Middletown Journal opens milestone edition with reader notice
The Middletown Journal marks a special milestone with a front page note from Middletown Ohio. Subscription rates are listed for various delivery options and the paper notes Bible verse from Mark 4 8. The page references broad First Ave location and notes publication by News Journal Inc since 1857.
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Middletown
Ohio
Middletown Journal
First Ave
Postoffice
U.S.A
News-Journal Inc
Elsa Maxwell Says She Knows How to Throw Party
Hal Boyle reports Elsa Maxwell, 74, famed society hostess, lies in a Waldorf Towers bed and reflects on a life of glamor. She credits happiness to self expression, cites friends like Rubinstein and Calas, and lists companions she would or would not want on a desert island.
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New York
Elsa Maxwell
Waldorf Towers
Keokuk
Iowa
Elsa
Tonight
McCall's
Las Vegas
Duchess of Windsor
America
Arthur Rubinstein
Maria Callas
Noel Coward
Jack Paar
Elvis Presley
King Farouk
Arthur Godfrey
Liberace
Jimmy Hoffa
Godfrey
Hoffa
Memories of a Middletown newspaperman on 28 years of service
A veteran reporter recalls arriving in Middletown in August 1929 to work as a police reporter for the News-Signal. He reflects on wartime service, shifts in the industry, a long career, and the town that became home as two milestones and a century of the paper are celebrated.
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Middletown
Northeastern
Ohio
Ohio State University
J. §. Myers
School of Journalism
OSU
E. S. Myers
News-Signal
Uncle Sam
New Journal Dedicates Second Building In Middletown
The Middletown Journal marks 36 years since opening its first home by dedicating a second new building on S Broad Street. The paper reaffirms its policy to publish all news fit to print, be constructive, and support city development while avoiding needless conflict and party ties.
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Middletown
THE
Journal
Middletown Journal
N. Broad Street
S. Broad Street
Columbus First Voyage Landfall On Watling Island Debate
The diary notes recount Columbus sighting land on the night of October 11 and landing by boat two months after departure. Skeptics question whether the sighted land was Watling Island, now known as San Salvador, with later voyages expanding to real mainland in 1498.
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Columbus
San Salvador
Watling Island
Bartolome de Las Casas
Cuba
Santo Domingo
New World
Ferdinand and
Isabella
Cathay
Senator Beall Campaigns at Cumberland Racetrack
George Dixon observes Maryland senator J Glenn Beall campaign at Fairgo Track Cumberland with his son as treasurer. Dixon notes Beall's belief that racing assets aid Maryland politics, and recounts encounters with Rep. Devereux and Publisher McMullen, plus a joke about a horse named Perturbed and a European tour by Cumberland's leaders.
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Washington
J. Glenn Beall
Maryland
Cumberland
Alleghenies
Potomac
J. Glenn Beall Jr
J. Glenn Bealls
United States
Beall
James Patrick Sinnott Devereux
Rep. Devereux
Daily Double
John J. McMullen
Cumberland Times and News
McMullen
Europe
Ireland
Randolph Millholland
Maryland National Guard
David Lawrence Compromise In Segregation Debate
Washington debate centers on a triple system for public schools based on freedom of choice. Parents would select all Negro, all white, or mixed schools, with federal funds used to support facilities. The plan seeks to bypass Supreme Court limits while preserving 1954 rulings, aiming to end deadlock without violence.
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Supreme Court
Congress
Eisenhower
Louisville
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
America
Estrellita Stars Say Fo Tomorrow Horoscope Note
Tomorrow there may be tension and pressure. be tactful and maintain emotional poise for best outcomes. For birthdays, decisions in the next three months could affect finances and work. avoid impulsive actions and analyze before acting. Travel is favored June to September and property news may arrive late August.
Seminole tribe incorporates herself amid shifting tribal images
A fragmented clipping notes a Seminole tribe forming a corporate presence while challenging stereotypes of disappearing Native Americans. It contrasts with a fashion trend toward casual styles for college women and cites a Buckingham Palace policeman rebuked for trying to grow a beard to avoid royal guard scrutiny.
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England
Buckingham Palace
ADA Displeasure Prompts White House Tug of War
Fulton Lewis Jr reports on the clash surrounding the ADA and the Eisenhower White House. Bernard Shanley faces accusations of demagogic remarks while James P. Mitchell rejects ADA links. ADA blasts Shanley and releases a roster naming seven lawmakers marked 100 percent wrong by ADA standards.
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Washington
Americans For Democratic Action
Eisenhower
White House
Bernard Shanley
New Jersey
Ada
Meyner
Jersian
James P. Mitchell
Shanley
London talks seek Spanish volunteers withdrawal note
On October 9 1937 Ne vil e Chamberlain and Anthony Eden met at Whitehall Gardens London to discuss a joint note by Great Britain and France demanding the withdrawal of volunteers from Spain. William Hufford of Elmcrest Farm Lebanon shipped a mare and colt to Norway. Anna Hahn faces trial in Cincinnati for poisoning 78 year old Joseph Wagner. Ruth Danner pledges to Pi Beta Phi at Ohio University. Robert Ligett Jerome Inwood and Clyde H Davis Jr pledge to Delta Tau Delta at Ohio University.
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Nevile Chamberlain
Anthony Eden
Whitehall Gardens
London
Great Britain
France
Benito Mussolini
Spain
William Hufford
Elmcrest Farm
Lebanon
Guy
Norway
Anna Hahn
Cincinnati
Joseph Wagner
Joseph Hoodlin
Ruth Danner
Pi Beta Phi Sorority
Ohio University
Delta Tau Delta Fraternity
Ohio U
Robert Ligett
Jerome Inwood
Clyde H. Davis Jr
Fireweed, Tuareg, and other oddities across history
A compact survey notes Arctic flora stay small due to soil and sun, fireweed’s name from burnt ground, early trade routes about 2000 B C, Tuareg veil norms, April Fools’ link to Hindu festival, and how a meteor becomes a meteorite after atmospheric entry.
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Admiral Lights Land
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Telegam
Court
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Ike
Harry Byrd
Virginia
J. Allen Frear Jr
Delaware
John Williams
A. Willis Robertson
Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
Marty Goldwater
Arizona
George Malone
Nevada
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Sahara
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