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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1957
Page
4
The Middletown Journal announces subscription rates for local city delivery and area mail, with per copy and weekly options. It lists urban and trading-area rates, with annual mail prices and a brief biblical quotation.
A looming March 27 stockholders meeting for Fairbanks Morse hinges on Penn Texas hostile bids to seize control. Court suits and counter suits cloud the process as a web of notable figures including Oscar Chapman and Leopold Silberstein swirl amid Senate probes into proxy rules and foreign funding. A May 6 vote by Penn Texas to unseat Silberstein adds to the drama, while broader concerns about foreign funds and corporate asset sales ripple through Congress.
A banker ousted by internal politics finds ruin, then faith, community, and blueberry patch work restore his life. The author explains the book’s title Stay Alive All Your Life and its core message of daily belief in God, self, and life to achieve lasting fulfillment.
W K Swan announces R H Smith of Hamilton as chief deputy in the Butler County Auditor's office. Elmer Reed fire chief and C H Taylor attend Civitan Club at Blyd Inn Middletown. Per capita Christmas Seal donations lead the district per reports from five counties. J S Singleton arranges school showings of Ohio historical sites with the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society cooperation.
Magellan completed the first circumnavigation of the globe. Earlier this year three U S Air Force jet bombers set a 45 hour 19 minute globe girdling record. About 65 percent of the world supply of sugar is from sugar cane. The glass vacuum coffee maker was patented in France in 1842. Hadassah is the women Zionist organization of America.
A Middletown man used the faux City of Lucasville return address on a postage bill and a letter to a friend, prompting officials to note the nickname shift during Basketball Week. The episode follows other local quirks and oddities reported in the newsroom.
Washington gossip says Scott McLeod, nicknamed Scottie, is set to be named ambassador to Ireland by President Eisenhower. Lord Mayor Robert Briscoe of Dublin reassures nerves, noting Ireland’s tolerant stance toward minorities and predicting a welcoming reception for the American with Irish ties.
A report notes many American families fund schooling through installment plans, with parents underwriting education much like purchases of TVs, cars, and other household items. The trend parallels consumer credit practices shaping youth access to schooling nationwide.
A Washington opinon notes how Eisenhower and the Democrats shift on New Deal principles. The piece argues Republicans move faster on tax cuts and deficit spending while Democrats drift toward greater federal aid. It suggests a realignment could revive Jeffersonian principles.
Dorothy Kilgallen notes on Dorothy Towne and Jack Webb dating Jackie Loughery. Transit passengers face a mystery luggage scanner. Brigitte Bardot delays Parisienne. Platters headlining London stop. Julie Newmar stage tiff ends with understudy cue swap. Dorothy Collins eyed by cosmetic firm as TV ambassador. Hollywood diet trends new, Goose Bay base to join 8th Air Force. Sarah Vaughan spends on looks. calypso at Boulevard thriving. Fire at Bruno’s affects Red Room. Nick Adams in Natalie Wood’s dates. Farouk consults weight loss expert on Riviera. Porter’s Silk Stockings song The Ritz Rock and Roll lingers. Bricktop’s Rome life busy aiding orphans. Pope audiences. Tommy Manville buys Ziegfeld row for April 3. Madison Ave patrol tightens dress code for juniors. Pat Moran Quartet at Birdland poised for rise. Venzuran oilman flies to refit jackets, $8000 cost.
The item notes a Los Angeles suburb's first snowfall in eight years and jokes about misinterpreting it as smog. It also references a riot at an Arab soccer match where a player was shot and two houses burned, with no clear penalties named.
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