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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1957
Page
4
The Middletown Journal lists per copy and weekly carrier rates in and out of the city, Sunday edition options, and mail plans for trading area, outside trading area, and international delivery. Subscriptions are payable in advance and published from 1007 First Ave Middletown Ohio.
Don Whitehead’s book traces the FBI from its 1908 origins to a modern agency. It highlights Hoover’s rise, political battles, and the bureau’s fight on crime while defending civil liberties against claims of gestapo tactics.
As 1956 ends, Cyprus and Ireland confront demands for island governance by majority groups. Irish Republican Army raids from Eire target Northern Ireland while Greek Cypriots press for rule, met with Turkish minority resistance and Western hesitation.
A joint SEC and New York AG guide warns investors about fraudulent stock schemes. It urges skepticism of cold calls from unknown firms, demands written information, and stresses understanding risks and avoiding tips or rumors before buying securities.
A New York column muses on Elvis style sideburns as a teenage fad and a badge of youth. Meyers Shnitzier of Gillette explains such whisker trends arise in unrest periods, tracing Burnside and Valentino as precedents and noting playful feats about beard growth and testing products.
Twenty years ago the Jonathan Bayard Smith Chapter of the DAR scheduled a relic exhibit for its January gathering. Mrs. C Thompson hosted with help from Mrs. W M McDonald and Mrs. Harry Hensey. Doris Heller marked her eighth birthday by treating guests to a theater outing with Wiley Shirley Goetz Patsy Weatherwax Lucille Vradella and Barbara Darragh.
Armco Steel a greyhound owned and trained by C A Burnett set a track record for a quarter mile by finishing in 26.2 seconds.
Carl Reosstelt of the Middletown Wrestling Commission barred wrestler Al Getz from competing here after Getz participated in a riot in Zanesville the prior week.
George E. Sokolsky criticizes inviting Tito Zhukov and Nasser to the United States noting a photographed president Nehru with a calm Black Angus bull. He questions East West unity and the ethics of hosting such figures while referencing Truman era norms and public reception.
The column muses on specialized haircuts for men and the extra cost versus value. It notes three woods pine oak and birch as good for fireplaces while elm smolders poorly. A Virgo aside comments on matronly figures and a joke about see America first attributing the origin to Fisher Harris of Salt Lake City Chamber of Commerce in 1905.
A fragment referencing Churton Collins and a remark about the patron saint of tax collectors and Saint Matthew appears in a discussion of named romantic episodes. The sentence hints at literary criticism or a quotation framing but lacks a full context.
The tallest regularly active pro basketball player noted is 8 foot Tiny Reichert who played for the House of David. Mizpah in wedding inscriptions means The Lord watch between thee and me when we are absent one from another.
The prompt asks for ten five letter words from the letters in Constitution in about five minutes. A baby would rather be resting, while the task invites playful letter play and quick word generation.
Washington set the stage for a new Middle East aid program by a leak followed by a private briefing to reporters. Dulles has steered the messaging since late 1955, aiming to win public and congressional support while gauging reaction to the planned aid expansion.
A father argues he holds authority in child rearing over mothers and urges new parents to discuss this with their wives when a newborn arrives at home.
The text asks if a secretary suffers from stenographer’s spread and suggests playing fowling as a remedy to slim hips and waist. It frames fowling as a sport that can streamline a generously proportioned female.
The text mixes notes on the electric eel and its power, John Paul Jones serving as rear admiral in the Russian navy, hard shell crab softness, medieval tallies used by the Exchequer, and the Royal Gorge bridge over the Arkansas River as the highest bridge above water. It also mentions the English prime minister title in historical context.
Tomorrow brings fewer distractions and more time to plan work and manage affairs. Evening vibrations are friendly aiding romance and family harmony. If today is your birth date you enter a good cycle for earnings and investments with fewer serious obligations ahead. June to October offers social and domestic prosperity.
George Dixon recalls a vacation to Mexico City with a diverse group including Merle Oberon and Dolores Del Rio to attend the Continental Hilton opening. He notes sightings of Chapultepec Castle and Sleeping Lady mountain, plus a Christmas Eve Midnight Mass in Georgetown featuring priests and altar boys of Ethiopian, Caucasian, and Mongolian descent.
On December ninth of eighteen thirty one a Mexican Indian Juan Diego saw a radiant figure who claimed to be the Virgin Mary and urged a church be built at the site. The bishop doubted until December twelfth when the vision returned and roses blossomed on a barren hill. Juan Diego presented the flowers in his mantle and a likeness of the Virgin appeared for all to see.
A collage of wry observations on science sleep learning sports laundry and fashion items. The reader is reminded of a Oklahoma farmer alarm stories Eskimo fur value and an electoral college joke about 33 presidents.
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