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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1957
Page
6
The Middletown Journal lists subscription rates for per copy and by carrier, with weekly and yearly prices for city and trading areas, plus mail options and prices for outside areas and abroad. Published daily by News Journal Inc since 1857, it includes a biblical proverb at the end.
The United States Junior Chamber of Commerce unanimously adopted the W. W. Sebald Self-Reliance Award as a national project. The Middletown program, started in 1954 by Sebald and the Jaycees, spotlighted fine high school seniors and showed that self-reliant teens predominate. The Jaycee organization, founded in St. Louis, is poised to administer the effort to honor constructive youth nationwide.
The AFL-CIO moves to force reforms from two unions, with expulsion of the Teamsters possible. Dave Beck is removed from AFL-CIO posts, while James Hoffa announces his bid to succeed Beck and opposes Fifth Amendment penalties, sparking a rift with the federation over ethics and investigation rules. Hoffa defends the Fifth Amendment as the court supports such protections.
Norman Peale recalls A J Cronin, who faced harsh doubt about becoming a surgeon. In a snowbound Scottish village, Cronin performs a delicate operation after a minister urges, God will help you. Cronin’s steadiness follows, freeing him from inferiority and affirming faith.
A compact survey notes average ocean depth around 13 thousand feet and attributes soil quality to Marine shale for potato farming. It also covers bread slicing prevalence, early Native American alliance after Plymouth, 1675 King Philip’s War, urban household clothing spending, U.S. airline passenger mileage growth by 1952, and the sugar beet cane comparison.
A Chicago PSA survey criticizes the courthouse for fire hazards, noting an inner well architecture, limited exits, and hazardous fourth and fifth floors with only a wooden stair to escape. The basement houses paper records, and fire could race up the center, using windows and overhanging porticoes to impede ladders. Mrs Mays and an earthquake tale follow, ending with a lighthearted family moment about a loose tooth and travel plans to Hawaii.
Gov Harriman toured San Juan for Puerto Rico Constitution Day greeting Gov Munoz Marin. A banana bird chandelier distracts Harriman as the parade showcases guards, scouts, tanks, and floats. House Minority Leader Joe Martin unveils a new hairdo while Rep St George jokes about his vanity. Nixon training by Rep Westland aims for an Ike like score at Burning Tree. Senate restaurant serves all meatball stew amid civil rights debate.
Paul Harvey recounts a TWA Flight 21 near miss over West Texas at 18 000 feet when a second aircraft appeared and evasive action saved lives. He cites 331 near misses in early 1950s U S skies and 5200 endangered lives, urging passengers to keep belts fastened at all times for crew freedom and safety.
Dorothy Kilgallen and Vikki Dougan amid backless dress fame eye Li'l Abner swap Tina Louise. Rockefellers fund a disease treatment project while Yvonne DeCarlo awaits baby. Barbara Hutton bridal plans. Greta Garbo hints at a comeback. Abrahamic moguls, actors, and socialites swirl in a bustling 1950s Celebrities column.
In Albuquerque, a photographer flyer and a native resident claim discrimination as native people get two bits for posing. The man complains that photographers line him up against walls for pictures, highlighting unequal treatment in his town.
Andrew Roper presented a directional sign to Walter J. Braun at Middletown marking Coles Road and US 25. The gift was to prevent confusion at the eastern entrance. George Brent filed papers to become a U.S. citizen in Los Angeles. King George VI and Queen Elizabeth visited Balmoral for a weekend with Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret. Woodside Cemetery Assn. reorganization welcomed R. C. Dowling to the board to fill the late C. Ed Sebald’s unexpired term.
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