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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1959
Page
6
The Middletown Journal lists subscription options with weekly and annual rates for in city, trading area, and outside areas. Published daily by News-Journal Inc since 1857 with a religious benediction cited from Jude 24 25.
The piece argues the Khrushchev Nixon exchange signals Moscow’s aim to overtake the United States in science and industry. Dulles warns against slow attrition of Free World power, while Teller predicts Soviet leadership in science within ten years.
Archibald MacLeish stage drama J B comes to the old stone Opera House in Central City Colorado near the Teller House hotel. The stark verse drama of God and man faces a rugged summer audience in a historic mining town setting already known for Colorado productions like Ballad of Baby Doe.
Fulton Lewis Jr. reports the Soviet Union stages a $3 million Alice in Wonderland exposition at the Coliseum to woo American industry. US firms like Koehl Landis & Lanstau and United Public Relations craft a new image, inviting industrial leaders for red carpet greetings while seeking long term credits and strategic materials. The move faces a firm U.S. policy against trading with the enemy and limits from the State Department.
The article notes peanuts grow on vines with blossoms covered by earth as the nuts develop underground. It mentions Jules Charet, a Frenchman, as the maker of a first poster in 1067 and misstates Lake Tu laingo as the highest US lake. It also claims the Antarctic is the windiest place and says seahorse eggs are carried by the male in a pouch.
The piece argues a Khrushchev US summit would yield nothing substantial. It cites his domineering stance, dislike of Western democracy, and the improbability of a De Gaulle or Macmillan alliance, predicting any real progress only if Berlin shifts and Eisenhower concedes nothing.
Dorothy Kilgallen reports on Ava Astaire's rising publicity as Fred Astaire's daughter and her breakup with Oxford student John Parker-Rees. The column mentions Elaine Malbin's romance rumors with Henry Gordon, Paulette Goddard's praise of actor Gardner McKay, a sudden elopement at Spring Lake, and Charles Einfeld's film progress.
The piece argues Khrushchev cannot be educated by inviting him to the United States and warns he would use such a visit for propaganda. It asserts his brutal actions against dissent and Hungarians, his desire for prestige, and his attempts to divide Western allies through trade interests.
A collage of notes ranges from Florida’s 1819 purchase for five million dollars to seven motorcycles crashing near Kyoto. It mentions a New York summer festival drink pick, a proposed Broadway Blockbuster name, early Mustard facts, a California widow turning $15,000 into $441,246, and medieval views on chopped beef with onions.
Dave Regan notes Vice President Nixon's handling of Khrushchev during a Russia trip. Nixon faced heckling but remained poised, contrasting Khrushchev's crude style. The writer argues the visit elevates Nixon in American voters' eyes and frames him as a strong, defiant figure against Soviet pressure.
Washington columnist recaps Averell Harriman’s Moscow trip noting Russian workers’ discontent and beauty parlors as a lens. He quips Nixon’s stance, De Sapio’s politics, and Ike’s favored art piece, while poking fun at journalist self-importance and Russia coverage folklore.
George H. Sebald, 75, of 116 North Broad Street, retires as acting postmaster of the Middletown Post Office after a 32 year stint. Roy Newlin named successor. Joe Wilcher hospitalized after a gunshot wound to the right leg. Velma West and Mary Ellen Richards returned to Ohio Reformatory for Women in Marysville after escape, with two fellow inmates still at large in Dallas, Texas.
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