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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1960
Page
4
Middletown Ohio subscription notice lists Per Copy rates six cents weekday and five cents Sunday. Mailing options show six days ten dollars yearly within trading area, outside area twenty dollars, and thirty five dollars to outside USA. All subscriptions payable in advance. Published daily by News Journal Inc. Established 1857.
Major Test Case Management’s aim in last year’s steel dispute was to recover prerogatives lost to unions. The GE strike, as a test case, shows blunt management stance: accept our offer or be ready to strike a year. GE will stay in operation, risking picket violence and signaling a shift in anti‑inflation wage pressure.
The Vanguard I satellite, launched March 17, 1958, has circled the globe over 10,000 times and remains a functioning, power generating scientific instrument. Though small, it leads as a dependable workhorse, expected to orbit for centuries. Having traveled about 350 million miles, it continues its long journey.
An eight story New York City style parking garage operates with one attendant as elevators move cars to 270 stalls. A key is given to drivers and returned cars are charged by a computer while a single worker oversees the machine like a giant automatic system. The piece notes broader automation trends and calls for business labor and government to ease worker dislocation.
Fulton Lewis Jr reports El Diario de Nueva York claims Castro plans a direct attack on Guantanamo by a Cuban Youth Militia of teens and preteens armed with rifles. U.S. defenses, base value, and strategic role are outlined, with Castro seeking OAS censure and World Court action. Kennedy criticized for Africa policy.
The text notes terra cotta as fired earth used in ancient Greece and Rome, with ceramic glass finishes. It also mentions aborigines sleeping outside with dogs by fire, measuring warmth by the dogs’ seeds, four to six dog nights. Hadrian's Wall stretches about 73 miles in England. The Russian sable is a prized fur from Siberia. Sikhism promotes tolerance virtue peace and brotherhood, opposing caste.
Washington argues televised debates mislead voters on the Quemoy and Matsu issue. The piece notes Kennedy and Nixon positions, Eisenhower policy, and Congress hearings, urging reliance on Joint Chiefs and full background rather than campaign television. It highlights the risk of defining military lines on air and calls for informed judgment.
George Dixon relays a vivid, humorous Michigan swing of the Kennedy campaign. He notes colorful locals, veiled jabs at McNamara health rumors, and Kennedy tact in Grand Rapids and elsewhere, with a sharp aside on campaign language and a poke at Truman.
J E Blashock of Lafayette Avenue parked, unlocked, and drove home leaving his trumpet on the downtown sidewalk. On return he found the horn gone. Pt Arthur Newkirk added a $5 reward for a lost dog to a fund for buying a two way radio system for the police department.
A reader reflects on campaign tensions and ethical slips as the city nears an election. The piece notes the impact of political tactics and urges fair play, then shifts to announce the Middletown Area Girl Scout Heritage Tea honoring Juliette Gordon Low at the Church of the Ascension, inviting leaders, members, and early council officials to attend Sunday from 3 to 5 p.m.
Paul Harvey reflects on historical attitudes toward alcohol in Oklahoma and America. He traces shifting labels from sin to disease, notes social tolerance and rising drunkenness, and argues that true change lies in the next generation choosing restraint over overindulgence. He cites evangelists, Alcoholics Anonymous, and industry committees as part of the complex picture.
A horoscope cautions that tomorrow could spark unrest if sparked, advises Placat residents to avoid it in early hours. It predicts generous evening social times, mid-December financial aid, and material gains leading into 1961. Travel in July or August, plus new pursuits and friendships, refresh life. a child born today opposes injustice and shows sympathy.
Telling Me notes London tailors predict shorter topcoats marrower trousers and smaller hats for men in the new style. The piece jokes that the well dressed man will resemble one just drenched after a sudden shower while remarking on the UN gathering in New York and asking who is minding the store.
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