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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1960
Page
4
The Middletown Journal in Middletown Ohio lists subscription details including daily and Sunday per-copy rates, carrier and mail options, and advance payment terms. It also provides address and imprint information and a biblical verse.
Fidel Castro’s year in power shows broad Cuban support for social revolution while moderates warn of perversion. In the United States, hopes fade as officials cite communication hurdles and policy clashes. Castro’s regime faces trials from loyalist purges to regional tensions and Che Guevara’s rise as central banker.
Prime Minister Harold Macmillan begins a January journey through Africa visiting Ghana, the Central African Federation, Nigeria, and the Union of South Africa. The trip reflects the evolving Commonwealth, described as an informal association of fully independent nations shaping British policy rather than controlled by Britain.
A preacher argues positive thinking equals tough minded faith in God life and self. He cites a dying man healed in mind and heart by faith amid fearlessness and peace. Letters from readers show positive thinking helping conquer pain guilt fear and adversity.
The text cites the 1913 split of the Department of Labor and Commerce, rheumatic fever deaths in youth, WWII conscientious objectors from multiple faiths, a definition of Admiralty law, North Carolina’s parks count, and Confucius’ burial site outside Kiuh-fow China.
A seven year old asks her father to paint a rock for a school science project. He crafts a simple white rock, later receiving a paperweight inscribed Dad in crayon from his daughter on Christmas morning. The lighthearted anecdote closes with a humorous sports note and local scenes.
George Sokolsky argues the U S government is mired in red tape despite Hoover Commissions and task forces. He cites Admiral Rickover on innovation, Britain's postwar financial recovery, and France under de Gaulle. He frames inflation as the central US issue for presidential candidates to address.
Dorothy Kilgallen notes Eisenhower plans to attend the Chicago GOP nominating convention next July to shape the peace and prosperity platform. The column also tracks Jack Carter's divorce rumors, Paula Stewart ties, jet development hopes, Jackie Wilson charting big 1959, Marilyn Monroe baby rumors, and box office feats from Dog of Islands.
The piece recaps 1959 with satirical vignettes about Washington insiders. It mentions Senators Warren Magnuson Frank Church Homer Capehart Claire Engle A S Mike Monroney Philip Hart Bob Bartlett and staffers amid air travel jokes and a Khrushchev tour memory. It ends noting August silence and a Khrushchev church joke.
On January 3, 1940 Harry Stretcher, 29, was sworn in as Trenton mayor by village clerk Maurice Guy. He succeeds Howard Carey, who led for 26 years. Councilman Jessie Crout had a possible skull fracture after a car crash on S Main Street near the city limits. Local attorney Joseph H Herr was named enum erator of Middletown's 190 industrial census.
The text claims Saturn is over 750 times larger than Earth, sparking bemused commentary about planetary scale and human insignificance. It then jokes about Andizhan officials banning donkeys, fishes outrunning ships, and a panhandler with hidden fortune, ending with a quip about a fearless boy and hot water.
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