This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 13 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1960
Page
6
The Middletown Journal publishes rates for daily, Sunday and mail subscriptions. Rates include 15c per Sunday, 50c weekly, $10 per year in-town mail, $20 per year outside the trading area, and $35 per year for outside the USA, all payable in advance.
The Census Bureau reports 88 percent of U S homes own TV sets in 1950 up from 12 percent, showing mass production and affordable access. The piece argues TV enhances knowledge and debate, urging viewers to demand responsible use beyond entertainment, citing Kennedy Nixon debates. A spike heel is tested for non scratching floors, and comfort for stepped feet is emphasized.
A city personnel director called recruitment of teachers “real rough,” a phrase praised for clarity yet faulted for ungrammatical street talk. The piece argues educated speakers should preserve language’s precision and beauty, especially those shaping cultural heritage for youth. A closing line notes seasonal trade shortages and looming financial strain for families.
Thousands of Iron Curtain residents visit the 11th Berlin Industries Fair where Western nation exhibits crown the event. The American display features 30 high school students aged 14 to 19, mostly German-speaking, showing U S youth life in education work and play with re built cars ham radio and electronics.
Fulton Lewis Jr reports that U S funding totaling 654 million over four years has empowered Poland to become a foreign aid provider. Polish engineers design plants for Indonesia India Brazil Cuba China and Czechoslovakia while seeking projects in Mongolia Korea and Ceylon. Despite U S aid, many recipient nations also take Soviet assistance and Warsaw praises Moscow as Washington’s effort fails.
Generous planetary aspects favor nearly all fields and congenial relationships. Expect strong group activities and hobby enjoyment in the evening. Those with tomorrow as their birthday face an encouraging next year with profitable use of talents for job and finances, especially Oct through the following nine months. Travel in July August and next January brings new career paths for creatives.
The piece weighs how to handle Nikita Khrushchev during his New York U N visit, contrasting Truman’s call to ignore him with Mrs Roosevelt’s stance against restricting his movements. It argues for forceful American responses to counter his propaganda and notes Cold War tensions with Hungary Egypt and colonialism themes.
Retired Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan may not receive the White House good conduct badge despite exemplary service. Eligibility limits tie the award to post January 2, 1953 White House duty by non presidential aides, with a strict one badge per person rule. Vaughan’s reply calls the policy petty while noting Eisenhower era restrictions and a copy of the order sent to him.
In a letter from Senator Karl Mundt of South Dakota, Mundt notes delivering a mounted pheasant to President Eisenhower after viewing photographs of the president firing at clay pigeons from the cabin cruiser Barbara Anne. The anecdote links Mundt with government social activity during the reelection period.
Dave Regan and Elza Abraham are celebrated figures in a birthday feature. Elza Abraham, aged 63, is hailed for a lifetime of service with the post office, Boy Scouts of America, Letter Carriers Assn, Knights of Pythias and the Eagles. He has spent 34 years with Scouting and 36 with the post office, leading Troop Four and Eagles Troop 11, denying crowded calendars to keep offering guidance to youths.
Gossip column teases Lillian Gish's biography project in Italy and sister Dorothy’s absence, Ralph Watkins’ rolls to meet Betty Hutton for Basin Street East rehearsals, Julie London eyed for The Music Man film, and Paris officials unhappy with Rome Olympic showing. Also notes young film producers courting Memory of Two Mondays, pre election headlines on construction, Jerry Lewis backing pay TV, Miracle Worker blind child learns to write, Nancy Wilson's Australia tour, Sunrise at Campobello Oscar talk, fans mobbing Fabián, Annette Funicello life sensationalism, Bob Hope book title, Audrey Hepburn expecting son Sean and critique of blonde portrayal, Milbourne Christopher feats, and Broadway grieving Oscar Hammerstein amid illness.
The Steel Pier in Atlantic City prohibits backstage autograph signing and will keep young fans distant from performers, signaling a tightening policy over meet and greet events and raising concern among local supporters.
Columbia University scientists claim fallout risk is overstated while noting the presence of people in the area. Sociologist McCord, coauthor of Origins of Alcoholism, argues that domestic conflict can influence a son's likelihood of alcoholism. The authors observe that counts of alcoholics in the nation are not precisely known and are described as staggering.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.