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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1956
Page
4
The Middletown Journal lists subscription prices including per copy 30 cents in city area and 25 cents outside city, with Sunday edition fees. Mail rates vary by region from nine to fifteen dollars per year, plus a fifty cent or more weekly option, all payable in advance.
Eisenhower defends alliance amid Anglo French action without U.S. consultation. Lodge cites that US Britain and France remain linked despite tensions over Southeast Asia, Europe defense and other postwar issues. The piece traces reshaping alliances from WWI through WWII and the 1942 United Nations entry.
The piece analyzes potential damage to Jerusalem if Jordan joins the Israel Egypt conflict. It notes control of Old City landmarks, and key sites in the Jordanian and Israeli zones, plus historic plans for Jerusalem’s internationalization and evolving Arab state military alignments.
The Veterans Administration cites over 22 percent of adults in the United States as veterans on Veterans Day weekend 1956. Vietnam era not yet. The report details counts of Spanish American War World War I World War II Korean War veterans and outlines pension and social security integration plans.
A Hal Boyle monologue in New York mocks a crisis filled era after the election. The speaker laments perpetual threats from hydrogen bombs and inflation while questioning the paradox of preserving peace by sustaining conflict and pondering a future desert climate.
Ed A. Kramer Harvey Abbott and J R Byrum attended as E O Insurance rep presented safety cards and pins to 19 Armco drivers 20 years of safe records. Ada Solomon wife of R W Solomon Middletown schools superintendent died in an auto collision near Cincinnati after Art Week Exhibit. Middletown War Mothers raised 235 dollars in annual forget me not sale with prizes to Florence Post Elizabeth Shaw June King and Gladys Sparks.
The piece argues the United States used police actions in Korea and defends Britain and France for acting alone to defend the Suez Canal amid Nasser's aggression. It notes U.N. involvement, questions of just force, and calls for international military capacity to manage future crises.
The piece blends a travelogue and gambling reflections at Longchamp with notes on Paris art galleries. It mentions Aga Khan bred horse ownership, Marcel Boussac as backer of Dior, and pricing for admission and wagers. It also recalls Mona Lisa, Titian blondes, and rate comparisons between francs and dollars across countries.
Washington during World War II saw fierce clamor to reduce government red tape. Robert W. Burgess at the Census Bureau analyzed forms and reports, axing dozens while urging simplifications. Secretary Sinclair Weeks ordered bureau probes and exposed unread reports and overstaffed filing cabinets.
Jacques Piccard descended 12 467 feet into the Atlantic in a bathysphere seeking a new depth mark but failed to break the record. In China the Nationalist army boosts pay by 12 cents a month, a small raise for soldiers.
A stray Boxer in Blue Bail behaves like a pampered pet and leaps fences to play with children. Mrs. Ashland Howard at Garden 2-5937 can return the dog to its owner. A church sale at Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints on Grand Avenue and Sutphin Streets runs 10 am to 8 pm with noon and evening meals and baked goods, toys, plants, and jellies for sale. If election fatigue concerns you, residents joke about wanting a law limiting campaign speeches before election day.
Dorothy Kilgallen reports Sarah Churchill may file for divorce from Anthony Blunt after Christmas. Ann Buckles shines in Mr Wonderful replacing Kay Medford, while Diana Dors and Dennis Hamilton crackup headlines loom. Elvis tops chart with Just Walking in the Rain as rod Steiger looms in Diana saga. Ezio Pinza recovers ready to return to stage before season end.
The reading highlights stimulating days for well planned ventures and warns against sharing confidences with talkative people. It notes potential progress in early 1957 through new ideas or changing roles, with harmonious relations and travel possibilities between June and September.
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