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The Middletown Journal provides subscription options with per copy costs of five cents on weekdays and fifteen cents on Sundays. Carrier delivery in-city is 45 cents weekly, outside city 40 cents, with mail rates from ten dollars per year in trading areas to thirty five dollars per year for outside the U.S. Print is published daily by News Journal Inc since 1857.
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News-Journal Inc
Subliminal advertising under fire from FCC and Congress
The article examines subliminal messages in TV ads and the FCC's cautious stance. It notes experiments in New Jersey and Bangor, Maine with mixed results, prompting calls for rules. Congressional figures from both parties express concern while networks deny involvement, stressing the need for careful study.
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Federal Communications Commission
S.P
New Jersey
Bangor
Maine
Wtwo-Tv
F.C.C
Commission
Federal Trade Commission
Capitol Hill
Charles E. Potter
Mich
Senate Interstate Commerce Communications Subcommittee
Congress
Paul H. Douglas
Joseph S. Clark
Jacob K. Javits
R N.Y
Broadcasting Magazine
NARTB
National Association of Radio and Television Broadcasters
H. C. Becker
Tulane University
Understanding Problems Of Others On A Ship
Norman Vincent Peale recounts a shipboard incident with a man who lashed out at him and later opened up about his wife’s death. Peale describes how patience, understanding, and gentle spiritual outreach helped ease the man’s hurt and led to a calming Sunday church moment. The piece emphasizes objective empathy as a healing force.
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Japan
John
Norman Vincent Peale
God
Wich
Gliding Fish Fins Lack Air Vibration
Factographs explain that flying fish achieve their spectacular glides from momentum from underwater bursts and are not powered by vibrating fins in the air. Updrafts can lift the rigid-winged gliders 1000 feet or more above the water. Regent's Park zoo in London houses 7000 animals across 34 acres and offers a children’s play area with ponies goats rabbits llamas and other friendly residents supervised by hostesses.
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Regent's Park Zoo
London
Sparks Waterfall Drowns City Commission Meeting
Middletown officials endure a chaotic city hall scene as sparks from a house behind the building draw attention during a live WPFB broadcast. Carmody stays at the microphone amid dead air while spectators and press look on, the incident ending with a fire engine siren and no blaze. Volunteer photographers chase Miss America commentary reflecting on American ideals and conformity.
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Carmody
Middletown
Miss America 1958 Appears in Cincinnati Camera Store
Last Wednesday the Miss America of 1958 visited a Cincinnati camera shop to promote sponsors for the beauty contest. The appearance drew local fans and media attention as she posed for photos and discussed the pageant’s backing partners.
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U. S
Marilyn VanDerbur
Sym
Marilyn
America
Jesse Stuart
Saturday Review
Cincinnati
Eisenhower Faces 1958 Fight Over Space and Defense Plans
Eisenhower's State of the Union faces tough year as Congress weighs funding for space research and defense. Generals Gavin White and Schriever criticize budget and missile programs while Lyndon Johnson signals Democratic leadership if Eisenhower stalls. Lobster shipment anecdote contrasts with high defense stakes.
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Washington
Eisenhower
State of the Union
Congress
Russia
America
Senate
Lyndon Jonson
Texas
James M. Gavin
Army Research and Development
Thomas D. White
Bernard A. Schriever
Air Force
Johnson
White
Gavin
Private mail competition urged to replace postal monopoly
A Burlington Free Press editorial argues the US postal system is inefficient and tax funded. It cites Wells Fargo’s faster service, suggests licensing two private mail firms in a test area, and predicts better service and lower costs within three years. The piece calls for ending postmaster political spoils and moving toward competition.
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Wells Fargo
Library of Congress
Continental Congress
David Howe
The
Burlington
Free Press
United States
Howe
Kilgallen notes Broadway Bulletin items and showbiz gossips
Dorothy Kilgallen reports Johnnie Ray in Manhattan hospital awaiting a second ear operation with hopes of restoring hearing. Dean Martin teases crowd reactions from The Young Lions San Francisco sneak and plans I told you so cards. Greta Garbo hosts tea for Bill Marchant who is celebrated on 8th Ave. Jerome Robbins and Gillian Webb linked for 1958. Gregory Peck’s NY visit includes a six figure lawsuit served. Judy Garland leaves Las Vegas with refunds for New Year’s Eve act. Herman Ross pursues Annie Ross, while Joe Mankiewicz’s The Quiet American stirs Oscar buzz and Georgia Moll leads Italian beauty trend. Arnold Maxim tops MGM Records, The Happy Jesters parody famous stars, King Feisal educates Princess Fadhia in Britain, and Joe Glaser with Sugar Ray Robinson face legal wrangles. NBC touts M D International about doctors aiding nuns and medicos. Dancer Johnny Brascia and Movita postpone their wedding until after Brascia’s New York show opens with a Con cord Hotel party slated for February. Jack Paar show notes a tattoo closeup that nearly turned the studio into a parking lot.
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Johnnie Ray
Manhattan
Dean Martin
San Francisco
The
Young Lions
Bronx
Tony Randall
Dean
Bill Marchant
8Th Ave
Greta Garbo
Jerome Robbins
Gillian Webb
Gregory Peck
New York
Mike Todd
Phil Rizzuto
Billy Graham
King Feisal
Iraq
Princess Fadhia
Turkey
England
Joe Glaser
Sugar Ray Robinson
NBC
David Lowe
Johnny Brascia
Movita
Marlon Brando
Concord Hotel
Jack Paar
New Advice For Wives On Husbands And Hearts
The piece jokes about heart association guidance for wives to keep husbands well and wakeful. It mocks talk of exercise and avoiding symptoms while describing a fire at Oakland Naval Center and satirizing Soviet lottery schemes with red prizes and Volga automobiles.
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The
New York Heart Association
Aitch Kay
Aitch
Kremlin
Lincoln Day banquet speakers named for 20 years ago event
Middletown and Miami Valley Republicans planned Lincoln Day banquet with Col Theodore Roosevelt Jr as guest speaker. John W Bricker, Robert A Taft and Clarence J Brown listed among speakers for February program.
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Middletown
Miami Valley
Col. Theodore Roosevelt Jr
John W. Bricker
Robert A. Taft
Clarence J. Brown
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