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Newspaper

Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Apr 24, 1956

Page

4

Middletown Journal Subscription Rates and Address

The Middletown Journal lists subscription prices including per copy and carrier rates, with discounts for combining the Sunday paper. Mail options cover local and distant areas, with annual rates and advance payment required. The publication runs every evening except Sunday from 1007 First Ave in Middletown Ohio.

Sunday News Journal City Area News Journal U.S.A First Ave Middletown Ohio

When Not To Do It Yourself Do it yourself advice from a cautious pioneer era view

The article warns against DIY pitfalls urging enthusiasm, avoiding overambitious starts, and double estimating time. It cautions about legal restrictions and the high cost of handling big projects without professionals, and stresses using common sense and proper information.

Weekends Of No Return In 1955 Weekend Fatalities Rise

A 1955 review shows 15,730 Americans died in weekend traffic accidents, with one fifth of last year’s fatalities on Saturdays. The piece pins blame on driving habits, fatigue, and excess alcohol rather than road design or safety campaigns, urging immediate nationwide driver awareness to cut 1956 weekend deaths.

America

Shifting To Older Ages In Tuberculosis

There is a strong shift in TB prevalence to older age groups especially men. By 1932 thirty seven percent of pulmonary TB victims were over 45 and by twenty years later sixty five percent were. Late diagnosis in those over 65 and neglect of older groups contribute to deaths. signs include chronic cough fever weight loss and weakness. Regular chest X rays are advised for all ages.

A Two Week Vacation Reveals Character on Travel

New York columnist notes that travel exposes a person more than years in their home town, arguing trips reveal real character, test willpower on shipboard, and create memories through meeting people rather than viewing sights. It playfully warns against pre marriage honeymoons and stresses interaction over scenery.

New York Marco Polo

Red Leaders Burned Bridges Two Months Ago

Two months after Khrushchev denounced Stalin, Soviet leaders faced a point of no return as they abandon Stalinist rule, push for reforms, and seek new international accommodation. The article lists nine key moves from public disclosures to Cominform dissolution and the atoms-for-peace accord as signs of a changed regime.

New York Nikita Khrushchev Joseph Stalin U.S.S.R Kremlin Soviet Union Stalin Khrushchev Central Committee Pravda Tiflis Vulke Chervenkov Bulgaria Cominform Yugoslavia Tito International Atoms-For-Peace Organization

Dreamy leg models and witty Q A from classic page

A quirky page blends fashion odds with Q A trivia. It notes a leg model contest for nylon hosiery with measurements and includes playful quotes about dreams, literature, actors, and theater. It also mentions a London mother who bore quadruplets at age 38 and ends with a naming question.

Scintillating skater Sonja Heine among wealthiest

Sonja Heine described as a scintillating skater and one of the world’s wealthiest career girls. Reports claim she owns diamonds worth her weight, estimated from her weight of 115 pounds to assess the value of her diamonds.

Sonja Heine Son- Ya Hay-Nee Skacer Sonja

Unarmed London Police Force Facts

The text states that London Metropolitan police do not carry guns. It also mentions daily shaving as a youth aid and lists five essentials of happiness as health freedom economic independence congenial work and reciprocated love.

London

Middletown High Senior Prom of 1936 Highlights

Twenty years ago on Friday April 24 1936 Middletown High held a banquet for seniors with speeches and a dancing evening. About 300 attended the cafeteria banquet and later filled the gym to hear Lin Mendenhall's band. Leo Reinartz Sr. served as toastmaster and Jerome Inwood led the grand march. A Des Moines escapee named Carl Gratz alias Robert Hayes had fled the Ohio Reformatory and lived freely after obtaining work and marrying.

Middletown High Lin Mendenhall Leo Reinartz Sr Jerome Inwood Des Moines Iowa Ohio Carl Gratz Robert Hayes Ohio Reformatory

Dixon Screeners For The Screeners In D C Briefing

Washington notes say Defense Secretary Charles E. Wilson relies on retired Admiral Arthur C. Davis to screen what the public learns about air power for the Senate inquiry led by Stuart Symington. Davis, 63, retires in Chevy Chase, returns to national service, while zoo chief Ernest P. Walker endures partisan grilling over elephants and donkeys as Rep. Rabaut and Rep. Wilson trade barbs and a teacherly Passman calls it out of order.

Washington Charles E. Wilson Armed Services America Defense U. S. Air Force Arthur C. Davis Senate American Air Power Stuart Symington Missouri Davis Columbia S. C Chevy Chase Navy Eunice Tucky Bureau of Aeronautics Ernest P. Walker National Zoo House District of Columbia Appropriations Subcommittee William M. Mann Walker Subcommittee Louis C. Rabaut Michigan Earl Wilson Indiana Wilson GOP Otto E. Passman Louisiana Passman

Coordinators Clash Over Plan to Coordinate Bureau

The executive and legislative branches must form a bureau to coordinate the coordinators. Vice President Nixon spoke in New York at the Waldorf-Astoria dinner, asserting that wage increases raise profits in real terms, not just prices. The same day the Joint Committee on the Economic Report was in session.

Nixon New York Waldorf-Astoria Joint Committee On the Economic Report

Man Warned Near Home After Parole By Ohio Agents

An Iowa special agent arrested him and Ohio agents granted parole due to funding shortages. He was warned he would be apprehended if he ever returned home.

Iowa Ohio

Lincoln School Hosts PTO Children’s Musical Talent

A Lincoln School talent show sponsored by the PTO featured juveniles led by performers Billy Klopp Donna Hayes Jean Leasure Mary Kathryn Hughes and Helen Mathews presenting the children’s musicale to an audience of families and staff.

Lincoln School PTO Billy Klopp Donna Hayes Jean Leasure Mary Kathryn Hughes Helen Mathews

Snick Conklin Ties for Singles Lead in Y Bowling

Karl Snick Conklin bowled 684 in the men's Y singles to tie Charles Lockmeyer for the top score. The high mark highlights a competitive run as both players push toward the tournament crown.

Karl “Snick” Conklin Charles Lockmeyer

Estrellita Daily Horoscope Highlights Careful Thought and Change

The reading urges tact in business and relationships and recommends study and conferences for progress. The P M favors hobbies and cultural pursuits and predicts a turning point for those born tomorrow next week in June. Domestic life and romance stay favorable through July and August with good news expected late December.

P.M

Bible verse inspires Middleton folks to send letters to recovering friend

A Middleton reader in New York Memorial Center for treatment writes home about grateful letters and cards from friends. The note thanks the community for support and mentions a Boston Terrier named Corky lost near Flemering Road, and a sweet stray collie that wandered away.

R. E. Stiles New York Memorial Center New York

Princess Grace and Prince Rainier face new married life

Dorothy Kilgallen outlines Grace Kelly's rise to princess status and her uneasy marriage to Prince Rainier II. The columnist notes Grace's perfectionism and Rainier's glum demeanor, suggesting the union may tilt royal fashion and command a sharp public gaze.

Factographs of World History Snapshots and Inventions

A collection of brief historical notes covers Prussia’s rulers origins as mar graves of Brandenburg, draft horses maturing at five or six, golden plovers migrating 2300 miles from Alaska to Hawaii, Oregon’s prewhite tribes numbering over 60, Red Cross principles from 1863 in Geneva, Ralph Lane as Virginia’s first governor smoking tobacco, non-smokers with book matches, Maya calendar 365.24 days, paper bags patented by Luther Cromwell in May 1867, Kwong Dock Tong as the first Chinese tong in the U.S. in San Francisco around 1870, and onions and asparagus as lily family members.

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