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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1959
Page
9
The piece traces China's population surge from 583 million to an estimated 600 million by 1959 and onward, detailing government debates on birth control. It notes Shao Li Tzu's early stance, Chou En Lai's 1955 call for control, and the 1957 1958 campaigns that were abruptly halted, with observations from a visiting foreign correspondent on exhibitions and public guidance centers.
Observers note contrasting pictures of large families and small families at exhibitions in Peking and Canton. Dr Wu Jui-Ping says birth control clinics exist in every hospital and family planning aims to protect working mothers, though the campaign was halted for psychological reasons. The reversal is blamed on public doubt in Communist governance and fears it signals failure to deliver for a large population.
Nora Mayes, a Clinton Tennessee schoolteacher, returns yearly to the North Bend area seeking her son Gaston Mayes who disappeared with a Navy trainer over the Cascade foothills in 1948. She networks with loggers and stores, offers a $2000 reward, and stays in Seattle area each summer hoping for a clue or recovery.
The National Safety Council reports 17 090 traffic deaths in the first six months of 1959, up five percent from 1958, due to heavier travel. June deaths reach 3 150, continuing an ongoing monthly rise. Yonkers Lincoln and Peoria noted as largest death-free cities.
In Orrville Ohio ten doctors who resigned July 4 from Orrville Osteopathic Hospital accepted a compromise reorganization plan and will return to the staff. Hospital trustees who had accepted the resignations reconsidered and invited the doctors back.
Cleveland AP reports July revenue for the Ohio Turnpike rose to a record high since opening in 1955. Turnpike Commission chairman James W. Shacknessy estimated July revenue at 2,825,000 dollars from 1,252,000 autos and 205,800 trucks, surpassing the previous peak of 2,814,896 dollars set last August.
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