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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1957
Page
4
Subscription rates listed for City Area and Trading Area with Sunday News Journal, mail options, and international pricing. Publication details show Middletown Ohio address, second class matter status, and a religious blessing from Thessaloniana 1:1,2 Phillips.
Estrellita notes splendor in tomorrow's aspects with business and finances likely to prosper. Personal relationships and social activities should be enjoyable, with possible good news in the afternoon and a favorable turn for those born tomorrow. Caution advised in April, late August, and late November to avoid offsetting gains.
Hal Boyle reports Gov. ONeill shifts focus to a north-south freeway that would bypass Middletown and threaten the U.S. 25 Cincinnati to Columbus corridor. State officials warn money limits could delay Cincinnati Daytona relocation of U.S. 25 while a new map routes the highway far south of Lebanon toward Columbus.
The U S Supreme Court affirms contempt convictions of seven Pennsylvania newspaper workers who photographed in a corridor outside a judge’s order. Canon 35 of the American Bar Association faces scrutiny as the ABA contemplates liberalizing limits on courtroom camera coverage amid calls from press groups for broader access.
A humorous essay argues gout is a masculine affliction and likens its pain to a porcupine breakup. The author jokes about blaming the Suez Canal for his gout while recounting a five day attack and mocking readers who laugh. He riffs on purines steroids and high thinking.
Column warns that the Department of Justice asked a federal court to replace a Clinton Tennessee school board with the United States as a party to a case. The author argues this could bar jury trials and pave the way for abuses of power, urging scrutiny of civil rights legislation.
A collage of advice and quips on lipstick germs and kissing, automobile color taste, and astrological claims. The column blends playful verse, jokes about body measurements, and light remarks on personality and fashion.
A historical note recalls Fie Ziegfeld’s 13 as his lucky number for play titles and the change of Follies of The Day to Follies of 1907. It mentions the character queries from The Tavern by George M. Cohan and a hermit character named Spencer Charters.
The article states Charlie Chaplin married four women when young. Mildred Harris and Lita Grey were 16 at their weddings, Oona O’Neill was 18, and Paulette Goddard was 19, making Harris and Grey the youngest.
The note recalls Hoyle who died in 1769 and wrote on piquet whist and quadrille. It mentions there are over 300 card games and the speaker’s favorite remains pinochle. The tone touches on tradition and varied card games.
Paul Harvey critiques government aid and unemployment relief, arguing funds come from taxpayers. He cites Illinois fraud totaling six million dollars and ineligible relief recipients, while noting rising nonfarm employment and a claimed absence of economic softening versus wartime full employment.
January saw a 1,660,000 drop in employment the largest January decline since 1949, but total jobholders were unchanged from a year earlier. The main cause appears to be severe winter weather, with 2,940,000...
The speaker argues against swelling unemployment figures as population grows. By tightening relief rolls with closer scrutiny, the plan aims to prevent an ineligible parade of unemployed during prosperity that could worsen into a recession.
Amateur radio in the United States limited to 1000 watts of output. Cloves used for over 4000 years to sweeten breath. Electric cabs introduced in New York in 1897. Sparrows can fly at a speed of 92 miles per hour.
An article notes that in Mohammedan countries a woman must veil her face to all men except her father, her brother, and her husband.
A historical note suggests the typical adult could consume a weight of food equal to their body mass in roughly fifty days. This conversational statistic reflects ongoing debates about diet and consumption patterns.
In a satirical scene set around a Louisiana State Society ball, Senator Russell B. Long accuses Senator Barry Goldwater of orchestrating a dance theft involving Mrs. Nixon. Long names other senators as suspects while Goldwater defends his innocence in a coy public plea.
On March 6 1937 Camp 35 Sons of Union Veterans along with the Auxiliary to Clinton Orr Camp 35 Ladies of the GAR and Daughters of Union Veterans hosted a patriotic banquet on women who shaped Abraham Lincoln s life. Martin V Coffey served as toastmaster introducing Clinton Orr and Sherman Perry. A Middletown Daily Journal 1908 issue found by M E Riffe showed city life with 15000 residents cobblestone streets horse drawn carriages and a 25 man fire department.
County recorder Robert Braun notes a housing boom as deeds filed in February exceed the same month last year by eighty four.
Betty Joe Kuiken marked her fourth birthday at a gathering hosted by her parents Mr and Mrs Walter Kuiken on Baltimore Street. Awards from party games were announced by speakers Clinton Orr Juanita Stevens Patsy Kuiken.
A German physicist questions how salinization affects polar climates and whether the Arctic and Antarctic could become anomalously warm, challenging assumptions about why both poles remain the coldest regions despite oceanic heat transfer.
A Miami woman was fined 402 dollars after a dispute over a 2 ticket for jaywalking. The case underscores how small fines can escalate into larger penalties.
An undercurrent of value sits in small things as the article notes February's modest gifts. The piece suggests that true worth is found in concise, everyday objects rather than grand displays.
A British invention uses a sequence of chimes to signal when a meal is ready. Grandpappy Jenkins recalls his lifelong saying Soup’s on as a musical cue delights listeners.
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