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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1960
Page
4
The Middletown Journal lists daily and Sunday home subscription prices for city and outlying areas. Rates include week days 60 cents per week, Sunday 15 cents, and yearly mail options from 10 to 35 dollars, with outside U S A at 35 dollars.
Sen George Smathers leads a Senate Commerce panel study of Latin American trade as President Eisenhower plans a goodwill tour through Argentina Brazil Chile Uruguay Colombia Dominican Republic Ecuador Haiti Panama Peru and Venezuela. The report cites a 1959 nine month deficit with US imports near 2.8 billion and exports below 2.7 billion showing a shifting regional balance. It urges easing barriers on Latin imports and continuing aid with IMF borrowing options to aid commodity nations.
Sen. John F. Kennedy argues the 1960 race will mirror 1956 with a Democratic challenge to Eisenhower even as the president nears the end of his term. He claims voters rejected the Democratic line in 1956 and questions why they would back a Democrat now.
Jim Bishop details a sunlit day at Tropical Park with his quirky betting method, the Rutty Road to the Poorhouse. He notes bets on Open View and other horses, the tongue tied horse 0 V, and a running commentary on jockeys, vendors, and the comic mishaps of race day.
Liquid air boils below 200 degrees below zero and steam turbines by Hero of Alexandria were forgotten until the 17th century. The camel’s backbone is straight like a horse, and the hump stores fat. The smallest watch screws are dust-like to the eye. A bale of cotton yields about four hundred dresses.
Columnist notes Khrushchev’s claim to cut the Soviet army may mask a shift to nuclear deterrence and civil military reallocation. The piece argues a stalemate in nuclear weaponry, enduring debate over conventional forces, and uncertainty about Soviet military potential amid Cold War propaganda.
George Sokolsky argues that price supports in sugar and coffee favor foreign economies, burden Americans with higher costs, and mask a hidden tax. He warns rising prices threaten living costs, worker incentives, and dollar stability, urging focus on money and policy over rhetoric.
The piece argues budget complexity and presidential fiscal figures overwhelm readers. It notes distrust in elections and the secret ballot, laments rising centralization, and suggests power drifting toward federal control despite calls for local governance. Dwight Eisenhower is cited as an example of pushback.
Dorothy Kilgallen explains she is in Los Angeles to cover the Carole Tregoff and Dr. Bernard Finch murder trial. She describes the hustle of city editors, the courthouse press room, and her long, time-shifted schedule reporting for morning and evening papers.
U S researchers pursue five rumored ancient Jordan settlements amid a sunspot flare up. A British inquiry concludes Stonehenge was not built by Druids, suggesting other builders early in prehistory.
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