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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1960
Page
4
The Middletown Journal lists mailing and subscription rates for daily and weekly delivery, with city and trading area pricing. It notes a corporate publishing history since 1857 and includes a Bible verse.
The Snake River near Hells Canyon hosts a fresh showdown as Pacific Northwest Power Co. seeks a 178 million dollar Mountain Sheep dam with 875 000 kilowatts initial capacity rising to 1 750 000 kw while the Washington Public Power Supply System pushes a 700 foot Nez Perce dam with 1 200 000 kw initial capacity and 2 400 000 kw ultimate capacity Public power advocates call the dispute a Hells Canyon miniature but warn of flood control and storage needs The long battle over a federal dam at Hells Canyon ended in 1958 with no action by the House Interior Committee and officials foresee future high dam plans within 15 20 years
Virginia enacts a Sunday observance bill listing items allowed and forbidden on the Lord’s Day. The measure aims to end legal ambiguity after a roadside seller was fined for Sunday openings, providing separate lists for permissible goods and exemptions including Virginia hams, gas stations, theaters, and produce.
Norman V Peale shows how confronting ethical corruption with courage and prayer restores self respect. Mr Brown faces a cash misappropriation by a subordinate and decides to stand for honesty, gaining renewed resolve and personal peace.
A narrator describes a man waking in a drugged sleep to misread clocks and a lingering fog as if late for a 7 o clock bus. The scene shifts to a quiet morning with faint street lights, a tired mood, and a humorous, domestic reflection on clutter and a misplaced Christmas card.
Dorothy Kilgallen reports Lucy Arnaz and Desi Arnaz likely split assets with Lucy favored for the I Love Lucy fortune for her role as the show’s power. The feature also covers other entertainment notes from Claudine MacNeil to Nat King Cole’s wife’s return to singing and a string of celebrity anecdotes.
Largest living starfish is the sunflower star. It can exceed two feet in diameter. Mourning doves wings produce a whistling sound in flight. The Orion stars are described as massive and hot. New Mexico’s history spans exploration in 1540, Spanish colonization, 1846 territory status, and statehood in 1912.
A humorous column imagines Franklin Floete and Joseph Campbell stuck with trading stamps from federal workers. Ymelda targets officials including Chiang Kai-Shek, Herter, Rogers, Summerfield, Benson and more. The piece notes stamps redeemable for odd items while recalling a Grant era ban on giveaways in certain jurisdictions.
Paul Harvey quotes Prof Byron C Hughes of Michigan who argues for fewer experts and more fathers. He urges letting children think for themselves, stresses normal development, and criticizes overloading elementary students with advanced work and external psychology. He warns of emotional distress among schoolchildren and calls adults to lead by example.
Emmet Sherron, juvenile court officer, said the Co-Opera Club pledged support for a local camp for underprivileged boys. Isabel Debolt, 8, and Betty Conner earned gold stars for reading 266 Public Library books. Mrs. W. W. Sebald, chairwoman of the Finnish Relief drive, announced the drive had raised $5,072.
A reflective note extols Considine generosity as the world’s potential for splendor and joy, imagining a society built on such kindness and its heartwarming effect on the observer.
A humorous survey of quirky science and society items including space signals hinting at new worlds, a census in North Vietnam, plywood clothing, a loud Crewe clock controversy, an enormous ice sheet, magnetic false teeth, ant footstep sensitivity, cranberries safe from Flemming the health secretary, a fruitless Himalayan Snow Man hunt, pastel bread, St Louis University dorm pet ban, and a Russian soldier’s skull needle.
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