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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1956
Page
4
Middletown Journal publishes subscription rates for city and trading area. Rates include weekly, Sunday edition, and mail options with annual totals. Address: 1007 First Ave Middletown Ohio. Lord’s quote from Exodus appears in decorative line.
A long report outlines AFL CIO leaders Meany Schnitzler and Reuther weighing labor's stance on presidential endorsements. It notes Democratic leanings, past unofficial support, and the potential for a 1956 ticket with Stevenson Kefauver, amid calls for stronger political action within the labor movement.
A Tribune analysis notes hog prices rose from last December to this June from 10.50 to 17 per hundredweight. It argues that farm groups largely reject government price floors and subsidies. Fortune interviews show farmers preferring market freedom and fewer government mandates. The piece praises the stance of these farmers as prudent and independent.
Sylvia Porter, a financial columnist, declares most readers are economic illiterates. She argues less than five percent of high school graduates studied economics and urges economics as a required course in high school and early college. The piece notes society is driven by economic considerations and calls for education reform.
Hal Boyle examines the rise of the aggressive veep, arguing voters want a fighter in the White House era. He compares Kefauver and Nixon, notes a trend toward four fisted leadership, and warns business leaders rely on Throttlebottoms to keep operations stable.
George E. Sokolsky notes a Southwest Foundation release on 200 baboons to study heart disease. He cites New Orleans baboon autopsy finding fat in arteries, questions diets, and mocks dieting cautions while predicting future insights from primate research. He mentions Dr. Maurice Lewi turning 99 and his upcoming November speech.
A jumble of questions and trivia covers police salaries and retirement in New York, bed preferences for married couples, nudist versus naturist distinctions, Zodiac flirtations by sign, Dior’s view of the knee, hurricane definitions, war death tolls, favorite actresses, and Chinese and Spanish women figures. Includes figures: NY starting police pay 4000, after 3 years 5315, pension half salary after 20 years.
In San Francisco a swirl of GOP intrigue focuses on Harold Stassen and Nixon. A commentator recalls staged rhetoric to counter Democratic charges of predecided delegates while party social events brim with cocktail parties, mink stoles, and glamorous attendees. Eleanor Harris notes a fashionably dressed crowd, yet humorously admits numbness after days of festivities.
The column advises consulting outside opinions to kickstart the day and scheduling rest in the afternoon. It cautions thrift with a balanced budget through October amid potential income gains, notes good times for business deals in early September and late November, and urges emotional restraint in early November and late December. It also predicts bright prospects for romance, travel, and creativity in early 1957 and links a birthday child to success as a doctor or pharmacist.
Dave Regan notes mothers anticipate the new school year with relief and plans for free hours, while kids face shoes, books, and uniforms. The piece contrasts today’s casual school garb with past stiff attire and reflects on parental routines as children return to 8:30 to 3.
Dorothy Kilgallen reports on advice to soften charges against Joanne Dru and Ireland, Tony Kastner eyeing a Lake Tahoe post near Kim Novak, Teresa Jewer's husband squandering her salary at Las Vegas, and whispers that Nicky may remarry Elizabeth Taylor. Elvis contracts add police protection, while a Windy City dining fire incident entertains readers.
In a Thursday note from 20 years ago, Chief Roy W. Scofield announced Marvin Byrd, a longtime Middletown police officer, had resigned. The same era saw Rev Harvey S. Galloway ending a seven year tenure as pastor at the Church of Nazarene on Leibee Street and Columbia Avenue, to be succeeded by Rev Charles Henderson.
A Jacksonburg U B Church Ladies Aid meeting recounts a tale of Mrs Maude Short signing a contract with invisible ink and a host of odd references. The piece links hard money phrasing to a history of foot long iron bars used as money and a European shipping magnate.
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