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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1960
Page
6
The Middletown Journal lists subscription rates for week day and Sunday editions, carrier and mail prices, and outside U S rates. It notes publication by News-Journal Inc since 1857 and includes a Psalm 37 25 quotation.
Eisenhower and Khrushchev resume 15 year old lend lease talks at Camp David after a decade’s lull. Bohlen and Menshikov lead negotiations over Russia’s debt for World War II aid, with U S readiness to ease trade restrictions and a test of Moscow’s willingness to ease East West tensions.
The Esso Education Foundation announces 363 grants totaling $1,466,500 to 330 institutions for 1959 60. Of these, 291 grants amounting to $774,000 are unrestricted, with others for capital and research, mostly humanities. Since its inception the foundation has given nearly $7.5 million to privately supported colleges and universities.
Harold Macmillan's rise and the idea that calm deliberation unlocks problems. The piece links faith, prayer, and mental coloring to build confidence, citing Marcus Aurelius and urging change of thought to achieve effective living.
The text notes Virginia authorized the Little River Turnpike in 1785 and James Rumsey’s 1786 steamboat achievement. It highlights today’s 750 000 miles of highways and steamship advertising growing 32.1 percent in 1958, with women over 14 influencing 85 percent of consumer purchases and national advertising exceeding 719 million dollars in newspapers.
Edmiston, veteran city hall and business writer for The Journal, received a humorous gift while recovering at Middletown Hospital when reporters arranged a bed pan flower pot with a bouquet and fake bees. The scene drew laughs as Ed questioned watering the oddly planted blooms.
Dorothy Kilgallen highlights Broadway offerings from Sound of Music to Fiorello and The Andersonville Trial. She notes venues like Birdland and Basin Street East, praising stars such as Mary Martin Mabel Mercer Sylvia Syms and Sarah Vaughan while praising the Island of Manhattan’s nightlife.
George Sokolsky recounts Theron Hand of the Party and John Gates, a Communist leader, detailing how the party dictated personal ambitions and relationships. He cites Browderism as weakening revolutionary fiber, notes internal purges, and discusses the push for a separate Negro nation and Browder’s shift to integration policy.
Senator Wiley presses Congress to draw a line between legal and illegal wire tapping amid testimony on surveillance tech. He warns new devices threaten privacy and could push toward totalitarian control, noting FBI use is limited while criminals deploy more electronic methods.
On January 10, 1940 Middletown Women’s Democratic Club elected Eleanor Oswald to succeed Kate Mayer as president. D E Epplersheimer was reelected president of the Middletown Public Library board of trustees. A 1939 books circulated report shows a 33 percent rise from 1938. The Middletown Republican Club approved a constitutional amendment allowing GOP central committeemen to join the club’s executive committee.
A linguist lists 145 languages within the Soviet Union and questions if Kremlin jargon is included. A house moth lives about three weeks and may destroy itself. A vast radio telescope project in West Virginia promises to peer nine times farther than Mount Palomar, exciting astronomers.
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