Tragic Plane Crash Touches Many In Community
Interim report by Jane Toner Scott on a fatal plane crash that claimed Shirley Hurley and affected friends and family in Muncie Daleville anderson. Hers was a life of hospitality cooking and civic involvement with phi gamma delta mothers club sertoma club and broadway memories. The piece honors her memory and reflects on shared grief.
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Jane Toner
Scott
Anderson
Shirley Hurley
Phi Gam
Daleville
Shirley
Joseph Shoemaker
Sertoma Club
Andersonians
Anson Hurley
John Donne
Problem Solving Age and Dam Facts from Australia
A riddle answers Mr Adams age by summing life fractions 1 12 1 4 1 18 1 4 then adjusting with 6 20 as described, yielding 72. The text also notes Warragamba Dam near Sydney opened in 1960 with dimensions 450 feet high and 340 feet long.
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Mr. Adams
Warragamba
Sydney
Australia
Court denies Charles motel plan citing zoning differences
The Reader's Courtroom reports Charles sought to build a motel on a residential street but was denied. The judge noted boarding houses are allowed while motels are not, and found the law constitutional since motels serve the general public and have greater traffic and noise.
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Charles
Points for Parents Mothers and neighbors clash over child play
A neighbor mother urges children to go home asserting she cannot leave work to settle quarrels and complains about unfair play with Tommy. Mrs. A proposes shared supervision and planning to allow children to play in the yard with joint oversight.
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Tommy
Mrs. A
Helen
Korea
Crossword Puzzle Clues and Cryptogram Sample
Readers are guided through a daily crossword with across and down clues and a cryptogram quote. The page lists many partial answers, spanning themes from chemistry to geography, ending with a quotation and a note on yesterday's cryptoquote.
Woman Grows Confident After Weight Loss Letter Encourages
A reader shares how she regained her looks and self esteem after marriage and two children. She slimmed from 140 pounds to 120, inspired by Josephine Lowman’s guidance, and urges others to pursue beauty from within. The letter promotes Lowman’s 9 Day Diet and inviting readers to send for details.
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Josephine Lowman
Household stain removal tips and cleaning hacks
Practical steps for removing candle wax from fabrics using heat and blotting papers followed by solvent. Then a method to clean a food chopper with stale bread to lift stuck particles. Finally a vinegar treatment to remove paint from hair with a follow up shampoo advised.
Non Residents Tax Limitation Sought
Senator Clifford Case proposed a constitutional amendment to limit state and city taxation on non residents incomes. He cited relief for Americans paying taxes in multiple states and aimed to curb double taxation. A Bell SyndicateQPAGE item also mentions a reader column and a note on aviation tech claiming a new adjustable camber propeller blade increasing range and cargo capacity.
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Washington
UPI
Clifford P. Case
R-N.j
Case
Tranquilizers Said to Alter Plant Growth in Greenhouses
Report suggests chemical growth regulators can shorten internode length and dwarf tall plant varieties. Not yet widely available, but researchers foresee dwarf forms emerging from standard stock as usage expands.
Try and Stop Me Secretary Letter Parody
A fired secretary adds sarcastic parenthetical notes to her former boss’s alibi letter about a late order. Judge Braude quotes the quip about magicians and a wife leaving with the shipping clerk as a humorous aside from a 1941 Bennett Cerf piece syndicated by King Features.
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J. M. Braude
Bennett Cerf
King Features Syndicate
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