Best New Books Arrive As Publishers Send Treasures Home
A roundup of recent books includes John O’Hara’s The Big Laugh a sharp portrait of 1930s Hollywood. Biographies Prince of Democracy about James Cardinal Gibbons and Tell Dublin I Miss Her by Dominic Behan join Ploesti by Dugan and Stewart, plus many World War II histories and a new O’Neill biography by Gelb. reading remains the cheapest way to visit far off places.
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Hollywood
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Brendan
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White House
Putnam
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Karl Meyer
Hiroshima
Jerry D. Lewis
J. Edgar Hoover
Morris Ernst
Alan Hynd
Don Whitehead
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Eugene O'Neill
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Barbara Gelb
Middletown Ohio Postoffice Subscription Rates Notice
Entered at Postoffice Middletown Ohio as second class mail matter. Subscription rates are per copy six cents on weekdays and fifteen cents on Sundays. City and suburban carrier fifty cents weekly. Mail in trading area six days ten dollars yearly. Outside trading area seven days twenty dollars yearly. Outside USA thirty five dollars yearly. All mail subscriptions payable in advance. Founded in 1857. Published every day by News Journal Inc.
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Lord Jesus
Summer Safety For Children By Dave Regan
In summertime safety becomes critical as outdoor activity peaks and accident risks rise. The piece warns parents about child injuries from dogs, playground hazards, sun exposure, and risky car and street dangers, urging careful supervision and common sense to prevent tragedies.
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Middletown
Praise From Malraux Inspires Dual Hope And Challenge
Andre Malraux, French minister of state for cultural affairs, praised the United States for its culture and wartime restraint in a visit toast. He lauded America as a nation waging war but not worshiping it, wielding power without seeking it, and inspiring peaceful aims. The piece urges Americans to meet the implied standards with a firm yet magnanimous spirit as national power grows.
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United States
Malraux
Biography of Boston mayor John Fitzgerald known as Honey Fitz
The Kennedy family notes include John F Fitzgerald of Boston, grandfather to the president, nicknamed Honey Fitz for his yacht. A three term congressman and two time mayor, he twice failed to win higher office against Henry Cabot Lodge the elder, with a later political win by his grandson in 1952. He popularized the song Sweet Adeline during his 1905 mayoral campaign.
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Honey Fitz
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Senate
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Americans seek shorter weeks and more pay yet wonder how to spend both
The piece argues that longer leisure and higher earnings do not guarantee happiness. It notes modern life brings new anxieties from specialization and automation, and warns against wasting free time or obsessing over wealth. The challenge is to use time and money constructively rather than unprofitably.
Government Intervention Hurts American Economy
David Lawrence argues excessive government meddling stifles the free market and profits. He criticizes Kennedy era interventions, urges tax reform and wage-profit incentives to restore growth, and warns against a slide toward socialism. He champions free enterprise and limited state influence as the path to job creation and stability.
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Roosevelt
Federal office plan in Billings faces critique
Paul Harvey notes government plans to spend 60 million on a new federal office building in Billings Montana. He argues renting current facilities costs under six million over forty years, while a new building would waste money and reduce local business. He accuses the GSA of misrepresenting facts and questions federal economic policy.
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Forest Service
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Uncle Sam
Bees, red color blindness spark humorous quips in copy
The piece surveys quirky science bits and trivia from a newspaper page. It mentions bees distinguishing colors except red, hot tea served to coal workers in Australia, policing history, a baby elephant born in Portland weighing 170 pounds, pajama vs nightshirt fashion notions, petroleum-derived fabric in the works, and Ohio meaning great, applied to its college teams.
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Portland, Ore
Broadway Bulletin Board recalls Kennedy era stars and red carpets
Dorothy Kilgallen highlights hush hush talks at Charles Einfeld of Fox teching film money back from Cleopatra. Vaughn Meder, a Boston mimic, draws comparisons to Kennedy, Anita Ekberg lists Rome villa sale. Rod Taylor dates, Paul Anka's Copacabana night, peace in Venezuela, Khrushchev bets on leftist unions, Clooney to Monte Carlo gala, and Broadway hits Camelot No Strings How to Succeed. Tone mirrors gossip page with editorials on unions and birthdays for Kennedy at Madison Square Garden. Rosemary Clooney to Grace. The column also ponders Marilyn Monroe birthday tribute travel costs and Sheree North breakfast with Paul Seldon, plus Brook Benton philosophy on wealth.
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Charles Einfeld
20Th Century - Fox
Charlie
Cleopatra
Vaughn Meder
Boston
President Kennedy
Vaughn
Anita Ekberg
Rome
Rod Taylor
Hollywood
Rod
Shirley Johnson
Paul Anka
Forrest Tucker
Paul
Copacabana
Mr. Tucker
Venezuela
Betancourt
USA
Khrushchev
Rosemary Clooney
Monte Carlo
Prince Rainier
Princess Grace
All American
Ray Bolger
Camelot
Madison Square Garden
Democratic Party
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
United States
Marilyn Monroe
Kennedy
New York
Miss Monroe
California
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Sheree North
Brasserie
Paul Selden
Brook Benton
Abyssinia’s Coral Tree Seeds Record Stable Dry Weight
East Liverpool, Ohio, famed as the pottery center of the United States, is noted in this item for its association with Abyssinia and a claim that the seeds of the coral tree never vary in weight when dry.
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Abyssinia
East Liverpool, O
United States
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