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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1959
Page
4
Middletown Ohio notices list subscription rates for week day and Sunday editions, carrier and mail options, and international pricing. The item cites publication by News Journal Inc founded in 1857 and includes a biblical quote from 11 Chronicles.
The article critiques the shift from self reliance to a culture of security driven by government subsidies and fringe benefits. It argues employers and workers now prioritize pensions, severance, and insurance while government programs underwrite industry, farming, housing, and credit. It calls this shift a modern cult of security across society.
The article notes that peacetime surpluses are rare in U S history with deficits common, citing the 1958 59 deficit as the largest peacetime gap. It quotes President Eisenhower downplaying the fetish for balances while Congress resists Treasury surpluses when paired with tax cuts or higher spending.
Hal Boyle defends plus size women in a light column arguing that fat ladies are delightful and not funny. He cites Helen of Troy and Cleopatra as examples and notes artists often celebrate plump figures from Venus de Milo to Kate Smith, urging admiration over mockery.
The defense secretary testifies that the United States may consider striking first if it detects an imminent Soviet attack. The discussion traces Khrushchev era rhetoric, Rossi, and U.S. military analyses urging clear warning and immediate mobilization to deter surprise attacks.
A jumble of Hollywood names and international stars surfaces. Dorothy Kilgallen and Marionands rumble through the Sebring Grand Prix and film rumors swirl over Pennybaker Productions options. Jacques Queires woos Philippa Schalyer in Africa, Edith Piaf intérieures cloud romance, Brigitte Bardot feuds with Raoul Levy, and Kim Novak attends Les Ballets Africans. From Broadway readings to Oscar chatter and celebrity dining spots, the column tracks glitzy premieres, tours canceled over money, and the shifting social scene in New York and abroad.
The text notes heat waves gradually approaching then abruptly ending with a thunderstorm and cold waves reversing the process. It cites scientists estimating a long timespan, and mentions the canning industry born during the Napoleonic wars due to armies needing portable food.
Tomorrow brings favorable vibrations for new ventures and relationships with potential gains in business and creativity. If today is your birthday the coming year may be highly constructive with possible promotions by mid June and notable romantic or social news in July October and December.
Our readers are urged to help a young father to be by locating a watermelon in March. Also included is a note from Sergeant Sat Paul A Tharp thanking Middletown and others for clothing and food aid to French orphans served by nuns near his base in Hy Eucom APO 128 New York. He closes with deep thanks from the children helped.
Jim Bishop extols birth as humanity’s greatest daily miracle. He details pregnancy from fertilization through infancy, praising the placenta, fetal development, and the newborn’s first moments as a divine, unfathomable process.
Twenty five charter members enrolled as Middletown Sar bers organize a union with Hobert Lakens of the Trades and Labor Coa net presiding. Actress Hedy Lamarr and writer Gene Markey, 45, wed in Mexico, skipping film colony guests. Middies beat Lebanon 94 to 21 to reach the district basketball third round in Dayton as Monroe tops Cincinnati in Class B with a 23 23 overtime win.
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