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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1958
Page
4
Middletown Journal advertising and delivery terms list per copy and mail rates for city and trading areas, with six and seven day period options and international pricing. The notice also notes publication by News-Journal Inc and includes a Bible verse.
Republican and Democratic lawmakers doubt the Budget’s $466 million surplus for the coming year citing last year’s $1,813 million forecast that turned into a deficit of $398 million this year. Officials attribute shifts to lower receipts and higher outlays, with defense and debt costs up while most other expenses decline. The President attributes the hoped for next year’s gain to stronger economic expansion and notes no tax increases are planned.
The article examines how the Constitution leaves unanswered who declares presidential inability and if a Vice President serves the remainder of the term or if the President resumes power after recovery. It notes Senate hearings led by Kefauver and a joint committee with the House. It traces the Vice Presidency’s origins to 1787 debates and reactions from Gouverneur Morris and Elbridge Gerry.
The Boy Scout movement reaches a 50th anniversary, tracing back to 1908 in England when Baden-Powell put it on a national footing. He wrote Scouting for Boys, based on his 1907 camp, and earlier trained men in South Africa during 1889 1900. The US Boy Scout organization formed in 1910 with a federal charter in 1916. The Girl Scouts began in 1915, inspired by the Girl Guides in England.
Hal Boyle observes his daughter Tracy Ann now 40 and independent, joking about a child’s march toward self sufficiency and evolving family dynamics. The piece plays on a playful contrast between a child’s claims of independence and a parent's reminders that growth continues.
In a Senate briefing General Nathan F. Twining argues for restricting congressional demands on military leaders. He says officers should not be forced to critique civilian budget decisions and urges committees to obtain documents from civilian secretaries instead. He warns that probing officers to expose civilian incompetence risks insubordination and politicizing the armed services.
Washington observers mock the bashful tones of Senator Irving M. Ives and Rep. Craig Hosmer who describe themselves with Jeffersonian and youthful images. The piece notes Hosmer’s atomic credentials and Stennis’s quiet reaction to Gen. Nathan Twining’s testimony.
The article notes several historic white oaks on Maryland's Eastern Shore, highlighting Talbot county's Wye Oak as a monumental tree 95 feet tall with a 165 foot spread and a trunk nearly 28 feet in girth, while mentioning European settlement and early government hires.
The column advises scheduling tasks early, staying open to business suggestions, and avoiding a know it all stance. It notes a forthcoming year of idealism and tolerance with potential domestic and business tensions, urging restraint and daily quiet meditation.
A 1938 survey shows a coordinated drive against gambling and gaming equipment in many Ohio cities. The Middletown Hospital Welfare Auxiliary hosts a dance at Armco Auditorium for 50 couples with El Ratliff's orchestra. Walter Eichel seeks a new trial in the Berk Milks Control Act case. Hamilton Big Blue beat Middletown 32 to 22 before about 2,200 fans at Middletown High School gym.
A letter from Mrs. E Richardson urges film makers to focus on the child audience or risk losing young viewers. The note recalls taking three year old Cindy Jo to a movie and her objections. A dog adoption plea follows, highlighting a Britanny Spaniel needing a home and misdirected contact information.
Dorothy Kilgallen reports Meredith Willson in California pursuing The Music Man film rights with a blank check from Frank Sinatra. Helen Hayes plans a brief hospital visit to rest. Peggy Lee to appear on Perry Como TV January 25.
A playful roundup notes two of 25 rats preferring whisky to water, a racehorse Man O War retirement at three, talking fish rumors, ostrich egg boiling, 16 centenarians hosting a party in Azerbaijan, a carthorse collapsing a delivery bike in England, and Spot the British collie aiding a huge turkey flock.
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