes Kennedy asked Hoover to stay, cites Hoover’s anti Communist stance, calls him an honest top law enforcer, and urges readers to write Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy in commendation of the Bureau’s work.
The Clermont Courier prints a roster of editorial board members including Dr. E. L. Korb Mrs. Paul Flood James F. Wisecup Mrs. Frank J. L. Brown and Mrs. William Norman dated 217.
Remember the Bantam Fair comes off next week inviting fine stock vegetables fruit machinery flowers and family attendance. News notes include W R Harmon selling his Clermont Sun interest to L B Leeds, James Latimer of Owensville dies in Athens Ohio, and local military and civic items from Olive Branch Clermont County Agricultural Society banner premium plans Camp Lucas and turnpike stockholder meeting.
A collection of short gags and witticisms about Thanksgiving cooking habits, hotel misadventures, social misplacements, married life, and daily quirks. The snippets include a budding cook boasting of a roasted turkey, a hotel room remark, a joke about twins and cigars, and a quip about fathers, friends, and modern life.
The piece argues that the United States maintains trade in strategic materials with Warsaw Pact nations including Poland and Yugoslavia, citing aid totals and loans in 1961. It describes exports regulated by the Commerce Department general licenses and notes licenses for USSR shipments, with specifics on materials and planned missile sites in Yugoslavia.
In a pro capitalism polemic the author rebuts Socialist and Communist aims, argues Capitalism has grown the nation, dismisses Social Security as misnamed retirement insurance, and cautions that government control leads to socialism or communism and political doom.
Ponderings from Pisgah Uncle Pete reports doctors from the American Medical Association warning that ripe wild fruit can cause a diospyrobezoar requiring surgery. He jokes about quitting fruit and mocks government jargon while noting a surgeon stand-in scandal and three-letter agency humor.
Poem excerpts describe a green place with spark ling daisies and sunbeams. Edith McKay writes of summer dreams and friendly flowers, while Nin Ca contrasts cement with grassy paths and childhood memories near church doors.
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