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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1959
Page
6
Middletown Journal lists daily publication by News Journal Inc with rates for in city and outside areas. Prices include 50 cents per week for local carriers, 45 cents outside areas, 10 dollars yearly in six days trading area, and 20 dollars yearly outside trading area with 35 dollars for outside USA.
The piece compares meat packing labor talks with steel strikes, noting weaker leverage for unions like the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and United Packinghouse Workers and a push by management to freeze wages while modernizing. It cites automation reducing payrolls, rising productivity, and slim industry profits, implying a tough path to a large strike. It also reports shifts in meat prices, cattle supplies, and consumer data. It then discusses the American Medical Association stance on medical freedom versus government involvement, warning against socialized medicine and emphasizing individualism and voluntary cooperation.
The piece describes Amman with Roman ruins and bustling markets, noting Jordan's refugee camps and UNRWA impact. It portrays King Hussein as a mature, witty 24 year old who welcomes Americans and plans for his country’s freedom and peace. The author emphasizes personal respect and urges Americans to visit Jordan.
Local chatter notes scattered showers across neighborhoods with two weather observers reporting near identical rain gauges. Dayton shoplifting suspects from Middletown were followed from Central Store to Kresge’s and nabbed with loot near Verity Parkway Manchester Avenue, police say. The week also features a tongue in cheek movie stunt about a High School Bride while Armco beauty contest coverage offers playful misdescriptions from judge Dave Resan.
George Sokolsky argues against creating a national police via FBI expansion. He warns it would exceed federal capacity, threaten local control, and risk political misuse while noting current FBI duties already cover protecting religious liberty and bombings. He stresses local police must retain primary responsibility.
Dorothy Kilgallen notes on the Rinehart firm book drama The Lion House with galleys rewritten over fears of lawsuits. Kay Kendall Rex Harrison denials churn amid London gossip of a strained marriage while Ava Gardner and Lola various icons are spotted in Puerto Rico and at Dorado Beach.
Paul Harvey warns of a Moscow orchestrated Communist export to Cuba and Latin America. He cites CIA deputy director Cabell on the Popular Socialist Party in Cuba and describes Soviet agents directing Castro, with Red China backing Havana and a looming Congress of Latin American Peoples. He urges Americans to see through promises of freedom to loaf, noting a vast global drive toward domination.
Twenty years ago on August 30 1939 President Roosevelt announced a federal policy to search merchant ships of all nations that might become belligerents before allowing them to depart American ports. The Bremen was tied up in New York and London panicked by false air raid reports while D E Hresman of Trenton filed to seek reelection to the Butler County Board of Education.
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