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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1960
Page
4
The Middletown Journal announces subscription rates for daily, Sunday, and mail delivery in and outside the trading area. Rates list per copy, weekly, six days, and yearly prices including international options, with advance payment and publisher details.
The city reports a 34 percent rise in crime in nine months of 1960 versus 1959 while police strength remains below full strength. Denied requests for more officers due to high taxes, the piece argues that crime tracks with police protection and that prudent funding is needed, not tax cuts. It urges discriminating use of income to maintain minimum police and fire services. A final note jokes about teenagers finding humor in tumble-drying coin machines.
A columnist argues gerrymandering and reapportionment battles corrode the body politic as census shifts force redraws. State legislatures face pressure to tilt districts, risking loss of fairness while delays like the 150 year reapportionment postponement persist. Herbert Hoover’s career is cited to defend endurance, but the piece warns few such figures remain.
Herkimer Plotz resolves yearly to paint patch and install storm windows at first chill. Each year a northern wind or drifting snowflakes triggers a moment of truth. He dons sweater and jacket and gloves for the annual storm-battening, then sighs and vows next year.
Dale Carnegie and Norman Vincent Peale contrast error and truth, urging reflection with wise friends, prolonged talk, delay, and prayer. The author recalls talking with a departed father for guidance, then turning to Bible study to align thought with God's mind, reducing mistakes as inward truth grows.
Twenty years a Middletown paper notes the opening of a furniture store by Max Joffe and Herman Levy at the former Conroy & Levy site on Central Avenue. Staff include Thomas Fishwick, C. R. Watson, Catherine Barnthouse, Verne Brewer, and Homer Zorn. Draft board chairmen Mulligan and Brown cite insufficient Washington data to estimate draftees for the first call.
Volunteers for Nixon planned two giant balloons for the Vice President’s train stop near Middletown. A static-related accident caused one balloon to tear and another to burst during preparation, dampening the project and prompting questions about the display.
George Sokolsky critiques the four great debates noting dull discourse and empty slogans. He argues reporters failed to press on critical issues like gold’s price impact, cabinet politics, and U.S. foreign policy origins. He questions Nixon’s silence on Roosevelt and Truman era aid to Soviet Russia and wartime diplomacy.
A flurry of gossip notes from New York theatre and film circles. Star sightings include Desi Arnaz and Ingrid Bergman while scandals and rumors swirl around Barbara Stanwyck Fidel Castro and Errol Flynn.
A prominent surgeon criticizes declining ethics and care standards in U S medicine blaming foreign graduates for downgrading the profession. He cites licensing gaps, hospital practices, and calls for reform including two and four year medical schools and tighter screening. The piece notes rising hospital reliance on insurance and a shrinking doctor per capita, urging renewed ethics and training.
A playful digest notes diverse items from 16 000 eggs yearly for a female giant toad to green furred puppies born in Lafaye tte Indiana. It mentions National Background Mood Music Month and a Kraut Pork and Apple Dinner Week while joking about headlines and world series relief.
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