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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1957
Page
6
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The Paris NATO summit debates who controls missiles and atomic weapons among member states. Dulles and Eisenhower backed NATO stockpiles and dual use arms, while Britain and France push for more shared know-how, raising fears of a diarchy and risk to alliance unity.
In New York President Eisenhower pressed business and industry to fund medical education and other schooling either voluntarily through contributions or involuntary via taxes. He favored voluntary support and warned against relying on government for solutions.
A column of brisk curiosities surveys oddities and trivia about everyday life and history. It notes household errands vs vacuuming, regional meat and beef consumption, and quirky signs from offices and shops.
Twenty years ago injunctions aimed to stop the Ross Township Board of Education from buying farm land at 900 dollars per acre for a new school site. Alvin Demoret challenged the price as excessive. Public Utilities Commission in Columbus refused Ohio Bus Lines Co of Cincinnati permission to extend service Middletown to Dayton. Cincinnati and Lake Erie Co was allowed to proceed. The latter had alternated bus and traction service on the route. Dr Mildred Law Snyder spoke informally before Civitan Club at the Klyde Inn about her four month European trip. Election of Milk Drivers Union Local 55 officers elected Warren Henderson John Teegardin Jack Rich Jerry Sandlin Adrian Debolt Chester Crow Orville Hanlin.
Governor Martin L. Davey issued Christmas reprieves for two condemned killers. The decisions pause executions to allow further review or clemency considerations.
The National Academy of Science reports on artificial clouds created by high altitude dye releases while Grandpappy Jenkins urges more artificial sunshine. A San Francisco home has suffered seven auto skids lately, prompting a quip that it should be moved on wheels to dodge further incidents.
The author argues Premier Bulganin’s letter to Eisenhower shows sound reasoning for world peace, but Western trust is impossible due to Soviet record. He warns appeasement and repeated disarmament talks fail, cites Communist influence in France and Britain, and says only a free government in Moscow can forestall a third world war.
Tomorrow brings strong motivation and optimistic drive to pursue goals. For birthdays in YOUR month, chart favorable cycles in personal and business matters, with creativity and intuition under heightened influence through early 1958. Expect prosperity in sentimental matters with occasional domestic stress in March and October.
Jim Bishop recounts a father daughter night out with Gayle and Frances the housekeeper. They dine at Tom Longo's, watch the film at Reade's Mayfair Theater in Asbury Park, and return home for bed by 10 30 p.m. The evening blends rituals, humor, and small family details.
The SC&M in 1957 completed dieselization on its 21 miles of main line in West Virginia. Coal traffic held up best. fence post production declined but did not hurt freight. Station signs were deemed unnecessary as crews know their locations. future 1958 outlook mixes interest with wariness.
Ava Gardner ill in New York draws visitors like ex husband Frank Sinatra while Errol Flynn zips out interest. Lester Martin buys Fox stock in stealth, and Prince Margaret drama may rekindle in 1958. Ava’s circle, Bob Hope family plans, Lionel Hampton briefing, and Industry intrigue fill the scene.
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