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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1959
Page
18
The piece notes dwindling British country weekends as high taxes and scarce domestic staff curb lavish hosting. Hosts rely on small cores of staff like head butlers and chefs while guests arrive Friday and depart Monday, with church visits and formal dinners marking the fall of an era.
London Ontario AP reports Prince Philip commands attention on the royal tour with Queen Elizabeth II. He demonstrates confident, expansive public behavior, engages workers and technical details, and often leads speeches while the Queen appears reserved, boosting public relations.
William T. Grant founder and chairman of The W. T. Grant Company is honored on his 83rd birthday by 760 stores nationwide. He opened the first Lynn Massachusetts shop 53 years ago with $1,000, three backers, and the idea of a 25 cent department store.
Dr. Charles Heimsch, newly named chairman of the Miami University botany department, will direct a National Science Foundation grant of $6,400 for a one year project on Developmental Root Anatomy. The grant supports basic research at Miami University.
Farmers invested heavily in tractors during 1950 through 1953 totaling 214 billion dollars. The period reflects rising farm equipment demand and modernization of agriculture, with strong gains in tractor purchases across multiple states and farm sizes.
Dr. Kirtley F. Mather, emeritus professor of geology at Harvard, urges science and engineering students to gain broad, basic principles behind scientific matters. He stresses avoiding over specialization while building a solid foundation. He notes that engineers should blend depth with general knowledge.
Richard W. Reynolds fired a single shotgun blast at a rabbit in his front yard in Tucson. The shot struck the rabbit and shattered the neighbor’s front picture window, causing damage.
The remark warns that current education tends to produce skilled technicians who are effectively illiterate as human beings, highlighting a tension between technical training and genuine literacy and character.
About 200 workers at Willow Grove Amusement Park join the Seafarers International Union as they seek representation after other unions show no interest. The SIU organized the landlocked staff to secure labor rights at the park.
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