Milford chronicle., 1956-11-09
REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET WINS

REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET WINS
Delaware Republicans will take over ad-
ditional State offices as result of Tuesdays
elections. Both the Auditor of Accounts and
the State Treasurer offices will be manned
by Republicans as a result of the balloting.
Hal Haskell has kicked out Harris Mcdowell
and Gale Boggs will continue to rule over the
office of Governor. So far as Delaware is con-
cerned the election results were surprising in
spots. The City of Wilmington, thanks to
the ripper legislation passed by the outgoing
legislature went heavily Democratic. But
the majority was not as large as Democratic
leaders had predicted and hoped for. Again
Brandywine Hundred came through with its
usual overwhelming Republican majorities.
This, together with small Sussex County Re-
publican majorities, swung the Republican
State Ticket into the winners column.
As this is written it looks as if Governor
Boggs will face a General Assembly which
will be controlled by Democrats in both
branches when it convenes in January. But
his position will be stronger than that which
confronted him in 1855 when the notorious
legislature just adjourned went into action.
The Governor will face a House of Represen-
tatives which cannot override his yetOes.
They will not have the necessary majority.
This should result in better considered legiS-
lation and resultant laws which will work to
of party affiliation. The elections are over,
tempers or cooling off, Let's all get back to
4 our normal way of life.
EISENHOWER LEADS THE WAY
Another national election has passed into
history. As expected, President Eisenhower
piled up record making majorities from coast
to coast We hear alibis for the Stevenson
campaign result and explanations as to why
certain things were done. 1t seems to us that
Mr.. Stevenson aided the Eisenhower cam
paign every time that he spoke. His disgust
ing attacks on the Presidents health, the
associates whom the Chief Executive had
placed in positions of great trust and his
campaign antics in general were disgusting.
Their net result was a big boost in building
the crushing majority given our President
Certainly a lesson is to be learned by cam
paigners of the future from the 1856 drive
for votes-orderly and"clean presentation of
facts, on the one hand against insinuations
and half truths on the other. The clean fight
er generally gets the plaudits of the people
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FOR .$210 A YEAR
How much does medical care cost the av-
erage American family? That question, ask
ed at random, would provoke a wide gamut
of answers. A good many people, who haven't
/ had an opportunity TO get the facts, obvious
8 ly believe that this cost is very heavy.
The Health Information Foundation of
New York City has looked into the matter 1t
found that the average family medical bill
runs to about $21O a year. Only 16 per cent
of families spend more than $500.
The average family, as we all know,
/ spends substantially larger sums for luxur-
les and entertainment and in other ways
that are fun but not essential. And today's
medical care dollar, due to medical progress,
brings back a tremendous return. New
dtIlUc and tpchOiuuqS rr0ducp curpS where
cures were rare or impossible in past times.
They have greatly reduced the time that peo-
pie must spend recuperating from illness.
It's a real saving when a man can return to
his work in a matter of days, instead of
weeks or months.
Complaints about medical care costs are
easy enough to understand-they are newt
able, human nature being what it is. No one
likes to go to the doctor-we go only when
we must We'd much rather spend the mon
ey on all manner of other things. That atti-
tude is universal. But it should not be allow
ed to warp the truth-and to blow up the
medical care financial problem out of all
semblance to reality.
PURCHASING AGENT
The housewife is the purchasing agent in
most American homes. So every producer
and seller of goods must be vitality concerned
with what advertising medium she finds
most influential when it comes to making out
her shopping list
The Illinois Consumer Analysis recently
conducted 5000 interviews in Is Illinois mar
kets in which this question was asked: "What
form of advertising do you find most help
full in buying general merchandise?" The
answers We're: newspapers, so per cent; tele
vision, 8.5 per cent; magazine, 81 per cent
radio, IL per cent.
The newer media serve their purpose anC