TV revives classic mystery thrillers on Educational TV
The author laments modern mystery fare and celebrates Educational TV reviving Lord Peter Wimsey and other detective fiction. He notes the 1926 Clouds of Witness adaptation with Wimsey as a quality counterpoint to violent thrillers and praises a new TV series reviving the genre for contemporary audiences.
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Abie
Dorothy Sayers
Lord Peter Wimsey
Peter
Duke
Denver
Educational TV
Middletown Halloween Party Draws Thousands In 1927
The Middletown Retail Merchants Association hosted the annual Halloween celebration on North Broad near Central and Manchester with bands, decorations, and several thousand attendees. Prizes totaling $60 were awarded across comic, fairy tale, civic, and historical costume categories. A masked robbery involving $15 occurred as two men in clown outfits staged a hold up, while Chief Raymer warned residents against gunplay amid vandalism concerns.
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Middletown Retail Merchants’ Association
North Broad
Central
Manchester
Glen Sharrit
Middletown
Andy Gump
Maggie and
Jiggs
Matt
Jett
Pa Perkins
Sam
Raymer
Rk.l. Stewart
D.C. Home Rule: Call for Electing Mayor and City Council
An editorial argues for full home rule in Washington D C praising past steps toward local governance. It urges Congress to pass a bill allowing election of a mayor and city council while preserving congressional oversight.
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Washington
District of Columbia
Congress
House of Representatives
Windfall tax cash sparks town’s remodeling bid
In Hiseville Kentucky population 160 an unexpected 1727 revenue sharing check prompted a city hall remodel and returning 727 to Washington. The federal government now says the check was sent by mistake and wants the money back. The brief notes that surpluses tempt towns to spend on projects.
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Hiseville
Washington
City
The Quicksand of Optimism and a Rain Cloud Edge
A satirical view places Herbert Stein in Africa with a thirsty man in quicksand as a rain drop temptingly appears. It notes a 0.4% drop in retail food prices last month, contrasts with prior 7.4% rise, and questions if the trend signals real inflation relief or empty optimism.
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Herbert Stein
Stein
Lyndon Johnson
Diogenes
Training is needed to aid jobless young men
To The Editor a local orientation counselor argues for on the job training and business led programs. He notes many young men have held jobs but lost them after confrontations with employers and credits 57 sampled participants with 16 week reintegration and 47 remaining employed. He urges big business to start training and cites the Chamber of Commerce as a strong local model at 1103 Kunz Ave.
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Chamber of Commerce
Washington
OFMC
Middletown Journal Subscription Rates and History Note
The Middletown Journal lists pricing for daily and Sunday editions with home delivery by newspaperboy and motor route options. Subscriptions by mail and motor route payments are advance, with annual rates stated and a brief note noting foundation in 1857.
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News Journal, Inc
S. Broad
First Ave
Middletown
Ohio
Newspaperboy
U.S.A
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