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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1957
Page
4
The Middletown Journal announces subscription rates for different delivery options including per copy, carrier, and mail plans. The page also includes a biblical quotation from Acts 16 31 in RSV.
Senate inquiries into labor management racketeering point to welfare and pension funds as potential targets. A Douglas Ives disclosure bill would require registration for plans with 25 or more employees and annual reporting for larger plans. The measure aims to increase transparency without broad regulation.
President Keith Funston of the New York Stock Exchange outlined a plan to raise 60 billion dollars in new equity over the next decade. Proposals include lighter double taxation on dividends, reducing capital gains barriers, and urging firms to issue common stock rather than debt. The public would supply most equity, improving personal stake in private property and supporting jobs and growth.
Hal Boyle surveys quirky trivia from mail bag notes. From Omar Khayyam’s lengthy name to leap year quirks and Kate Smith’s songs, the column gathers curious tidbits. It mentions Vatican titles, presidents with military records, leap year rules, and other odds and ends with a witty, light tone.
Paul Harvey recalls Orville Wright and early pilots, contrasts helmeted open cockpit days with modern radar navigation, and honors Dinty Moore while noting the shift from lone pilots to interdependent crews and space-age travel. The piece traces 25 years of aviation progress and laments fading individual risk.
E V Darling muses on Nehru loving to argue while upside down and imagines televised debates with others like Yehudi Menuhin. He surveys engagement rings for men priced 100 to 200 dollars and notes the young woman pays. A column of quirky Q A covers actors, royalty, nudism, and horoscopes with brief, dated facts and jokes.
Carefully planned changes in your routine could save time energy and money now. The P M favors new friendships romance and marriage. For the birthday if tomorrow is your birthday the improved occupational conditions indicated in your horoscope for the next year should prove exceptionally gratifying. In financial matters adhere to common sense and do not let yourself be influenced by others.
Washington lawmakers from both parties shrug off Dave Beck and the Teamsters Union as a political force. Democrats Warren Magnusen and Henry Jackson face reelection questions but claim Beck has had little effect. Republicans Jack Westland and colleagues note no noticeable Beck impact, with Jackson seen as the likeliest to benefit from any publicity.
Dave Regan here critiques the Steve Allen program featuring Jerry Lucas, arguing the hour wasted viewers’ time and failed to showcase the ten players or their records. The piece faults show planning and calls for accountability for the brief, unsatisfying appearance.
Hollywood hostesses shun Vikki Dougan over backless gowns while Victor Borge faces fan mail from mothers. Calypso hit It's Il legal It's Immoral tops demand with bids up to 10 000. Bulganin affair cools Moscow romance chatter. Dick Long Mara Corday expect October baby. George Sanders film retitled The Loves and Death of a Scoundrel. El Morocco to open Westhampton branch. Tom Ewell receives color TV from Owensboro fan club. Princess Grace cited as major stockholder in toy maker. Guy Mitchell re signs with Columbia for 40 000 yearly. The Marselles, BYU seniors, debut in French group. Marilyn Monroe drafts glass gown for Count Sarmi. Arthur Murray insured against lawsuit at 100 000. Carter Cafritz dating Blanche Birdwing. CBS to air Susie Hinkel show May 4. Ingrid Bergman and Ann Todd discuss care for David Lean. Dave Beck eyed for Swayze show with censorship caveat. Hatcheck trend sees couples wear crash helmets at midtown venues. Birdland adds helmet-holding staff and reinforced shelves.
A Grand Jury in Hamilton found the Paramount Theater and Hogg Grocery robbery case to be mistaken identity after 25 witnesses were tested. Middletown police augmented to 36 with four officers added to active duty. Rural Electrification Board leaders Petri and Andrews led the first pole laying at Oxford State Road and Route 177 signaling rural electrification.
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