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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1960
Page
6
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San Francisco opens the Fifth International Congress of Gerontology with 2000 experts from around the world as Congress resumes. The event highlights aging research, policy debates, and a rising market for elder care, with strong government and philanthropic support influencing future policy and services.
The piece argues cities were once seen as failures but now rival states in miseries such as housing shortages, urban renewal, traffic, education, and crime. It criticizes strait-jacketed state control, limits on revenue and spending, and touts a possible federal Department of Urban Affairs with urban aid as a remedy.
The new federal law grants the FDA broader discretion to authorize color additives in foods drugs and cosmetics while maintaining federal control. It shifts proof of harmlessness to industry and promises safeguards for public health without punitive curbs on industry.
Jim Bishop recalls George Rothwell Brown a veteran Hearst columnist in Chicago. In the Conrad Hilton press room Brown, tall and dignified, trades notes with younger reporters and writes a concise Lincoln nomination story. He dies in his sleep after years of disciplined deadlines.
Washington dispatches spotlight the steel strike's toll on 400,000 workers and widespread idle capacity. Union leader David McDonald and Sen. Kennedy call for an impartial inquiry into how small cliques influence U S economic life and provoke multi billion dollar damages.
John A. Finegan, 40, credited with introducing Daylight Savings Time in Middletown and among the first secretaries of the Middletown Chamber of Commerce, died of a heart attack in Kansas City Missouri. Irene Herr shot 36 over nine at Wildwood Golf Club to win two ball honors. Mrs. H Flagg was runner up with 43.
A columnist laments July convention absences as offices clog with press releases from both parties and the U S Chamber of Commerce. He notes exaggerated books praising Trujillo and repetitious lottery push from Rep Paul A Fine while celebrating being back in Washington and its mailing deluge.
The Alhambra in Granada is highlighted as a rare national treasure among Spain's 14th century royal sites. A remark notes England's Duke of Wellington once declined the Alhambra as a gift, deeming it impractical.
George Sokolsky argues that liberal and conservative labels are imprecise and emotionally charged. He notes McCarthy as example and suggests anti communism cuts across parties, while future policy will be shaped by events, time and place, forcing shared means among liberals and conservatives.
Dirk Bogarde profiles Franz Liszt in a guest column, tracing the pianist and showman’s epic life from prodigy to legendary performer. It surveys his repertoire, tours across Europe, sensational public appeal, colossal output, and lasting influence on music and stage persona.
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