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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1958
Page
4
The Middletown Journal lists subscription prices for in city and outside areas, with per copy, week, and yearly mail rates. Published daily by News-Journal inc since 1884, the page also carries a Psalm verse reference.
In Foreign Affairs 1937 review, Lloyd V. Berkner argues that by 2100 the era marks mankind’s shift from two to three dimensional geography and that intellectual advancement now drives national policy. He warns the race for leadership hinges on science, education, and new resources, not military power.
Dr. Julian P. Price, AMA trustee and physician, outlines expected medical changes over the next three decades. The shift toward specialty clinics, new general practitioners handling internal medicine and pediatrics, and expanded hospital networks are noted alongside advances in diagnostics, treatments, and the use of electronics and atomic energy in medicine.
Hal Boyle surveys curios from history and science. The public never saw Edward VIII’s coronation ring set with 36 diamonds, a trivia thread on fame and finance, plus notes on geography biology and social quirks. Additional items include popcorn nutrition and a Cuba casino’s lazy gambler service.
The piece discusses Soviet propaganda backing military aims, citing warnings of U S plans for bases and reports from Greece that Bulgaria and Albania host seven missile bases to cover NATO and the Mediterranean. It notes Eisenhower Dulles opposition, Baghdad Pact ties, and U S defense of Middle East self defense under the Eisenhower Doctrine.
Jim Bishop recaps a wry, roving tale aboard the Santa Paula as Beautiful Duffy pursues a South American marriage to Hortense, a Chicago snob with a past. Duffy, honest about his dishonesty, keeps a night shift as a bartender while two children resemble him. The long Caribbean voyage ends with Duffy revealing Hortense is penniless and the marriage may be a costly mistake.
Zadok Dumkopf jokes about science removing onion odor as scent national news. The piece wryly notes England debates which group first brought a chicken to the British Isles ancient Belgians Gauls or Romans. It ends with humorous shrug at the idea the bird arrived alone.
Dorothy Kilgallen notes celebrities amid marriages and settlements including Nancy Olson and Alan Jay Lerner’s half million divorce settlement. Gossip covers Gail Whitney Dick Cowell engagement ends, Dick’s dates, Cuban reports on Lansky recovery, Hit Parade seeking two new singers, Tab Hunter with Mickey Calin backstage moment, Oleg Cassini Lew Ayres switch, Rosemary Clooney Oh Captain song, Ronnie Gross secret wedding to Sheila Donnelly, Johnnie Ray post surgery progress.
Count Basie undergoes further exploratory medical tests at Park East Hospital after initial findings of gall stones. Doctors aim to avoid major surgery while Basie’s weight loss tops 40 pounds. Meanwhile Johnny Mathis’s manager Helen Noga faces domestic tensions and pressures her husband to shed his stake in a San Francisco jazz venue as she joins Basie on tour. Joanne Dru struggles with a career decision and personal issues.
Political insiders say financier Winthrop Aldrich aligns with Dewey to back Nixon in the next presidential bid. Monique Van Vooren debuts a new coiffure with two blonde pigtails and diamond clips. Feds claim Alice Faye and Phil Harris owe 232000 in back taxes. Geoffrey Horne mingles with Ina Balin at a Film Critics event. Red Skelton loses thousands as the musical Rumple closes on Broadway.
Dave Regan reports Junior Achievement open house at Civic Arena Building runs 7 30 to 9 with youth from local companies showing production to profits. Two more nights available and parking is in CG E lot on South Broad Street. Roy Eugene Nickell heads to New York City for an Eye Institute exam next Saturday with family thanked Lions Club for support but careful spending plans noted. Armco officials praised for cooperation without taking over the campaign.
George Dixon riffs on a Senate preparedness subcommittee session where Col. Thomas G. Lanphier Jr. suggests ridding space of space machines as a possible goal. The piece mocks space policy talk and quotes Lyndon Johnson, Leverett Saltonstall, and Stuart Symington while noting Libby’s remarks on a “dream machine.”
Twenty years ago Franklin businesses closed from 9 30 to 11 a m by mayor William Good proclamation honoring the late William E Beebe Graham former marshal whose funeral was planned at that hour President Lazaro Cardenas addressed ten thousand rioting laborers from Orizaba city hall to calm the unrest in Mexico
Edward A. Kramer, Armco superintendent and City Commission member, was elected president of the Middletown Democratic Club at a reorganizational meeting held in the Sorg Building.
Over 150 persons attended the annual Middle town Girl Scouts banquet at the Manchester Hotel. Guest speaker was Mrs. Asa V. Butterfield of Cincinnati.
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