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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1957
Page
4
The Middletown Journal lists subscription rates for single copies and mail in various areas. Rates include 15 cents per Sunday copy and 45 cents weekly by carrier in city, with outside-city and trading-area mail options priced accordingly.
Army Specialist 3/c William S. Girard faces trial in Japan over a fatal shooting raising questions about U S troop jurisdiction under the status of forces agreements. The case spurs renewed push in Congress for exclusive U S criminal jurisdiction or renegotiation of treaties with allies. Col Alvin M Owsley observers in Japan for the American Legion anticipate outcomes fueling a convention call for revision or repeal.
The Patriot highlights a Cameron Louisiana doctor who lost his home and three daughters in hurricane Audrey yet persevered to tend the injured and uphold the Hippocratic Oath. The piece argues that physicians nationwide act as showplaces of duty, rebuilding lives and communities with unwavering care.
A column of miscellaneous curiosities and tidbits from Hal Boyle notes humorous and surprising facts. It covers tips origins giraffes versus sparrows rainy nights vs days video slang dating to 2000 visions of fashion and manners and peculiarities about animals, gear, and words.
Twenty years ago on August 26 1937 Egyptians debated Mile. Sasi Naz 16 as a likely next queen. A party at Mrs Dora Velte’s West Middletown home introduced her as a future royal consort. In New Miami Hamilton Coke & Iron Co opened a new blast furnace the first since 1928. Middletown Hospital added a planned 200000 expansion designed by Harold Goetz with about 60 rooms.
James Marlow discusses the compromise civil rights bill expected to pass, noting gains for voting rights and limits on federal involvement. The plan creates a rights commission with limited powers, exposes groups like the Ku Klux Klan, and outlines judge and contempt provisions affecting enforcement timelines.
Estrellita notes favorable planetary aspects for Venus Jupiter and the Moon boosting finances social life and creative work. For Virgos born tomorrow this period promises job and financial recognition into 1958 with caution against extravagance plus emphasis on stable personal relations and amiable family ties.
The arapaima is the largest South American freshwater fish with reports of 15 feet and 400 pounds. A post road carried U.S. mail in early days. Ostriches stride about 14 feet, there are six thousand grass species, and Capt. John Smith’s early career included fighting Spaniards and commanding horsemen in Hungary. The springbok can leap about 12 feet when frightened.
In a column style piece, Dr. Gayelord Hauser credits stomach positioning as the secret to staying youthful, with tangential notes on aging, prices, and entertainment figures. The author cites price trends for common foods, film actor Matt Moore and siblings, and asks readers about civilized concerns like housework devices and famous poems.
The speaker questions the wife about hat wearing as a sign of intelligence and asks for her perspective on the claim that intelligent women wear hats while less intelligent women go hatless. The tone is playful and dialogic, inviting a personal reaction.
Russian manufacturers test a small rear engine car named Byelka meaning The Squirrel. The eight horsepower air cooled model claims 145 miles per gallon. Purchases in Russia require full cash payment on delivery with no installment plans.
Dave Regan recalls a day in the country chasing ponds behind fences and crops. The effort yielded no fish and aching muscles from climbing fences and casting, while mosquitoes and heat added to the misadventure.
The speaker states farm ownership is no longer sought, praising the area for its vegetables and meats in local groceries. The note underscores satisfaction with local produce and market variety.
Dorothy Kilgallen reports Mme Herve Alphand plans divorce from the French ambassador to the United States amid Paris chatter. The piece rounds up show business moves, hospitalizations, romances, and scandal from New York, Oslo, Monte Carlo, and Hollywood, including Ella Fitzgerald, Sallie Blair, and Greta Garbo’s yacht trip.
A Melton Mowbray native who hates hunting trains fox cubs to outrun hounds. The quirky note follows a string of scattered topics from new US currency to editorial tips, a football coach buying a campus area home, and a nature book claim on elephants sleeping.
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