Middletown Journal Subscription Rates and Note
The Middletown Journal lists subscription prices for different delivery areas including 5c per copy on weekdays and 15c on Sundays. Mail rates cover trading and outside areas with yearly amounts and international pricing, and the note includes a psalm quotation.
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Middletown Journal
Broad
First Ave
Middletown
Ohio
Postoffice
Cartier
Us.a
News-Journal Inc
Pay TV Deadlines and the Fight Over Three Year Tests
Courts may decide pay as you go television as Congress and the FCC face a three year test plan. The House committee reports on intervention while Variety notes possible sentiment against the test before March 1. Opposition from networks and theater owners grows as wired toll TV experiments exist in Bartlesville and Los Angeles with others pending.
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Congress
Federal Communications Commission
House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
F.C.C
Variety
House
Oren Harris
D Ark
Emanuel Celler
D_N.Y
Judiciary Committee
Celler
Bartlesville
Okla
Los Angeles
Chicago
Fresno
Pittsburgh
Milwaukee
Phoenix
Ariz
Gandhi would have faced tarnished fame after his era
Historians note that if Gandhi had lived, his popularity might have waned in postwar India and the Kashmir crisis would heighten tensions with Pakistan. Nehru rose to power with Gandhi’s backing, while Gandhi’s assassin opposed Hindu Muslim unity, elevating Nehru’s unchallenged position before assassination reinforced Gandhi’s symbol.
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Abraham Lincoln
Gandhi
India
Nehru
Bombay
Mahatma
Gardhi
Pakistan
Kashmir
Congress Party
Story Of Americas Satellite A Chronology Of Early US Attempts
A timeline recounts the race to launch the first American satellite from 1947 through early 1958. It covers Forrestal and Wilson debates, Eisenhower approval in 1955, and Sputnik shocks in 1957 including Navy and Army trial launches hampered by weather and failures, amid rising Cold War pressure.
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Washington
David Greenglass
Forrestal
Rome
Wilson
Defense Department
Secretary of Defense
United States
Moscow
Soviet Union
Navy
Army
Monsieur Max Blouet a Paris hotel man with American aid
The piece profiles Max Blouet later known as Monsieur Max a cosmopolitan hotel manager of Paris fame who becomes vice president and general manager of The Ambassador Chicago. It recalls his wartime captivity at Pithiers and the George V hotel in Paris and ends with his return as Allied forces enter Paris in 1944 while he reflects on loss and reunion.
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Radio City
Max Blouet
Fernandel
France
Monsieur Blouet
Bluaye
Boniface
Paris
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Max
Monsieur Max
Chicago
Ernie Byfield
Lucia Perrigo
George V Hotel
Pithiers
Field Marshall
von Rundstedt
George V
Berlin
Max Blauer
Adolf Hitler
Horoscope Forecast For Tomorrow and Beyond
Emotional tensions loom Sunday reminding to avoid old conflicts and steer clear of domestic crises. Singles may marry late June. June and September promise strong personal relations, with July and August demanding tact to prevent family or friend rifts. A December uptick brings 1959 into positive momentum with potential job and financial gains.
Brutality at Sasebo Navy brig sparks national reflection
Paul Harvey condemns inhuman treatment of American prisoners by American guards in Sasebo Japan. He cites court martial testimony of Marine guards and recalls past brutal drills at Camp Pendleton and Parris Island. He warns that regimentation under draft can breed cruelty and urges restraint and reform.
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GI Bill Girard
Sasebo
Japan
Camp Pendleton
Parris Island
S.O.B
Explosion Claims Hobart Hackney in Western Auto Fire
Twenty years ago on February 1 1938 Hobart Hackney sixteen was killed and Ruth Kemp forty was injured when an explosion and fire wrecked the Western Auto Store on Central Avenue. Fire chief E F Reed cited a barrel of alcohol or antifreeze as the possible cause but could not determine the spark. Damage estimated at 12500 dollars. Harold Hursh and Russell Whitley returned to Bloomington Indiana after a short semester break. Street and alley improvements were to hire 100 WPA workers through the Family Service Bureau. Charity Ball films shot by T C Portsmouth and Ray Miles Armco photographers were shown to 360 people at the Armco auditoriums.
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Ruth Kemp
Western Auto
Central Avenue
E. F. Reed
T. C. Portsmouth
Ray Miles
Armco
Rain forests clustered in Amazon and Africa and Pacific
Rain forests with annual rainfall over 100 inches occur mainly in the Amazon valley of South America, parts of west Africa, and several Pacific islands.
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Amazon Valley
South America
West Africa
Pacific Islands
Rumor Over Husband Shooting Sparks City Talk
A sensational tale claims a wife shot her husband outside the Manchester Hotel after finding him with another woman. Police say a car backfire near an auto crash two weeks ago ignited the rumor, which Middletown hospitals deny. Parents and students will help chart Middletown’s future via a citywide All-America City questionnaire. Richard Harfst leads the council.
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Manchester
Middletown Hospital
Middletown
Parent-Teacher Council
Richard Harfst
Jottings on Hollywood Celebrities and Powers in 1960s Notes
Dorothy Kilgallen reports Ingrid Bergman to wed again after Rossellini, and Fidel Castro’s fate joked about by Batista. Highlights include Eric von Stroheim’s unpaid funeral, Sugar Ray Robinson studying Porgy and Bess, Julie Newmar’s cue troubles, and the Roosevelt clan at Sunrise at Campobello. Socialities in New York and Greenwich Village feature Ismaili intrigue and Birdland’s eighth year.
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Eric von Stroheim
Sugar Ray Robinson
Taylor
Russia
Shoshokin
Greenwich Village
Birdland
Harry Belafonte
Flamingo Beauty and Plume History Across the Ages
The text notes the pink flamingo’s preening habits and historical plume hunting avoidance due to quick color fade after death. It also mentions diverse facts from geography, invention, and culture, including Hispaniola’s Dominican Republic, mauve’s discovery, the FBI’s founding, and notable historical figures.
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James Marlow
America
Eisenhower
U.S.S.R
Jim Bishop
Monsieur
Estrellita
Paul Harvey
Free Press
Hobart Hackney
Harold Hursh
Russell Whitley
Bloomington
Ind
The
University of Indiana
Works Progress Administration
Family Service Bureau
Dave Regan
Columbia Avenue
Broad Street
Dorothy Kilgallen
Ingrid Bergman
Rossellini
Nevada
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Sonny” Whitney
Mary Lou Hosford
U. S
Havana
Fidel Castro
Batista
Castro
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt Zanders Auto
Campobello
Roosevelt
Begum
Aga Khan
Karachi
Aga
Prince Karim
Harriman
Bobo Rockefeller
Yankee
Hapsburg House
Palm Beach
New York
Dennis Shea
Steel City
Hans Wagner
Sophia Loren
Elizabeth
Hispaniola
Dominican Republic
William Henry Perkins
Alaska
Texas
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Charles J. Bonaparte
Faeroe Islands
Kingdom of
Denmark
North Atlantic
Iceland
Shetlands
Benjamin Franklin
Maldive Islands
Sultanate
Indian Ocean
California
Zoroaster
Jesus
Napoleon
Dennis the Menace
Joey
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