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Newspaper
Anderson Herald
Location
Anderson, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1962
Page
4
A brainteaser about bananas asks how many Mrs. Housewife bought after a 60 cent purchase and a hypothetical two more bananas would lower price per dozen. The rest lists upcoming special days and observances in Louisiana through February, including beef month and various awareness weeks.
A cryptogram puzzle presents a daily cipher with letter substitutions and a sample quotation. It instructs how to decode with single-letter mappings and hints about word length, followed by yesterday’s quote attribution to Hubbard.
A period self-improvement appeal urges women to join an eight week program led by Josephine Lowman or Cowman. It promotes calorie counting, home exercises, and cooking tweaks to slim down and improve health. Readers are invited to request a booklet by sending 10 cents and a self addressed envelope to Des Moines Iowa.
Household tips explain removing mercury stains from rugs by applying liquid metal and scraping with a dull knife, then caution about mercury toxicity. A paint bucket hook is improvised from a C-clamp to secure a bucket to a ladder. Salve hands with lanolin and old cotton gloves for overnight comfort.
Dear Broken Hearted Wife seeks guidance on a troubled marriage with stepchildren from a former marriage. Helen Erskine advises arbitration, arranging visits, and involving the judge to protect the wife and child, stressing the husband's role and respect in resolving the issue.
The guide explains making movable flower beds for terraces or patios using large perforated-bottom boxes or planters. Attach casters to core nets and fill with potted plants to form changing beds, enabling flexible arrangement of bed 100.
A famous motion picture star who called himself a bibliophile died recently. His heirs hoped to profit from the featherbound editions of Shaw Joyce Hemingway Faulkner and others. A Los Angeles bookman examined the collection last month. Sixty two bindings contained copies of The Life of Alfred a Landon. The note quoted Sir John Herschel on linking a biographer to great society across eras. A 12 by Bennett Cerf is distributed by King Features Syndicate.
The 16 year old nephew promised to quit liquor and tobacco until age 21 in exchange for $10,000 from Hawkins. The youth kept the promise, but at 21 Hawkins reneged, sparking a courtroom debate over consideration. The court noted quitting lawful vices is a sacrifice, so the contract may be binding.
An Indianapolis firm Lennox Matthews Simmons and Ford Inc won Indiana's sixth contract for a federally sponsored fallout survey. Col James L Lewis announced in Louisville that the survey will start within days, with the first part due in about nine weeks. Eight counties Boone Clinton Fountain Hamilton Madison Montgomery Tipton Warren are included. The note also cites a 30 percent projection of youths entering the 1950s US labor force lacking high school and 2 500 000 not finishing the eighth grade.
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