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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1957
Page
6
U S Broad at First Ave Middletown Ohio announces subscription rates for daily and weekly editions. Prices include per copy, carrier, trading area and mail options with annual terms and advance payment required. Published daily by News Journal Inc established 1887.
The article reviews rising consumer costs versus falling wholesale prices as Senate Kefauver hearings study administered prices. It notes wholesale indices near postwar highs, with consumer prices hitting new peaks due to food costs while farm prices lag. It cites NAM analysis blaming wages and taxes, and notes mixed views from labor and business.
The U S Census Bureau notes a surge in employment among married women 35 and older, with a 50 percent rise for those living with husbands since 1947 1956. Many work full time at higher regularity, earning about 55 a week, narrowing the gap with men yet still lower by roughly 35 a week.
In this essay Hal Boyle argues Americans rely on pills for fatigue though lifestyle changes offer real health gains. He notes overmedication harms wellbeing and lists five steps: sleep more, eat sane foods, exercise, stop self pity, and avoid nonessential pills.
Dave Regan recalls a lively open house at The Journal with over 1,200 guests. Visitors enjoyed wirephoto images from Yankee Stadium and a car radio play while reconnecting with long time friends and Msgr. J. F. McNary. The event left staff tired but happy to repeat it.
Washington warns against surrender to Soviet space feats and stresses that missile supremacy remains uncertain. The piece notes U S and Soviet launches, Dulles Gromyko talks, and Eisenhower’s aerial spying program as a basis for cautious, strengthened defense without partisan blame.
Jim Bishop describes Paris after a night rain, staying at the Crillon and dining at Maxim's with guide Constance Cook. He notes a festive mood, American visitors, and humorous encounters with staff, plus travel by train and channel steamer from London to Paris. He observes cost, tips, a black-eyed cashier, and the bittersweet view of Americans as outsiders in a romantic city.
Tomorrow is favorable for intellectual and creative pursuits and progressive action. October is a profitable month for those with birthdays, while November may present confusing situations requiring focus on essentials and quick constructive planning in work and finances. Personal relationships look bright and a child born today is described as impressionable, gentle, and affectionate.
A collection of quick facts notes that congressmen earned six dollars a day before 1814 Constantine the Great gave name to Constantinople Greenland Eskimos cast their dead into the sea about seventy five percent of a sugar beet is water peanuts grow on vines blossoms cover them with earth and nuts form planets Mars has two moons Jupiter eleven Saturn nine Michigan is a leading motor vehicle producer.
A fragment notes the sum paid as 14 cents for Methwold jail. The piece questions how the town reached that figure and mentions weapons like bicycle chains and baseball bats in a tribal conflict, then wryly asks if any old offenders were included in the sale.
Dorothy Kilgallen’s guest Steve Allen discusses Dinah Shore’s meat and cranberry sketches provoking protests from butchers and growers. He notes audience laughter but industry objections, then riffs on satire in politics and pop culture with examples from McClellan hearings, firehouse sketches, and maids in theater.
Miss Julia Averell attended the Ohio Library Association convention in Columbus as first assistant to the local librarian. Gorton James, 41, Miami University professor, died in a car collision near Cincinnati. George Loughran announced new Saturday hours for the John Ross Store. Meta Hilliker and Mrs. Lourim attended the Girl Scouts convention in Savannah representing Middletown Council. The Senior Phalathea Class at First Baptist celebrated its 25th anniversary with a banquet. teacher Miss Lydia Shearer led them since its start.
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