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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1956
Page
4
Middletown Journal lists subscription rates by carrier and mail for in city and trading area, with prices for outside areas and international mail. The paper is published every evening except Sunday from 1007 First Ave in Middletown Ohio along with a biblical verse from Luke.
The piece reviews U.S. relations with Red China over talks levels from consular to ambassadorial, noting U.S. requests for information after the Aug. 23 incident, ongoing weekly meetings, and divergent views on Taiwan Formosa. It cites Chou En-lai’s claims of future recognition and U.N. membership opposition from both parties. It recalls Warren Austin’s 1951 warning that Red China would not join the U.N. by force.
The American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators meets in Winnipeg to push nationwide standards for auto safety belts in texture and installation. AMA estimates one in four highway deaths could be prevented by belts. belts are currently in about five percent of cars.
Sydney Australia grapples with bodgie boy gangs and vandalism. A two pronged ordinance makes parents pay for damages and requires a father to apply six of the best to any delinquent youth in the presence of a police officer. The plan aims to deter juvenile crime and sets a precedent for other cities.
A Hal Boyle column compiles quirky odds and ends from mailbag lore. It notes glaucoma awareness gaps, a nonrequired eye test in South Dakota, the longest surname in Manhattan, and a Confederate bill portrait. Also featured are golf club lawn cutters, math on Saturday road danger, Fort Knox gold, early self serve restaurants, and birth delivery trivia.
In 1932 the Republicans faced a low mood and lacked fresh ideas while Democrats pledged bold action. Roosevelt launched the New Deal with Social Security and labor protections, reshaping government roles. By midcentury Eisenhower and Stevenson extend and extend the existing New and Fair Deal foundations, with both parties pulling toward the same broad base for the future.
In San Francisco at the Republican convention Vice Presidential chatter centers on Joe Smith lookalikes sending anonymous wires. Chairman Joe Martin recalls a prank involving Nebraska Rep. Terry Carpenter and Secretfary of the Interior Fred Seaton. Amid fashion shows Mamie Nixon and GOP hostesses reveal a homestead crowd as Dolores Bridges sighs a mink tops the list of thrills.
The piece recalls the Shrew as a perennial box office hit with Ada Behan Otis Skinner and the later Sothern and Marlowe runs. It links to the musical Kiss Me Kate and notes Porter’s use of Shakespearean lines in lyrics. Also includes Qs about dogies and plasterers pay in 1926 and casual notes on baby care, Eartha Kitt, and pep pills for typists.
Estrellita advises a calm, objective stance under all circumstances with caution against rumors in the afternoon. For those with a birthday tomorrow, shift toward your best efforts next week to gain support from superiors and pursue financial progress through careful plans. Early 1957 may bring business travel benefits and a possible new romance for singles. A child born today would be inventive yet censorious toward others.
A Cleveland editor urges safer travel for the Labor Day weekend citing last year’s 438 highway deaths and sharing safety tips from American Brakeblok. It also notes Andrea Stall smith, a Middletown girl, recovering after surgery in Cincinnati, and requests greeting cards to Room 506 at Good Samaritan Hospital.
Dorothy Kilgallen reports a 5-year-old son of the late Robert Newton travels from California to London this weekend. He is to be kept anonymous by TWA and Pan Am crews en route, with custody per court order placing him with an English uncle.
Twenty years ago powerful winds and electrical storms tore through Middletown leaving wide damage and one fatality as nearly half an inch of rain drenched the city. Reports also noted a night blooming cerea at Mrs. William Wade's home in Mayfield and Fred L. Bohn of Zanesville elected president of the Ohio State Elks Assn.
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