Ex-soda jerk makes film for 25000 dollars
Everett Chambers, 31, former soda jerk and TV casting director, produced a feature film titled A Run Across the River for 25000 dollars. Filmed in Greenwich Village with borrowed backdrops, the project raised 6000 plus 7500 from backers and aims for 100000 dollars to repay investors.
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New York
Hollywood
Everett Chambers
Greenwich Village
Chambers
Los Angeles
Joan
the Times
Lee Gillen
City of New York
President cites Posse Comitatus limits on federal troops
The transcript shows President Eisenhower noting the Posse Comitatus Act restricts federal troops from enforcing laws without congressional authorization. He explains that federal intervention requires a proper court order and that local authorities must first attempt police action, with the Justice Department and ULS Marshal involvement only as needed.
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Martin S. Hayden
Detroit News
U.S
Middletown Journal Subscription Rates
The Middletown Journal lists subscription prices for 5 cent daily copies, 15 cent Sundays, and carrier or mail options. Rates include in county weekly 40 cents, 10 dollars yearly mail trading area, 17.50 outside area, and 85 dollars outside the U.S. All subscriptions payable in advance. Founded 1857 by News-Journal Inc.
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First Ave
Middletown
Ohio
Postoffice
Us.a
Comparing Reconstruction Military Rule to Little Rock Intervention
The piece contrasts Reconstruction era military decisions by Congress in 1867 with Eisenhower s use of federal troops in Little Rock. It notes congressionally run orders, political appointments, policing shifts, and press control under martial law lasting into 1870 in several states, and argues whites saw it as honest and necessary versus carpetbagger or scalawag control.
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ULS
Louisville
Louis R. Lautier
National Negro Press
South
Eisenhower
Little Rock
U.S
Congress
Confederate States
Army
Gen
Grant
Johnson
Virginia
Georgia
Mississippi
Texas
Liberal education questioned as colleges open for 1957 58
Across the nation colleges face rising critique of over-specialization and neglect of liberal arts. Business, government, and labor leaders warn graduates lack well rounded qualities. President Goheen at Princeton urges that liberal education is essential for a free society.
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Louis Hollander
New York State C.S. Council
Princeton
Robert F. Goheen
Betrayal Of The Hungarian Refugees Deepens Cold War Intrigue
Fulton Lewis Jr reports on Soviet counterintelligence infiltrating Hungarian refugee networks in the free world. Testimony highlights Miklos Szabo of Strasbourg and his alleged contacts with Budapest, plus Raido Budapest broadcasts and the loss of refugee records after his defection.
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Washington
Budapest
Free World
Senate
Internal Security
Bela Varga
Miklos Szabo
Free Austria
Strasbourg
Vienna
Szabo
Ferenc Vidovics
Hungary
Stalin
Freedom Underground
Kadar
Radio
Austria
Seven Middletown gridiron players recalled at Middle Town High School
Twenty years ago seven players described as playing great ball at Middle Town High School were Hody Anness Dixie Gose Speck Mc Graw Delman Whitt Bud Cret ors Bob Forster and John Hasselback. The piece also notes local church rededication plans and school glee club leadership changes.
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Middletown High School
Hody Anness
Dixie Gose
Speck
McGraw
Delman Whitt
Bud Cretors
Bob Forster
John Hasselback
Curious headlines mix odd facts in a ragbag
A playful roundup cites a whale and its hair, art demand in Los Angeles, foxes trapped by hi fi rabbit sounds, Casey Jones versus a gasless train, a Warsaw dispatch on a sick leave furor, Peron and Reds palsy, Delaware income leadership, British battery plans, and a small midget car joke.
Reader Letters and Local Gripes on Sewer Tax and Honest Reporting
A compiled note from July and September letters lampoons city water and sewer charges for unmetered dehumidifier water and mocks a town’s boastful traffic safety claim. The speaker jokes about honesty and editorial judgment amid unpaid bills and published letters.
Star gossip and film set rumblings from Dorothy Kilgallen
Miss Midnight notes roam through Hollywood and Broadway as Fiddie Fisher and manager settle a deal while Eddie contemplates Mike Todd calls. Rumors swirl about Bill Holden and Sophia Loren in Stella, Stoff, and Desires. Tony King, Mary Pickford philanthropy, casting hazards, and Malibu party plans pepper the chatter.
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Fiddie Fisher
Eddie
Mike Todd
Bill Holden
Sophia Loren
Stella
England
Sophia
Paramount
Hollywood
Washington
Mexico
Rome
Toni King
Steve Allen
West
Marjorie Morningstar
Danny Segal
Mary Pickford
Women's
Jewish Home For the
Los Angeles
Miriam Tashas
Robert Wiener
Wiener
7Th Ave
Mike
Madison Stare
New York
Estrellita Stars Say Tomorrow Brings Growth In Work And Finance
Tomorrow favors progress on important projects with strong chances for success in job and financial matters. Caution is advised in social life and December, with a possible lucky break early January. Imagination boosts work in early 1958, and May to August promise travel and possible romance. A child born today may excel but must curb laziness.
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Hal Boyle
Pusscher
David Lawrence
Ike
United States
Edward P. Morgan
American Broadcasting Co
Iers
Texarkana
Justice Department
The
Middletown Journal
Carnegie Foundation For Advancement of Teaching
Fulton Lewis Jr
Revolutionary Council
Joseph Dudas
Red
Eugene Szeredas
Strasbourg Council
Springboro
J. C. Schulz
Ann Boratke
St. John's High School
Glee Club
Mary Agnes Schmidt
Anna Mandzak
Janet Schurer
Sebald Brewing Co
Verity Parkway
Fred Malpass
Salvation Army
Mrs. Malpass
Vidovics
Msgr Varga
Robert Morris
Morris
Attorney General's Office
Department of Justice
Los Angeles County Art Institute
Pennsylvania
Casey Jones
Boston and Maine
Warsaw
Juan Peron
Argentina
Delaware
Dave Regan
Dorothy Kilgallen
Miss Midnight's
Arthur Laurents
Charlie Feldman
Clearing In the Woods
Porgy and
Bess
Quogue Beach
Miami Beach
Mario Palucci
Embers
Cornell Wilde
Geraldine
King Zog
Albania
Farouk
Narriman
Cannes
Mortan da Costa
Ricardo Montalban
Lena Horn
Jamaica
Helen Hayes
Morosco
Estrellita
Dennis the Menace
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