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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1960
Page
6
The Middletown Journal lists subscription rates for week days and Sundays, detailing mail and carrier options in the trading area and outside, with yearly prices and payment terms. It also includes stray proofreading marks and a biblical verse citation from Ephesians 2:8.
The piece surveys worldwide boycotts led by the NAACP CORE and allied groups against segregated South stores and South Africa. It notes the Arab-Israeli blockade's leverage via the Suez Canal, cites potential multi million dollar losses to Israel, and warns that natives could suffer first in downturns. It traces origins of the term and warns the tactic can provoke broader trade wars or war.
Sylvia Porter argues the U S dollar is among the world’s most stable currencies due to controlled inflation and a balanced budget. She warns that the current surplus could vanish into a large deficit if Congress passes welfare state bills, stressing eternal vigilance to preserve a stable dollar.
A column recounts Christopher Columbus birthplace near Genoa, detailing the voyage myths, crew, ships Nina Pinta and Santa Maria, the discovery of land on October 12 1497, and Columbus’s later fame, with humorous asides on his geography and legends.
Fire chief Elmer Reed said spontaneous combustion caused $6 000 damage at the Calvin Verity Nome on S Main St Nancy Torrence former Middletown resident named assistant professor at Skidmore College for Girls Sarasota NY
George Sokolsky argues the two major party platforms serve little real purpose as parties abandon them after elections. He notes Bowles leads a Democratic platform panel while Republicans have yet to name a chair, and he critiques the dollar issue, US foreign policy, and the 1952 Gipson platform as outmoded.
Sixteen Democratic freshmen in the Senate form a loose club to press influence before sophomore year. They debate names like The Non-confer ees and Chowder and Marching. they meet at noon and evenings to align on major issues, while avoiding a formal bloc. Most favor Kennedy, Muskie, Hartke, or Byrd, with Johnson viewed cautiously. They seek power, not a presidential slate, and vow to confer with older colleagues.
Tomorrow's planetary vibrations hint at possible conflicts in personal and business relationships. Forewarned, spot trouble areas and keep routine schedules. If tomorrow is your birthday in 1960 you may achieve much in chosen fields and later in the year work with others to reap rewards.
Factographs note the Thames River runs 215 miles. On Enoshima Island Japan an escalator carries visitors up a steep hill to a botanical garden at the summit. The four stage ride, costing 500000 dollars, connects sea level to the garden.
The Woman's Society of Christian Service hosts a Wednesday breakfast at First Methodist Church from 6 30 to 11 39 am. Tickets cost one dollar and the menu features fresh fruit, juice, eggs, bacon, pancakes, rolls, coffee, tea or milk. Cafeteria service in Fellowship Hall or table service in Epworth Hall by advance group reservation. Proceeds support Methodist missionary work at home and abroad.
Dorothy Kilgallen profiles Vincent Tracy, founder of Tracy Farms, a New York recovery center in the Helderberg Mountains. The piece details his eight week programs, patient range from laborers to socialites, donation-based care, and his daily talks stressing honesty, responsibility, and faith.
A Danish hotel offers pills on its breakfast menu but they are vitamins not bicarbonate of soda. News notes the mischief around royalty with Antony Armstrong Jones claimed as Meg’s fiancé and descended from royalty.
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