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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1960
Page
4
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A Labor Department hearing in Washington next Monday will review changes to farm labor regulations tied to a campaign by AFL-CIO Agricultural Organizing Committee. The effort seeks to organize about 450,000 migratory growers, mainly in 11 California counties east and north of San Francisco, amid widespread strikes and picketing during fruit harvests.
The successful Polaris missile tests strengthen the West by enabling submarines to threaten adversaries at sea. Yet the note of ominous potential rises if the Soviet Union develops a comparable undersea force, risking mutual destruction and a dangerous arms race.
The article notes the average blink lasts one fifth of a second and about 25 blinks per minute, so eyes are closed roughly five seconds each minute. It cautions that driving while blinking reduces attention, giving an example of 42 miles with eyes closed in a 10 hour, 50 mph drive, and ends with the maxim do not blink if you drive.
Chicago 38 member strategy session was window dressing as Nixon chose Henry Cabot Lodge. White House sources say decision came after a Nixon Eisenhower meeting late Tuesday night. Lodge notified that night to begin acceptance speech writing. Some opposition persisted among Republicans, with Stratton and Arends backing Dirksen and Morton. Lodge praised for foreign affairs strength, but seen as cold by some and possibly weak in border and southern states. We shall have the answer on Nov. 8.
A British firm announces a July 28 Christmas party in a London hotel. The piece playfully questions whether the timing is five months early or seven months late.
A political column argues for protecting American citizens abroad before expanding foreign aid. It urges bilateral compacts with enforcement through arbitration and potential military action to safeguard property rights, warns against Congo misrule and mass confiscations, and critiques reliance on UN police actions without guarantees.
Paul Harvey argues that politicians from both parties target big business to gain votes. He contends labor and government gain little. mass producers help consumers with low prices. He suggests self serving politicians seek the “little man” label to boost their own power, citing Opie Shelton.
The horoscope advises tact in minor home or business tensions and forecasts a strong year for birthday individuals. It highlights opportunities to raise earnings this month and into early 1961, with benign personal relations in December and next May and June, warning against Leo dominance. A birthday child is described as versatile with leadership traits.
A political tirade arguing the United States loses power by rewarding nonproduction and selfish leaders. It warns the nation will not survive the cold war unless selfish men are flushed from politics.
A spokesman of the National Association of Evangelicals calls for prayer for Khrushchev inspired by Saul of Tarsus. He urges voters to seek divine guidance on election choices and envisions a future where prayer reveals a power greater than the atomic age.
Hal Boyle comments on Americans chasing tans as a mass summer ritual. He riffs Aristotle would see sun worship as a cult, noting people seek virility and beauty through tanning and instant sprays. He argues 15 minutes daily suffices, warns excessive sun ages skin, and imagines future historians judging our sun obsession.
Dorothy Kilgallen presents guest columnist Jack Lemmon offering views on what makes people laugh. He cites timing, contrast, and superiority, recalls The Wackiest Ship in the Army, and analyzes economic influences on humor while praising Chaplin Keaton Laurel and Hardy and noting modern wits like Jerry Lewis Cantinflas.
The author contrasts Judy Wolliday and Doris Day as top comediennes with few peers. He argues humor and pathos intertwine, noting laughter is an emotional release similar to tears and questioning why people say I laughed until I cried.
A quirky note claims supersonic sound can boil an egg with water and fire cited as simpler. Milt, a printer, quips that people seek to scale mountains unless proving their physical peak.
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