Truman deemed right man for wartime duties and postwar role
The piece surveys Harry S Truman 1884 1972 describing his unlikely rise after FDR’s death and his decisive actions during WWII. It notes atomic bomb decisions, the United Nations creation, Marshall Plan aid, and civil-military moves including firing General MacArthur. It ends praising his enduring historical reassessment.
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Harry S Truman
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Harry S
Truman
Fdr
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
United Nations
Greece
Turkey
Korea
Berlin
U.N
South Korea
Douglas MacArthur
Robert E. Lee
White House
Mr. Truman
Choosing a College My Daughter’s Big Decision
John Roche reflects on his daughter's college search and the quirks of evaluating higher education. He laments catalog hype and skewed student teacher ratios while noting broad, unbigoted quality across top private institutions. He suggests practical choices over pure prestige, and muses on guidance counselor pressures and parental sidelining.
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College A
College B
Mr. Holyoke
Bryn Mawr
Swarth
Oberlin
Princeton
South Pugwash A&m
Middletown Journal Subscription Rates Advertisement
The Middletown Journal lists daily newsstand prices 15 cents and Sunday 25 cents with home delivery options. Motor route plans cost 3.47 in 12 installments or 3.20 quarterly, plus a 1.5 cent monthly service charge. mail rates are 30 dollars per year in the trading area and 38 outside, all payable in advance.
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The
News Journal, Inc
S. Broad
First Ave
Middletown
Ohio
U.S.A
Gone To The Dogs Letters To The Editor
A reader laments Middletown city services and jobs. He complains of police and fire staffing levels and pay, outsourcing garbage and janitorial work, and the cost of a new mall. He warns the city may lose its character if trends continue. Pauline Fields, 1730 Brentwood St.
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Middletown
Pauline
Brentwood St
Burgess Warns Students on Education and Language
The essay recalls Anthony Burgess visiting America to teach at City College of New York. He urges students to expand vocabularies, refine style, and learn classical figures while criticizing rank irrelevant talk and the rise of super universities. He notes the clash of scientific and humanistic study in undergrad life and contrasts public tolerance for technical terms with the opacity of literary language.
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Anthony Burgess
America
City College of New York
Helen of Troy
Nausicaa
Burgess
Tarzan
Unnerving Wassail Bowl Saga From Ancient Kent to Yorke
A Black & White researcher traces the wassail bowl origin to early fifth century Kent during King Vortigern era. Rowena laces a feast drink to win the king, sparking a royal alliance and mythic Anglo Saxon lineage. The piece ends with a joke about Picts’ fate.
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Vortigern
Henry Kissinger
Europe
Britain
Hengest
Horsa
Rowena
Waeshael
Klaford Cyning
King
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