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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1959
Page
4
The Middletown Journal in Middletown Ohio lists subscription options including daily and Sunday rates. It notes mail delivery terms, rates for city and outside trading areas, and international pricing, with publishing by News Journal Inc since 1857.
The OAS conference in Santiago Chile marks the first intrahemisphere aggression case. Dominicans accuse Cuba and Venezuela while Castro seeks to derail talks and push hunger and poverty issues. The U.S. backs a new Inter American Development Bank role with a $450 million pledge from a $1 billion fund.
President Eisenhower warned that inflation erodes not only material values but also the public’s confidence in pensions and government bonds. He emphasized that ordinary workers, from lathe operators to those with shovels and typewriters, will suffer first as inflation rises.
Fulton Lewis Jr. reports that David McDonald, head of the United Steelworkers, defends a strike driven by survival and control fears. The article notes past pay raises, political ties, and opposition from Donald Rarick, who challenged McDonald and drew heavy union resistance.
On Friday August 11 1939 the city commission approved Middletown purchasing the municipal airport from its lease holder to be used by Aeronautical Corp of America of Cincinnati. Industrial Development Committee sought $10 000 to finance the relocation. A $100 000 plant would be built on Peasttown Road near the airport. Martin L Bauer Construction Co was named to build a Kroger Supermarket on Verity Parkway between Central and Ist avenues.
Congress debates labor control bills with wide differences among four main proposals. The Kennedy and Elliott bills face opposition from both Meany and Eisenhower, while Landrum Griffin aims for the toughest restrictions on unions. Bipartisan lobbying for or against each bill colors House strategy and timing.
Paul Harvey chronicles Spindletop as the birth of the U S oil industry sparked by Pattillo Higgins and a Sunday school experiment. He argues wildcatters and risk taking built America, praising American ingenuity and free enterprise that drove industrial leadership and global oil production.
The stars favor tomorrow birthdays with happy prospects in the year ahead. October brings a payoff in business matters, and a late November to eight month finances cycle promises strong gains. Romance may bloom for singles in late November or May. avoid extravagance next spring. An exceptionally charming child may be born on this day.
The fragment discusses comparing land areas to mosas and mentions no direct descendants of William Shakespeare. It notes Oslo is a city with extensive forests and Venice has more than 170. This reads as a collection of isolated trivia points without a single news event.
Dave Regan notes Labor Day timing shifts start Sept 7 delaying the school opening. Frayed moms face longer summertime with kids at home. Johnny needs shoes, Mary has outgrown clothes, Jenny too small, and Jerry lacks a school-age role.
Hal Boyle discusses Dior’s knee length decree provoking female resistance in America. He argues most women reject extreme fashion, citing past fads like the sack look and recalling 1920s short skirts as a benchmark, while noting men may favor shorter skirts only if their own wives don’t wear them.
Dorothy Kilgallen jokes about Jackie Gleason amid bets on his tenure in a Broadway musical based on Ah Wilderness. Cary Grant’s North by Northwest is praised. whispers on Lady Adele Beatty and Donen. Brando stirs the set at The Fugitive Kind while Gladys Gooding lies ill in Tucson.
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