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Middletown City Moves Toward Housing Aid Report
City Commission authorized City Manager Charles Thompson to draft a plan for pursuing federal aid for a south end housing project. The move follows decades of advocacy and the Segoe report urging clearance and redevelopment of substandard to dangerous housing in the Garfield and Calumet area as Middletown positions itself as a progressive community tackling a national housing crisis.
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Middletown
South End
Charles Thompson
United States
Ladislas Segoe and
Public records under attack address omission issue
A columnist warns that a state selective service director’s suggestion to omit inductee addresses risks eroding public access to records. The writer argues local draft boards should reject the change and citizens should voice opposition to maintain transparency.
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Selective Service
Harold L. Hays
Col. Hays
Pigs Is Pigs and Medical Exhibit Innovation
An aging story notes mass shifts in meat production and medicine. It describes meat preservation advances from Washington State College and predicts future edible innovations. It also reports the AMA to host open exhibits in Chicago June 11 to 15 to educate leaders beyond the medical field.
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Washington State College
American Medical Association
Chicago
AMA
Former Fatty Boyle writes book for obese Americans
Hal Boyle reports Leonard Louis Levinson, 52, once a heavy eater and scriptwriter, has published The Complete Book of Low Calorie Cooking. He catalogs 365 breakfast egg preparations and advocates moderation and low calorie foods to combat obesity. He chronicles his own yearlong weight loss and philosophy that diet shapes identity.
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New York
Leonard Louis Levinson
Fatty
Dr. Jekyll and
Mr. Hyde
Levinson
Hollywood
Louise Rossman speaks at Lions Club meeting in Franklin
Louise Rossman of Franklin, winner on Major Bowes Amateur Hour, addressed the Lions Club. Governor Alf Landon received the Republican nomination for president at the convention. Mrs Joseph Herman chaired the Lutheran Ladies annual open meeting with 75 members and 200 guests attending.
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Louise Rossman
Franklin
Bowes
Lion's Club
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Landon
Joseph Herman
Eisenhower Mistakes Fuel Foreign Aid Bill Troubles
A critical look at President Eisenhower’s press remarks on foreign aid shows they sparked sharp diplomatic backlash. The piece argues missteps and unbriefed, offhand comments undermined allied confidence, suggesting a broader issue of influence from insiders beyond the State Department.
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Eisenhower
Congress
United States
Southeast Asia
America
Asia
Capitol Hill
State Department
No Ultimate Weapon to End All Military Threats
Paul Harvey argues against the notion of a final weapon and foresees rapid tech strides in guided missiles and jet power. He notes human brains will counter new weapons with electronic interception and a return to piloted planes, warning against betting lives on any single ultimate solution.
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Barney Oldfield
Air Force
Navy
Britain
Viscount Montgomery
Social whirl notes from Broadway and beyond
Dorothy Kilgallen reports on Lance Reventlow and Barbara Hutton's social evenings at the Mayflower Hotel with Rob Roberts, Kim Novak and Mac Krim engagement talk, Jackie Gleason at Rocky Marciano’s camp, Linda Darnell’s illness, and bromides about a matrimonial bid involving Bill McMahon. Nick Dolas plans a Las Vegas dice emporium. Los Angeles and New York society mingle at various events with Loesser, Vanderbilts, and Sinatra influencing trends. The King Brothers scout Broadway for Brando-like leads for their summer gangster film in Manhattan.
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Lance Reventlow
Barbara Hutton
Mayflower
Robin Roberts
Phillies
el Morocco
Humphrey Bogart
Lance
Kim Novak
Mac Krim
Jackie Gleason
Rocky Marciano
Linda Darnell
Linda
Bill McMahon
Frank McMahon
Larry Barnetts
Isobel Bigley
Lawrence Jr
Mt. Sinai
King Brothers
New York
Broadway
Brando
Manhattan
Shawneetown splits into two communities amid division
Shawneetown Illinois votes to divide into two separate communities amid local tensions. A Buffalo New York man showcases a tiny dictionary inches in size, noting one missing word anti disestablishmentarianism.
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Shawneetown
Illinois
Buffalo, N. Y
Dems face lack of sharp issues in nomination fight
James Marlow writes that Adlai Stevenson Kas Kefauver lead the Democratic race but face a core problem. Without fiery issues to spark voters against Eisenhower the party risks a stagnating campaign. He notes Republicans have absorbed many New Deal programs and US policy abroad keeps the nation at peace, dulling the contrast. Southern Democrats push back on resource giveaways and federal control moves.
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Washington
Adlai Stevenson
Estes Kefauver
Eisenhower
Stevenson
Kefauver
White House
Roosevelt Truman
Russia
Congress
Numbering Chorus Girls For Box Office Fame
Column resumes campaign to anonymize chorus girls and floor show beauties by numbers. Readers asked to identify the second from last and the middle redhead from programs, aiding fan mail, talent scouts, and possible romances. includes brief notes on horoscopes and entertainment figures like Sue Carson.
Estrellita Stars Favor Planning and Personal Growth
The stars encourage planning and new leads for business and property deals. Personal relationships look pleasant with optimism in the year ahead, and financial status may improve from now through August with travel linked opportunities and an unforeseen property deal. Promotions and prestige rise in November and late December, with 1957 forecasting greater business expansion. A child born today will be warm-hearted, loyal, and sensitive.
Misogamist bachelor warned by experts over love lure
A Manhattan bachelor group vows six years without marriage but a brown eyed red haired woman with a whistle figure challenges him. Experts say once she decides to marry, he cannot resist, advising him to surrender and bow to the matrimony yoke.
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Manhattan
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