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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1955
Page
4
The Middletown Journal lists subscription rates for home delivery and mail service including city area prices, outside city area, and international options. A biblical verse is printed after the pricing section.
Congress considers a Hoover commission like U S Commission on the Aging and Aged to study five areas: employment income health housing family relations and leisure. Co sponsors span parties with Dirksen Douglas Bricker Lehman Ives among them. Mos t experts warn aging workers face high unemployment unless action is taken and a House committee examines age discrimination from 40 to 65.
Government leaders defend railways as an indispensable part of the nation’s transport system. They say railroads underpin production and growth, with some officials urging modernization of regulatory laws to maintain fair competition among carriers.
Over the last decade electricity sales have doubled and will likely double again by 1965 due to population growth and industrial demand. The article contrasts government socialized power, with massive public spending and tax implications, against regulated private enterprise expanding power through private savings and taxable assets, arguing private development benefits all with public, regulated rates.
New York columnist Hal Boyle poses humorous queries about everyday life and human quirks. He ponders why women fear mice, why leather heels persist, bank habits, funeral attendees, mirrors, and oddities of aging, pets, mothballs, national flowers, and taxes. The piece playfully invites curiosity about a wonderful world.
George E. Sokolsky argues Senator Wayne Morse of Oregon, once Republican, has re registered as a Democrat, viewing the move as a corrective act rather than a change. He draws parallels to Churchill, notes the overlap of parties, and contends modern Republicans and Democrats share liberal and conservative wings, with Morse openly anti Eisenhower.
Billy Graham plans a six week Glasgow campaign starting March 21 with 11 000 seats in Kelvin Hall and 3 000 overflow seats via closed circuit TV. A London run May 14 to 21 precedes continental tour as organizers seek Hampden Park for a windup.
Estrella stars advise not mixing pleasure with business due to possible obstinacy from those in power. Evening hours suit quiet activities like reading and listening to music. tomorrow birthdays face optimistic five month window for occupational and financial gains, with initiatives, courage, and imagination key. Travel favors in August and September social activity, December brings new business opportunities. a child born that day will be intelligent and highly empathetic yet hypersensitive.
At a Chicago military industrial conference leading educators warned that the United States is technically undermanned for defense and peaceful progress. Dr. Rettaliata cited U.S. and Soviet figures on engineers and scientists, noting undersupply of graduates and teachers. General Groves challenged incentives under the current economic system, calling for reforms to attract more youths to engineering and advanced study.
Costa Rica became Central America's first coffee nation after a 1820s rush post independence. Coffee grew to dominate the economy and remains the chief export. The Suez Canal connects Mediterranean and Red seas. The highest inhabited place is Tibet's Hanie cloister at about 16,000 feet. White is the common color in flowers.
An eclectic slice of history notes shifts in diet, industry, and exploration. It mentions Americans eating 192 pounds of vegetables yearly versus 115 pounds in 1900, automotive businesses' share, Patagonian shores named New Haven Green, New Haven sealers, Dutch immigrants heading to Venezuela in 1955 to join 7,000 others, electric blankets protecting concrete in winter, and the earth's path toward the star Vega.
A humorous slice shows a doctor ordering fried chicken for an ill woman who demands duck under glass. The twist reveals the duck arrives as a real gift from another doctor, solved by diet play and goodwill. Also brief sketches about two girls debating boyfriends end with a shy confession about a ditched police pickup.
Dorothy Kilgallen reports on Ann Corio's taped wires, Marge Wilson linked as Don Richards widow, and plans in California. Magnani, Dewey, Hutton, Bernhard, and Adams are named in gossip, with Melchior memoirs, Stritch, Dali, DeHaven, and Jessel affairs noted. A colorful slice of New York celebrity life.
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