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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1954
Page
4
Pare Middletown Ohio lists subscription prices for per copy and weekly carrier delivery. In city area and outside city area options vary by with or without Sunday News Journal, with annual mail rates for trading and outside trading areas, and international pricing. The notice ends with a biblical verse reference II Corinthians 10 6.
Pine Ridge South Dakota last week hosted a renewal of the sun dance, a sacred Sioux festival once banned by the government. Frank Fools Crow organized the gathering where hundreds traveled to honor four virtues through dances around a sacred cottonwood. veterans from Korea joined three young Braves in the ordeal, but observers noted the spectacle as much for courtship as ceremony. The mood grew wistful as Frank Fools Crow warned this may be the last sun dance, with youths preferring jitterbug over old customs.
The essay argues that summer travel and time spent in nature renews people by reconnecting them with land, sky, and water. It contrasts urban detachment with the intrinsic need to belong to a place, asserting nature provides spiritual happiness and anchorage, urging a broader rekindling of this bond.
Premier U Nu tightens conscription to bolster Burma against Communist pressure amid Chinese training of Burmese Reds along the frontier. In Korea, President Syngman Rhee pushes for preventive war to unify the peninsula, but the United States rejects such extreme steps, preferring diplomatic avenues and restraint to avoid global conflict.
Washington voices accuse anti McCarthyites of seeking thought control and punishment without trial as liberal senators push for censure and demand due process. The piece defends McCarthy rights, critiques alleged liberal hypocrisy, and warns against witch hunts in the Senate.
In New York City two boys were arrested for killing a man after hating school. In Hot Springs a law requires high school students who plan to marry to notify the principal and allows an adjustment period. The writer questions whether schools bear blame for juvenile delinquency and asks why students do not understand the value of education.
The fragment hints at a childhood sentiment about school not liking it. It may reflect a personal recollection or opinion from a columnist or reader. No concrete names, places, or dates are readable to identify a specific event or person.
A social rank dispute over coffee versus tea hosting at receptions drew three Washington authorities into a debate. Edith Helm says neither outranks the other while Carolyn Shaw insists the senator’s wife should preside at the coffee pot, and the representative’s wife at tea. Arthur Larson counters that social security aids independence by keeping beneficiaries alert and driven, citing a man who loses his initiative after learning his benefits. House Democrats signal Sam Rayburn as ready to return as Speaker if Democrats win in November, joking about Joe Martin and prior service.
A father explains the value of education and how parents influence children away from delinquency while questioning whether teachers care about students as individuals. The piece notes the challenge of engaging pupils and ends with a warning: if a child says he hates school, trouble may follow.
The Department of Agriculture releases guidance for removing hornet and yellow jacket nests with cotton soaked in carbon tetrachloride and burning or burying the nest. It also suggests applying Chlorodane or DDT to wasp nests at night. The pamphlet notes 2500 wasp species exist in North America, of which about 50 bother people.
A reader vents about would-be car passengers who dawdle at the curb before getting in, causing driver distraction amid passing traffic and street hazards. The note mocks drivers who turn from wrong lanes and recalls courteous oncoming drivers in past embarrassments.
Dorothy Kilgallen reports on Rita Hayworth turning over threatening letters to the FBI while Willie Mays denies marriage rumors. John Barrymore Jr and a summer circuit, Carol Lynne’s recovery, Yvonne deCarlo’s love interest, rising phony check crime, Selassie's grandson on Columbia campus, and the Songwriters Protective Association opening a West Coast office. Broadway gossip covers a New York congressman under DA scrutiny, an ingenue casting chase, judge intoxication chatter, and industry movers from Marlene Brando to Perez Prado.
The reading urges patience and self control to avoid conflicts in the morning while evening favors romance and domestic matters. It notes industrious effort if tomorrow is your birthday, with rewards from superiors in fall, and warns during November December to curb impulses to prevent early 1955 financial issues. A child born today will be ambitious but may be rude if not guided.
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