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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1958
Page
6
Middletown Journal lists subscription prices for daily, Sunday, and mail options including local and trading area rates. The notice includes rates for outside U S A and payment terms, published by News Journal Inc with a biblical verse.
Guatemala faces a pivotal election with Gen. Miguel Ydigoras and Lt. Col. Jose Luis Cruz Salazar competing alongside Mario Mendez Montenegro. The United States backs moderates amid past pro Communist shifts, while reports note leftist influence within the Revolutionary party and irregular returns in prior ballots.
The piece recalls Congress worries about a single chief of staff or unified service, citing the 1947 National Security Act and 1949 Joint Chiefs limitations. It notes Truman era lines on civilian control, and Eisenhower’s early 1950s plans that stirred fears of a Prussian style, with Finletter warning against a monolithic force.
Norman Peale recalls a Lynchburg Ohio storm and a grandmother lesson. She urged the boys to feel the rain and see God in the wind, noting the tree's deep roots that withstand tempests. The message: build life on faith love hope and trust in God to endure trials.
Native departures from Japan were punishable by death until 1870 while Iactographs Mugwump described independents who refused Blaine in 1884. A silk worm lays about 500 eggs after leaving the cocoon and dies. Speed of sound rises with air temperature. The Lost River at Meramec caverns in Stanton Missouri discharges water.
A Nashville reader notes Gunsmoke remains the top TV program with Matt Dillon and Chester Goode drawing audiences. Describes fans mimicking Chester’s mountain accent, banana-dueling anecdotes, and a wave of Westerns in the top 10. Also mentions YMCA Travel and Adventure series and fears of school intercom misuse with Big Brother echoes.
Fulton Lewis Jr. reports on Radio Free Europe funding while critics trace the jamming costs to USIA projections from 1956. The piece notes that RFE itself does not broadcast to the USSR and that major jamming targets include Radio Vatican BBC Radio Diffusion Francais RIAS Berlin and others, totaling about 113 million annually but misattributed to RFE.
Paul Harvey argues that gun rights and police powers protect individuals while federal agencies face limits. He cites Judy Coplon and Jencks and laments that court rulings force disclosure of FBI files to defense lawyers. He warns this weakness endangers national security and the fight against communism.
Dorothy Kilgallen cites a possible marriage between Montgomery Clift and Libby Holman. Fernanda Montel’s California appearance provokes snickers as critics skewered. James Jones defends Some Came Running amid harsh reviews. Willie Hartack’s slump linked to troubles, Virginia Hill rumor resurfaces.
On January 19 1938 Ancient Egypt wore festival attire for the royal wedding of King Farouk and Farida Zulficar with Farida set to become queen the next day A Moslem ceremony would be witnessed by no woman not even the bride. Ping pong winners Armco at the YMCA were Dave McGuff Pep Dodds and Roy Barrett Judge Gideon Palmer was re elected president of the Assn of Probate Judges of Ohio in Columbus. George Sebald hosted nurses and doctors after his illness at Middletown Hospital. A 10 foot baggage car would move stage props to the Strand Theater for a one night production The baggage car defied the saying You Cant Take It With You.
A collage of lighthearted items includes a Michigan hunter near his home, a neighbor shooting on property, Berlin opening a baby swimming school, Malta wavering on secession, quiet sports news, an Oswego teacher fired for mayoral election, spaceflight jokes, and Diana Dors rumored spiritualist ties with a pun on a medium income.
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