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Newspaper

Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Nov 08, 1955

Page

6

Middletown Journal Subscription Rates and Notice

The Middletown Journal lists per copy and mail subscription rates for city, trading area, and outside areas including with or without the Sunday News Journal. Subscriptions are payable in advance from 1007 First Ave Middletown Ohio and the paper is published every evening except Sunday. a Bible verse is quoted from St Luke.

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Reformers At The Polls In Pennsylvania Clash In Mayoral Race

In Pennsylvania reformers challenge party bosses as W Thatcher Longstreth and Richardson Dilworth vie for Philadelphia mayor. Longstreth backs Pew and Cooke while Dilworth eyes a possible Senate run. both seek to reshape state politics and back Adlai Stevenson in 1956.

Pennsylvania George M. Leader Republican Organization Leader W. Thatcher Longstreth Richardson Dilworth Philadelphia Eack G.O.P Keystone Dilworth Joseph Silk Clark, Jr John S. Fine Clark Adlai E. Stevenson Harmony Lloyd Wood Democratic Organization Dick” Dilworth National Guard Longstreth Pew Sun Oil Jay Cooke Philadelphia Republican Committee

Should They Vote At 18 In Kentucky Election Ballot

Kentucky voters face a decision on lowering the voting age from 21 to 18 alongside Governor Happy Chandler's bid for another term. The piece outlines national history, citing Georgia's 18 voting age shift and various state referendums, with mentions of Eisenhower and Truman views on the issue.

Kentucky Ellis G. Arnall Georgia South Dakota Oklahoma Eisenhower Congress America Soviet Union Latin American Scandinavian Norway Sweden Denmark Truman

Veterans Day 1955 Sees Revisions to Survivor Payments

A House approved HR 7089 on July 13 to simplify and revise veteran survivor benefits. The plan raises minimum payments and lowers maximums for new beneficiaries while protecting current recipients. Benefits would vary by the veteran's rank, affecting about 502,000 widows and 322,000 children among 810,000 deceased veterans on Veterans Day 1955.

House Eisenhower Defense Department The American Legion Senate Treasury

Car mates color matching linked to new autos

New fashion craze ties wardrobes to car colors after Al Rabin’s idea in New Jersey. A 40 item line called car mates is backed by 27 makers and Ford, provoking talk on costs and family style dynamics.

New York al Rabin New Jersey Rubin Ford Motor Co

Stars Forecast Mixed Influences For Tomorrow

A pattern of planetary aspects suggests a challenging morning to start changes in ongoing projects. By afternoon the mood improves enabling new ventures with clearer ideals. For birthdays, harmonious relationships are seen for the year and ventures affecting security may begin between mid December and February.

Right to Work vs. National Security in Wartime Shipping

A columnist warns that Ninth Circuit rulings favor individual employment rights over federal authority to bar suspected subversives from wartime ship duties. The piece argues this hinders FBI and Coast Guard actions, threatens cargo delivery, and risks national security during the Korean War era.

Washington United States Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit Pope and McCallister Healy Supreme Court of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation Seamen's Union Pope McAllister FBI Klaus Fuchs Rosenbergs Congress U.S. Coast Guard Coast Guard

Guatemala debt and aid clash with Armas visit

President Castillo Armas warned that Guatemala’s public debt had risen to 52 million dollars while Washington figures show the U.S. budget is far larger. The discussion touched on aid to India and Nepal, spending on Indian programs, and U.S. grants to Guatemala amid critique of relative values and aid priorities.

Washington Carlos Castillo Armas Guatemala Yang Castillo Armas India Nepal Indian Bureau Senate Appropriations Committee

Audience Prompter Idea Stirs Speech Reform Debate

The writer critiques a $745 combined system to read and display speeches for live audiences. He argues costs help only ornate speakers and urges simpler tools to engage listeners, proposing a mind reading or audience feedback device as a future challenge.

Weil

Castillo Armas Promises Loyal Officers Hold Fort

Castillo Armas grins that he will be president on return and says he left honest and loyal officers holding the fort, signaling confidence in the military leadership during a period of upheaval.

Castillo Armas

Guatemalan Debt Plan Mentioned With Gourds

The speaker jokes about helping El Presidente reduce public debt by a one quetzal tax on gourds. He notes an ancient Mayan rite where a maiden smashing a water gourd signals surrender after accepting a groom, highlighting gourds’ cultural use and consumption.

Guatemala el Presidente

Kindness to Yellow Cab after Honest Fare

A woman who did not use a taxi last Sunday mailed a dollar and a note to the Yellow Cab office saying she felt obligated to pay for the ride. The story also mentions the humane association shelter housing many pups and a school paper written by Monroe High School students.

Yellow Cab Company The Humane Association Monroe Association

New York Dining Scene Sparks The Nightlife Frenzy

Dorothy Kilgallen previews hot new eateries in Manhattan as spring into the city’s vibrant dining era. The Gold Coin on Second Ave, the Charterhouse in the Ritz Tower, Sherry’s 1890, and the Red Carpet attract Fashionable crowds led by Gogi Tchitchinadze, Marlene Dietrich, Lana Turner, and other celebrities.

Charterhouse Ritz Tower Park Ave 57Th Street Gogi Tchitchinadze Gogi Marlene Dietrich Lana Turner Suzanne Dadolle Duchess of Windsor Rass

Local Leaders Named to Butler County Tax Reduction League Posts

A. K. Lewis Guy Spring Gus Miles H. L. Sheets and H. H. Waller earn executive posts. Walter J. Braun plans a summit with city and county officials health board members and physicians to discuss medical relief for needy persons. Howard Griest scores twice as Middletown High defeats Springfield 13 to 7 for their sixth win. Elder H. C. Miller and Dr. G. M. Gordon chosen vice presidents of the Ruling Elders Assn Dayton Presbytery.

A. K. Lewis Guy Spring Gus Miles H. L. Sheets H. H. Waller Butler County Tax Reduction League Walter J. Braun Howard Griest Middletown High The Middies Springfield H. C. Miller G. M. Gordon First Presbyterian Church Elders Assn Dayton Presbytery

Odd Facts and Definitions From Far Off Lands

A strange cow entering a dairy herd can cut milk production by up to five percent. Nile catfish often swim upside down. Hindu myth places Yama as ruler of the dead. In 1954 matches used paraffin from petroleum to transfer flame. A whip in a legislature rounds up party votes on bills of interest.

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