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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1956
Page
4
Middletown Journal price list shows per copy and carrier rates in city and outside areas, Sunday insert options, five and six day mail plans, U S and foreign rates, all in advance payments, includes address and publication note. Includes a biblical quote and page reference.
Secretary of Agriculture Benson argues in Farmers At The Crossroads that price forecasts shape producer decisions and that aggregate production errors self correct via market ratios. He warns government price controls distort relative prices, are hard to predict, slow to adjust, and cause worse dislocations than market-driven outcomes.
The Justice Department seeks guidance from U.S. attorneys on enforcing the November Supreme Court ruling that intrastate bus segregation violates the Fourteenth Amendment. Though the Plessy decision is described as dead, lower courts lag in enforcement and the fight continues across transportation, dining, and waiting areas.
New Year uplift or humorous self critique from Hal Boyle urges starting improvements now. The piece jokes about overambitious resolutions and suggests gathering honest lists from friends family and coworkers to identify faults and plan changes for 1957. It ends with a jab about seeking a raise if the boss thinks you are fine as you are.
CARE launches a 1956 holiday Food Crusade to distribute 5 million $1 food packages feeding 20 million in 19 countries. A $2,000,000 Hungary relief drive follows with $10 food parcels and $5 Welcome Kits. Send donations to CARE Columbus Ohio.
The piece argues federal judges may issue injunctions restricting entry and exit at factories and ban peaceful picketing, shifting enforcement from Congress to judge-made law. It notes Norris La Guardia limits, but cites Tennessee orders expanding federal authority, with DOJ support, affecting labor disputes and potential jail for interferers.
Democratic national chair Paul Butler proposed a 20 member adviser group to guide party programs after Stevenson’s defeat. Speaker Sam Rayburn and Senate leader Lyndon Johnson resisted surrendering power though Humphrey Kefauver and others showed initial willingness. Johnson likely will decline, leaving Rayburn as the primary guiding force in Washington.
Barbara Lang, a beauteous Eagle Rock native once told she would never walk again after polio, has rebuilt her career. She walked anew after treatment and faith, modeled for a breakthrough after TV work in Death Valley Days and My Little Margie. MGM signed her as Jack Palance’s co star wife in The House of Numbers, amid marriage to actor Alan Wells.
The text outlines cautious, thoughtful guidance for business and personal relations during early hours. It notes opportunities for birthday individuals to advance interests over six months and predicts strong business contacts, social activities, and possible romance, with favorable real estate and investments later in the year. A birthday child is described as generous, intuitive, and honorable.
The report notes Rep Edith Green of Oregon and Butler invited four Democratic governors and one mayor. Gov Averell Harriman of New York has accepted along with former President Truman and Adlai Stevenson, who also accepted.
A newspaper-style riff notes a scientist tracing humanity’s half‑million year path to intelligence and wonders when it might regress to “dumb.” It reports the 75-year-old Nizam of Hyderabad retiring with wealth over a billion dollars and jokes about clergy driving, plus a charity stunt where an Iowa State student swallowed a goldfish to raise funds.
Dave Regan writes about procrastination and the urge to decorate early. He urges readers to start decking halls despite a light season and invites neighbors to share in festive displays, noting how seasonal atmosphere enhances the experience.
An analysis asserting Soviet Russia’s disregard for international law and honor in Hungary. It cites Bainbridge Colby’s 1920 view that the United States cannot recognize the Soviet regime, detailing its stated goals, revolutions, and the note by Chicherin defending self-determination while warning against foreign imposition.
On a busy Saturday at Middletown Hospital the stork delivered several babies amid Christmas cheer. Delta Chi Sigma held its annual party at Mrs. Lucy Ralston’s home with Genevieve Linkins and Mrs. Ralph Kah in charge. Mrs. Hugh M. Richards and her committee prepared for the 16th annual Charity Ball with Ed Christman and his band set to play at the Manchester Hotel.
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