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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1956
Page
4
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National Junior Achievement Week and National Youth Week coincide this week. In Middletown 200 Junior Achievers hold a three day open house to showcase production, capital, finance, stocks, and profit loss as they work with 15 local JA companies and advisers.
A House Judiciary subcommittee examined advances in bugging devices and looming gaps in federal and state wiretap laws. The discussion focused on intercept and disclosure requirements, calls for new nationwide rules, and potential court authorization or AG approval for tapping. The New York legislature also probes private detective wiretapping practices.
Jersey City profile of Frank G. Atkinson, head of Joseph Dixon Crucible Co. and 129 year old firm, detailing a shift from on payroll favors to loyalty driven by pay, profit sharing, advancement, and worker ownership. Atkinson advocates recognizing workers as essential and urges younger workers to seek challenging leadership roles.
President Eisenhower has indicated he will not seek a second term if the decision rests with him. He cautions health and the presidency’s demands could preclude running, notes the possibility of nominating Nixon as vice president, and says his choice would consider the nation’s welfare over personal ambition.
Harvard professor T North Whitehead warns that Americans risk conforming to conventional business thinking as a model for national thought. He credits much progress to businesslike ideals but cautions that Conservatism may curb original ideas, while arguing practical tools aid innovation.
Mrs F A Jones and Dr D F Gerber led the Ramblers Club program at the Gordon home. The annual Birthday Ball drew over a thousand attendees despite severe weather. A Reading Railroad night express derailed, falling 30 feet, causing three deaths and 31 injuries.
Workmen remodeling the late Sen. Robert A. Taft’s Washington house at 1688 31st St. unearthed three bottles of vintage champagne from 1931 and 1937 sealed in a wall near a fireplace. The house, bought by David Ginsburg, is being rebuilt with $125,000. the fate of the champagne remains academic.
The piece argues that Eisenhower’s name affords protection to himself and associates, not only fending off criticism but also preventing it from being voiced in the first place.
A Quehanna Bridge enters an abandoned canal bed near Sunbury Pennsylvania. The site lies along the old waterway with the structure remaining as a historic remnant of the canal era.
The Stars indicate a congenial day for job matters and smooth routine tasks with caveats on spending. A birthday chart hints at romance prospects, possible marriage after June 9, social gains, and rising prestige in the coming months. Uranus in the sixth house urges original daily work, with caution on finances in November and December.
Hollywood star Lew Ayres launches a three month tour in major cities to present his film series Altars of the East about Asian religions. A success in Los Angeles drew crowd of 500 with seven day holdover, prompting him to consider dedicating time to further religious film projects. Ayres aims to film introductions and explore Christianity and mankind's religious development including a potential focus on New Guinea. He served as a medical corpsman in World War II.
A collage of showbiz bits: Dorian Leigh returns to Italy to rejoin Marquis De Portago amid his wealthy mother's opposition while Oscars betting heats up with Marty leading. Dionne quints ghostwriting talks. Damita and Flynn dispute resolved over owed support. Las Vegas hotels courting gamblers with freebies. DeGaulle plans monastery. Christine Norden debuts in America. Charrington seen with Sharman Douglas. Pasternak’s Meet Me in Las Vegas excites exhibitors. Gordon MacRae touring with Peter Lind Hayes. Sidney Kornheimer helps Lola lead. Sherry O’Neil pursuing theater as husband faces 18 months solo. Go Fight City Hall plays poised in Hollywood. Zardi’s opens on Hollywood’s scene. Luciano rumored to have visited the U S repeatedly since deportation.
Collective notes touch on penny production by the United States Treasury, a water odor removal tip, hybrid animal descriptions, newspaper publication frequency, fishing as outdoor recreation for about 12 million Americans, the California mission swallows near San Juan Capistrano, a description of a Roman numeral shaped bird nest, Rio de Janeiro’s population around 2.65 million, household washers in one fifth of American homes, and a global rainfall distribution fact resulting in about 29 inches of water if evenly spread.
Widespread uproar in a Pennsylvania tow nship over barking dogs and cackling chickens prompts calls for supervisor intervention. A Michigan man claims tire kicking led to a violent explosion injuring his leg.
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