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The Middletown Journal publishes evenings except Sundays with subscription options in the city area and outside, including prices for per copy, weekly carrier delivery, and mail plans in and outside trading areas. A biblical verse is printed at the end of the notice.
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Middletown Journal
First Ave
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Sunday News Journal
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Tirzah
Jerusalem
Soolmon
Legislative Batting Averages In Senate Voting Patterns
The piece argues that simple counts of administration supports are misleading due to unequal proposal importance and postvote changes. It cites Bricker amendment, reciprocal trade, Hawaii statehood, Alaska, tax credits, farm price supports, and other votes to show how weighting or different scoring could alter perceived pro or anti administration support.
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Congress
Bricker
Eisenhower
Senate
Hawaii
Alaska
Hawaii-Alaska
Treasury
House
T.V.A
Untimely End of Blair Moody Ex-Senator and Reporter
Former Michigan Senator Blair Moody dies after a vigorous career in Washington as a reporter and public servant. Appointed to succeed Vanderberg in 1951, Moody pursued reform with energy, ran in 1952 and narrowly lost, and succumbed to illness while planning another bid.
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Blair Moody
Michigan
Washington
Vanderberg
Williams
Moody
Senator Potter
Senate
Australians risking Petrov exposure and Soviet retribution
The piece notes Canada protected Igor Gouzenko from reprisals after defecting, while Australia has publicized Vladimir Petrov’s espionage disclosures. It warns that unguarded exposure invites an assassination risk, citing Trotsky’s Mexico death as a cautionary parallel.
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Igor Gouzenko
Canada
Vladimir Petrov
Australia
Petrov
Gouzenko
Leon Trotsky
Stalin
Mexico
Parity for City Dwellers? Archiculture Proposal Sparks Debate
Hal Boyle weighs a U.S. Department of Archiculture aimed at city living. Citizens joke about jokes, noting farmers gain parity while city dwellers face traffic, parks, and seeds for free. Several New Yorkers react humorously, some skeptical, others curious about federal aid to urban life.
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Department of Archiculture
New York
Washington
Congress
Filibuster Debate Undermines Senate Integrity
A Washington editorial laments the Senate filibuster by the liberal minority, arguing it harms legislation and the Senate’s prestige. It asserts censure should apply to obstructionist tactics, not just individual McCarthy accusations, and warns against expanding government power. The piece backs Eisenhower’s policy to curb government overreach and restore public self reliance.
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Washington
United States
United States Senate
Congress of the
McCarthy
Senate
Congress
Secrecy Evades State Department Shush at Hill Hearing
Washington report details an executive session mishap during discussion of a $5 million Inter American Highway appropriation. Rep. Rooney challenges the secrecy claim as Rep. Clevenger and Woodward sparred over what could be shared publicly. The piece closes with a wry note on GM executives leaving government service.
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Washington
State Department
Shusheroo
Robert F. Woodward
inter-American Affairs
Brooklyn
John J. Rooney
New York
Rooney
Bay Ridge
Buttermilk Channel
House Appropriations Committee
Cliff Clevenger
Ohio
Bureau of Roads
el Salvador
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Panama
Isomebody
Clevenger
Woodward
Mr. Woodward
Henry Holland
Rep. Clevenger
Council of the Organization of American States
Estrellita The Stars Forecast For Tomorrow
Possible complications in social romantic or domestic ties with elder interference. Tact diplomacy and humor help overcome undercurrents. Avoid extravagant purchases and long term commitments especially large sums. Evening favors correspondence creative pursuits and birthday influences suggest stimulating personal affairs.
Publicist Martin Heflin Disrupts Briefing With Guillotine Quip
An energetic publicist named Martin Heflin barged into a briefing brandishing a copy of the Department of Commerce weekly synopsis of procurement and contract awards. He shouted about India’s purchases and quipped about a guillotine, then struggled to be restrained.
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Martin Heflin
Van
Department of Commerce
India
Mr. Heflin
Government Ownership Debate Reemerges Over Atomic Developments
The piece notes a persistent dispute between government ownership and private control, with filibusterers opposing what they call a give away of atomic energy developments to private industry. It cites government owned channels already run by private companies for profit, framing it as an age-old debate between State Socialism and private enterprise.
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Nist
Eisenhoer
Senate
Freedom and initiative versus government control debate
The passage questions the clash between private initiative and government ownership, criticizing coercive senatorial tactics that block legislation. It asks why censure resolutions are unlikely, noting zeal in battling Communistic influences and defending individual freedom and democracy.
Conformity And The Nation Of Robots In The United States
A French newspaperman visiting the United States notes how he admires the conveniences but laments the loss of individuality. He sees uniform towns with chain stores and mass produced ranch houses, a country shaped by conformity like a giant factory.
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West Coast
Union
United States
New York
Los Angeles
Chicago
San Francisco
St. Louis
India Supply Mission buys guillotine for paper cutting
A narrator describes shouting threats and a document announcing purchase by the India Supply Mission of a guillotine, mistaken as a weapon. The gag involves posing as a Washington rep of a tumbril maker, with a mission spokesman confirming the purchase and a colleague reacting with disdain at the notion.
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India Supply Mission
Madame Lafarge
Washington
Mission
Americans state right to act after Chinese plane shootdown
A newspaper column argues the United States must show resolve after Chinese air force planes were shot down while searching for survivors of an attack on a British craft. It contends Russia may choose the next war time and place and urges readiness without provoking war.
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Sam
Hainan
Hollywood gossip and showbiz clashes in New York
Dorothy Kilgallen links and rumors swirl around Broadway figures as Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds are mentioned. The New York Yankees stumble on a 13 game win streak erosion and a Wilma Montesi scandal swirls in Rome touching Ingrid Bergman and Roberto Rossellini. The piece notes a new beer for women and other industry frictions plus Birdland tensions with Louis Armstrong over future performances. Marilyn Clark leaves husband Dan Hollywood for a Manhattan flat amid Pajama Game audience sightings.
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Carol Leigh
Gloria DeHaven
Eddie Fisher
Debbie Reynolds
New York Yankees
Ingrid Bergman
Roberto Rossellini
Rome
Wilma Montesi
Piero Piccioni
Bergman
Rita
Dick Haymes
Marilyn Clark
Dan Hollywood
Manhattan
Gary Cooper
Celeste Holm
L. A
Observations on Local Life and Church Influence
The narrator notes women in slacks and shorts and many clubs and PTA groups offering refuge from loneliness. He observes the strong church influence on residents, greater than in France, and comments on many suburban children attending Sunday school and the high church attendance.
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Pta’s
France
French Friend Chooses America To Buy A Ranch House
A friend contrasts native France with American conformity and systematization. He jokes about moving to America, planning to settle and buy one of those small ranch houses.
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France
America
Barbs and a Split Collarbone tale from a quiet day
A Ohio drugstore clerk broke his collarbone when he fainted after a customer asked for drugs. The scene unfolds with a curbside quip about gifts and patience as a family joke surfaces.
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Ohio
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George Dixon
General Motors
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Estrellita
Erich Brandeis
Dave Regan
Dorothy Kilgallen
Wally Cox
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Mr. Pepers
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Mr. Peepers
Joseph Pasternak
Jon James
MGM
Deanna Durbin
Frank Hogan
Jelke
Peter Lind Hayes
Mary Healy
Juan Peron
Drury Lane
Harlem
Bermuda
Zanuck
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Charlie Barnet
Las Vegas
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Paris
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Liz Whitney
Birdland
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Louwis Armstrong
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Indochina
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