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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1957
Page
4
The Middletown Journal outlines subscription prices for daily, weekday and Sunday copies. Rates include in city 45 cents weekly, outside city 40 cents weekly, six day mail $10 yearly, seven days outside trading area $17.50 yearly, and international $35 yearly with payment in advance.
The Skate becomes the third nuclear powered submarine and four Skate class subs are ordered. The Navy aims to complete an atomic carrier in 1961 with five more in the following five years and to have 49 nuclear ships, including cruisers and destroyers, in the fleet. A 595 foot nuclear passenger ship was proposed for peaceful uses with 100 passengers and 12,000 tons.
The article notes federal income tax for a married couple with two children earning 10000 after deductions runs 2245 in 1944 wartime high and 1361 in 1948 postwar low while 1774 in 1952 near the postwar high. For 5000 income figures, taxes are 520 today and historical 343 in 1939.
Hal Boyle reports from Kassel on Dr. Hubert Hildebrandt whose lab produces animal repellent scents. Lion 4 and other fragrances deter hippos in Africa, elephants in Kenya, and mice in German glass wool. Trials involve Berlin Zoo and 50 testing stations across West Germany.
The horoscope notes lunar aspects urge caution in dealings and patience amid delays. Within 24 hours good influences may help solve problems. For a birthday, four months of planning finances require effort, with early October bringing relief and self development ahead.
A congressionally driven deficit fight and party factionalism imperil Eisenhower era unity. The split between Modern Republicans and Conservatives could boost Democratic majorities in 1958 and handicap GOP hopes for 1960.
President Eisenhower pressed Congress to maintain defense and foreign aid while leaders push for bigger cuts. The House committee seeks a 2 percent reduction in defense spending and a Senate panel weighs deeper foreign aid cuts, with Eisenhower urging loans over gifts and warning of risks to peace.
Washington report describes the Senate ladies led by the Vice President’s wife seeking a new washable clubroom in the $22 million Senate Office Building. A lobbyist emissary confronts Sen Dennis Chavez over registration, then a capitol architect agrees to add the space. Michigan Senator Potter tours the Capitol with beans to celebrate Michigan Week, delivering five‑pound bags and notes on energy content.
June 16 noon Elk Creek Road two miles north of Route 122 hosts Sundown ers Riding Club Western event with shovel race diaper race pony class and youth events. Lunch stand on grounds Father’s Day outing blends outdoor fun with amateur competition across the grounds. Monitor to air Pat Averdick JA scholarship reveal of 4800 dollars on NBC program.
Dorothy Kilgallen notes Greta Garbo walks with a cane after minor toe surgery. Cannes buzz includes Cantinflas’s $10,000 nightly wins and Loretta Young at Auntie Mame. Elvis stresses unchanged fame, Roseland shifts piano to Lombardo, and Deanna Durbin plots a film comeback. Martha Raye's hospital admission follows a mink cape gift.
The piece notes 7,685,000 people on public payrolls drawing 2,509,400,000 dollars per year per the Bureau of the Census. It jokes about taxpayers not knowing who works for whom and references a ballot on The Shooting of Dan McGrew by Robert W. Service. It mentions an Ohioan nabbed for carrying a pistol while claiming he hunted crickets and a Canadian writer urging hockey be returned to youngsters.
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