The money is coming in - trickle, trickle for the junior-senior “Prom Jubilee,” but Middletown High School students are still caught in a gush of optimism. The group needs $2,500 for its combination prom, movie premiere, motorcade, "name band" dancing, McGuire Sisters entertainment and breakfast. As of yesterday, a total of $200 had been collected toward the evening of May 29 - morning of May 30 affair. More friends have been "pledged." The drive is of the "all-or-nothing" type. Students have to provide themselves with enough lavishness to lure themselves away from Cincinnati and Kentucky night clubs and dangerous highways. All this is a big night, and anything less than the best will not satisfy. Parents of the youths are behind them. About 30 met last week and pledged full support...

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