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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1957
Page
4
Middletown Journal records subscription details for Middletown Ohio editions with rates for daily and Sunday papers, carrier and mail options, and pricing in trading and non trading areas. It notes publication by News Journal Inc since 1857 and ends with a biblical verse.
The House will take up the civil rights bill in June with opponents seeking to add a jury trial guarantee for those violating it. Critics warn jury trials could undermine enforcement, while supporters claim no jury trial could enable abuses by authorities. Senate voices cite constitutional rights and Norris La Guardia precedents as context.
The Federal Reserve Board index shows April 1957 at 145, near April 1956’s 143, with industrial production fluctuating earlier but returning to near 146 by October. Car output varied by maker, with Chrysler up 4.5 and GM down 12.4 percent compared to 1956. Stock prices, via the Dow Jones 65-stock average, remained nearly unchanged from May 1956 to May 1957.
The piece urges homeowners to tally home value and possessions since World War II and adjust fire insurance. It notes many have added storm windows, garages, rugs, appliances, TVs, hi fi sets, and grounds. costs have roughly doubled, so under-insurance risks heavy losses after a disaster. It recommends consulting an agent, totaling values, and aligning coverage accordingly.
New York columnist Hal Boyle notes there are over nine hundred women commentators on radio and TV in the United States. He jokes about Listen To Your Barber Week and prints a string of trivia and old wives’ tales, from Elizabethan glass windows to pin up origins, basing thoughts on popular culture and public opinion.
David Lawrence urges President Eisenhower to address Soviet citizens after Khrushchev’s TV and radio broadcast. He argues for a direct American counter exposing life under freedom versus repression, condemning Soviet crimes and the one party system. He envisions a worldwide broadcast to reveal real conditions behind the iron curtain.
Dave Regan Here And There calls for carpenters to install windows at the Doty property, a Cerebral Palsy project with no pay but a worthwhile cause. Call Mrs. Charles Delp at GA 27032 to arrange time. Michele Gross, burned in a West Middletown fire, will celebrate a June 14 birthday in the hospital as she recovers and looks to cards.
Dorothy Kilgallen notes Marilyn Monroe’s planned hospital stay for about a fortnight with doctors calling the issue nerves. Bookmakers see a major Basilio Robinson bout as a betting milestone, while Kim Novak waits through delays to meet designer Elgee Bove at L.A. airport. Island in the Sun opens June 12 at the Roxy with no previews. Nancy Berg endures elevator claustrophobia in midtown Manhattan. Cecil Wolfson gives Joe DiMaggio the house key after marrying Barbara Hoch Evans. Rumors say Mahalia Jackson may wed Rev. Russell Roberts. Polly Bergen may land a film deal with MGM led by Freddie Fields. Margaret Whiting’s new beau Bob Crystal stacks up a huge phone bill. A Texas-born actress may threaten a marriage as a fuse in a Hollywood romance. Gotham royalty attend a Milk Fund premiere party for The Prince and the Showgirl. Basil Rathbone hosts visitors from England at Yankee Stadium to explain game-play. Carrolle Drake is a top pick for Paris Blues. Richard Avedon visits Hollywood to photograph Sophia Loren and aims to shoot Louella and Hedda together.
A column notes Geoffrey Lawrence earned a record $28,000 in a British murder trial, compares U S and British fees, and visits curiosities about names, psychology, royalty travel, housekeeping tips, boxing history, animal protection groups, exotic dishes, vegetarianism, and Santa Claus origins. It includes multiple anecdotes and light commentary.
A long profile of Mordecai Ham and his 1934 Charlotte revival on Pecan Street. It recalls Ham’s impact through one dairy farmer, whose son Billy Graham attended, contemplated conversion, and finally answered the altar call after weeks of attendance. The piece ponders how Ham might have altered history had he foreseen Graham’s future.
A note clarifies wild rice is a perennial grass grown mainly in Minnesota and Wisconsin. It also states Wyoming granted women the right to vote in 1869 as an early suffrage milestone.
On Friday June 4 1937 McKinley Junior High School announced winners of the Safety Contest. Eighth graders Billy Hasselbach Warren Stallworth and Isa belle Berg earned top honors. Bettie Reed 17 died in a road accident on Rt 63 after graduation with three others injured. Hollywood stars Janet Gaynor and Fredric March appeared at the Paramount in A Star is Born. Billy Russell staged a blindfolded public “sight sealed” drive through Middletown using supposed extra sense to navigate traffic.
A lively horoscope predicts a smooth day for business and personal affairs with potential profit from a new venture. For birthdays tomorrow, seize opportunities to impress superiors by October, avoid fatigue in mid July, and note favorable periods late summer through autumn 1957 with a likely enjoyable September trip and promising 1958 ideas.
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