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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1953
Page
4
The Middletown Journal lists subscription prices for print and mail delivery in city and trading areas, with weekly and yearly options and a verse from Jeremiah 34 9. The notice includes pricing for daily editions plus Sunday insert and outside USA rates.
The piece surveys how presidents faced cabinet criticism and the risk of resignations. It cites Benson, Brannan, Acheson, Byrnes, Ballinger, Taft, Wilson, Baker, Daugherty, Denby, Perkins and others, noting when leaders kept or replaced their officials amid controversy. The focus is on political liability and loyalty.
The next session will likely confront freezing the old age security tax at 11 percent for both employer and employee, retroactive to cover January 1 1954. President Eisenhower had proposed delaying a scheduled tax rise and expanding coverage while funding it on a pay-as-you-go basis.
Hal Boyle sketches a New York Broadway rehearsal for NBC TV All Star Revue. Martha Raye, the Gabor sisters, and Rocky Graziano mingle with director and Mama Gabor as tensions loom for the Saturday premiere. Rocky jokes about acting versus boxing and Martha plans a cast party after rehearsal.
An opinion piece argues the Logan Act restricts Americans from speaking to foreign officials and could chill press and political discourse. It notes the 1799 law may criminalize informal conversations and calls for repeal as unnecessary overreach.
The writer contrasts Suum Cuique and De gustibus non est disputandum with a note on language roots. He recalls a trip to Northampton Massachusetts visiting Wiggins Old Tavern and a Coolidge era home,then describes exhibits of eighteenth century tools carriages and antique household items attracting crowds.
The article discusses numerous U S organizations that try to influence foreign diplomats in hopes of aiding peaceful solutions to disputes with the United States, noting such efforts require proper authorization.
A Washington columnist recounts viewers misreading a Kansas City farm speech where Gov. Allan Shivers ignored Ike. He explains Shivers had just dined with Ike and would accompany him to a ranch. The piece also notes Ike's ice cold watermelon craving after a Western appearance and a tongue in cheek warning about Prohibition returning, sparked by a dry publication.
Onlookers compare the modern 1953 cars with older models as women tour the shed exhibits. Men outside smoke and mingle while arguing about Truman or Eisenhower. The scene features horn honks and wives hurrying as cars depart, a lively cross section of the event.
Mr and Mrs Kirk Strodtbeck joined Middleton residents in Columbus for the Ohio State Northwestern clash. Carl Rossfeld and son Burton returned from Chicago where they visited the Century of Progress Exposition. Fifty six children at the First Presbyterian Church primary department enjoyed an annual Halloween party with prizes for best and comical costumes awarded to Marjorie Compton Robert Huntzinger Peggy Denny and Kenny Webb.
Dr George W Crane told Middletown and Monroe High School audiences that the best teachers belong in the early grades. He urged a smiling friendly approach and described teachers as surrogate mothers shaping a child’s lifelong habits. He noted a school levy to raise salaries and urged support.
Secretary of Defense Wilson will be in the spotlight as Democrats in the 1954 election year press for defense cuts. Senator Symington, a longtime critic, accuses defense managers of hoodwinking Congress. Wilson recalls his GM tenure and notes friction with Congress over budget details and safety in a hydrogen age.
Tomorrow offers guidance from experienced voices for tough choices and urges impersonal discussions. Evening social plans ease monotony. birthday readers see three months of financial gain and favorable social and business ties, with travel dreams and romance potential in spring 1954 and a child born that day marked by determination and leadership.
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