Middletown News Journal Ad and Prophetic Prose
Middletown Ohio publisher notes subscription rates and distribution details. The page features a grand claim about the Assyrian army failing to capture Jerusalem, attributed to Isaiah who predicts a plague of mice that neutralizes their bows, framed as a dramatic deliverance in history.
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Middletown
Ohio
First
U.S.A
News-Journal Inc
Senacherip
Jerusalem
Isaiah
Congo unrest challenges Belgian paternalism amid independence push
Congo protests and the Abako group threaten Belgium over self rule as Congolese seek emancipation. U.S. ties rely on Congo uranium exports while postwar reforms expand participation. Leopoldville riots spur debate on future independence and regional stability.
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Belgian Congo
Congo
Africa
Conscience Africaine
Leopold II
Belgium
International African Association
Leopold
United Nations
Leopoldville
United States
Canada
U.S
Myths About The Market Highlight Tax Frustrations
Keith Funston president of the New York Stock Exchange argues the market mirrors broader economy and reveals inflation fears. He notes stock shortages investor tax disincentives and the double tax on corporate dividends distorting financing and growth in the economy.
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Keith Funston
New York Stock Exchange
Hits and Quirks from a Witty Mailbag
New York AP column compiles assorted fun facts and quips from Hal Boyle. Topics include rising viruses, salt as a road deicer, milkman routes, tact, shopping bag tips, tea varieties, and humorous observations on aging, drinking pills, taxes, matrimony, and gendered body fat standards.
Congress Set To Wrestle With Ike Policy In 1960
Washington dispatch outlines a busy two year Congress under President Eisenhower. Democrats and Republicans anticipate conflicts over programs but expect maintained civility and gradual progress with Johnson and Rayburn guiding a shifting liberal-conservative balance.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Senate
Sen
Everett Dirksen
Illinois
House
Rep
Charles Halleck
Indiana
Joseph Martin
Massachusetts
Sam Rayburn
Lyndon Johnson
Alaska’s Bartlett Wins Senate Seat In Coin Toss
In a chaotic Capitol scene at Gruening’s Gambling Hell the two new Alaska senators Ernest Gruening and E L Bartlett faced a coin toss to decide who would claim the senior seat. Bartlett arrived late, a wire service correspondent tossed, and he won the toss to become senior senator at age 54.
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Washington
Gruening
Senate
Capitol
United States
Ernest Gruening
Alaska
E. L
Bob” Bartlett
State No. 49
Bartlett
Secretary of the Interior
Oscar L. Chapman
Mr. Chapman
Oscar
Sotto Voce
Senator Gruening
Senator Bartlett
Florida retirement life in Pompano Beach Highlands
Reporter Jim Bishop profiles Bertha and Elias May of Pittsburgh who, at 74, buy a white cinder block house in Pompano Beach Highlands for 6790 dollars with a 25 year mortgage. They enjoy a simple, low tax, low stress life near Miami and Palm Beach, with neighbors mostly retired northerners, and note Florida’s home owners tax break.
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Florida
Atlantic Ocean
Miami
Palm Beach
Pompano Beach Highlands
Strd_ St
Bertha
E. Edwards May
Elias Edwards May
Pennsylvania Railroad
Ann Katherine
Pittsburgh
Mays
Anna Katherine
Anderson
Cleveland
U.S
St. Petersburg
Fort Myers
Daytona
White House
General Development Corp
Mr. May
Mrs. May
May
Christmas Time Roundup Of Kindness And Small Miracles
A local reflection notes families aided after a fire near Peasttown with furniture and clothing, a Woodruff family dog returned home, Blue Ball strays finding new lives, and kittens finding homes. Edward from Middletown Hospital has regained some movement, attributed to new determination sparked by readers. Now a plea for cards to Marsha Dean Back, a ten year old battling rheumatic heart disease in bed for another month.
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Shannon Fife
Internal Revenue Service
Bon Ami Institute
Peasttown
Woodruff
Edward
Middletown Hospital
Marsha Dean Back
Dale
Lowell St
Celebrity rounds pepper Dorothy Kilgallen feature scoop
Dororthy Kilgallen among celebrities as Felipe Pazos son of Cuban banker named head of the Cuban National Bank signals regime links. Nancy Olson and Prince Charles d Arenberg duet. Bing Crosby annoyed by Kathy Grant trapeze shots. Sir John Gielgud sought by Columbia RCA MGM for Ages of Man. Hamet and Romeo and Juliet remain best sellers. Barbara Hutton’s ex Beau Jimmy Douglas hospitalized. Errol Flynn bio interest grows with Cesar Romero. Shavians note. Clifton Webb reunites with Gene Tierney for Holiday for Lovers at Fox. Broad way liquor license dispute. Dizzy Gillespie coat theft at Birdland. Suzy Parker’s modeling comeback. Jacob Sarnoff’s health book. Newport scene with Ann Woodward Jenna Rutherford.
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Felipe Pazos
Washington
Batista
dad—Felipe Sr
Cuban National Bank
Nancy Olson
Prince Charles d'Arenberg
Bing Crosby
Kathy Grant
Columbia
RCA
MGM
John Gielgud
Hamet
Cleveland
Georgia B. Shaw
Mr. Pennypacker
Clifton Webb
Fox
Gene Tierney
Laura
State Liquor Authority
Dizzy Gillespie
Birdland
Suzy Parker
Dorothy Sarnoff
Jacob Sarnoff
The
Newport
Ann Woodward
Jenna Rutherford
Horoscope for May 1959 Encourages Initiative and Cooperation
Estrellita advises readers to work cooperatively and use initiative to advance pet projects and future goals. If tomorrow is your birthday you enter a five month financial and career upturn, with emphasis on showcasing talents to attract influential supporters. A 1959 outlook urges active effort, not aggression, to shape a prosperous year in business and personal life.
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Hal Boyle
New York
America
Grace Downs
Walter Slezak
Ralph Waldo Emerson
James Marlow
Sen. Johnson
George Dixon
Cain
Jim Bishop
Dave Regan
Donse
Dorothy Kilgallen
Anna M@gnani
Rome
Tony di Bella
Jerry Grays
Joan Barton
Eddie Fisher
Castro
Havana
Brad Crawford
Barbara Hutton
Jimmy Douglas
Chicago
Hiddad
Air
Jimmy
Errol Flynn
Fidel Castro
Cesar Romero
Cuba
Brigitte Bardot
Pat Carroll
Carnegie Playhouse
Friends
Dan Topping
Charlotte Lillard
Alice Lawson
Jan Desmond
Latin Quarter
Steve Cochran
Farley Granger
Voisin
Henry Fonda
Marquesa de Portage
Capt. Molyneux
Jean Campbell
Estrellita
Dennis the Menace
Manda Wyo
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