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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1955
Page
4
The Middletown Journal lists subscription options and prices for home delivery and mail, with different rates for city and trading area, including Sunday editions and international pricing. Readable line indicates 1007 First Ave and a Bible verse.
A shift from community chests to united funds gains speed in the last six years across 700 communities. The Big Six fear loss of identity yet united funds argue for local planning and fair share of proceeds, with some national groups allowing limited participation while others stay independent.
A Hemet California editor learns from a long-time reader how the town paper records a family’s life from birth to grandchild arrival. The letter highlights the newspaper as a personal, central thread in daily life and community memory.
The piece notes rising costs but says house barbers keep 50 cent cuts while senate barbers charge 75 cents. It asks if senators deserve higher prices amid inflation, taxes, and debt, calling for $1.50 haircuts for public servants.
In New York a column argues viewers want a device that ignores commercials and scans for quality shows. It notes parents use ads to quiet children, cites Cyrano de Bergerac and A Wind From the South as excellent programs overlooked by many, and envisions a program-scanner gadget that cues standout broadcasts.
In a Life magazine excerpt, Ed Creagh details President Truman’s view that the President holds final executive authority. He recounts battles with Byrnes Ickes and Wallace after World War II, Wallace’s 1948 third party bid, and Truman’s stance on atomic weapons and succession reform.
A reader riffs on a career book by William J. Reilly, predicting a four hour workday. The note cites ideas on rest boosting creativity and hints at personal plans to test the theory while considering life and death. The writer jokes about striving to earn more in less time.
James Provoo, once condemned for treason and imprisoned for years, is freed after the Supreme Court upholds a lower court ruling that his constitutional right to a speedy trial was violated. The government spent about a million dollars pursuing the case, with debates over jurisdiction and timing across Maryland New York and federal courts.
Democrats reportedly back replacing parts of the White House site while opposing the cost. Separate items note private colleges outnumber public ones, sports outcomes favor state teams, a corn farm moonshine tale, and forecasts misgivings about future space travel timelines.
The U. S. Weather Bureau plans to enlarge its facilities to improve prediction of extreme weather. The move aims to enhance operations and data handling, allowing quicker and more accurate warnings.
In 809 A D Emperor Charlemagne issued an edict outlawing pressing wine with bare feet because it was unsanitary.
Tomorrow offers a fine day to plan and assess current setups. Evening social activities should be enjoyable and group plans likely succeed. Influential cooperation may aid occupational matters next month. Personal relationships and social life rise in November and December. Watch early February for stress. June may bring good news. A child born today will be warm-hearted and considerate.
George Sokolsky reflects on Khrushchev’s smiling diplomacy and the Geneva summit. He argues the smiles mask looming dangers of Middle East arms deals and potential wider war. He notes Adenauer’s stance, France’s weakness, and France’s fragile logic amid renewed global tension.
The Ohio Section of the Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry became the sixth national unit with a charter presentation to WF. Waters, Ohio section chair, at a Manchester Hotel dinner. John J. Jaster Jr. was named principal speaker for dedication services of the Franklin bridge the following Thursday. William McCabe had the low gross score in the blind bogey at Wildwood Golf Club.
A collection of miscellaneous trivia notes: a female trap door spider can pull fourteen times its weight. Ganges revered as India's sacred river. a rhinologist is a nose specialist. WWII U S submarines had three accidental emergency appendectomies by crew. Corn feed to hogs 45 percent. mica mainly from western North Carolina. Ohio freight industry ranks third in state. First military balloon use 1794 by Coutelle for four hours of observation. Circulating library in America began in Philadelphia 1731. A loon is a freshwater diving bird. A reticule is a handbag. Two thirds of U S livestock raised west of Mississippi, two thirds of meat eaten east. Bolivia lacks seaport, being landlocked.
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