Middletown Journal Subscription Rates and Publication Note
The Middletown Journal lists subscription rates and delivery details for Middletown Ohio including weekly and Sunday prices, carrier rates, and mail options with annual costs. The notice notes in advance payment and identifies the newspaper as published daily by News Journal Inc. with historical founding in 1857.
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Postoffice
Middletown
Ohio
U.S.A
News Journal Inc
Hang Onto the Right Stock For Half a Century
The article profiles Henry R. Grochan a Chicago & North Western freight clerk who built a near two million dollar fortune by buying early 1900s stock in Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing 3M and holding through splits. His son recalls he simply hung onto it and kept working. The piece contrasts stock strategy with the era’s political notes mentioning Red China’s first nuclear test and its expected psychological impact.
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Henry R. Grochan
Chicago & North Western Railway
Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing
Mr. Grochan
Hiss
New FTC rules curb deceptive stereo labeling on records
The Federal Trade Commission bans using stereo and stereophonic on non stereophonic records and prohibits discounts to drugstores and supermarkets plus free records to favored retailers. The move aims to curb deception and protect small firms. Hamburgers are eaten widely, reflecting affluence.
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Federal Trade Commission
Indonesian Quints and the Global Rift in Perceived Significance
Quints born in Jakarta drew little public fanfare, contrasted with dramatic reactions to similar births in Venezuela and Aberdeen. UNICEF aided some, but most of Indonesia’s birth was barely noticed, highlighting a vast gulf between developed and underdeveloped worlds despite the shared human experience.
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Fischer
Aberdeen
S.D
Betancourt
Jakarta
South Sutra
Unicef
Indonesia
Busy Signals and Broken Promises with a Frustrated Caller
The piece humorously traces chronic phone woes from historic Bell trials to modern service headaches. It riffs on endless busy signals, dishonest contractors, and missed callbacks, ending with a frustrated narrator noting he has little to show for years of dodgy dial tones and broken commitments.
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Alexander Graham Bell
Bell
Thomas Watson
Will
Broadway Grapevine Buzzes Over Celebrity Plans
Dorothy Kilgallen reports on Princess Margaret and Lord Snowden delaying US visit until after elections and possibly as guests of Sharman Douglas. Mickey Hargitay calls Jayne Mansfield about their kids while Tony Curtis nears a million from Sex and the Single Girl.
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Princess Margaret
Lord Snowden
United States
Sharman Douglas
Mickey Hargitay
Jayne Mansfield
Floral Park
L. A
Mickey
Gunther Sachs
Princess Soray
Birgitte Laaf
Soray
Hampton Francher
Sun Lyon
Joan Blackman
Pretty Sue
Tony Curtis
Edward Everett Horton
Tony
Not Honest Just Practical Politics in Campaign Clash
Washington debate centers on character of the presidency as Dean Burch denounces Johnson as a wheelers-dealer while praising Goldwater as honest. The piece traces how arm-twisting and favors influence votes, contracts, and posts, critiquing a drift from public service to self-interest in U.S. politics.
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Washington
Sen. Goldwater
Johnson
Mr. Johnson
Dean Burch
Republican National Committee
CBS
Burch
White House
Congress
United States
Fashionable English dresses debut with early 18th century cotton
The record notes factographs about cotton used for English dresses in the early 1700s. It also mentions ancient Peruvian beliefs that volcanic eruptions reflected people’s behavior.
Paul Harvey Predicts Vote Trends From The Road
Paul Harvey plans a multi city trek to gauge voter sentiment ahead of an election. He notes the limits of pollsters and staying patterns, praising grass roots independence and the rural American mood over urban press readings.
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Manhattan Island
The
Hudson
Echoes and echoes in a Goldwater summer tale
George Dixon muses on preferring an echo to a choice as free copies of A Choice Not an Echo circulate. A satirical diary voice mocks party politics with references to Phyllis Schlafly, Ymelda, and Johnson, exploring duplicity and the 1964 campaign atmosphere.
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Washington
Barry Goldwater
Goldwater
Phyllis Schlafly
Illinois Federation of Republican Women
Simon Legree
Ymelda
John M. Bailey
Bailey
Johnson
Chicago
Sen. Goldwater
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