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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1960
Page
4
The Middletown Journal lists subscription rates for various delivery options in Middletown Ohio and surrounding areas. It notes daily publication by News-Journal Inc established in 1857 and includes a biblical quote from John 13 15.
As adjournment fever hits the 1954 Congress, President Eisenhower warns of a cold war between Congress and the White House. The article notes the veto record, the attempts to override, and how party dynamics influenced the vote on public works and federal pay. It also discusses adjournment sine die and the use of special sessions in earlier decades.
The Wall Street Journal editorial notes mayors travel to Washington to plead for funds for slum clearance and transport. It argues federal siphoning reduces state and local tax revenue and that shrinking Washington’s role would free funds for local needs. The piece criticizes grants-in-aid as a cause of the tax mess and urges reducing federal spending to restore local funding.
A reflective piece describing grievance drainage as a method to prevent resentment. It compares the approach to sales practices that address farmer satisfaction and extends the idea to personal relations and marriage. The author urges immediate, sincere amends to maintain harmony and reduce hostility.
The article jokes about NASA inflating a 10 foot sphere after a rocket launch to 210 miles over the Atlantic. It also touches on themes from Fourth of July celebrations to weather, food, crops, and a crowded bus scene. A Detroit concert with 230 pianos and 25 organs was planned but not ideal.
A Middletown summer storm delivered a dramatic thunder and lightning display over five minutes, dazzling residents before fading to a quiet end. Reports highlight hospital power loss, a nurse hiding under a bed, and a driver seen wiping rain from a car as rain pelted Central Avenue near Clark Street.
George Sokolsky notes Khrushchev's Paris Tokyo and Cuban actions damaged U.S.-Soviet relations. He argues the insult to President Eisenhower ends the U.S. domestic and international appetite for Soviet engagement. He criticizes Kennedy era diplomacy and two China proposals as futile before Russian aggression and calls for removal of the insult.
Paul Harvey argues voters resist dogmatic campaigns and seek honesty from leaders. He tracks Nixon and Humphrey appeals in Indiana and West Virginia, noting voters turn out for perceived underdogs and reject drumbeat of victory claims. The piece urges readers to trust the electorate over strategists.
Dorothy Kilgallen mocks Sammy Davis Jr ad controversy and premiere plans while Faye Emerson backs Adlai Stevenson. Brigitte Bardot praises Clouzot, Elizabeth Taylor stirs crowd after Johansson Patterson fight, Tallulah Bankhead signs to avoid parties then hosts one. Midtown merchants boycott Made in Japan. Joe Levine’s Hercules films soar. George Lloyd memoirs teased. Eugene Ionesco visits for Rhinoceros. Coburn quips on fitness. Pattis H L disco, Havana gear sale, and Cuba moves cited.
Twenty years ago on June 26 1940 Mrs Peter Murray and Alfred Gardiner were among Antioch College graduates. A second Butler County lightning death occurred as 17 year old Myron Hall was struck while hay pitching at the Frank Idle farm in Liberty Township. The Junior Chamber of Commerce named Alvin Mansfield Owsley as Fourth of July speaker for Jaycees events.
A watch ticks about 18 thousand times daily or nearly 160 million times a year per the Clock and Watch Manufacturers association. The United States and Britain are among the few nations not adopting metric measurements.
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