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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1954
Page
3
Secretary of Agriculture Benson orders a 13 percent cutback in 1955 wheat planting and sets a July 23 referendum to approve strict marketing quotas. The program targets surplus prevention across wheat, cotton, tobacco, peanuts, and sugar crops with nationwide acreage allotments and price-support conditions.
Margaret Truman drew praise for her debut as Katie Grey in Autumn Crocus at Pocono Playhouse. Critics and cameras greeted her after the performance while she recuperates from surgery, planning nine more weeks of stock appearances ending in Philadelphia.
Alfred Harcourt 73 a leading book publisher dies of cancer in Santa Barbara after a long illness He founded Harcourt Brace Co in 1919 and led the firm as president until his 1942 retirement He aided Sinclair Lewis Carl Sandburg and other major American writers.
President Eisenhower accepts invitation from the National Cartoonists Society to attend its breakfast in Washington on June 24. The event will honor humorist and public figures engaging with the association.
Joseph Ludle residence unknown. Christine Ludle petitions for divorce case 71359 on gross neglect of duty. Answer by July 24, 1954 or petition granted. Also George Lewis minor and Arthur Lewis father reside in Kentucky. Barbara Lewis minor petition for divorce by mother Grace Smith case 71343 on cruelty and gross neglect of duty. answer by July 31, 1954 or petition granted. Joseph T. Kiep Clerk. attorneys Henderson Fates, Norman G. Grevey.
A short game from the U S Patent Office explains counting letters in your first name. If letters are six or more subtract four, else add three to obtain a key number. Start at the rectangle's upper left and read letters under checked figures left to right to reveal a message.
Dr. George W. Crane recounts his father-in-law Eli Miller turning 91 in Indiana. He notes Miller’s independence, jokes about aging and fishing, and urges mothers to balance modern vitamins with common sense for infants. The piece argues against rigid feeding schedules and emphasizes practical, nonpanicky parenting.
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