Middletown Journal subscription rates and notice
The Middletown Journal lists subscription rates for its editions and asks readers to pay in advance. Rates include per copy and carrier fees in city and outside areas, with full-year mail options and Sunday edition add-ons. The piece ends with a biblical quotation from St. John 13 34.
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Middletown Journal
First Ave
Middletown
Ohio
Sunday News Journal
City Area
U.S.A
Oil for Education Debate Reappears in Congress
Democratic critics push for large direct aid or oil revenue channel to fund schools. Eisenhower favors loan program for states to build schools, with annual oil revenues projections from offshore leases growing in later years. Previous attempts in 1951 1952 and 1953 to earmark offshore funds for education were rejected or modified. Recent lease activity off Louisiana and Texas generated over $139 million, with a third sale in negotiation.
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Eisenhower
Lister Hill
Ala
Mike Mansfield
Mont
Mansfield
Treasury
Congress
Tidelands
Sen
Hill
Spessard L. Holland
D-Fla
Senate
Truman
Herbert H. Lehman
D-N. Y
House
U. S. Bureau of Land Management
Louisiana
Texas
Stock Market Hearings Open Under Senate Banking Panel
Public hearings begin Thursday before the Senate banking committee on the Stock Market and price rises. Chairman James W. Fulbright says the aim is understanding, not hunting for villains, as past investigations preceded New Deal reforms of 1933 and 1934 that reshaped securities oversight. The text notes federal, state, and self-regulation measures now guard investors and the market.
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Senate Banking Committee
James W. Fulbright
D-Ark
House
Senate Banking
Securities and Exchange Commission
Federal Reserve Board
National Association of Securities Dealers
Ignorance Serves Communism
G Keith Funston of the New York Stock Exchange argues Americans must understand the benefits of private enterprise to counter communist propaganda. He cites surveys showing only 23 percent understand common stock and 24 percent know the Exchange’s role, stressing the auction marketplace and open trading under disclosure and ethics.
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G. Keith Funston
New York Stock Exchange
Wall Street
Congress to equalize rights a rosy chance for men too
Hal Boyle laments gender bias and urges passage of a constitutional equal rights amendment. He cites Katharine St. George and argues ending sex-based legal distinctions would benefit men as well. The column playfully questions current protections and imagines social shifts if women gain formal equality.
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New York
Curbstone
Congress
Katharine St. George
America
North
South Dakota
Boyle
David Lawrence on Moral Sense in Politics
David Lawrence argues free governments suffer from intellectuals failing to face moral issues. He condemns support for Peiping over Formosa, recalls wartime Britain’s legality debates, and warns against viewing the U.N as a world government. He advocates moral courage and constitutional fidelity in judges and leaders.
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Washington
China
Formosa
Peiping
United Nations
Korea
Britain
United States
London
Fac
General de Gaulle
General Petain
Paris
France
Loose-leaf Russian history as backdrop for idealized purge
A speaker muses about sending a loose-leaf history of the Soviet Union to the Kremlin to aid the incumbent strongman by providing background and purging embarrassing references. He notes Lenin and Stalin as saints in literature and warns of upheaval when new leaders replace old ones, reflecting on party memory and control.
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Soviet Union
Russia
Kremlin
Lenin
Stalin
Washington never really gets away from Washington
In New Orleans for Mardi Gras the author spots Washington’s notable Buzzy Hewes among festive revelers. The piece lampoons Washington society, two party hosting habits, and the persistent pull of D.C. life, even amid carnival grandeur. Includes mentions of Clarence Hewes, Embassy Row, Jack Benny, and Mayor Morrison with light satire throughout.
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St. James's
Comus
Momus
Proteus
Mystic
Hermes
Rex
Mesta
Perle
New Orleans
Jack Benny
Hollywood
Owen Brennan
Delesseps Morrison
Margaret Ettinger
Beverly Hills
G. H. Dixon
Washington
Mr. Benny
P. S
Purge and rewrite history as new dictator rises
The speaker describes a ruthless method of erasing rivals from history by scrapping encyclopedias and inserting favorable narratives. He cites Beria Malenkov Khrushchev and Bulganin, warning that a dictator would delete troublesome pages, replace them with polished, rewritten data, and await the next victim.
