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Middletown Journal lists per copy and mail rates for city and trading area readers. In city area 30 cents weekly with Sunday News Journal 40 cents. Outside city area 25 cents weekly with Sunday News Journal 35 cents. Mail subscriptions: trading area five days with Sunday News Journal nine dollars annually. Outside trading area six days with Sunday News Journal fifteen dollars yearly. Outside U S A thirty five dollars per year. All mail subscriptions payable in advance. 1097 First Ave Middletown Ohio. Evening publication except Sundays.
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Onward For God And My Country Scouting Week Boosts Growth
The Boy Scouts of America mark their 46th birthday during Boy Scout Week Feb 6 12 with a peak membership of 4 100 000 and a four year program themed Onward for God and My Country Chief scout executive Dr Arthur Chuck Eckhart urges trained manpower to expand the leisure time program and foster patriotism service and democratic understanding among three million boys The effort emphasizes faith character fitness self reliance and community help.
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Boy Scouts of America
United States
God
Jet Age Traffic Woes Spur Aviation Facility Push
The Air Force Association convenes leaders in Washington to push attention to airport and air traffic control lag behind jet aviation growth. A Jan 13 advisory warned facilities lag. Long Beach voters face Feb 9 bond to expand a 10,000 foot runway at 542 million dollars, with opponents citing safety, noise, and selective taxpayer subsidies. Douglas Aircraft plans 15 to 20 million dollars in Long Beach expansion for DC-8 assembly as defense radar and air traffic control modernization advance. President Eisenhower seeks 40 million for nav aids. federal airport grants would rise to 75 million in 1957. Noise reduction tech boasts 75 percent muffling. jets’ noise threatens curbs on commercial fields.
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Air Force Association
Washington
Long Beach
Calif
Douglas Aircraft, Inc
Douglas
Rowland R. Hughes
Budget Bureau
Eisenhower
Defense Department
Congress
Strike at Westinghouse lengthens over contract terms
The Westinghouse dispute widens as 46 000 IUE members strike since Oct including 30 plants while 10 000 UE members walkout nine days later. Labor seeks wage reopenings under current contracts. company favors five year increments. Mitchell notes federal hands-off stance, preferring mediation only if national welfare is at stake.
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Westinghouse
General Electric
International Union of Electrical Workers
Afl-Cio
United Electrical Workers
Ind
CIO
Justice Department
Secretary of
James P. Mitchell
That Monster With One Eye Stares At You
Hal Boyle reflects on television’s impact on family life with his daughter watching ads and programs. He notes children’s reactions to broadcasts, preferences for live shows, and concerns about canned laughter and in‑show sales pitches. He cites Murrow and Daly for resisting sponsor pitches and argues for independent artistic integrity in TV advertising.
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New York
Tracy Ann
Pinky Lee
Lassie
Rin-Tin-Tin
Lone Ranger
Ollie the Dragon
Tracy Annn
Edward Murrow
John Daly
Education Lag in Integrated Washington Schools
In Washington tests after desegregation show lower academic levels for both races compared to national averages. Ninth graders read at 38 percent and 24 percent at or above grade level in reading and arithmetic respectively, with 47 percent of sixth graders reading at or below fourth grade. Experts tie lag to economic factors and insist remedial teaching, plus more special teachers, will be needed. The piece questions Supreme Court implications for future federal oversight and potential shifts toward mixed-ability classes.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the
United States
America
Irene C. Hypps
Supreme Court of the United States
South
Supreme Court
Learned French letters amuse Washington scholars at meeting
George Dixon notes a French savant addressed the American Council of Learned Lots, a misaddressed sign that drew no offense. The piece recalls light moments among professors, Boorstin and Keeney quipping about philosophers, and Ed Place among the dignitaries, amid reflections on thought and history.
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Washington
French Academy
American Council of Learned Societies
American Council of Learned Lots
D. H. Daughtery
Daughtery
le Societe Des Hommes Savants
U.S. Post Office
16Th St. NW
Mayflower Hotel
Daniel J. Boorstin
University of Chicago
Howard Mumford Jones
David Hume
Jones
Brown University
Barnnaby C. Keeney
Hume
Voltaire
Keeney
Ed Place
American Society For the Preservation of the Barber Shop Quartet
Nietzsche
Kant
Freud
Charlotte Rosseau
Congress
Gambol
Bald eagle nests found low in vegetation rare
The note describes bald eagle nests occasionally appearing low, even on the ground when suitable high sites are lacking. It also states Ben Nevis as the highest summit in the British Isles and mentions raw soybeans containing about 33 percent protein.
