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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1958
Page
4
The Middletown Journal lists subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions, with in city and outside city carrier prices and mail options for trading area and beyond. The notice also includes a biblical quotation and publishing information dating to its historic 1857 founding.
NAACP pamphlets urge Negroes to seek admission to segregated public housing while Protestant churches fund a three year drive to create pro desegregation sentiment among white homeowners in three eastern cities. The effort totals 175000 in church support as groups push for change amid persistent extralegal segregation and legal action in New York City and state court rulings.
The Country Weekly lineage voices Belleville Telescope's A. Q. Miller Sr. and family. It highlights the editor publisher’s 60 year tenure, co publishing roles, and seven other weeklies plus one daily. Sterling Press book Jayhawk Editor chronicles rail era journalism.
Hal Boyle reports a mailbag of curious truths from 18th century money depreciation to modern quirks. Highlights include Washington’s wartime loss, the Moon’s brightness, Miss New York entrants and doughboy heights, archery growth, Valentine sales, and Da Vinci's lens theory.
Miss Betty Hansel of 1207 Manchester Ave is among five Middletown women beginning a four month probationary training at the Middle town Hospital School of Nursing. Local sportsmen push for a Clinton County artificial lake. eight petitions circulate under the Fish and Game Assn. leadership to dam Cowan Creek. General Francisco Franco proclaims himself president dictator of Nationalist Spain in Mussolini fashion.
Waldo E. Repp a central office repairman for the Ohio Bell Telephone Co. was awarded a gold service emblem recognizing twenty five years of service in the telephone business.
The article argues over whether federal troops could police Brooklyn schools amid rising crime and racial tensions and discusses the Little Rock precedent. It critiques mayoral and gubernatorial reluctance, notes executive actions, and examines the constitutional limits on federal intervention.
A physician recalls the dying Lincolns aide Seale and contrasts old tough care with modern medicine. The piece surveys rising education costs and high charges for hospital care with doctors billing monthly and patients bearing the price of surgery blood and room fees. He cites Artie and a wife’s hospital bill and laments condescending doctors and money driven care.
Dorothy Kilgallen reports on high society whispers about Jack Walker ending his marriage and possibly marrying Faye Emerson. Evelying tales swirl around Grace Metalious, George Raft, Jeri Southern, and Sophia Loren’s film plans. The piece also touches on hospital bills, nightlife venues, and TV ink from Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca.
The article notes more than 125000 beauty parlors across the United States signaling a strong consumer demand. It highlights widespread growth in this service sector and suggests substantial business opportunities for operators and investors.
Readers receive a humorous note on St Francis de Sales as patron of journalists and a call for mercy and better printing. A rambling Irish joke about a state named after an Irishman and an early birthday greeting follow in a compact readers' mail section.
George Dixon suggests a satirical exchange program to flood the Soviet Union with American entertainment. He ponders sending horror and sci fi films, Broadway music, and cultural fare to shape Russian tastes while mocking arms race anxieties.
The Full Moon brings strong creative inspiration and risk of emotional tension. If tomorrow is your birthday push ahead with plans for future security now. Expect job and financial gains, a lull until September, and caution with spending before November.
Harriette Underhill is credited as the United States' first woman turf reporter. She worked for the New York Telegraph in 1908.
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