Middletown Journal subscription rates notice
The Middle Town Journal lists subscription prices for in city and trading area readers, with options per copy, weekly, and by mail including Sunday News Journal add ons. The page includes a biblical verse from I Samuel 2 12.
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Middle Town Journal
First Ave
Middletown
Ohio
Carrie
Sunday News- Journal
Sunday News-Journal
Mail
Sunday News Journal
Ali Mail
Eli
Belial
Impulse Buys Flush Debt Counselors Say Tie Spur Odds
A survey by debt-adjustment counselors and consumer credit groups warns impulse purchases such as neckties, TV sets, and cars push families deeper into debt. Typical installment burdens involve eight to 15 creditors totaling 1200 to 2500 dollars on annual incomes of 3000 to 4000 dollars. Counselors seize wages, renegotiate payments, and enforce strict budgets, often banning neckties to restore solvency.
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Chicago
Des Moines
Detroit
Oil Tax Depletion Debate Sparks House Commerce Scrutiny
The House Commerce Committee examines recent gasoline price rises, with oil industry spokesmen blaming higher costs. Some members allege collusion and gouging, warning Congress could curb the 27 percent depletion deduction used for oil, gas, and minerals to spur new exploration.
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House Commerce Committee
Congress
Truman
Treasury
Dismissal of Beria signals shift toward single power in Soviet Union
The article traces past Soviet and world three man power blocs from Stalin to Beria’s arrest, noting that triumvirates usually fail and predicting Russia may revert to one man rule. It compares Lenin, Trotsky, and Stalin era dynamics with Caesar and Napoleon to illustrate cycles of concentrated authority. The Western world hopes for a calming period despite looming instability.
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Beria
Malenkov
Molotov
Russia
Stalin
Kamenev
Zinoviev
Lenin
Trotsky
Julius Caesar
Pompey
Crassus
Rome
Octavian
Mark Anthony
Lepidus
Napoleon
France
Soviet Union
June brides learn to manage money without sparks
Hal Boyle reports veteran husbands offer blunt advice for new wives on taking over the family finances. They suggest gradual control, three cash piles, a budget book, and timing tips to avoid quarrels. Aiming to keep harmony, they urge small personal splurges for husbands and prudent, steady shifts in spending. Tomorrow: how a bride can shed her husband’s old pals.
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New York
Tax Law Can Hurt Businesses in 1954
A Senate subcommittee warns that delaying tax refunds and accelerating 1954 payments risks small business failures. Higher excess profits taxes plus quick March and June remittances reduce working capital and may deepen a 1954 downturn. The report urges prompt refunds and year 1953 and 1954 abatement to shield enterprises.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Small Business Committee
Inhibited Youth Surprise at Barnum Festival Queen Vote
At a King and Queen selection in Bridgeport Connecticut the crowd cheered 36 contestants from all walks of life. Audrey Graham, declared Queen, was praised as a striking candidate as youths demonstrated lively democracy in action amid abundant teachers present. The event contrasted grim alarms about free speech with a vivid display of uninhibited student enthusiasm.
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America
Klein Memorial Auditorium
Brigeport
Conn
Connecticut
Bridgeport
Audrey Graham
Bridgeport Telegram
Adams Aide Shows Lavish Transport Taste In Washington
Washington gossip notes for Sherman Adams recount his purchase of three costly vehicles including a government limousine for work and a private hardtop for weekends. It notes his modest New England roots, a high powered DC license number, and the contrast with prior pay. It also mentions a REA hearing tactic and ends with a personal wedding note involving Senator Dennis Chavez's daughter Ymelda Chavez.
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Washington
Sherman Adams
White House
Missus
Old House
Congress
Troleys
New Hampshire
Adams
Eisenhower
New England
Ike
D.C
D. C
District of Columbia
American Beauty and the American Youth in Focus
The piece portrays a tall grocery worker and aspiring engineer Bob Skerritt, a life guard and future physical culture instructor, and highlights 11 year old Italian immigrant Delia Marie Rinaldi who, despite arriving from Benevento Italy with no English, becomes first honor student, Rose Queen, scholarship leader, and grocery cashier. It extols American opportunity and youth.
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King
Bob Skerritt
Delia Marie Rinaldi
Benedento
Italy
Campagna
Naples
Sikorsky Aircraft People
Nixon Emerges Untarnished In Eisenhower Team
Washington report notes Vice President Nixon dodges controversy after a tumultuous pre election period. Since inauguration he has stayed largely out of headlines, presiding over Senate sessions, assisting Eisenhower in Congress, and attending White House meetings. Nixon’s steady conduct contrasts with earlier agitation over his private expense fund.
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National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
Congress
Wily Cooperative Association
Senate
Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Eisenhower
White House
National Security Council
Cabinet
Ike
Capitol
House
Alger Hiss
Hiss
State Department
Fire Island Fete Becomes Provincetown of the East
Dorothy Kilgallen notes Fire Island as a seething playground where Broadway migrants, real estate tycoons, and socialites mingle behind private gates. A Polly Adler tribute weekend drew 400 partygoers amid cops at the door, sequin bikinis, halter tops, and headlines of romance and rivalries. Johnny Jelke was seen amid a literary chat as housing crunches keep beds scarce and prices soar.
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Fire Island
Woolcott Gibbs
Cherry Grove
United States
New York City
Sophronia
Broadway
Television
Tin Pan Alley
Hollywood
Greenwich Village
Polly Adler
Perle Mesta
Johnny Jelke
Reflect and Plan Ahead for Home Refresh and Family Joy
Reflect before large expenditures and avoid discussing finances. Changes at home look favorable now. plan outside renovations or interior décor. Domestic and family matters are in good shape, with a strong year ahead for birthday individuals born tomorrow, including creativity and influential friendships.
Miami Cabinet Division Sold to Philip Carey Company
William Snider returned from trips to Cleveland and Detroit as the Miami Cabinet Company of Middletown was purchased by Philip Carey Company of Cincinnati. New owners, among globe’s leading asbestos product makers, appoint Vincent J. Bramlage as general manager of finance and production and Martin J. Coffey as sales manager. The Middletown operation will continue as The Miami Cabinet Division of the Philip Carey Company.
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Miami Cabinet Company
Middletown
Philip Carey Company
Cincinnati
Vincent J. Bramlage
Martin J. Coffey
Miami
Philip Carey Comepany
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Hal Boyle
David Lawrence
Erich Enders
George Dixon
REA
Subcommittee
John Foster Dulles
Dean Acheson
Taft
Senator Morse
Baldy Brannan
Ymelda Chavez
Dennis Chavez
New Mexico
James Marlow
Don Whitehead
Dorothy Kilgallen
Miss Midnight's
Estrellita
William Snider
Cleveland
Nennis the Menace
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