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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1955
Page
6
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The Dixon-Yates deal faces more scrutiny as Memphis plans its own plant amid AEC and TVA tensions. President Eisenhower backed a Memphis self‑reliance approach while calls for canceling the contract intensified, and the FBI has entered the dispute.
The piece argues that historic railroad regulation, built to curb a past monopoly, now hinders progress amid competition from trucks, buses, and airplanes. It cites potential elimination of 700 passenger trains and shows how a single high speed train could replace two older services, improving payment basis and accommodations.
Alfred C. Peterson argues advertising should be selective and cost effective. He ranks newspapers as the top medium for reaching local markets and the exact audience for local lenders. The statement emphasizes local business scope within a national industry.
New York profile on Dilys Lay known as Dilly by friends. The Welsh actress rose in The Boy Friend to stardom on Broadway at 21. She longs to be taken seriously beyond cute flapper roles and seeks independence away from family.
Tomorrow advises a steady, moderate path with cheerful effort and guarded spending. For a birthday in 1955, aim for attainable goals occupationally while continuing work for year end progress. Late December and early 1956 offer rewards for well managed responsibilities and relationships show favorable aspects. A child born today is seen as honest, capable, and resourceful.
The Stassen report to Congress portrays Soviet distress from raw material shortages and grain import needs, worsened by Western embargoes. It argues economic leverage and political concessions shape Moscow’s diplomacy, with a call for conciliatory talks at Geneva and warnings for the free world to stay wary.
The Stassen report notes that Western imposed transaction and transit controls curb Soviet access to embargoed goods. The Foreign Operations Administration states these cooperative measures improve efforts to curb illicit trade. Despite some loosening of item definitions, heavy goods and materials flow eastward remains restrained.
Washington diary notes a busy week with Fourth of July events and efforts to reconcile Burma's U Nu with Ezra Taft Benson. The author jokes about Dixon Yates and comments on Blair House privacy and a transit strike.
A local Potomac community faces trolley strikes described as inconvenient but not crippling. The piece hints at broader resilience, stressing that only a gag could truly paralyze them, and notes the constant confusion felt during the urban stoppage.
Massachusetts congresswoman Edith Nourse Rogers, described as a lovely gray haired gentlewoman, entered the House restaurant amid orchids and called the moment a sort of occasion. She remarked she has been a member of Congress for years, implying long service.
A narrator muses on skipping reservations in Minnesota to attend a Berne Switzerland jubilee marking 50 years since Einstein’s relativity theory. He imagines a gathering of theoretical physicists and chemists debating the epochal ideas, hoping for insights into time and space while noting the challenge of explaining the concept to lay readers.
In March 1925 Mrs Rogers, an American housewife, was not interested in women’s suffrage. After her husband Rep John Rogers died, she ran in a special election and was elected to Congress in his place, saying she believed he would have wanted it and that he always said she should be in Congress.
A prize winning creamy white bloom from Canada is named the Peace Rose and is hoped to blossom broadly. A Washington DC survey finds one in four pedestrians jaywalking while other pedestrians remain calm. Texas police report two men labored two hours to break an unlocked safe containing only $12.
Dave Regan reflects on the joy of summer days and pool adventures as kids shrug off heat while adults crave a cure for aging. He mysteries why youth seems endless and wonders science could uncover why the young enjoy heat so freely and how to ease life for those around them.
Dorothy Kilgallen notes dinners and romances among stars. Dave Raskin courts Peggy Lee. Marilyn Monroe and Getty headlines appear. Susan Hayward, Jess Barker, and court dates surface amid income tax checks.
Beldon Rattleman owner of El Rancho Vegas faced a high profile paternity suit from a former Copa girl but the case was dismissed and faded from coast to coast headlines. Rumors remain around Kim Stanley and Kurt Conway while RCA Victor executive Joe Carlton eyed Rossano Brazzi and Hepburn in Summertime during recent auditions.
20 Years 20 MONDAY JULY 1935 Don O'Brien captured the first prize in the golf tournament held during Armco's three day sales conference. A. O. Harter and wife hosted friends for a LeSourdsville Lake cottage supper. William Shawhan, Butler County relief director, said FERA would be replaced in August by the Works Progress Administration to provide work for relief recipients.
The text notes that World War II soldiers averaged three quarters of an inch taller than World War I troops. It mentions apricot pits cleaning metal parts, bacterial action creating cheese holes, and a rise in car travel by U S families. It cites city coin hoards with Cincinnati nickels and San Antonio dimes, Minneapolis quarters, plus zinc coating use on iron and steel.
The Alpine willow is cited as the smallest tree in the United States. It barely reaches six inches in height and may stand only one inch tall in some cases.
Five major rivers of New England originate in the granite hills of New Hampshire. The treason crime section is defined in the U.S. Constitution. A samovar is a Russian tea urn with an interior heating unit.
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