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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1959
Page
4
The Middletown Journal lists pricing for daily and Sunday editions, carrier and mail rates, and notes publication by News-Journal Inc. since 1857. The notice includes location details and a Christmas scripture benediction.
The 26th annual MLB All-Star events occur July 7 at Forbes Field Pittsburgh and Aug 3 at Los Angeles Coliseum. Proceeds split 60 percent to players pension and 40 percent to central fund aiding minors and youth baseball. The second game adds three players per manager under new voting rules. Economic motive drives a final LA Coliseum appearance.
University of Pennsylvania economist Sidney Weintraub argues that the wage level governs the price level. He notes steel wages rose 160 percent versus 153 percent for steel prices, showing wage gains often pass to costs and inflation despite union claims.
Hal Boyle surveys urban littering, tax increases, and quirky trivia from the nation. He notes two percent highway deaths tied to debris, taxes up 65 percent over 18 years, and a host of anecdotes about language, royalty, soft drinks, and Broadway angels.
Washington reacts to the Supreme Court decision challenging the authority behind industrial security procedures used in defense plants over 18 years. The dissent argues the ruling ignores executive and congressional authorization, threatening ongoing government secrecy and employee loyalty programs.
Twenty years ago on July 6 1939 flood reports recount forty three boxties recovered and about ten missing in eastern Kentucky. Among the dead are two children of Mrs Clearsia Taylor sister of Ira Sickles of Manchester Avenue.
Jim Bishop writes about his fear of treating his daughters as children as they grow. He recalls Ginny, twins Robin and Pam, and Gayle, noting their independence and his awkward parental age. He questions his own overprotective and overcompensating tendencies.
Estrellita forecasts a favorable day for work and business with success from ambitious ventures. The birthday person should expect a satisfying new year, with excellent influences for job and finances in the current month and in October and December, plus a possible promotion in October and business expansion late in December. A child born today may be diligent yet prone to jealousy.
Eleanor G. Brown, a native of Ohio, becomes the first blind woman to earn a Ph.D. from Columbia University. The article notes El Salvador as the smallest Central American republic and the only one without an Atlantic coast.
A Middletown party featured slides by a local professional birdwatcher, revealing the depth and travel of the hobby. The display included the yellow bellied sapsucker, a striking bird often joked about by its name, and drew respect from peers in medicine, academia, law, and a single plumber.
Composer Dimitri Tiomkin shares reflections on the Academy Awards eve. He recalls Gershwin and Hemingway influence, his career milestones from The Old Man and The Sea to Rawhide, and praise for David O. Selznick alongside a hope to write for Broadway.
The text notes that over 606000 workers counted the population in Russia’s latest census and jokes that the counters must now count themselves. The remark underscores the scale of the census operation and the challenge of tallying a large workforce.
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