Middletown Journal Subscription Rates and Details
The Middletown Journal lists subscription options with per copy costs for weekdays and Sundays, weekly carrier rates, and yearly mail prices for in and outside trading areas plus international rates. Printing details note mailing and publication by News-Journal Inc since 1857, with a Bible verse cited.
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Turmoil in South Africa and the Apartheid Clash
Riots in South Africa leave at least 64 dead and 250 wounded as state forces deploy tear gas rifles tanks and jets to quell protests against pass laws and segregation. The piece notes population registration bantustan labor shifts and international reactions including a Labour-backed boycott.
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South Africa
Pan-Africanist Congress
Harold Macmillan
Great Britain
Hodding Carter
Bantustan
Macmillan
Britain
Africa
International Exposition steer sells for record price in Chicago
A 1,035 pound grand champion steer brought 22356 dollars at the International Live Stock Exposition in Chicago. The sale price equates to 21.60 a pound and was a publicity move by a restaurant chain. The piece highlights meat industry efficiency and the value of by products in keeping edible prices lower.
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Chicago
Reporter's Bold Wit: Jack Douglas Chronicles and Book Plans
Jim Bishop profiles writer Jack Douglas noting his past work for Bob Hope Red Skelton and Jack Paar and his shift to authoring novels and plays. The piece critiques his humor notes a frontispiece claim of other works and highlights quirky chapters and a Birdland reference.
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Red Skelton
Jack Paar
Pinky Lee
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New York
Middletown light plant bond case rehearing sought
Counsel for H. O. Miller and CG&E filed for a rehearing in Cincinnati District Court of Appeals on the Middletown light plant bond case. Miss Meta K. Hilliker, Girl Scout director, was slated to attend a professional staff conference in Marietta.
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Meta K. Hilliker
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Sokolsky Tackles Book Burning Over De Toledano Memoir
George Sokolsky denounces Virginia Kirkus for prepublication critique of Ralph de Toledano’s Lament for a Generation. He argues Kirkus misstates the author’s background and accuses her of seeking to suppress the book. He calls the piece a protest against book burning.
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Richard Nixon
Whittaker Chambers
Air Force Privacy Clash Over Bed Question Sparks Funny Episode
Washington column notes the Air Force revising a manual and missing reader matters as Sen. Keating reveals USSR base locations from the Air Force Journal. The cherry blossom festival includes questionnaires for officers, with Univac asking whether they prefer double or twin beds after marriage. The Air Force bans answering, citing privacy concerns.
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Edwin Wittenberger
Kenneth B. Keating
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Estrellita Horoscope for Tomorrow and Year Ahead
Tomorrow you should focus on essentials and sidestep rumors to avoid deception. For those born on this day the horoscope predicts gains in finances and work by year end with high personal goals, though April and June may test relationships. October promises achievement and December brings prestige with a sensitive child as a trait.
Eric the Red Names Greenland in 982 Exploration
Factographs Explorer Eric the Red gave Greenland its name during his 982 voyage to explore the island. He named it hoping to attract settlers from Iceland.
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Eric the Red
Greenland
Iceland
George de Witt
Joneses Can't Keep Up in Spring Mail Rich World
Hal Boyle notes the Joneses trail behind popular surnames led by Smith Johnson Brown Williams and Miller in American usage. He humorously cites Eskimo lack of word for snow and quirks about shaving insults and thrift from Washington Franklin and a Navy Antarctica fruit complaint.
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Hollywood Gossip Roundup of Skewed Casinos and Celeb Scandals
Bursting with unnamed tabloids and brushfire gossip, the column recalls Fidel Castro’s casino purge and stars like Artie Shaw, Lucille Ball, Perry Como, Jackie Wilson, and Ava Gardner amid legal woes, divorces, memoirs, and showbiz turmoil.
Vocal coach Al Seigal in court with protégés for decades
Al Seigal a renowned vocal coach who discovered stars including Ethel Merman has spent twenty years entangled in legal disputes with former students and proteges over coaching claims and professional conduct.
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al Seigal
Ethel Merman
Royal Ball Guests Entourage at Stockholm Event
The king and queen of Sweden invite a queen ex-king 12 princesses seven princes and a duke to a ball in Stockholm. Bee ancestors’ temper questions arise from a nostalgic nature note. NYC hosted 182 conventions last year revealing a badgeless native for spotting. Mrs Zadok Dumpkopf notes Americans spend 63 million daily on home improvements with two weeks since Dummy’s faucet fix.
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