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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1954
Page
6
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Pittsburgh talks between United Steelworkers and U S Steel management focus on wages prices and the broader wage-price movement with June 30 contract expirations. McDonald says June 30 is not a strike deadline while union seeks a package including a general wage rise union shop extended benefits and a 32 hour weekly pay guarantee for laid off workers. Production in May ran at 70.5 percent of capacity with unemployment and short time use weighing on bargaining leverage.
California voters face a new law forcing candidates to declare real party affiliation on primary ballots. James Roosevelt, Democrat, seeks the 26th District House seat with cross-filed opponents from both parties in Los Angeles where Democratic registration outnumbers Republicans. Roosevelt previously won a bipartisan nomination in 1952 and has drawn mixed support from the local Democratic organization, despite a hands-off stance from national chairmen.
The piece reflects on an unusually cool start to June with lingering breezes and damp weekends. It looks ahead to rising temperatures into the 90s and potential 100s, mentions doubts about seasonal shifts toward milder summers, and suggests enjoying the cool spell before a likely hot July and August.
Hal Boyle recalls 42 war correspondents returning to Vauilly France to revisit the 11th century chateau that served as press headquarters in Normandy. Mme Alexandrine Hamel, 73, welcomed them with kisses and memories, sharing shelter, milk, cookies, and a keepsake note of gratitude. The group mourned the passage of time yet felt renewed bonds and lingering warmth from a grandmotherly figure who helped sustain the reporters amid danger.
In Washington the CIA and the Atomic Energy Commission now stand in the spotlight amid Senate hearings and public dispute. The piece traces Strauss Oppenheimer tensions, Truman and Eisenhower shifts, and proposed changes to give the chairman more power while preserving board equality.
A Seattle skid row resident finds a battered suitcase with $1100 in hundred dollar bills, sells most of it for nickels, and walks away broke. The incident echoes a Stock Exchange crash era where fortunes vanished overnight and many could not readjust. The observer contrasts frugality with wasteful wealth and recalls a friend who owns only one suit to illustrate paradoxes of money.
The oldest equestrian statue in the United States is not the first. A gilded lead statue of King George II was dedicated at Fort George in New York in 1770 but torn down in 1776 by patriots and melted into bullets for the Revolutionary Army.
A Senate subcommittee investigation reveals Mundt era mail operations added two mail clerks after anti Mundt letters and itch powder incidents. The episode harms two per diem workers and shows partisan press chatter about Army McCarthy controversy and political sting stories.
Rep Frazier Reams of Ohio, the House's only independent, promised Elmo Taylor lunch and missed the meal. A late letter from Chattanooga explained the gag was for a speech. Separately, Wake Island residents were warned after heavy surf washed WWII bombs ashore, per a Commerce press release.
Quick questions and answers cover whiskers and obstacle sensing from animals. They note hats in Congress were once allowed until 1837 and outline footprints erasure in Indian expedition lore. The set asks about WWII desertion executions, tempo versus time in music, burial of Casey Jones, Japan's imperial line, and a no whip hand ride in horse racing.
A reader recounts a wave of puzzling large post cards with funny OHIO lettering and different piano notes from Philadelphia and Columbus. The sender suspects a clever advertising stunt and notes earlier Europe mailings with blank sides and a Germany menu. The mystery continues as they await more cards.
Dorothy Kilgallen interviews Hollywood director George Cukor about Judy Garland in A Star Is Born. He recalls her intense on set scenes, the slaps scene with James Mason, and her transformation from Frances Gumm to Esther Blodgett, tracing her rise and the blurred line between performer and persona. Sid Luft quips about beating.
The stars advise avoiding new ventures and sticking to routine, with evening lunar influences favoring plans and writing efforts. Birthday period promises improved personal and business activity through late year, urging steady initiative, guarded spending in November and December, and a versatile, ambitious child born today.
The piece contrasts store gossip on bathing girls’ summer attire with reformers urging standards. It notes most auto accidents stem from mutual trust between pedestrians and motorists.
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