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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1960
Page
4
Public notices show subscription prices for Middletown Journal editions including per copy, weekly, and yearly rates for city, trading area, and outside regions. The item also includes publication details and a biblical verse reference from Matthew 27 11.
The piece argues that public fear of air disasters is irrational given low fatality rates and cites FAA efforts to tighten safety. It notes turboprop and jet accidents, maintenance, crew qualification, and the push for flight recorders to diagnose crashes. It also mentions sabotage cases and ongoing bomb threat investigations by the FBI.
Norman V. Peale describes a flower show experience and a Europe trip reversal as he learns to overcome discouragement through light. He urges taking action, seeking spiritual illumination through prayer, and self questioning to invite positive change and faith in darker times.
Humdrum proof column recalls Navy veteran Marty Miller describing a road trip in WWII when a Lincoln owner offered $13 to drive east only to be caught by contraband liquor hidden in the trunk. Also features light vignettes on Southern pace and Yankee stereotypes and a note on Elvis Presley hairstyle trends.
On May 15 1940 McKinley Junior High students Bill Martin Marion Mills Albert Chrisman Eileen Johnson and Helen Louise Hagen won awards in the Latham Foundation humane subjects poster contest Martin earned third place while the others received certificates of merit Dr Arnold Leeds a German refugee spoke to the American Legion about his experiences as a German Army doctor at the meeting.
Washington columnist recounts a Sunday visit to Jefferson Island Club for a Democratic outing with President Truman. He describes Maryland gambling saloons, Sunday liquor sales, and juvenile temptation, then sketches Truman’s arrival, attire of attendees, and a humorous exchange with a woman about a conversion joke, ending after Truman departs to the boat.
Paul Harvey critiques American fear over a Soviet downing of a U S plane inside Russia. He argues Khrushchev uses propaganda, defends U S vigilance, and urges not to appease allies or voters. He recalls Pearl Harbor to warn against complacency and calls for continued skywatch over Russia.
Dorothy Kilgallen or Elaine Malbin writes about the demanding, disciplined life of serious opera careers. The routine involves gym, vocal work, language study, acting, and roles like Tobias and the Angel, with little time for leisure yet driven by personal achievement and critics’ praise.
A fragmented reminiscence describes handshakes and returning to Washington after wandering through bars and beer houses. The narrator notes carefree infants and a nod to a Lord’s Day in gambling saloons as a force, albeit odd, that binds the family together.
A collection of curious scientific facts notes Gamma Cephei as a future pole star, rockets in weather interceptors rely on many tubes, coal miners average 16 tons per man day, ostrich eyes exceed twice their brains, Edison first heard his voice in reproduction, the average person walks about 65 thousand miles in life, U S Navy slang for depth bombs is ashcans, Lost River near Bowling Green Kentucky is the shortest and deepest river in America at 700 feet long and more than half as deep as it is long.
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