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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1955
Page
12
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The United Auto Workers press for a guaranteed annual wage style deal with Ford, delaying a strike past the deadline as key states like Michigan and Ohio must approve integration with state unemployment benefits. Analysts warn states may bar benefits if the private fund counts as wages, risking plan termination by June 1, 1957.
The Puget Sound Utilities Council, a private utility firm with municipal systems and public utility districts, outlines a plan to spend 670 million dollars over eight years to more than double electrical output using local funding. The piece argues against federal monopolies and champions local initiative to meet regional power needs.
The article argues Britain pushes atomic energy to compensate for dwindling coal. It notes aging mines, reluctance to mechanize, and socialization as limiting factors, contrasting Britain with the United States which enjoys vast coal reserves and heavy investment in mechanized mining boosting output and wages.
Washington observers debate Kremlin tactics after Stalin's death noting shifts toward cooperation and promises of German neutrality. Malenkov Bulganin Khrushchev and Red China press a path of talks and concessions while aiming to keep Germany disarmed and divided.
Washington notes a shift toward guarantees for idle workers with auto industry contracts. Labor union leverage may push wages to 100 percent, altering unemployment support and inviting inflation and dollar devaluation. Critics warn of reduced productivity and creeping welfare costs shaping a broader wage policy.
The piece argues labor visions demanding payment for nonworked services increase production costs and thus auto prices. It warns the public will bear higher transport costs as unemployment is used to fund idle workers, hitting smaller firms hardest and threatening competition.
The reading urges learning and re evaluation at home, careful budgeting for trips, and strong creativity for new ideas. It notes October 1955 as favorable for romance travel and new friendships, with Gemini guidance toward turning points in late June and July and optimism for 1956.
Lois Schneider and Thelma Howard received Golden Eaglet Badges at Wildwood Camp World Court of Awards marking exceptional achievement and personal development. Twenty-five members of the Hamilton and Middletown Real Estate Boards met at the Manchester Hotel to hear Ohio Real Estate Assn leaders Charles Johnson and C L Converse.
O. F. Kendle and Tom Dawson announce the end of their 17 year partnership and will close the Kendle Shoe Store. The move ends a long running local retail business and affects staff and customers in the community.
Tourists ogled three top generals and the Joint Chiefs chair as florals vanished with Rep. Frank Boykin guests in the Capitol. Boykin said the decor came from a Louisiana plantation neighborly gesture, funded by the Botanic Garden.
A TV official argues average viewers prefer commercials, while critics note ads subsidize programming. A wild mix of quirky items includes a New York garbage strike fear of monopoly scrutiny and scientists testing radiation effects on flowers in Australia.
Dave Regan declares stopping weather predictions after repeated misses. He reflects on spring warmth, frost, heat, and cool spells from late winter to June, admitting forecast failures and joking about resuming weather writing if needed.
Piper Laurie recalls early fame antics in Hollywood with quotable stunts. She lists Miss Flame-Thrower and Miss Easy on the Eyes among publicity trademarks, plus travel quirks of Gloria Swanson Stepin Fetchit Rudolph Valentino and more. The piece notes how exaggerated stunts shaped press attention and contrasts them with a gardenia nibble.
The author recalls oldtimer advice and notes that early movie stars could afford gimmicks to excite fans. He contrasts silent era stars with today and suggests the internal revenue bite and modern gimmicks differ from the past.
The piece details 1920s Hollywood showmanship with Tom Mix racing and a custom car with steer horn radiator, Mack Sennett’s gold bath, Nita Naldi with a panther, Douglas Fairbanks arranging Nile river tours, and William Farnum with two yachts, leaving Nazimova with little.
A series of quick notes covers tourism leaders, a 1954 year over year rise, Nez Perce 1942 laws, word origins for varsity, signaling flares at sea, the North Star as a future pole star, gamma cephei as a potential pole star, fish motion likened to oar use, a hybrid rice yield advance, and mynah birds mimicking human voices.
A compact survey notes some lizards closely resemble snakes. It observes church membership as a rising share of the population across U.S. history. It recalls the first ice cream plant established in Washington state and still operates. It states the U.S. holds about 30 percent of global railroad mileage.
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