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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1955
Page
4
Advertising note lists per copy and weekly carrier rates for Middletown Ohio edition with Sunday News Journal, mail rates for trading and outside areas, U S subscription prices, and payment terms. Includes office address 1007 First Ave and a Proverbs quotation.
President Eisenhower sails toward the Geneva conference with unusually broad support from both parties in Congress. Senate votes show decisive backing for defense pacts with Nationalist China, Southeast Asia, West Germany, and Austrian Peace treaties, plus strong approval of foreign aid and reciprocal trade measures.
The Portland Oregonian argues bigness aids U S leadership and mass production while noting size alone does not create monopoly. It cites chain stores and central buying groups as examples of mass distribution with lower costs and high competition, stressing monopoly depends on behavior not scale.
A Chicago convention of dry goods and variety stores highlighted plans to promote and sell more. Leaders noted lower food prices, rapid turnover, and strong competition from national chains to family shops, benefiting consumers and worker purchasing power.
In Gatlinburg Tennessee officials note rising bear to tourist interactions as the Smoky National Park expands from North Carolina to Tennessee. Police report 14 bear maulings this year linked to feeding rules violations as visitors mistake bears for friendly wildlife.
Tomorrow's lunar aspects favor tackling hard tasks and finishing outstanding matters. You may find new savings ideas, especially during the afternoon and evening for short trips group activities and entertaining at home. If tomorrow is your birthday expect forward movement in personal and work affairs with caution in August financial matters.
David Lawrence argues creeping inflation driven by union wage demands and corporate price hikes threatens the dollar’s value. He says government inaction amid labor and corporate power leads to price spirals, devaluation, and broader economic decline, with breadlines looming.
A newspaper writer scorns chain letters as a wasteful project for researchers and readers. He recalls breaking a good luck chain and reflects on a Yucca Flat bomb delay, suggesting a potential chain letter that might work regardless of sending.
A mix of concise definitions and facts covers depots versus stations, word origins for alpha and beta, US family apparel spending, seasonal work variation, the Four Horsemen, Thailand’s farmer share, Mocha coffee origins, and a note on eminent domain.
Washington diary notes describe India's roving ambassador V K Krishna Menon as aloof and serious, provoking irritation with his demeanor and long constitutional rights discourse. In a separate scene, Senate Majority Leader Lyndon B Johnson endures heat illness and cigarette withdrawal, joking that he would trade seniority for a cigarette.
Government uses eminent domain to acquire land for public use and pays market value. In golf an eagle equals two strokes under par. Chain stores hold over twenty percent of U S retail trade.
The American Rolling Mill Co donated five acres on Yankee Road for a park with plans for a swimming pool and tennis court. The City Commission adopted an ordinance creating an assistant police chief post to be filled by Captain Henry Brinkmeyer. WPA relief workers were guaranteed a 30 hour work week.
The 1952 Workshop in Utilization of Community Resources at Middletown, led by Armco, trains teachers to study and adapt local resources for classroom use. Now sponsored by the Middletown Industrial Council and Miami University, it offers six college credits with 29 local teachers enrolled. Field trips visit Middletown industries, and national publishers and media crews monitor the program as a model for nationwide grassroots education.
Dorothy Kilgallen sketches Manhattan chatter from Ava Gardner to James Cagney. Frank Sinatra ponders divorce action. Gardner delays legal steps. Piggybacked items cover Gwen Verdon, Scott Brady bills, Edith Piaf gossip, Zani buying El Morocco, Paulette Goddard, Ethel Waters, Adlai Stevenson and Winston Churchill influence notes.
Tin Pan Alley buzzes with heat and oddity as industry exerts say business stalls, citing a Capitol recording whose sales spiked after renaming from The Popcorn Song to Too Pooped to Pop. Ezzard Charles travels to Las Vegas to court Norma Washington at Moulin Rouge.
Marilyn Monroe grows popular with Fire Island residents as she spends substantial time there, drawing local attention and excitement.
A report notes New York state soil conservationists planted 15 million trees this spring. The piece questions leaf cleanup after the effort and mocks ongoing government measures.
The column jests about Ike's trout visit and New England politics. It notes Treasury Secretary Humphrey on taxes, jokes about optimism and golf, and teases new Air Force uniforms. Weather, solar eclipse notes, and Yukon gold dust speculation pepper the playful roundup.
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