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Beria
Malenkov
Khrushchev
Bulganin
Iactographs and the Navy Admiral George Dewey
Iactographs note George Dewey as the only Navy admiral uniquely created for the role. The text cites high blood pressure and vascular diseases as leading causes of heart disease, with about 800000 U.S. deaths annually.
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George Dewey
United States
Around the World in 97 Days Aboard a Luxury Liner
Dave Regan recalls a promotional folder claiming 97 unforgettable days and 21 ports of call from New York to Funchal Lisbon Gibraltar Naples Port Said Aden Bombay Colombo Singapore Bangkok Bali Manila Hong Kong Kobe Yokohama Honolulu Acapulco Balboa and back to New York. He notes the lure of the voyage, the cost, and the need to secure time off and funds.
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New York
Fuchal
Maeira
Venus
Gibraltar
Hollywood
Villefranche
France
Naples
Italy
Port Said
Egypt
Aden
Arabia
Bombay
India
Colombo
Ceylon
Singapore
Bangkok
Thailand
Neptune
Equator
Bali
Manila
Long Beach
Calif
Acapulco
Mexico
Balboa
Canal Zone
New Yor
Panam Canal
Broadway Gossip and Celebrity Headlines Parade
Dorothy Kilgallen hints at Bobo Rockefeller’s hush hush Europe trip while Eartha Kitt faces a second death threat by telephone. White House watchers predict Robert Stevens may resign as Army Secretary by May end. Linda Christian rebuffs Bobby Schlesinger with a repeat performance as a once prominent New York playboy could recount. Hildegarde’s Texas link boosts wealth, Pearl Bailey receives a three strand pearl necklace, and RCA Victor cautions disc jockeys not to mention George Gobel. Serge Rubinstein murder probes widen to male companions of his mother. Beverly Sills set to star in Tosca after Della Rig al illness. Jan Peerce to perform in Portland. Ford Foundation eyes new Omnibus opera. Joey Faye seeks reconciliation with wife. T. S. Eliot rumored at London clinic. a platinum blonde calling herself Jean Harlow circulates among producers. Celeste Holm Denise Darcel caused riot over extra demands at Chicago benefit. one movie star refused to appear.
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Bobo Rockefeller
Europe
Eartha Kitt
White House
Robert Stevens
Eisenhower
Linda Christian
Bobby Schlesinger
New York
Hildegarde
Texas
Saint Lubber
House of Flowers
Pearl Bailey
Pee Wee King
RCA Victor
George Gobel
Gobel
Serge Rubinstein
5Th Avenue
Mary Kirck Brown
Florida
United States
Beverly Sills
Tosca
Oper
Della Rigal
The
Met
Bever
Jan Peerce
Portland
Ore
Civic Opera
Ford Foundation
Omnibus
Joey Faye
T. S. Eliot
London
Jean Harlow
Celeste Holm
Denise Darcel
Chicago
Belle
Sharman Douglas dives into Hollywood trainee press agent role
A brief note recalls Sharman Douglas pursuing publicity in Hollywood after a failed earlier run under her ambassadorial father. It also mentions a Stork Club tease, John Scarne offering $10 000 to beat him in Teeko, and Juxtaposed gossip about Jet McDonald and Don Medford, Louis Prima’s Sahara appearance, a Jelke case potential suit, a Russian UN delegate’s long weekend, and a bar vigil in New York.
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Sharman Douglas
Hollywood
Court of St. James's
Ballyhoo
John Scarne
Stars Urge Prosperity and Cautious Planning
Estrellita advises family affairs and business finance to prosper now with gains possible long term. Initiative and enterprise are favored through June and July, with cooperation from superiors in August. watch health and avoid extravagance in October and November. A child born today will have great memory and efficiency but danger of overindulgence.
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Nebraska
Charles Evans Hughes
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Norris
Organized Labor
Judge Parker
North Carolina
Supreme Court
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Justice Black
Ku Klux Klan
Harry Boyd
George Dixon
Mr. Hewes
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Dave Regan
Philippines
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Kobe
Japan
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Hono
Hilo
Dorothy Kilgallen
Jelke
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