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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1959
Page
6
The Middletown Journal presents subscription rates for weekday and Sunday editions. Rates include in city carrier 50 cents per week, outside areas 45 cents, with mail options at 10 dollars per year in the trading area and 20 dollars outside, plus overseas at 35 dollars.
The Townsend movement, promoting a universal pension for citizens over 60, returns to public attention at the Portland convention. The 1959 version would pay 130 to 150 dollars monthly, funded by a 2 percent tax on incomes over 250 dollars monthly and on corporate receipts, with reductions for higher earners and refinements to Social Security provisions. The plan seeks to boost buying power and production, while critics warn of shifting income from under 60 to over 60 and diminishing existing protections.
Vice President Nixon on April 13 urged Congress to lift the Connally amendment and let the United States more fully use World Court machinery to settle disputes. The move would limit the sword of annihilation and boost peace efforts, drawing support from the American Bar Association Asia branch. Public reaction was mixed as Congress nears the 1959 session deadline.
Fulton Lewis Jr recalls a Moscow to Leningrad rail trip praised as excellent by a State Department official. He notes stark contrasts with US trains, detailing bunk arrangements, lack of club car, private bath, bedding, and porter service, and hints the carriages were Czars era, powered by steam.
Congress attempts to override state control of voter qualifications arguing it would protect ballot access. The piece notes labor groups spending big money, mentions poll taxes and literacy tests, and cites constitutional provisions and the Seventeenth Amendment to defend state authority over who may vote.
More than a thousand picnickers gathered at Gordon Park Amanda for a Moose Lodge day long outing for members and families. Mrs Ida May died at home 13 St Grimes St after 52 years employment with P Lorillard. Jay Milon Earnhart 93 of Lebanon won the McGuffey reading contest at Oxford in the National Federation of McGuffey Societies.
Dorothy Kilgallen notes Deborah Kerr’s divorce cost close to half a million plus custody. Kim Novak draws attention from Fernando Parra while Joanne Woodward and Marlon Brando face heckling on a New York set. Mercer Ellington heads to Europe to record jazz sessions as record shops plan price wars.
Tomorrow’s aspect suggests high stimulation leading to progress and enterprise but also sharp aggression in personal relations. If tomorrow is your birthday, expect job progress in the next three months with careful finances in September and November.
Publicity piece critiques a parental guidance article for car safety and discipline for children. It notes parents would react strongly to the title and highlights safety tips about seating, window and door handling, and avoiding driver distractions.
Washington column notes a Library of Congress dunning notice to Senator James Murray over borrowing Johnny Crow’s Garden a child’s picture book about a crow farming. The piece mocks the request and hints at a wider agricultural conspiracy while echoing other light political anecdotes.
A Colorado bakery operator faces conviction for dispensing fireworks unlawfully. Two Chicagoans are convicted of robbing twenty milk wagon drivers in a curdled scheme. Ike aims to curb spending as red hot pennant races heat both leagues.
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