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Hooray For The Derby Opti-Derby Inspires Middletown Youth
Middletown youngsters learn perseverance through the Opti-Derby on Central Avenue. Twelve year old Kent Johnson emerges as a wholesome winner, reflecting the community’s spirit. Participants show graceful acceptance of defeat and vow to compete again next year.
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Black voter registration in the South rising slowly
A Southern Regional Council report shows 1940s to 1956 growth in Negro voting age registration from 200,000 to 1,238,000 across 11 Confederate states, with stark gaps in rural counties and some states recording as low as 4 percent. debates note that registration does not equal actual voting and juries may require voter eligibility.
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Wisconsin GOP primary narrows race for McCarthy Senate seat
Seven Republicans compete in the Wisconsin GQP primary for the Aug. 27 Senate race to succeed the late Joseph R. McCarthy. Historical patterns suggest the primary winner may also win the general election. Democratic candidate William Proxmire is a notable contender in a state with a strong Republican tilt in presidential races since 1944.
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Eisenhower
The Jazz Age and its Lawless Decade Echoed
Hal Boyle reviews The Lawless Decade by Paul Sann and George Horn showing the Jazz Age as liberty and excess, with figures like Gertrude Ederle Lindbergh Dempsey Ruth and Capone, ending with the 1929 market crash that wiped out 30 billion in paper values. The piece recalls a era of prohibition flappers and Wall Street mania.
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Emile Cove
Gertrude Ederle
Charles Lindbergh
Jack Dempsey
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Bill Tilden
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Clarence Darrow
H. L. Mencken
al “Scarface
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Dutch Schultz
Jerr
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Coercionism Won't Work In Congress in Civil Rights Aid
Washington opinion argues coercive tactics fail in Congress. It criticizes threats to cut federal school funds and dismisses liberal support for coercion. It urges persuasion, voluntarism, and true liberalism to advance civil rights without coercion.
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Russians Avoid Golf and Boxers Make Headlines
E V Durling notes Soviet Russia aims to be the top sport nation by developing a heavyweight boxing champion and sending a tennis player to Wimbledon. He observes no golf exists in Soviet Russia and recalls Marcus Loew’s MGM origins via Rex Ingram film The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. He also refl ects on fashion, hair, hats, and a Brooklyn launch day fishing for swimming lessons and neighborhood lore.
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Estrellita Horoscope For Tomorrow And Birthday Prospects
Tomorrow's favorable influences continue with smooth job and home matters and harmonious social dealings. If tomorrow is your birthday the horoscope promises happy prospects at the start of a period of job progress and financial gain within three months but warns against overspending in November. Romance and creativity show strong potential. a September romance for singles and late-year recognition for efforts. A child born now will be ambitious and devoted to family.
Day Death Called It July 17 1957 Suicide Day
Paul Harvey recalls a day of multiple suicides on July 17 1957 across New York Chicago Lebanon and Sheridan a 27 year old woman in a penthouse a 12 year old boy a 16 year old and others all ended their lives. He notes no war or crisis and ponders why so many chose death that day.
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John N. Popham
New York Times
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J. F. Oppinger
Chicago
Carl Arnold
Lebanon
N. J
Danny Dmytheshin
Sheridan
Charles Tompkins
Philip Kitsch, Jr
Central Park Avenue
James Vincent
Milk price hike looms in Middletown this Friday
Milk prices in Middletown are set to rise to 12 cents per quart this Friday. Obituary notes David F. Dillon Sr., 62, a retired paper maker and active Democrat, died after a 10 day illness. Six Americans at Yenching University in Peking are isolated as heavy shelling continues. J Leighton Stuart refuses evacuation. Robert Bell named assistant fire chief as promotions move ahead in the city department.
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Democratic Party
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China
J. Leighton Stuart
Eisenhower Breakfast Club and a Pot of Pork
A humorous critique of President Eisenhower hosting breakfast gatherings with Republican lawmakers. The author mocks how Congress members focus on food and breakfast minutiae rather than voting on policies. He notes several lawmakers sit close to Ike and laments the preoccupation with meals over civil rights and governance.
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Rights Erosion Under Status of Forces Treaties
George Sokolsky argues that 1951 Status of Forces treaties cede American soldiers rights in NATO states and Japan. He lists twelve rights limited or lost, notes Japan’s special provision on injuries, and fears erosion of due process. The piece reflects on constitutional limits and asks if troops should remain abroad.
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Roman Hruska
Nebraska
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