Middletown Journal subscription rates and basics
The Middletown Journal lists pricing and mail options for subscriptions in Middletown Ohio. Rates include per-copy, weekday 6 cents, Sunday 15 cents, carrier 50 cents weekly, and mail plans from 10 dollars to 35 dollars annually. The publication is by News Journal Inc and traces its founding to 1857.
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Prices and promotion in tranquilizer sales spark Kefauver probe
The Senate subcommittee examining drug pricing focuses on tranquilizers like Miltown. It cites freebies to doctors, payola concerns, and high advertising costs as drivers of a multi hundred million annual market. The APA warned of misuse and early results hype. Drug spending surpassed physician bills in 1958, hinting at access issues but FTC says high prices rarely curb demand.
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Mack-Whiteside retrial over Miami TV channel bid begins
Federal Communications Commission official Richard A. Mack and Miami lawyer Thurman A. Whiteside face retrial Monday January 25 on charges they tried to rig the award of a Miami television channel. The case follows a 13 week mistrial amid a probe into federal agency ethics from the 1957-58 study and the Adams resignation.
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Ted Husing a Good Man in Trouble and Recovery
Jim Bishop profiles Ted Husing once at the top of his fame, a quarter of a million dollar yearly salary, and immense charity. After a brain tumor left him blind and nearly voiceless, Husing rebuilt his life in Pasadena with a stubborn comeback, writing a memoir My Eyes Are In My Heart and urging readers to buy it to help him.
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Unclear US convention turnout and Copenhagen ticket prices
The excerpt ponders 18000 annual US conventions and rough fireman visitor counts. It notes Danish audiences paying up to seventy dollars per ticket for the opening performance of an American musical comedy in Copenhagen.
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Copenhagen
Steel executives weigh inflation deal in gray area
Washington executives from major steel firms say the settlement of the steel strike was not wholly bad for industry. They credit circumstances and congressional action with forcing the price and wage changes, noting reduced employment costs and a shift in work‑rule attention. They caution about future price decisions and legislative risks, while acknowledging gains in public focus on work rules.
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Americans See Powerful Ladies At 1960 Candidates Party
Washington dispatch recalls Ameri can Newspaper Women's Club event where clubwomen greeted presidential hopefuls with hearty handshakes. The piece notes candidates courted attention, Symington struggled to locate his wife, and the reporter jokes about cocktails and the crowd amid the unusual caucus room party.
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Stuart Symington
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Middletown 1940 airport field test and steel mill gift
Twenty years ago on Saturday January 20 1940 Middletown saw a $60000 check delivered to Charles B Stiles secretary of the Middletown Airport Assn Inc by City Solicitor Fred J Schatzmann turning the field into a testing ground for Aeronautical Corp of America planes. John B Tytus American Rolling Mill Co received a model four high continuous mill at a dinner honoring his steel industry contribution. Opal and Thelma Ballard perished in a house fire on Gideon Road while their mother sister and brother were treated for burns at Middletown Hospital.
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Charles B. Stiles
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John B. Tytus
American Rolling Mill Co
Opal
Thelma Ballard
Gideon Road
Stella Ballard
Lois
Edward
Middletown Hospital
Kennedy and Nixon party scene with senators and guests
The passage notes Senator John F Kennedy arriving with a rumored hairdo while declining to speak. Miss Mary Vaughan, president of the club, reacts with a joke as Kennedy’s rebuttal is cut off. Senators Humphrey and Gore, and Gwen Cafritz join a receiving line, with Cafritz not named a possible running mate and Nixon not appearing.
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John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Mary Vaughan
Kennedy
Humphrey
Albert Gore
Tennessee
Gwen Cafritz
Nixon
Wood Use in U S Reaches 63 Million Cords Annually
Estimated 63 million cords of wood are used each year in the United States for fuel, comprising about one-eighth of the nation’s total wood consumption. This figure highlights wood as a major energy source and reflects widespread reliance on forest resources.
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Do and Donts of Exams and Teen Smoking PSA
A school guide lists exam prep tips covering time budgeting, reviewing formats, prioritizing high spots, physical prep, and exam strategy. It warns against cramming, long study stretches, sleepless nights, late arrivals, and poor posture while urging careful, deliberate answering and legible writing. The piece ends with a blunt anti smoking message for teens, stating smoking is common, expensive, health damaging, and a personal risk.
Broadway-Hollywood Wire Highlights Dandridge Wardrobe
Dorothy Kilgallen reports on IRS crackdown affecting a famous star and Gala showbiz tidbits. Debbie Reynolds and Glenn Ford romances swirl while Joan Collins and Brigitte Bardot appear in fashion notes and industry chatter.
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Debbie Reynolds
Thunderbird
Miami
Ingemar Johannson
New York
Blue Angel
Glenn Ford
Land of Sunshine
Joan Collins
Hollywood
Tony Perkins
Metropole
Larry Wade
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