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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1958
Page
4
The Middletown Journal publishes daily through News-Journal Inc. Subscription rates are listed by delivery method and area. Per copy weekday two cents, Sunday one cent. carrier in-city 45 cents weekly. mail in trading area six days ten dollars yearly. Outside trading area seven days seventeen fifty yearly. Outside U S A thirty five dollars yearly.
The article surveys U.S. and U.N. positions on admitting Red China to the United Nations, detailing historical votes, veto rights, and debates over Formosa. It notes President Eisenhower’s warnings about peacekeeping prospects, the Chinese Communist claim to Formosa, and shifts in Security Council and General Assembly dynamics with figures like Chou En lai, Nasser, and Khrushchev influencing the debate.
The 1959 Chevrolets begin rolling as Buick shows new models four days later. GM rivals Ford Plymouth and Buick face production drops vs 1957, while Rambler from American Motors nearly doubles 1958 output with a 252,000 unit goal and about 6 percent of the domestic market.
Hal Boyle reports that American men bought far fewer tailored suits in 1957 and instead favored sport coats and slacks. Industry executives like Joseph Daroff attribute this to wives influencing budgets and urge outfits funded by firms to boost self confidence. A typical recommended wardrobe runs about $1133 with annual upkeep around $377, illustrating how personal grooming links to broader prosperity.
Washington critics argue that neither Arkansas nor Virginia defies the Supreme Court by closing schools and that legal challenges to orders for integration are lawful. The piece traces origins of the Fourteenth Amendment, cites Hopkins vs Clemson College, and warns against the court becoming a theatre of political strife absent settled constitutional principles.
Fulton Lewis Jr notes that the U S occupation in Western Germany persists diplomatically beyond the 10 year expectation. He lambasts the US Information Service and Radio Free Europe staffing as bloated and misused, citing high personnel counts in Bonn Berlin Frankfurt and Hamburg amid public German unease.
The day’s planetary influences are cheerful and encouraging. If you stay calm and use your resourcefulness you may have a satisfactory day. For birthdays, the coming year promises unusual achievement and upward financial trends through December.
A loose mosaic of witty observations and oddities including Washington demand on funding, a Chicago inventor’s long lasting camera exposure control, London parking meter furor, a 100 year old spinster author, ants in cupboards, a Detroit Middle East brief, a crisis that never stays brief, and a royal garden party with 6000 guests.
Daughters of the American Revolution sponsor Constitution Week September 17 to 23. Middletown Art Center at the American Legion Home opens its second year next Wednesday with classes starting the week of September 22. Adult and children programs, including a men’s art class, ceramics with Peter Dahoda, and affordable rates, are offered. A benefit card party at the Elks Temple Thursday supports Edison School and promises entertaining evening and possible winnings.
Dorothy Kilgallen notes Prince Dado Ruspoli may wed Anna Maria Guarnieri while still married. Eddie Sauter and Bill Finegan owe Wilbord Alexander over 15000 as Babe Rockefeller and Gaston Sigmund plan a Westhampton visit. Debbie Reynolds faces a potential title change for How Good Girls Stay Married amid Fisher Taylor scandal. Barbara Buick resumes stage career. Elvis Presley tops fan polls, Ava Gardner seeks lawsuits over European exposes. Diana Barrymore shifts to Broadway. Frank Sinatra distances from Slate Brothers. Edinburgh festival screens 12th edition films including The Old Man and the Sea.
The Middletown YMCA mortgage of 125000 was canceled in Hamilton probate court after Civic Association paid 12500, ending the indebtedness. City officials noted changes while local police and fire pension matters also appeared in the report alongside a high school football win and a World War II era conference reference.
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