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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1957
Page
4
The Middletown Journal lists subscription prices including per copy rates for weekdays and Sundays, carrier rates in city, and mail options. Rates show 6 day trading area at $10 yearly and outside US at $35 yearly, with all payments in advance.
The Billy Graham evangelistic event in New York is extended from June 30 to July 21, lengthening the revival to nine weeks. Attendance averages about 17,650 at Madison Square Garden with roughly $7,000 collected nightly and more than 600 conversions per meeting.
The U S Public Health Service says the Far East influenza has become epidemic there but is mild and short in duration. Travelers from the Orient may have exposure, yet the U S summer impact remains unlikely. The real test will come this winter for a potentially virulent strain.
Dr John R Bertrand head of Berry schools near Rome outlines a philosophy that the world does not owe a living. Students work two days a week for room and board and 60 percent work summers to pay tuition. The 100-building campus hosts 1000 students on 30000 acres with uniforms and religious services.
A column accuses the Democratic Party in the Senate of blocking participation in the London disarmament mission. It argues this partisan stance undermines bipartisan foreign policy, questions current Senate leadership, and recalls 1919 and 1945 precedents for pre treaty consultation.
London diary notes John Hay Whitney's embassy staff betting on horses and social clashes with Britain. Betsey Whitney undergoes stomach surgery while planning a Cleveland orchestra visit amid a mix of friendly yet critical English attitudes. The piece riffs on royalty, Prince Charles, Captain Townsend, tariffs on wool, and a Antarctic voyage inspection by customs.
In a column filled with quips and queries, the author notes Paris as the best city for walking and cites San Francisco as the best in the United States. A sensational headline about a jilted blonde is referenced, followed by humorous observations on relationships, sports, and daily life.
A family dinner features two young girls, a nearly six year old and a neighbor, competing for attention. The niece, first to finish, uses the courteous food phrase Do you say that to everybody, prompting a quiet clash over politeness and appetite.
Paul Harvey argues that ancient practice of abandoning the seriously ill arose from expediency. He cites Civil Defense guidance predicting triage in a 1960s hydrogen attack, prioritizing those likely to recover or return to work while delaying care for the dying. He laments a shift from humane impulse to jungle law in modern society.
The horoscope advises patience with others and careful financials while promoting initiative. For those with birthdays tomorrow, major goals should be pursued confidently through October with travel and social plans favored in August and September, and a cautious but hopeful December for business news.
A facetious item notes termite eggs are called a delicacy by bushmen and jokes the ants pay for a picnic. It mentions a Polish movie star signing a Hollywood studio contract at about $12 a month with implying a raise.
Everett Baker, 25, in Middletown Hospital on critical list with streptococcal infection from a nose scratch. Sir James Barrie, 77, creator of Peter Pan, dies of bronchial pneumonia in London. Anne Mehl leaves for six weeks in Boulder Colorado. Heck twins Jane Adele and Ann Joyce celebrate fifth birthday with a pond party. Police hunt for hit-and-run driver damaging W L McKnight’s car. Amelia Earhart reaches Rangoon in her monoplane en route to Siam, about 400 miles away.
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