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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1957
Page
4
The Middletown Journal lists subscription rates including Sunday at 15 cents, city area carrier 45 cents per week, outside city area 40 cents per mail within trading area six days, seven days 17 dollars per year, and 35 dollars per year for other mail. Payments are due in advance.
Nonscheduled airlines challenge 42 major U.S. railroads over special spot rates for Defense Department troop movements. Railroads say rates are governed by regulation and that non-skeds lack common carrier duties. The case centers on price fixing and public interest as the Supreme Court may decide if railroads can offer lower group rates.
The narrative traces enforcement of federal civil rights orders from Cherokee cases to postwar South, noting federal troop role, contempt actions, and Sterling v Constantine. It cites Eisenhower’s stance on contempt cases and Supreme Court views on state officials obeying constitutional limits versus state fiat.
Hal Boyle humor column satirically questions inflation remedies and mocks belt tightening. It offers tongue in cheek tips such as carrying two dollar bills, popcorn at home, free hotel soap, hitchhiking to work, and borrowing pills, ending with a quip about shredding or burning excess cash.
David Lawrence argues history mirrors 1857 and 1950s tensions. He cites Dred Scott rhetoric, foreign wars, Crimean era conflicts, New York gangsterism, rising prices, and civil rights turmoil. He warns against federal coercion, urges patience, and stresses education rights and voluntary integration limits.
Paul Harvey recaps General Billy Mitchell’s push for air power and General MacArthur’s clash over restricted bombing in Korea. He notes both faced court opinions, and argues history will judge their actions as pivotal in shaping air power and U.S. strategy amid Asia tensions.
The Rev and Mrs Franklin A Stiles resume work at First Baptist Church after a six week vacation in Michigan. Foreman s Club meets at P Lorillard Co with about 50 members expected and Art Moore the Hamilton hypnotist tipped to hypnotize a member. A cherry tree at William F Rambo 601 Stanley St bloomed unexpectedly with a fine cherry harvest in recent months.
A column laments wedding dance norms as Baltimore couples debate first and second dances with in laws. It recalls a Chicago marriage rumor about age gaps and offspring, notes whisky sales after WWII, and lists quirky facts about mothers, births, and entertainment icons from Vincent Lopez to Monte Carlo gambling.
A reader recalls a one time local grocer who sold 10 cents worth of pork chops and wonders what future generations will say about today’s prices. An elder remembers four cents a dozen eggs four cents a gallon coal oil 16 cents shirts 35 cents overalls and long-ago travel to town for newspapers.
The column covers George DeWitt presenting Peggy King a pearl ring, Vivian Della Chiesa switching to night clubs under Joe Glaser, Ingrid Bergman’s Paris run and Ciampino airport crowd reaction, Harry Belafonte’s retina surgery success, Uncle Don’s legal fight over a memoir, Mrs. Rubinstein’s canal mishap in Venice, Rex Harrison's son Noel’s club prospects, a Russian stewardess twin lookalike of Rita Hayworth, Wagner Wood romance on set, Ronnie Robertson’s Ice Capades fever, May bookings for James Mason, George Stich leaving Colony for Hotel Manhattan, Mike Todd’s anniversary gala, and bold beer innovation attempts in major breweries.
The forecast notes possible contention tomorrow and advises sticking to routine in business. It predicts favorable five month trends for job, finances, and relations, with cautious guidance for November and strong creative growth into 1958. A birthday child is described as trustworthy and highly intelligent.
A playful column notes rising shoe sales and claims strawberries contain iron. It adds a domestic whim about a mother baking shortcake for supper, pairing consumer trend quips with home life banter.
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