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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1955
Page
6
The Middletown Journal lists subscription prices for print, carrier, and mail delivery, with separate rates for city and outside areas, and options including the Sunday News Journal. It includes a Proverbs quote urging wisdom and understanding.
Ike will address about 750 West Point cadets as they begin military careers at the U S Military Academy. The piece reflects on the 1915 class, noting Dwight D Eisenhower and Omar N Bradley were popular athletes, and cites Secretary of War Lindley M Garrison’s 1915 advises on duty and tradition amid World War I.
The article traces West Point from its 1802 act establishing a civilian style engineering school to its 1817 upgrade with general admission standards, tests, and a commissioned path, noting later organizational changes in 1866 and the growing difficulty of entry and graduation by 1915. It also mentions Dwight D. Eisenhower's alma mater connection as a postscript to the sesquicentennial reflection in 1952.
The Post Office introduces certified mail for delivery verification at 15 cents for letters up to one ounce. The old no value registered mail is discontinued. minimum registered letter cost rises to 40 cents with indemnity up to five dollars. Certified mail provides a recipient receipt but otherwise travels like ordinary mail, without special handling or signatures. Fiscal year 1954 shows a 52.8 cent revenue per registered mail amid a 60.2 cent cost, totaling a loss over five million dollars.
Tribal kinsmen of Geronimo in Mescalero New Mexico consider starting a high level dude ranch on their 719 square mile reservation. Wendell Chino, a relative and tribe business leader, notes progress from poverty to ranching with 10 000 head cattle and 1500 unemployed workers seeking better income.
The astrology notes a productive day with focus on study and sensible planning. Evening congeniality suggests good times with friends, romance favored for young people, and rising prospects in occupational and financial affairs during the month.
Article argues anti colonial rhetoric led to Indonesian dictatorship under Communist influence. It cites 80 million people under rule, blocked elections, foreign capital exodus, and UN inaction. Warns of Dutch New Guinea risk and urges Western resolve to counter colonialism and safeguard freedoms.
Alben W. Barkley watches his granddaughter Mimi MacArthur graduate with highest honors at Holton Arms High School. Her English was learned abroad and through help from classmates including Solveig Morgenstierne and Lorinda Alonso Roland. Mimi’s father Douglas MacArthur Jr spoke at the ceremony urging steady US foreign policy principles.
John Slocum cites Elmo Roper estimating prejudice costs Americans about 30 billion dollars yearly in purchasing power and social losses. The piece lists wasted food, higher restaurant costs, barbering, and auto design biases as examples of economic waste from discrimination.
A longtime eastern city mail carrier G L Pendleton, known for kindness to kids and dogs on Aberdeen Drive Hampton Place and Santa Fe, suffered a severe automobile crash. Neighbors began a fundraising drive sending money to Mrs. Harry Moore at 102 Aberdeen Dr to aid him.
Sherman Billingsley explains why he refuses to cooperate with proposed tell-all stories about the Stork Club. He cites privacy, reputational risk, and the need to protect patrons, noting Life magazine's past careful handling and his pride in a discreet, selective establishment. He also recalls the club’s fame and the TV era’s reach, but he will not disclose secrets or private details.
Research shows drafts and wetting have little effect on cold infections. Whale meat is common in Japan and parts of Europe. One whale yields as much meat as 100 cattle. There are 22,500,000 dogs and 26,700,000 cats in the nation plus 5,900,000 parakeets. Northern Canada gets little precipitation, similar to the Sahara. Bacteria are the smallest living creatures. Eggs provide over two percent of average food market sales.
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