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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1960
Page
4
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A column analyzes how U.S. backing for a Latin American aid program could hinge on the Organization of American States meeting in Bogota this month. It notes Congress authorized half a million dollars without detail, the aim to deter Castroism, and doubts about timely, multilateral planning and future funding under any future White House leadership.
Atlantic City hosts Miss America with a projected 15 million in total crowds. Miss Leonore B. Slaughter leads the sponsoring board for 26 years, credited with keeping the show clean. The two hour telecast will feature a Cinderella motif as talent gains 50 percent of the score, beauty of face and figure 25 percent each, while personality is dropped. The winner receives a 10000 dollar prize plus about 80000 in appearance contracts and other perquisites.
Jim Bishop recalls Ginny Frechette and Dr. Higdon guiding a twin birth at Holy Name Hospital Teaneck New Jersey. Ginny, 23, has delivered three babies in two years and plans more. The narrative follows hospital life and a family awaiting news as the couple look to name possibilities Sean or Marie Claire amid Irish and French Canadian roots.
A fragmented speech piece notes GOP efforts to mount a large southern campaign amid dissent, asking what Republicans have accomplished recently. It reflects on past party efforts and southern attitudes, suggesting long-standing tensions influence current strategy.
Peregrine Worsthorne writes from the United States that America shows a thriving sense of the good life on the ground, contradicting arguments of aimlessness. He argues the U S leads in cultural harvest from material prosperity, and rejects claims of moral decline. He cautions against equating wealth with spiritual neglect.
Fulton Lewis Jr reports lawyers for Walter Reuther seek to delay a September 17 court date over an injunctive bid to curb UAW spending for education and political purposes. The suit, filed by Randolph Gray and Harold Billheimer, challenges misused dues and education funds tied to national campaigns and 1954 Michigan races.
The Arkansas senator says America’s trouble stems from collective national egos and motives rather than individuals. He notes rising mental illness and anxiety, cites 50 million tranquilizer prescriptions, and questions the pace of psychiatry’s study of national character amid political expectations.
On September 7, 1940, Tom McMurray Amyx and Robert Steddom of Middletown were among five youths who completed the Civilian Pilots Training Course at Middletown Airport a week early. The McGraw Construction Co. won a $75,000 contract to add to Aeronautical Corp of America plant, doubling production capacity per Aeronca president Carl J. Friedlander. Police chief Hugh A. King announced Jest turns would be barred from Clark and Curtis streets onto Central Avenue.
Hal Boyle surveys political weight of women who outnumber voting age men by 5.2 million, notes boredom raises errors, geese and parrots longevity, film dummy phone numbers, Kennedy and Nixon cave guides, and other light odds and ends. It blends social observation with curious trivia.
Dorothy Kilgallen presents guest soprano Eileen Farrell on a reflection of being old fashioned and steadfast. She recalls choosing blues album risk, working with Leonard Bernstein during Missa Solemnis rehearsals, and a canal jam with Van Cliburn that proved music can lift tension and bring joy.
The singer recalls choosing limited tours to stay with her husband Robert Reagan and their two children, believing a mother should express love with a bit of yelling. She jokes that family comes first and that her vocal phrases are still understood by her kids and dogs more than high opera arias.
The text notes Chicago's population near 300000 during a major fire, identifies ancient Troy as Hissarlik on the Scamander in northwest Turkey, and lists women’s suffrage dates: 1920 in the United States, 1928 in Great Britain, 1945 in France, and 1946 in Japan.
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