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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1960
Page
4
The Middletown Journal lists subscription prices and delivery areas. It notes per copy costs for weekdays and Sundays, weekly carrier rates, and annual mail options within and outside the trading area, plus a U S postage note and an Psalm 145 18 quotation.
The high court will decide five cases on Sunday closing laws in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Maryland, with church state relations and equal protection at issue. The dispute pits Catholic, Jewish and Adventist groups against Christian sects over sales bans on Sundays and the broader aim of curbing discount stores.
The piece discusses Webster's definition of megalopolis and forecasts vast future cities of 35 to 60 million. It argues today’s sprawling suburbs reveal housing and social challenges that will intensify, urging systematic planning now to ease future megacity problems. Accident insurers cutting rates to cautious drivers hints at evolving safety incentives.
A column reflecting on a church member's note about praying "really" and the need to ask seek knock with initiative. The piece urges readers to pray with faith, persistence, and active pursuit of answers, arguing that answers come to those who truly seek and observe. It emphasizes striving, patience, and measurable effort in prayer.
Britain’s Barbara Moore to trek 1800 miles from Rome to London on foot. She faces Channel crossing and cautious travel as UN meetings draw dignitaries. Castro returns to Havana after New York farewell, promising to return soon.
Middletown Kiwanis Club failed to move a planned Children’s Zoo project forward after years of effort led by Glenn Durrell and others. An inactive 1959 halt followed to a 4-1 vote against reviving the plan, though Durrell remains hopeful a zoo will appear someday. County board discussion on development featured a rural resident delivering egg cartons to commissioners, while a Swiss hotel breakfast promises a moonlike feast for space tourists.
Paul Harvey discusses Brigitte Bardot and Judy Garland in a reflection on celebrity suicides. He contrasts the lack of external reasons for famed individuals to continue living after achieving wealth and status with everyday purpose rooted in religion and personal meaning.
The Sardi Set debates a Broadway play with Gertrude Berg as Mrs Khrushchev and Molly Goldberg fans question the casting. Warner Brothers expect Girl of the Night to gross $5 million in the U.S. Kathy theater gossip spans stars like Lana Turner Judy Garland Gene Tierney Adele O Connor Chaplin tied to the arts scene with industry chatter on Cuba and Khrushchev.
In Washington Khrushchev’s 21 days in the United States prompt experts to question his real acumen. The U N display is described as boorish, with Khrushchev failing to win concessions while Eisenhower avoids direct confrontation, casting doubt on his leadership and prudence.
On Wednesday October 9, 1940 Butler County Elections Clerk Fred L Stitsinger anticipated 3500 Middletown men would register for military conscription. Osborne Studio manager Robert Osborne announced the first public exhibit of paintings by Leah Verity Hook. Shrine Club elected president B F Sawyer with new officers J R Ligg ett, E B Sickle, J Thomas Sebald, Dr C G Barton, E Tyler Shough and Clayton C Hursh. the item ends with a cosmic question about answers beyond this world.
Brigitte Bardot, a graduated teenager aware of world’s label of success, wrestles with identity and purpose. The piece notes temperamental husbands, faulty business partners, Paris traffic, and recurring stomach pains driving a declaration that without religion a man truly hungers and starves.
Factographs describe American and Australian soldiers breaking beer bottles on Manus Island to form the foundation of an all-denominational chapel. The piece notes cultural and historical trivia including American Indian Day in September, Cardinal Richelieu’s Académie Française founding in 1635, Le Havre de Grace’s original name, and continental population density comparisons between Europe and Asia.
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