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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1960
Page
4
The Middletown Journal lists subscription rates and mailing details for Middletown Ohio. Rates include per week 6 days, Sunday 1S1e, 50c weekly city delivery, 10 year mail plans, and 35 per year outside area. Published daily by News-Journal Inc established 1857.
Herbert Hoover, approaching 86, delivered his seventh farewell at a Republican convention, televised nationwide, urging renewed American nationalism amid a perceived moral slump. The former president, a Quaker with a long public career, remains active, lecturing, writing, and attending events while pursuing hobbies like fishing and baseball.
A troupe of 100 Chinese performers opens in Vancouver on Wednesday and will tour six Canadian cities, amid debate over art versus politics and Western reactions to Beijing’s influence in the Americas. The State Department blocked visas for a Sol Hurok tour, illustrating wider Cold War tensions. Fu Chung declared that Chinese artists advance at the front against imperialism under party leadership.
Security reports show widespread Communist participation at the Peace and Civil Rights demonstration outside the Democratic and Republican conventions. Key figures and groups infiltrated non Communist pacifist circles, with notable individuals such as Gus Hail and Roy Wilkins cited amid broader surveillance and arrests.
A compact miscellany cites Chile length and width metrics and its island share, noting Pacific coastline cliffs southward and high sea walls. It also notes Arctic tourism growth, Mount Rainier runoff, Heidelberg’s historic university, Mark Twain’s praise, and American life expectancy projections.
In Washington a column contends that Democratic control over Congress lacks cohesion, blaming civil rights disputes and party fragmentation for inaction. It argues foreign observers see American governance as irresponsible while noting the Republican absence in the South weakens opposition and raises questions about accountability before voters.
Washington political satire chronicles Rep Joseph W Martin Jr’s rise after being dumped as House leader, his Capitol Hill Club portrait, and Speaker Sam Rayburn’s role in a Democratic takeover of Capitol Hill land to erase the club, signaling the club’s end but a lasting political legend.
20 years ago on Friday August 9 1940 Carl Friedlander president Aeronautical Corp of America was named an honorary citizen of Boy's Town Nebraska for his past work with the institution Earl Gebhart Middletown Water Works superintendent reported July water consumption at 123 416 000 gallons the second highest in the system’s history A Franklin Mayor J T Riley received a proposal from the Big Four division of New York Central Railroad to abandon passenger service in Franklin
The passage explains tide rise and fall due to the moon’s attraction and distance effects. It defines a knot as one nautical mile per hour. It also notes Britain’s government revenue percentage for education and Guam’s size of 230 square miles as the largest island in the Marianas chain.
Dorothy Kilgallen hosts singer Sam Cooke who writes of his drive to reach Belafonte, Cole and Robinson Bunche level stature. He details building a career beyond one hit by investing earnings, choosing show tunes and spirituals, and balancing show and business to stay solvent. He argues for pride, courage, and steady personal growth in a demanding era.
Paul Harvey reflects on a convention scene where egos clash and crowds surge yet a Coke courier parts the crowd like the Red Sea. He argues bravery and unselfish effort win respect, citing governors Fine and Rockefeller and a universal lesson for statesmen and press alike.
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