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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1957
Page
4
The Middletown Journal lists subscription prices by delivery method and area. In city 30 cents per week, with Sunday edition 40. outside city 25, with Sunday edition 35. mail rates 9 dollars and 15 dollars annually, and 35 dollars for outside U.S.A. all payable in advance.
Public dispute erupts between the Pentagon and the National Guard Assn over the revised armed services reserves program set to begin April 1. It requires six months of active duty training for Guardsmen and other reservists, with various enlistment and reserve timelines changing under the 1955 act.
The Senate Banking and Currency Committee opened hearings on modernizing federal banking laws and may consider a special national monetary and financial commission for a two year inquiry. The President seeks a non governmental commission of able citizens while Hoover type commissions are alternative. Past monetary commissions involved lawmakers only, raising questions of representation and usefulness.
A. Wayne Hawks, 80, head of the White House Office of Records, answers lawmakers questions on legality and intent of laws. His work tracks complex cabinets and commissions, notes the backlogs, and aims to reduce unnecessary paperwork while studying past administrations.
City officials Walter Braun and Elmer Reed permit Lambda Chapter of the Phalanx Fraternity to sponsor a dance with proceeds aiding flood relief. School patrols for the year will be funded by the School Board and City Commission. Limited electrical power prompts warnings against excessive usage in the Cincinnati flood emergency.
Paul Harvey warns against tearing down southern traditions for rapid growth. He cites Tallahassee’s history and the value of climate, culture, and institutions, urging a compatible union of past charm and future expansion to preserve the region’s grandeur.
A collage of gossip and trivia notes on marriages careers and quirks. It recalls tough husbands actors and bartenders and cites humorous anecdotes about Mickey Walker broadcasts and famous couples while noting language quirks and a camembert statue in France.
President Eisenhower jokes with reporters as Walter Bennett slips on a damp doormat and a running gag about four more years follows. Pat and Mamie Nixon host reporters while ex GOP chair Len Hall sings a parody about the great unwashed. Elizabeth Arden wears a pearl necklace with a fake $8.20 replica.
The forecast urges careful effort to avoid mediocrity and to pursue original ideas. It cautions financial prudence in 1957, promising eventual profitability and personal harmony, with travel plans in July or August likely to succeed and good work developments in October and November.
Middletown residents invited to Roosevelt Junior High tonight at 7 30 for a lecture by Prof Lowry W Harding of Ohio State University on The Ideal School. Harding helped survey local schools last year offering first hand insights and possible improvements. A caller notes the talk will benefit all residents who pay taxes and shape local schools.
Dorothy Kilgallen reports in Gotham on mid summer heir or heiress odds for Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller. Jordan Summers tests for Warner Brothers lead in a Jean Harlow bio with Dizzy Gillespie Mary Lou Williams.
The report notes motorists in England may drive about seven miles daily under wartime rationing rules. It cites hardships for workers living beyond three and a half miles from their jobs and hints at broader austerity impacts.
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