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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1957
Page
4
Middletown Journal lists subscription rates by copy, carrier, mail and region. Rates include 30c per week in city with Sunday edition, 25c outside city, and annual mail plans from $9 to $35. Subscriptions payable in advance. Religious quotation included.
King Saud travels to Washington to discuss a new U S lease for the Dhahran base and military aid, while confronting the Cairo group’s reception of the Eisenhower doctrine. The Saudi leader comes from talks with Egypt, Syria, and Jordan and carries vast Aramco revenues and influence in the Arab world.
Editor Philip N. Schuyler notes wide dealer preference for newspaper advertising with 344 dealers surveyed. An opposing editorial counters TV's dominance among youth, citing a survey where 39 percent of 18 and 19 year olds said newspapers are hardest to do without while 18 percent felt the same about television.
Hal Boyle profiles Carroll Baker, star of Baby Doll, as she balances fame with money worries and a hectic life. She reveals a modest apartment, a lack of staff, rising costs, and intrusive public curiosity while preparing for a new film and contemplating a costly house, nurse, cook, and car to reach the studio.
Twenty years ago on Saturday January 30 1937 at 7 42 pm Cincinnati power returned and Middleton residents saw lights after a week of semidarkness due to the Ohio River flood. L E Marshall manager Middletown Gas and Electric Co said he was overwhelmed by community cooperation. Joseph Frank secretary Interstate Folding Box Co announced 50 workers would return to work Sunday at 7 30 am.
The Junior Music Club met at the home of Mrs W C Thompson for its January meeting Violin solos were played by Marian Goldflies with Hazel Crawford as accompanist and Pauline Manning accompanied by Larry Booher
A Washington correspondent reviews Fulbright's critique of Secretary Dulles regarding the Aswan Dam talks with Egypt. It traces November 1955 to July 1956 shifts, U.S. British World Bank funding, Nasser's demands, and congressional resistance to long range aid, asking if broader presidential authority would have altered the Suez crisis.
A chatty, opinionated column touches on celebrities named Fanny including Brice and Crosby, dance star Moira Shearer, and a trivia mix about songs, potatoes, martinis, and wages. It weaves jokes, questions from readers, and notes on cultural tidbits and historical figures.
The stars forecast a lively day with rewards for well managed work. Cooperation with elders and superiors may help reach challenging goals. Evening vibes favor social, community, and creative cultural activities.
A mix of notes covers a photograher known as Just Johnny earning $25 an hour and a tale of a 1948 Epsom Derby bet where a £4 stake rose to $50,000 before missing out. The piece also offers a birthday horoscope predicting a pivotal 1957 for career growth and financial opportunities, urging action, with health cautions and a note on a child born that day being intuitive and discerning.
Factographs describe a hydraulic press in each foundation pier to right the tower if it tilts. The note also claims a 1923 smoke screen for military concealment, and a misattributed political history linking Andrew Johnson to the Republican ticket with Lincoln.
Dave Regan notes a growing bowling craze in Middletown as women, previously seen as a weaker sex, flock to alleys with friends and husbands. Sundays blend church lunch and bowling, and many find time between housework and kid duties for this sport, televised matches adding to the excitement.
Dorothy Kilgallen surveys Broadway gossip and showbiz heft from New York, noting Sinatra’s stay, Abbey Lincoln’s callouts, Ferrer’s alimony talks, Larsen’s contract stance, Berle and Bolger TV moments, Durante’s generosity, and rising calypso craze. Also mentions Elvis Presley fee stance, The Mad Bumper, Mad Marston’s Saudi visit return, James Jones book buzz, Jerry Lewis spoof, Harold Stassen Easter move, and Shirley Jones Jack Cassidy denials.
A humorous roundup notes the New York Dress Institute naming 14 best dressed women this year, up from 12 and 10 in prior years, with a quip about rising counts matching Kentucky colonels. Other items touch on a doctor in England finding a patient allergic to turquoise and green house color, and a Rome traffic fine tally.
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