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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1959
Page
4
The Middletown Journal lists subscription prices for city area 50 cents per week and 45 cents outside, with mail rates 10 dollars for six days in trading area and 20 dollars outside, 35 dollars to outside USA. Publication details, address, and a Proverbs verse are included.
Bethlehem Steel Corp faces a plan to scale down bonuses for top executives including Arthur B. Homer due to a minority stockholder suit. In 1958 Homer's base pay was 100000 with 411249 in incentive pay and total compensation near 511249. under the new plan his salary would be 306749 plus 15585.60 in dividend units. The article notes broader executive pay practices, stock options, and fringe benefits, contrasting with higher pay at U S Steel and AT&T. It also cites John O Ekblom of Hupp Corp who declined a 110000 bonus, directing funds to 250 company workers.
The mid year forecasts predict modest inflation of two to three percent and higher wages. Analysts warn creeping inflation could erode the dollar, potentially cutting its value over time. The Nixon chaired commission urges balanced budgets and debt reduction as the path to preserving dollar worth.
Leslie, a reserved Librarian with a B. Sc., works in a bookshop run by a Syrian tailor. Paddy Triedman, a writer famed for flings, courts her, marries, then shoots himself after a failed book adaptation. Leslie, now widowed, later takes sleeping pills to join him.
The text identifies Lactographs K 2 also known as Godwin Austin as the earths second highest mountain in the Karakoram range. It notes the Canadian government retained 16 peaks around Maligne Lake in Jasper National Park Alberta within the Queen Elizabeth Ranges.
The United States District Court ruling by Judge Frederick van Pelt Bryan raises questions about the Post Office Bureau’s power to block pornographic books and pictures. The decision claims morals have shifted and that widely read works may be treated as literature, potentially opening the door to wider distribution by mail.
Dorothy Kilgallen reports in Gotham on Christine Jorgensen and Howard Knox ending their romance. Elvis Presley may receive a good behavior release around Christmas time. Industry buzz touches the Harness Racing Commission, Hollywood publishers, and TV channels up for sale. Marguerite Piazza seeks lighter bookings, while Jack Lemmon and Felicia Farr pause their engagement. Post previews film Pill Talk, Doris Day and Rock Hudson lauded. New York celebrities and satire mix with taxi fare tax impact and Polly Bergen French album.
Tomorrow birthday reads cautious financial outlook with rising expenses and debt risk. Realistic money attitude urged through November. improved fortune after. Personal relations steady with a possible romance scare in early November and favorable marriage period mid December and next May or June. Occupational recognition in October and travel in August. A child born gains entertainment success traits.
Editorial notes emphasize precise routing within The Journal as mail often lacks department indications. Misaddressed letters from national firms reach editorial desks, while checks and advertising orders misfiled delay processing. Proper routing boosts efficiency and avoids miscommunication with women’s columns.
Senator Gruening letters Secretary Brucker about 7900 cases of beer left by Army detachment during Gambell removal in 1957. Eskimo villagers dig up cans, some boys and girls act inappropriately, while Gruening seeks soldier counts and solutions.
On July 27 1929 CPL F T Shinn announced arrest orders for truck drivers who drop litter from vehicles. A L Sorenson of the Farm Security Administration appointed Lester H Rogers to the Butler County Tenant Purchase Advisory Committee, replacing George C Michael. The City Commission ordered a traffic survey on Baltimore Young and Garfield streets to decide through traffic status.
Reader quip questions the claimed 246 million daily U S phone calls noting the statistic seems inflated and off track. The line presents skepticism about the accuracy of the number.
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