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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1957
Page
4
Middletown Ohio edition lists subscription prices for different delivery areas and frequencies. Rates include 6 day mail at $10 per year, 7 day outside area at $17.50, and international at $35, with per-copy and carrier options.
Public employees face tightened budgets as pay hike proposals gain limited congressional support while inflation fears grow. Union strength remains weak with only about a quarter of federal workers and a tenth of state local workers in unions, limiting bargaining power and keeping strikes largely unused.
Wall Street writer Miss Julia A. Wilson, a onetime Southern belle now a top specialist in financial literature, explains her method. She dictates drafts then refines them four times, producing up to 5,000 words a day under deadline pressure.
Guy W. Morgan aged 60 was the oldest among 530 entrants in the National Senior AAU Amateur Horseshoe Contest in Cincinnati. A bogus check artist stole 174 dollars from Colin Hardware, Diver Coal, and Diane Furniture in under an hour. Charles Keuthan, 74, received a life membership in the Knights of Pythias. Lois Rathman hosted a swim and dinner party at Forest Hills Lodge for junior socialites. Mrs. K. C. Conklin named third color bearer for Ohio Daughters of Union Veterans Tent 129.
The piece recalls 1893 federal election interventions, urging that Congress should not repeat the force bills era. It cites Senator Ellenor’s Louisiana remarks and House reports condemning federal supervision of voter registration as harmful to state sovereignty and political fairness.
A jumbled advice and query column recalls a mix of pop culture notes from a remembered year. Topics include a stage hit, Tallulah Bankhead and others in Red Hot and Blue, a Kentucky Derby winner, Gone With the Wind, King Edward VIII’s abdication, and questions on height and names.
Paul Harvey argues that government charity to Ojibwa in Northern Ontario breeds dependency and decline. He cites the transition from hunter bush life to welfare reliance, TB deaths, and social decay as evidence that well intentioned aid harms independent communities.
Factographs note the original federal tax system relied on import duties with no excise tax on distilled spirits. This reflects early fiscal policy before later tax additions.
Estrellita notes a day of strong Venus influence boosting inspiration and practicality for creatives. Those with birthdays tomorrow may see unusual financial gain in early September and late November, with good prospects for domestic and social life late 1957. December offers creative work stimuli and profit potential early 1958, with November tact needed to avoid temperamental clashes. a December ending hints at a strong 1958 start. A child born today is said to have magnetic personality but may be domineering.
A Citizens Committee press release mocks Washington politics and mail mishaps. Sen. Ralph Yarborough shares Scouts' Texas wildlife with humor, while Sen. Wallace Bennett faces prank bill amendments. A street car tunnel mishap near the Senate garage ends with a selfimportant lawmaker questioning the chauffeur.
A California intersection halted by four wild geese landing on the roadway. Drivers slowed as the birds lingered, tying up traffic and drawing curious onlookers amid the odd roadside scene.
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