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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1958
Page
4
Subscription rates listed for Middletown Journal daily and Sunday editions. Rates include per copy prices, city carrier, and mail options for trading area, outside area, and international mail. Advance payment required. Printed by News-Journal Inc. since 1857.
The piece credits Middletown’s postwar population growth and broad local effort. Leaders and workers planned a ten year program, but the crucial factor was the collective will of every Middletonian to improve the community. The award’s plaque symbolizes shared civic achievement.
The piece surveys 1957 forecasts and actuals, noting inflation as a principal worry while growth continued in farm income and steel output. It cites predictions from executives and economists, including Sinclair Weeks and Harlow Curtice, contrasting optimism with modest gains and signaling a cautious 1958 mood amid lingering doubt.
Hal Boyle outlines a humorous guide to hermiting by planning and capital. He contrasts true woodland hermits with misguided runaway imitators and suggests practical steps including land, supplies, and income ideas such as exploiting soil bank programs or starting a corporation to fund one’s hermit life.
The writer notes Democratic National Committee members received holiday cards from figures like Averell Harriman Humphrey Kefauver and Kennedy, while Truman Stevenson Johnson and others sent none. Nixon and Knowland were the only non political Californians to get cards, with Republicans showing no clear pattern.
A column questions why Congress appears focused on politics rather than national defense. It critiques the Rockefeller and Gaither reports, urges informed leadership, and calls for bipartisan discipline to restore public trust and a sustained, informed national stance.
A penny weighing scale outside Gallaher Store was opened and pennies vanished. Earlier, police noted an attempted break into a similar machine in the F W Woolworth store lobby. Robert Barker announced upcoming Trades and Labor Council officer elections in the council hall next week.
An assortment of showbiz notes mentions Dorothy Kilgallen's Gotham gossip and Broadway chatter. Mary Thomas, newly divorced from a Philadelphia doctor, headlines Bermudian socialite Stuart Outerbridge’s circle. Portofino rehearsals spark predictions for Jan Chaney’s Broadway breakout. Ernie Henry’s death shocks jazz fans. Dizzy Gillespie mourns. Milton Berle’s luncheon moved for Red Buttons. Una O’Connor retires due to heart issues. Marlon Brando seeks broader aims beyond acting.
Reader letters reflect on traffic fines versus impounding cars, snow moods shift from beauty to melt, and Christmas decorations left up to Easter. A note praises living trees planted after use, while recalling past sledding days and cold, tired returns.
A humorous letter from Jim Bishop to star Kim Novak recounts family antics in Los Angeles. He jokes about laziness with a typewriter, describes his daughter Gayle skating, and shares Christmas misadventures including a turkey, a hospital visit for his father, and Ginny's pregnancy. The note ends in praise for Novak and hopes for a bright year.
The horoscope notes birthdays may benefit from organizational planning now through mid April with long term projects. A five month May start prompts moving from planning to activity increasing creativity and career steps. Relationships should prosper with travel in July and August and financial good news in late 1958.
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