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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1953
Page
6
The notice lists subscription prices for the Middletown Ohio evening paper with options for in city, with Sunday edition, and mail delivery in various trading areas. A biblical verse from Luke 20 27 is printed at the end of the notice.
The Twenty First Amendment ending national prohibition became effective December 5 1933 with Utah ratifying late that day joining earlier ratifications from Ohio and Pennsylvania. Maine was set to ratify next while North Carolina rejected a constitutional convention. The amendment limits transportation of intoxicating liquors and required states to repeal their own laws before sales resumed.
A three day conference between President Eisenhower and Republican leaders will debate Morse of Oregon and his pre 1953 Senate committee memberships. Morse, elected as a Republican, later allied with Democrats, with a mixed roll call record in 1953.
The Marian Year opens with honor to the Virgin Mary and indicates Pope Pius X may be elevated to sainthood early in the year. Born Giuseppe Sarto near Venice in 1835, he became pope in 1903 and died August 20, 1914, after a reforming, austere, saintly reign.
Hal Boyle publicizes a satirical new disease Bess designed as a social critique of wellness fads. He likens it to a harmless cold with odd symptoms and promotes it as a harmless, even protective, "miracle" ailment to mock medical sensationalism.
A Washington columnist notes deep rifts within the Republican Party over the McCarthy Eisenhower Dulles clash. He argues the feud risks losing Congress to Democrats, cites 1952 1953 election trends, and warns leadership mistakes could repeat Taft era losses.
A column discusses uncanny events and forecasts a future where everyone has a personal radio transmitter with a private family frequency. It highlights a mix of strange incidents and rapid progress in new technologies while noting the slow pace of solving common illnesses and problems.
A jumble of quips and questions on health and civilization. The text ponders sleep talk, a gas incident involving an Oklahoma auctioneer, diet advice about apples, and a provocative claim about civilization’s age and decline.
A story recalls a woman claiming a vice president husband named Wallace to settle a baby clothes purchase with charge account trouble. A clerk and another laughed at the implausible claim while the customer finally secured approval. A friend rejects an expositional invitation as exclusionary.
An excerpt presents Q and A on ventriloquism ancient Greeks belief and demon lore. It notes U S marshals hold general police power in judicial divisions and identifies 10 Downing Street as the British cabinet meeting place.
Dr. Luis Machado attends a whimsical Smithsonian anteaters luncheon at the National Zoo where the menu features bizarre dishes such as roast buffalo and beaver eyeballs on the half shell. The former Cuban ambassador, now a World Bank envoy for Latin American nations, reacts to the eccentric menu with skeptical humor.
A Friday wind hits Day ton as a paper seller warns a passerby and locals plan for the First Methodist Church Bazaar. The piece notes the market date, a sold out church dinner, and a 1953 calendar showpiece with a winter scene as Christmas nears with 14 shopping days left.
Dorothy Kilgallen answers reader Patricia O’Malley about gift mishaps and holiday wishes. She notes humor in stockings and perfumes, promising holiday results, then declines to confirm Joan Crawford’s exact age, joking about uncertainty and asking for a reply.
The reading advises compromising on minor issues to reach major goals and warns to verify others' motives in negotiations. Do not overtrust promises of help, avoid questionable associates, and rely on own judgment. If tomorrow is your birthday, six months offer imaginative ideas, potential career gains, and security through initiative, with travel and romance favored in late spring and early summer.
A humorous figure is described resisting a heavy buffalo feast and seeking relief by retreating to the lion house for fresh air, muttering his reluctance and desire to escape the ordeal.
Dear Mrs Spooner asks why Arlene Francis and Kilgallen left quickly and why no kiss for Bennet Cerf or Steve Allen. Kilgallen says Arlene headed to a party, she needed to drop her, Kilgallen had a cold and wanted to rest, and she avoided exposing her germs. John Daly is called a devil, yet Kilgallen says escalation would trigger homicidal impulses.
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