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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1956
Page
4
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Massachusetts primary chatter centers on the Democratic Governor race between Foster Furcolo and Thomas H. Buckley. The Republican slate is unopposed for governor while several House seats show GOP advantages or incumbents facing no Democratic challenger. The piece recalls past figures including Lane, Curley, and others tied to party politics and vindication narratives.
A Boston bank notes that in a century the United States shifted from two thirds of workers in farming to only 10 percent. Mechanized farming tools and tractors sparked the agricultural revolution, boosting abundance and living standards as industry and farming both advance.
Life magazine cites an "old truth" that more government means more control and higher taxes. It argues government must take money from taxpayers before spending, with high administrative costs. It warns welfare states lead to inflation, eroding dollar value and boosting tax burden.
Hal Boyle profiles Walter Kendall, head of the National Dog Welfare Guild, as National Dog Week kicks off. Kendall cites rising dog numbers, better feeding, and training tips while warning against sweets and alcohol for pets, noting dogs mirror owner behavior and health risks.
The article argues Stevenson misquoted history on presidential losses of Congress. It contrasts 1910 Taft, 1954 Eisenhower, 1916 Truman, and other midterm shifts, noting both parties suffered varied losses due to economic strains and wartime controls. It questions the definition of losing control in midterm elections.
George Dixon recalls a 1956 kickoff rally at Eisenhower’s 189 acre Pennsylvania farm with 500 attendees. He notes doorbell campaigning, a buffet in a tent, and comments from officials like Nixon and Strauss while joking about a growing nation of walk around eaters and a missing tree given to the press bus.
A fragment lists varied tidbits from humorous to oddities. It mentions a man who has been a best man 21 times and cites a Scots toast. It notes a sex ratio in disease and mentions a 1926 Chevrolet truck used by Stuart Hardwood Floor Co. It includes quips about cocktails, a wife’s height, unbreakable heels, French gambling taxes, and a culinary measure of honey.
The piece contrasts women and men as night watch dogs, noting women awaken to rain, strange sounds, or footsteps while men sleep through storms. It muses on evolutionary hindsight, suggesting wives protect the home at night while husbands sleep, and questions how men would react if wives hunted and worked while men stayed home.
Dorothy Kilgallen notes a flurry of Hollywood and Broadway tidbits. Mike Todd visits Elizabeth Taylor with his grandchild, Elvis promoter Col Parker negotiates a James Dean film, Joanne Gilbert ends a romance, and Marie Vesini is favored for Preminger’s Bonjour Tristesse.
Sam Moore of 219 Young Street was named a patrolman on the Mid downtown Police Department by the City Commission. Others eligible were Erice Neatherly and Landon Webb. Four substitute Post Office carriers appointed by Postmaster George Sebald were James R. Clark Milford Pendleton Walter Montgomery and Paul Flisher.
The reading advises attentiveness to others with Venus in good aspect to Mercury, suggesting a favorable period for reciprocity, group activities, and friendships while cautions against lavish entertaining. For those with October birthdays, local party plans and conservative finances are noted, with cooperation and teamwork emphasized to advance major long-range objectives.
The proceedings started late as political refugees from Maine arrived, disrupting the session. The scene sparked sharp exchanges about farmers' complaints, with some calling their views crazy and the gathering seen as an eye-opener.
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