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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1957
Page
4
Public notice from the News-Journal Inc announcing subscription rates. Details include per copy price five cents on weekdays and fifteen cents on Sundays, carrier and mail options with annual rates of ten dollars within trading area and seventeen fifty outside, plus thirty five dollars outside the US. Includes a biblical quotation from Matthew 26:39.
The piece surveys baseball economics from the New York Yankees pennant hopes to attendance trends in both major and minor leagues. It cites radio and TV impact on profits, broadcaster payoffs for Dodgers and Yankees, and warns investors about stock swindles with Sylvia Porter urging informed buying.
New York profile of Betty Murray founder of the American Theater Institute. She plans an international show plane tour after Christmas for theater lovers, offering Manhattan hotel stays, Sardi's dining, cocktail receptions, and Broadway shows. The venture has grown into a multimillion-dollar enterprise with 25 000 past participants.
Nancy Markland injures her car after colliding with a railroad engine at Grand Avenue B and O crossing. Middletown police chief Scofield orders strict enforcement of a 1926 pool room ordinance restricting Sunday closures, card games, and minor presence. Amanda School students play a marble contest won by Jimmy Burkhart. Franklin city leaders revive plans to widen and beautify the southern city entrance with a four lane highway from the hill bridge on US 25 to boost visibility.
A Senate Foreign Relations hearing probes press travel to Red China and the Soviet Union implications. Editors like Simon Gerson defend freedom of the press while warning that government sponsored missions could aid Peiping propaganda and threaten U S foreign policy amid the Korea conflict and ongoing armistice tensions.
A reminiscence on early air cooling in theatres from 1880 Madison Square Theatre to modern comfort. The piece batches quotes about cinema songs and Mothers-In-Law Day with light humor and asides on weddings and fashionable traditions. It notes Gene Howe and Texas roots, and comments on bride customs with humor and nostalgia.
A columnist revisits Clare Boothe Luce's embassy woes and a spying episode. State Department officials pressed by Rep. Rooney disclose Luce had 18 dictating machines and 25 secretaries in Rome. The piece mocks the undercover report as gaslit chivalry.
Dave Regan notes a bright forecast for Easter Sunday with lingering hope of mild spring. He observes men's spring fashion including silk suits and occasional silk underwear, describing early displaying trends and the novelty of cool silk items for spring wardrobes.
Dorothy Kilgallen cites Eddie Bracken plans to visit Washington to discuss a revolutionary rocket ship with Gen Summerfield, while Eva Bartok and the Marquess of Milford Haven pursue romance. NBC eyes a West Coast studio with Bobby Sarnoff likely to run the lot. Ilene Woods seeks $1,000,000 insurance for her persona. Yvonne Lime shifts crushes to Sy Devore and Fritz Loewe investigates a divorce in Las Vegas.
Tomorrow promises achievement and new opportunities to advance goals and prestige. Creative professions gain. social relations improve in the afternoon. For a tomorrow birthday, patient adaptation brings achievement. cooperate with others to reach personal and business aims. Be cautious with monetary dealings and avoid debt in late 1957.
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