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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1960
Page
4
The Middletown Journal publishes subscription details including per copy rates for weekdays and Sundays, carrier and mail options, trading area and outside area pricing, and annual or six day options. It notes in advance payment and identifies the paper as published daily by News-Journal Inc. with a Bible verse.
Soviet Premier Khrushchev returns to the United States for a General Assembly summit with European satellite leaders and leaders from Asia and Africa. The visit centers on disarmament talks after Geneva’s collapse, with Khrushchev seeking to press for comprehensive measures while Western nations advocate cautious negotiations. Fidel Castro heads Cuba’s delegation as Tito attends, leaving Red China absent. A Florida man damages a hurricane threshold by driving a car into a living room, challenging insurance and safety considerations.
The Mitchell and Martin defectors from the National Security Agency highlight serious weaknesses in U S internal security practices. Their Moscow propaganda efforts, while not revealing major secrets, expose flawed recruitment and oversight. Congress should pursue a calm, comprehensive review with executive cooperation to fix procedures and prevent future lapses.
A stormy visit ends with Donna driving a hurricane through Shrewsbury Riverfront. Water rises inches by the minute as the sea wall fails, debris floods yards, and residents brace amid falling fences, lifted pavilions, and broken furniture while evacuation talks hinge on neighbors choosing to stay.
Bedoes Island was chosen as the statue site by General William T. Sherman, marking a key moment in placing the Liberty Monument. The decision names Liberty Island as the location associated with the project.
Column argues for immediate American rebuttal after Khrushchev speaks on U S airwaves. It cites equal time law, urges Nixon or Kennedy responses, and warns against letting Soviet propaganda go unanswered. It notes Red China in UN context and recalls Korea War resolution.
A Washington feature profiles Ethel Yackel Black, longtime seating czarina for Democratic fund raisers starting in the Roosevelt era. She secretly assigns tables, hides in hotel suites before dinners, and uses numbering tricks to thwart donors. Her ritual ends only after all guests depart amid a chaotic 1957 event with Gov. Williams.
Twenty years ago on Thursday September 19 1940 Miss Ruth Dinsmore and Miss Margary Taylor Miami University students were the sole women among 100 applicants for certification in the CAA pilot training program at Middletown Airport. Russell J Barnard spoke on a Venezuela trip at the Lions Club meeting. Armco Steel officials told the Board of Education that company police would patrol football games since city police were barred from off duty employment by the City Commission.
A column recounts helping a young girl who became bedfast after childhood illness and now needs a hospital bed. A widowed mother, with three other children, struggles daily. The writer offers to share the mother’s name for investigation and notes office hours for contact and consent. The piece also discusses labor disputes, urging workers and management toward reconciliation and condemning abusive intimidation.
Celebrity feuds headline a lively scene as Duke Ellington and Mort Sahl clash over remarks while Oscar Pettiford’s death shocks jazz fans. Nixon’s campaign echoes Dewey’s cautious approach, and Fidel Castro receives Cuba’s aid amid operating woes. Marilyn Monroe's circle, Yves Montand, and notable gossip touch on theater, divorce, and television plans.
Winston Churchill’s summary of the predicament notes a principle of restraint where decent people should not strike before being struck down. He emphasizes the stance of civilized powers in facing aggression, urging measured response rather than preemptive violence.
A patchwork of notes touches Santa Fe lawmen tackling cattle theft in Argentina, Rome's Olympic birth, early sports squabbles, Waterbury Vermont game results, water polo trivia, Shakespearean musings, a Colorado security street, Defoe’s late-life writing burst, and a brief nod to a boy who could have used Social Security.
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