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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1955
Page
4
The Middletown Journal lists subscription options for in city and outside areas with weekly and annual prices. It notes mail and Sunday edition combinations, plus a Bible quote from John 13 16.
Congress weighs bills to exempt independent natural gas producers from federal regulation of prices, revisiting Truman era veto debates and reflecting bipartisan support and opposition. Highlights include Rep. Oren Harris remarks, cost claims, and 1954 Supreme Court ruling upholding FPC power.
The Oregon Voter promotes Invest-In-America Week April 25 to May 1 to raise awareness of the American economic miracle. It notes that $8 000 to $12 000 in investment can create one industrial job and asserts that more private investment yields more jobs and national strength.
The Bricker amendment, limiting treaties and executive agreements, faces a new hurdle in Chairman Walter F. George's Foreign Relations committee as Barkley may swing decisions. Eleven of last year's 15 voting senators are gone, and 81 remaining hold 50 for and 29 against. to pass this year it must gain at least 14 of the 17 new or previously nonvoting members.
New York story profiles Jeanne Strouse an airline stewardess who refused a free mink coat noting why a single working woman would not seek accumulating furs. It covers her airline career views dating habits wages rules about hireability and life goals including thoughts on future children and sextuplets.
George E. Sokolsky argues that overreliance on experts erodes personal dignity and freedom. He cites Appleby, Ford, Franklin, and Macfadden to warn that specialization leads to elite classes and coercive policies, contrasting it with Lincoln’s vision of government by and for the people.
The passage lists a range of reformers from the anarchist to the physician and professor, noting their remedies for improvement are largely feasible and target known evils. It argues progress ends when all reforms are implemented and all people reach the peak of nourishment and cultivation.
A public opinion poll funded by the Fund for the Republic finds Americans largely unconcerned about civil liberties, with only small percentages worried about internal threats or witness questioning. Harvard sociologist Samuel A. Stouffer notes hidden pressures may still exist in vulnerable posts.
George Dixon notes that Attorney General Herbert Brownell Jr. receives little or no information from Uncle Sam. He mocks press conference replies such as It hasn't come to my attention and We can check and let you know. Dixon suggests the Justice Department and Hoover hear nothing and distrusts loose talk.
The piece reads like a horoscope urging full attention to duties tomorrow while noting favorable social and romantic trends tonight. It forecasts talent recognition and a brighter path from April through year end 1955 with a potential business trip in September and a complex November, plus advice to seek counsel from a partner.
The speaker notes a state of mind that reveals the curious remoteness of certain political problems. He argues these issues are distant from the daily life and personal involvement of most Americans, shaping how people perceive governance and policy.
The speaker argues that many Americans assess civil liberties danger realistically. Most people tolerate some limits to avoid constant anxiety. They recognize a world where unchecked liberties would make life nerve wracking.
Grand pappy Jenkins mutters a math joke about thirty-eight plus ten, claiming the total is thirty-nine if identifying the person involved. The fragment hints at a playful miscount or a joke about who is doing the math.
A new Evening Optimist Club plans an April 30 auction at Armco Field from noon to 5 pm to raise funds for boys work. Call 3-5306 or 3-6869 to donate items for pickup by April 10. Al Burns, Jerry Fry, Ray Lanson and George Morhinweg lead arrangements. A local family seeks a missing pup named Fifi to comfort three-year-old Bobo Ingram, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Ingram.
A collage of show business maneuvers and romances fills the page. John Wayne signs a potential 10 million exclusive deal, Greta Garbo redirects inquiries at Madison Avenue, and Nancy is courted by Brad Fuller. Charlie Parker tributes surge, a police offer nets a job, and Clara romantics unfold involving Philip Isles Lillian Fox Lisa Ferraday Alec Guinness Diahann Carroll. Also noted are Diane Moreno Rita Moreno Franco illness rumors and Sam Davis Jr Copa reservations amid broad entertainment chatter.
The article notes higher percentages of book readers in England than in the United States. It cites Booker T. Washington as founder of Tuskegee Institute in Alabama and mentions Chicago hosting more presidential conventions than any other city. It also states that over 2 million hourly transactions occur in American retail stores and explains U S money paper uses linen and is produced by a secret process protected by statute.
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