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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1955
Page
4
The Middletown Journal lists pricing for subscriptions by capy carrier and mail across city, trading area, and outside regions. Rates include Sunday editions and a reference to a biblical quote. 1007 First Ave Middletown Ohio is the publication address.
Brooklyn Hos Dodgers clinch the title in a seven minute stretch led by 23 year old Johnny Podres from Wetherby New York his sharp left arm seals a 2 0 win over the Yankees in the ninth as Smoky Alston of Darrtown Ohio becomes the first Dodger manager to win a World Series title since 1942 celebratory scenes erupt in Brooklyn Wetherby and Carrtown join in the triumph as the champs are crowned.
The Civil Aeronautics Board reopens hearings on nonscheduled airlines to assess their qualifications for various operations. Fifteen non skeds will present in Washington, six in Los Angeles, and nine in Seattle. Policy questions linger about the public interest and necessity guiding their future role.
The piece contrasts public secrecy around Presidents Wilson and Cleveland strokes and Cleve land’s cancer operation in 1893. It notes Wilson’s second stroke on the White House and delayed disclosures, and Cleveland’s robotic jaw operation on the East River with later full details. It also links the era’s financial crisis and silver issue to the secrecy.
Freeman magazine reviews a new book on big enterprise in a competitive system. Paul L. Poirot notes how footing at the top of the business world is slippery as competition acts as the lubricant. Of the 100 largest American industries in 1909, only 36 remained in that circle in 1948, illustrating change as permanent in business.
A column extols National Newspaper Week, praising editors as community mirrors and alarms. It discusses the role of newspapers in reporting life events, uncovering wrongdoing, and honoring the craft of journalism through history and daily drudgery.
The piece argues President and Defense directives require security boards to assess susceptibility to blackmail from relatives with Communist ties. It compares Eugene Landy and Wolf Ladjedinsky, urging favorable outcomes if boards properly weigh character and stamina. It notes homosexuality and other factors as separate security risks and cites a Washington Post editorial on British diplomats Burgess and McLean.
The author muses that TV and phonograph records will influence human evolution and social interaction. He notes group viewing and listening encourage silence or minimal talk, while facial reactions become a new form of communication and may yield odd expressions as fans adapt.
Washington reports both parties are revving up precinct level organization 13 months before the 1956 election. Democrat Neil Staebler directs a grass roots program to train precinct workers and boost morale by recognizing local contributors. Republicans plan a drive led by Clancy Adams to recruit new voters and involve them locally. President Eisenhower signals long term value in engaging younger workers.
William K. Thompson, a retired Middletown mail carrier, was saluted at a testimonial dinner celebrating 30 years of service under five postmasters. Middletown White Shrine received the supreme worthy high priestess’s highest honor after an inspection of the local group.
Alice Lloyd of the Journal editorial staff won two prizes at the Ohio Newspaper Women's Association annual writers competition. She took first place in musical criticism and second in news story division.
A caller praises the Emergency Squad for freeing a trapped foot, preventing shock, arranging an ambulance, and staying with a patient at the hospital. The story reflects daily squad runs and the value of quick first aid in life or death moments. In Fairbanks Alaska Tommy Beard, a former local musician, offers to patronize a Civic Orchestra though funds are declined.
George E. Sokolsky argues ten years after World War II the United States and Britain hinder Egypt and Pakistan while Europe struggles to form a Union. He notes nationalisms persist and Britain drifts from Europe, making a United States of Europe unlikely without strong continental cohesion.
The astrology notes Thursday's highly stimulating aspects benefiting most endeavors and improving personal relationships. For tomorrow's birthday, three months ahead advise facing reality about possible slow occupational progress, while encouraging enterprising ideas and new methods with delayed returns until 1956. June hints at good news, with travel chances in July or August and a self reliant, affectionate child born that day.
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