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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1958
Page
4
Middletown Journal Inc publishes daily from 28 S Broad Middletown Ohio with rates for city and mail subscriptions. In advance pricing lists per copy weekly carrier and yearly mail options plus foreign rate. Includes biblical motto from Acts 1 8.
Hal Boyle profiles Dick Powell, noting his restless drive from saxophonist to film and TV producer director at 20th Century Fox. Powell recalls passing on Seven Heavens with Janet Gaynor, now supervises 150 TV shows, and has four films to direct. He jokes about selling roles to actors while cherishing turning stories into pictures.
Voters in Alaska decide today on statehood under Congress conditions demanding federal land rights preservation. Historical precedents in Minnesota Missouri Ohio Utah show varied compliance. Alaska would gain one House seat and three electoral votes in 1960, joining four other states with the same margin.
Kuwait faces a delicate phase as Emir Abdullah al-Sabah concludes talks in Cairo with Col. Nasser and other UAR officials, following a prior discussion with Nasser in Damascus. Western observers seek clues on concessions and Kuwait’s stance toward Nasser while oil wealth shapes regional influence and loyalties among Kuwait’s population.
Nelson A. Rockefeller 50 grandson of John D. Rockefeller is slated for the GOP nomination for New York governor as the Democrats aim to reelect W. A. Harriman. The piece notes Rockefeller and Harriman donations in 1956, mentions Michigan governor candidate G. Mennen Williams, and reflects on wealth as a factor in political careers across history.
A Washington correspondent denounces the eighty fifth Congress for inaction during the cold war crisis. He cites failures to curb Communist influence, punish treason advocates, and restrain labor conflicts, calling it the worst in fifty years and bemoaning hidden vote trading and wasteful spending.
Washington tale of late Senate hospitality ends in a $39.50 bill for ham chicken and cheese as Maryland Senator John Marshall Butler learns Dirksen arranged a farewell party for Knowland leaving Butler to face the aftermath. Dirksen had hosted a larger gathering earlier.
Lam Duk, an 83-year-old Chinese immigrant who arrived from Hong Kong 61 years ago in Vancouver, has applied for Canadian citizenship saying he likes Canada. The report also notes postwar shifts in employment and leisure across the United States.
Tomorrow's astronomy hints at cautious dealings with strangers and finances while birthday readers may see job progress and financial gain within the next four months. The forecast urges vigilance to prevent losses and errors.
A sports writer applauds eastern horse race tracks for allowing young jockeys into their programs calling it educational. Beware overtaxing health in eagerness to advance. Personal relations should improve in the coming year with a new romance possible May or June.
A reader letter from over town complains that the Colonial Theatre raised Gulliver's Travels tickets from 25 to 40 cents at 2 p.m. without notice, angering parents who thought their children could attend. The note also cites neighborhood cat conflicts on Hampton Place, with birds harmed near mealtime and bells urged but unlikely.
Dorothy Kilgallen surveys showbiz rumors from Ava Gardner and Tony Franciosa to Shelly Winters fear of upheaval Robin Douglas Home eyes resignation amid health concerns Admiral Rickover could earn 75000 in private industry Ingrid Bergman’s daughter Pia wooed by Italian lawyer Camus may rejoin Catholic Church Sophia Loren to New York for brief work stint Time blasts Frank Sinatra. Audrey notes on Dotto era contenders and Paris gossip wrap with Churchill visit and Piaf at Belle Epoque.Portions cover MGM records interest in Greer Garson and Jule Styne signing for TV projects.
Flames forced James Layer and his family to flee in night clothes as their two story frame house burned to the ground southeast of Ble Ball. Armco treasurer E. J. Goldschmidt spoke on the Armco subsidiary before the Kiwanis Club. Local softball benefit shaped teams led by Brinkmeyer and featuring Windy Burke and Dizzy Kirkendall.
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