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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1954
Page
4
The Middletown Journal lists prices for per copy and carrier delivery in city and outside areas. It includes Sunday News Journal options and annual mail rates, with subscription terms and a Bible quote ending the page.
The editorial praises Middleton's acceptance of one way traffic while noting the Industrial Council's probing questions to city authorities. It surveys Egypt Britain tensions over the Suez Canal, UN Security Council disputes over embargoes to Israel, and US British French positions on armistice terms and potential troop redeployments.
Congressional editor questions Rep Harold Velde chair of the House on American Activities Committee over plans to probe press coverage of his panel. The piece doubts the need for a congressional inquiry to judge wire service reporting and wonders about potential minimum news volume rules.
Tomorrow favors helping friends and neighbors with strong personal ties and shared cultural activities. Avoid new business ventures, keep discussions impersonal, and beware risky speculation. focus on routine duties. The year ahead promises rewards, romance, family favor, and a clever child, with caution against dissipation.
Hal Boyle reviews a play about a bored housewife who seeks independence and a psychoanalyst. The piece contrasts the imagined glamour of life outside with the grueling routine of modern work and domestic duties, arguing the outside is really just the inside out.
Washington quarrels over why Manion was dismissed from the Commission on Intergovernmental Relations. The piece argues Truman officials misrepresented the firing as neglect of duties, not response to Manion's Bricker amendment views, and accuses the Eisenhower administration of evasive tactics and political double-talk. It cites Sherman Adams, Governor Thornton, and Dudley White in support of a truthful account and questions the pace of the commission's work.
A columnist questions Western fears of Soviet power while lampooning Red hopes like a sleep machine and a Pobeda car. He cites Molotov, the Big Four, and 1952 Pobeda production, noting limited Soviet progress and dubious claims amid Cold War rhetoric.
On George Washington birth day a humorous note on Secretary McKay conducting a whale census at Point Loma California. The piece jokes about counting Pacific gray whales, political intrigue, budgets, and international accords while blending satire with whimsical asides.
Twenty years ago on Friday February 23 1934 Lemon Township schools held a student staff gathering at Monroe school with a dinner prepared by Home Economics girls under Miss Leora Campbell.
The report notes continued Russian boasts and threats, suggesting possible bluffing this time. It emphasizes skepticism about whether the posturing reflects real intent or merely rhetoric.
Dave Regan notes aging war stories mellow with memory at a Fort Wayne reunion where wives grouped with war widows. A Dayton News and Middletown Journal AP photo mixup shows a two day old dromedary labeled daughter vs son. Ex-detective Jess Dennis argues with Frank South over a robin misidentified as a sparrow.
Dor o thy Kilg a ll en stirs Rome with Gardner and Chiari links while Kilg arian wa y s through other showbiz whispers. Cla ims of romance envolvendo Dominguin Hayward Churchill Eden He pburn veer between fame, feuds, and legal threats as tabloids chase sc n.
The article notes Twentieth Century Fox seeks 2 million from Marlon Brando, arguing as a publicity move for all involved. It suggests Brando lacks the funds and that advertisers doubt he could proceed with a runaway act, while Lisa Kirk faces a March 4 Plaza ring-date amid virus illness.
In a Hialeah theater lobby the head usher discusses how open boxes are parcelled and recalls a Guggenheim box patron who began with a $1000 wager on the daily double and has escalated bets each race, prompting comments to manager John C. Needles. The exchange hints at shifting energies and political tensions as the dialogue veers toward propriety and democratic sentiment.
Palm Beach society whispers name a titled Italian as its most popular man about town this season while a Brooklyn barber fears creditors will strike before he secures a wealthy wife. A famed TV comic visits his psychoanalyst daily including Sundays. An heiress sells shares of her inheritance at half price, unloading part of a 20 million dollar fortune. A very rich young man battles increasingly publicized drinking bouts, alarming friends.
In a Q and A format the world population growth is described as about 70,000 people per day. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck is noted as a defining twentieth century novel. A magpie can be tamed and taught to speak simple syllables such as parrots.
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