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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1955
Page
4
The Middletown Journal lists subscription prices for in city and outside areas, per copy, weekly and annual mail options, plus rates with the Sunday News Journal. The notice appears alongside a religious quotation from II Chronicles.
Abbreviated Senate discussion on renewing the Reciprocal Trade Act focused on blocking presidential rate cuts or forcing quotas. The President warned of dislocations from tariff changes, while critics urged government aid for workers and communities harmed by imports, with proposals for a Federal Trade Adjustment Board and various forms of assistance.
John B. Hollister, former Taft associate and Hoover Commission head, says he needs homework before taking a position on foreign aid. He has clear views on foreign trade, having opposed the 1934 reciprocal trade act and supported balanced budgets, public housing, and mortgage guarantees while opposing New Deal industrial and farm programs.
Hal Boyle profiles William Faulkner amid reflections on success and failure. Faulkner cites Thomas Wolfe, Hemingway, and others as failures who aimed too high, while noting his own careful, deliberate craft and ambivalence toward fame.
Paris reports say Soviet Russia has won a propaganda victory by arranging a four power summit in Vienna with the United States Britain France and the Soviet Union to discuss peace. The plan aims to avoid real commitments and shift blame for stalled negotiations onto the West. President Eisenhower travels to Europe amid pressures from pacifist allies and faces the risk of appearing a pawn in Moscow's game. Molotov may present broad statements as other powers defer to ambassadors and ministers to bargain.
A humorous scene unfolds at a Democratic governors conference where George Harriman loses the spotlight to four younger peers. Governors Clements Freeman Leader and Simm form a four-man photo opposed to Harriman, who protests as they pose without him, while Harriman’s orbit centered the event.
The author argues that mass evacuations in the face of an A bomb are impractical. He notes the Nevada Operation Oue drill shows government efficiency but warns real bombing would lack timing and location, with millions unable to follow complex instructions. He doubts large-scale evacuation can succeed and prefers hoping the blast lands elsewhere.
A collection of brief facts covers the St Bernard dog rescue legends in the Alps near the monastery, canoe design symmetry, turpentine origin from pine pitch, Niagara Falls being two thirds on the Canadian side, Godeys Lady's Book as America's first women’s magazine, the Central American moth as the largest insect, and Idaho Territory’s sparse population in 1860 with vast 90,000 square miles.
An old landmark, Harry Zapp's Grocery, was auctioned as modern stores rise on South Broad Street. The wooden shop Bowed to progress with electric lights and new buildings replacing the long time fixture, while Rassis tano owns the property and a new tenant will occupy the future modern store.
Dorothy Kilgallen reports a 3 story high replica of Marilyn Monroe outside Loew's State for Seven Year Inch with a wind machine to lift her skirt. Also notes on Greta Garbo hiding in Montauk Point as Miss Grace and other Hollywood gossip including TV plans for South Pacific and Brando eyeing new lovers.
Adopt a realistic attitude to ward off problems and pursue goals with patient persistence. Evening hours favor new friendships and business contacts, with opportunities in 1955 that influence 1956 prospects. July and September show travel potential and rising prestige. October and November may stress domestic matters.
Esther Williams and Ben Gage arrived in Cannes for the film festival when gendarmes stopped a Paris airport flight after discovering a teenage girl stowed away. The incident delayed the welcoming committee as they urged the fan to leave the airship.
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