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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1959
Page
6
The Middletown Journal lists subscription prices for the Middletown area including per week and yearly mail options. It notes weekly rates for carriers, six day and seven day mail plans, and an overseas rate, with all subscriptions payable in advance. The page includes a biblical quote from Job 18:8.
The piece argues people who enjoy their work perform better while those who dislike it do poorer. It spotlights Jen A Lysaght at Idlewild Airport and Bill Boal at Guideposts, praising enthusiasm, responsibility, and viewing work as part of a larger process that supports safe, efficient operation.
After a three week lull the Geneva sub summit resumes with no promise of a summer heads of government meeting. Eisenhower says a summit must rest on grounds that show promise, while Britain notes cautious Soviet flexibility on Berlin timelines amidst lingering distrust and disillusionment from 1955.
Congress begins hearings on metropolitan bills backed by the U.S. Conference of Mayors and American Municipal Association. The leading measure, sponsored by Rep. Kathryn Granzhan and Sen. Joseph Clark, aims to elevate metropolitan areas to parity with other regions, reflecting urban voters' clout and historical shifts in party support.
The Board of Education approved a budget of 279000, reduced by 28000 from the prior year. Pang Young, a Cincinnati Chinese national, was denied a 30 day stay of execution in the electric chair to finish his life story. Freddie Commodore and Bobby Gates won a contest at Douglas Park with their Ole Covered Wagon titled Douglas Park or Bust 1939. Butler County TR Hospital received a clean health survey by Dr Baldridge and Dr Fleming.
A bar debate over a walnut tree shedding nuts on a roof reveals insurance limits and permission questions about tree cutting. Separate notes poke at voting machines and local road patrol quirks as Jody Terney returns to Middletown desk.
Paul Harvey surveys bold scientific claims from the Naval Research Laboratory and Congress. He notes a giant telescope near Sugar Grove, a $15 million Project Modo bore through Earth, and Thiel’s contracting universe theory challenging Einstein. He cites Freud’s brain source of voice and Daniel's end times prophecy.
The piece notes earrings made from fossilized dinosaur bones touted as the oldest jewelry trend. It mentions Egypt's ex King Farouk must pay $30,000 for two antique snuff boxes and jokes about weather bureau hurricane naming influenced by TV. Adlai Stevenson might seek a third nomination with commentary from Zadok Dumpopf.
George Sokolsky Johnson surveys the 1960 Democratic field. He contrasts Lyndon Johnson and Sam Rayburn with ADA radicals, warns of inflation risks, and weighs Stevenson, Kennedy, Hoffa, and Rockefeller influence in New York while predicting messy alliances and shifting loyalties ahead of the election.
A compact set of varied trivia notes including vending machine spending, aluminum discovery, Rome's population in Caesar's era, railroad tie replacement causes, Spain's olive oil imports, bluejays feeding habits, shrimp distribution, women workers marital status, Brahman bull vocalization, Lincoln ancestry from Hingham, Kilauea eruption duration, jukebox patronage, iguana eggs as delicacy, elephants in Sumatra, Roman furniture from citrus wood, and the Roman Catholic Church's large US membership.
Hal Boyle muses on Florida frogs with extra eyes and limbs and how atomic fallout could seed human mutations. He weighs potential benefits like extra arms or a third eye against social resistance and fears.
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