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Ben Nevis
British Isles
Harry Boyd on the Brink robbery and crime psychology
The Brink’s robbery shows criminals lack clever planning. success in crime mirrors weak safeguards and public trust. The writer argues confidence sustains society and crime thrives when people neglect rules, urging criminals to turn workmanlike and honest.
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FBI
Brink’s
Local Bowling Doubles Lead Reported at Sandy's Recreation Alleys
Twenty years ago this Sunday February 2 1936 Howard Sanders and Bob Brinkmeyer led 216 pins in doubles at Sandy's Recreation Alleys beating two Dayton opponents. Hugo G Schmidt Jr among 11 cadets named to Kemper Military School honor society Booneville Missouri. Groundhogs silent Middletown forecasts cold snap continues with more snow and cold ahead.
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Howard Sanders
Bob Brinkmeyer
Hugo G. Schmidt Jr
Kemper Military School
Booneville, Mo
Middletown
Delegates Named to Cincinnati Life Underwriters Conference
FE A Badger and C B Timmons were named delegates to the conference of the Cincinnati Life Underwriters Assn.
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FE. A. Badger
C. B. Timmons
Cincinnati Life Underwriters Assn
Eyeglass drive, blood donations, and patriot notes in local column
The column reports ongoing spectacles collection begun by the late Mrs. Bertha Perkins to aid Ohio Penitentiary inmates, with drop locations at Ortman-Stewart station or Perkins home. It notes a Le Sourdsville resident needing four pints of blood for surgery and where to donate, then reflects on Lincoln and Washington's birthdays and praises presidential self sacrifice and public service.
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Bertha Perkins
Ohio Penitentiary
Ortman-Stewart
S. Broad Street
Perkins
18Th Ave
Clarence James
le Sourdsville
Hamilton
Lincoln
Washington
George
Hollywood gossip and social swirl in Washington and New York
Dorothy Kilgallen and Margaret Truman resume romance talk. Oleg Cassini with Barbara Freking, a fling after Cassini’s Grace Kelly. Marilyn Monroe and Marlon Brando rumored co stars at 20th Century Fox, Brando tied to The Egyptian past. Ruthie Berle seen as power behind Milton Berle, others named include Sarah Krane and Joan Scott. Birdland tour with Vaughan, Hibbler, Basie eyed by Capitol lawmakers. Gilbert FenaIe with Nancy Berg at El Morocco, and a table with Errol Flynn noted. Chester Dale buys Salvador Dalí The Last Supper, gifting to museum. Gina Gray debut at Club Valentine with coach Aileen Stanley.
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Oleg Cassini
Barbara Freking
Grace Kelly
20Th Century Fox
Marilyn Monroe
Marlon Brando
David ‘Gimbel
Armando
Mike” Sweeney
Milton Berle
Ruthie
Ruth
Jack Carter
Sarah Krane
Washington Heights
Errol Flynn
Hope Hampton
Tropics
Southampton
Chester Dale
Salvador Dale
Palm Beach
Art Ford
Gina Gray
Valentine
Gina
Aileen Stanley
Estrellita Horoscope for Tomorrow and Year Ahead
The Stars indicate emotional tendencies and friendly evenings with congenial companionships. If your birthday is tomorrow, expect strong personal relationships through mid June, happy domestic life, some occupational ups and downs, and improving health in late 1956. A child born today will be enterprising and highly social.
Magda Gabor eyes foreign correspondence career pivot
The item notes Magda Gabor telling intimates she would quit to become a foreign correspondent. It also mentions Neila Aies announcing engagement to Jimmy Dell of The Goofers, boosting interest among rivals in Fanny, with mentions of admirers like Texas Slim Henderson and Carter Ross. Chauncey Olman shifts focus to managing unknowns, while Bob Widener’s sister Susan Brooks, a Ted Lewis Band vocalist, is seen courting him.
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Magda Gabor
Neila Aies
Jimmy Dell
The
Goofers
Fanny
Texas
Slim
Henderson
New England
Carter Ross
Chauncey Olman
Billy Daniels
Pearl Bailey
Bob Widener
Susan Brooks
Ted Lewis
New York
St. Louis
Margaret Truman Declines Signing Dollar at Absinthe House
Margaret Truman refused to autograph a dollar bill at Absinthe House, noting it is against the law to sign currency. Edith Reuben offered the bill for the ceiling, but Truman smiled and declined. In other notes, Paul Hartman plans a solo act as Ann Buckle enters Mr. Wonderful, and Gina Lollo seeks reconciliation with Magnani Mangano and Loren in Italy.
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Margaret Truman
U. S
Absinthe House
Edith Reuben
Margaret
Paul Hartman
Ann Buckle
Italy
Gina Lollo
Magnani
Mangano
Loren
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al Hibbler
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