Middletown Journal Subscription Rates and Publication Note
The Middletown Journal outlines its post office mailing status and subscription pricing. Rates include per copy six cents on weekdays and five cents on Sundays, with weekly carrier delivery for 50 cents in city areas. Mail rates cover trading areas at 10 dollars per year for six days and 20 dollars outside trading areas for seven days, with 35 dollars yearly outside the USA. The paper, founded in 1857, quotes a biblical verse in its note.
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Labor chief seeks swift steel talks to avert nationwide strike
Secretary of Labor Goldberg aims to convene labor and management for early steel contract talks and to strengthen Taft Hartley mechanisms before possible paralyzing strikes. He urges Congress to back proposals before June 30, warning both major parties face credible threats from rivals.
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Department of Labor
Congress
Uneasy Brazil eyes Quadros return and looming crisis
The piece notes Janio Quadros plans to return from self imposed exile as Brazil faces political tension after Castro row at Punta del Este. Officials warn of danger while hardliners prefer he stay away, and the northeast braces for Communist pressure near Cuba. Pitchers Antonelli and Jensen leave baseball until spring.
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Brazil
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Quadros
Cuba
Organization of American States
Two State Handicap and Khrushchev Notes
A NY Democratic leader proposed Adlai Stevenson move to New York to run for governor, but Stevenson chooses the United Nations. History shows few cross state runs succeed, with Sam Houston and James Shields as rare exceptions. The piece notes politicians benefit from sticking to one state, and mentions hints of a Khrushchev policy struggle over coexistence and even existence.
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Michael H. Prendergast
New York
Adlai Stevenson
Rockefeller
Stevenson
United Nations
Sam Houston
Tennessee
Texas
James Shields
Illinois
Minnesota
Missouri
Harold £. Stassen
Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Khrushchev
Scientific-objective approach to handling criticism
Norman V. Peale describes a four question method to handle criticism: Is it true, who said it, is the critic valuable, and is the critic honest. He illustrates with anecdotes including a lab note about a "Protestant underworld" remark and Lincoln’s rise above abuse. The piece urges dispassionate analysis to deflate sting and encourages rising above criticism.
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Abraham Lincoln
Stanton
Illinois
Lincoln
Air conditioning and landmark firsts in early cinema era
Factographs note air conditioning as a large scale market driver with Grauman's Metropolitan Theater in Los Angeles hosting The Covered Wagon in 1923. Observations on river water contamination by saline intrusion. About 45 percent of US commercial office space and 3 percent of factory space are air conditioned. John Breckinridge becomes the youngest US vice president at 36.
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Grauman
Metropolitan Theater
Los Angeles
Elevator Misadventure Traps Journal Editors in Office
Journal sports editor Jerry Nardiello and aide Fred Sennet get stuck in a newsroom elevator during a coffee break. Telegrapher Jim Bohman jokes about the trapped pair as the elevator stalls. The incident ends when the elevator balks near deadline, leaving editors to face the delay. The piece also notes early year gloom for moms at PTO meetings and a veteran reminder to persevere.
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Journal
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Fred Sennet
Jim Bohman
Telegraph
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Nardiello
President Kennedy
Winston Churchill
Walt Disney
Nikita Khrushchev
Yuzo Tachiwa
Jawaharlal Nehru
Ol’ Jer
Vietnam policy tension and domino fears in Southeast Asia
In Washington a view that Vietnam dictates Southeast Asia fates is common. Kennedy faces pressure over Laos cease-fire, Viet Cong infiltration, and Diem’s regime reforms. Eisenhower and Dulles warned of domino collapse if Southeast Asia falls to communism. Diem’s leadership has drawn mixed US views as aid nears $2 billion and troop goals rise.
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South
Viet Nam
Southeast Asia
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
Indochina
United States
Dulles
Korea
Kennedy
Eisenhower
Laos
Ngo Dinh Diem
Diem
Dong
Smith sulks over Armed Services post in Senate
Maine Senator Margaret Chase Smith, the Senate's lone Republican woman, chafes at not being named ranking member of the Armed Services Committee. With Leverett Saltonstall moving up after Styles Bridges’ death, Smith argues Saltonstall should yield the post. Most Republicans favor Saltonstall holding the Armed Services chair, praising his bipartisan work, while Smith is known for grudges and independent voting history on issues like Strauss and McCone.
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Maine
Margaret Chase Smith
Senate
Armed Services Committee
Massachusetts
Leverett Saltonstall
Armed Services
Appropriations
Styles Bridges
Smith
Salty
Saltonstall
Armed Devices
Maggie
Celebrities and Rumors Roundup From Broadway to Sardinia
Dorothy Kilgallen and Jane Froman are linked to a Missouri campus recovery scene after Froman’s 39th operation. Ingrid Bergman and Lars Schmidt buy land in Sardinia for a villa, amid talk of island lifestyles. Bolivia eyes Soviet trade aid, hoping the deal spurs private U.S. investment. Rex Harrison impresses as Caesar beside Liz Taylor in Cleopatra. Ralph Watkins eyes Basin Street East revival in Lanai plans. Mort Sahl tensions with manager Milt Ebbins fuel Broadway chatter. Greenwich Village bars face federal scrutiny as exiled figures return. Shelley Winters’ Alex Viespi splits for London. Sheree North probes I Can Get It For You Wholesale talks.
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University of Missouri
Ingrid Bergman
Lars Schmidt
Sardinia
United Nations
Bolivia
Soviet Union
U. S
Russia
Rex Harrison
Caesar
Liz Taylor
Ralph Watkins
Basin Street East
Lanai
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Joe Kipness
Marlon Brando
Vinnie Mauro
Bruno
Frank “the Bug
Caruso
Sal Maner
Greenwich Village
Alex Viespi
Shelley Winters
Light of Love
London
Siobhan McKenna
Sheree North
Arthur Laurents
Jazz gossip and world politics mingle in a noisy column
Counts of defense moves and cultural gossip fill the page with notes on Count Basie, American airlift to Vietnam, Kennedy sending Harkins, and deeper U S involvement. Also shifting music scenes, film delays over Satan Never Sleeps, famed personalities, marriages, and publishing chatter across jazz, theater, and society pages.
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Maxwell Taylor
Taylor
Viet Nam
Kennedy
Paul D. Harkins
Parochial pupils protest over homework amid pay dispute
Coventry England scenes show 1 500 pupils demonstrating as teachers refuse homework claims amid a wider pay squabble. Tunis fair visitors note Habib Bourguiba sampling a doughnut during U.S. exhibit tour. An Arctic tern covers 8000 miles in four months. Italy again defeats the United States in the Davis Cup interzone finals. San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge reconstruction spans four years.
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England
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