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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1956
Page
4
Rates listed for Middletown Journal subscriptions by carrier and mail. In city and outside city areas prices per week and annual mail options with and without the Sunday edition. Published every evening except Sunday from 1007 First Ave Middletown Ohio. Isaiah verse cited.
The State Department chief indicated he will not rush US financing for Egypt's Aswan dam and may ignore Congress if no limiting proviso appears. The long debate traces Soviet, British, and World Bank involvement, with President Nasser pressing for rapid final agreements as of July.
Dorothy Kilgallen lauds newspapers as readable on trains planes and buses and clippings in scrapbooks. She notes newspapers offer adjustable reading and lasting clippings while radio and TV have drawbacks. The piece argues newspapers dominate homes and advertising the economy.
The article explains the high rewards and substantial risks of oil drilling, citing billions spent on thousands of wells with many dry holes. It notes a record deep Louisiana well costing 2.4 million dollars and the expense of laying miles of pipeline. It also highlights the rise in gasoline octane and the 500 million cost to raise octane by one number.
Washington column notes Kefauver jokes about grass mowing and a White House pool as reasons to run. The piece shifts to Barkley memorial events and Humphreys busy at the Capitol, then critiques Kuchel over Morse and McKay comments. It closes with a GSA hog bristle sale quip.
A light column notes quirky trivia about eye color affecting sunburn risk population growth and other odd facts. It mentions Salem witch trials dog days of summer and small historical details about Lincoln and the Boston Tea Party in a breezy aside.
H. H. Herne, general secretary of the YMCA, leaves for Lake George New York to attend a YMCA conference and the summer school of training. C. Woodward, a well known paper mill executive, dies at his home on South Main Street. Raymond G. Adair of the Butler plant American Rolling Mill Co. is elected director of the Association of Iron and Steel Engineers.
Washington editorial warns that the steel strike cripples railroads, trucking, construction, and other industries, causing billions in losses. It argues for mediation or arbitration to curb inflation and prevent long term economic collapse from repeated work stoppages and rigid union demands.
A quirky column offers book picks for retirement, humorous musings on lonesome bachelors, basil to ward off pests, and odd trivia about shaving blades and hot dogs. It also shares astrology notes for Taurus and Gemini and reader Q A about performers and horse breeding.
Dave Regan offers tips from the Handwriting Foundation on mailing postcards and keeping addresses. Pack address lists, write legibly, bring writing supplies, stamps, and self addressed envelopes, and send cards from the road to stay connected and return with fond memories.
Dorothy Kilgallen chats with Paul Hartman about loving show business in all its forms. He recalls nearly missing Show Boat Cap'n Andy role, early Broadway misfires with Bob Hope, a funny onstage sock incident, and filming Man on a Tight Rope in Austria amid children’s antics.
The reading urges harmony in relationships, smooth work matters, and problem solving. It notes financial focus from now to December and mid August to mid September tension if fatigued. November is favorable for finances, with a reborn person promised keen wit and sales talent.
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