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Newspaper
Anderson Herald
Location
Anderson, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1972
Page
13
A 1972 column urges active living for longevity and mental sharpness. It argues regular physical exercise reduces disease risk and preserves bone and heart health while highlighting the boost from mental activity through reading, learning languages, and new hobbies. The piece notes women increasingly pursue postmidlife education and creative endeavors.
A reader asks for curations on straw matting cleaning and wood hardening. The answer suggests damp cloths in hot salted water for small areas, drying promptly to prevent yellowing. It also recommends boiling carved wood in pure olive oil for eight to ten minutes to harden it. A method to make a mahogany stain uses permanganate oil and epsom salts in water, with color depth from solution strength.
A farmer starts with 84 bushels. He sells 8 more than 5/7 of his supply and then has 12 bushels fewer than 1/3 of the original supply left. The problem leads to 84 as the original quantity.
Hamburg Germany plans a transit strategy based on the finger principle. Greater Hamburg with 2.6 million people will expand its eight-finger rapid transit to 180 miles by 1990. Automations will enable trains every 60 seconds.
A short feature explains a numeric puzzle that yields a fortune. It guides readers to count letters in their first name, adjust by simple rules, and use a grid to read a resulting message from checked figures. The item is a brief feature notice from 1972.
In a Homewood column The Aces outlines Judge Samuel W. Gardiner of Marin County solving a tricky bridge hand. Facing a heart game after a diamond lead, he rejects both straight heart and spade finesses, wins with the diamond king, and executes a precise sequence to force dummy’s jack, discarding a losing diamond and achieving the contract.
Younker Brothers reports an April distribution replacing four quarterly cash dividends with about 450 dollars per share value. The piece notes prior annual cash dividends of 1.05 dollars per share and profits growth despite a 14 cent per share writeoff, with potential from remodeled and new outlets. It also discusses replacing 60 million dollars of Federal Land Bank bonds with high yield NYSE bonds, advising selling now while par, holding half proceeds for later higher coupon issues, and cites Columbia Gas 9s of 1995 and Alabama Power 9s of 2000 as attractive listed bonds.
Painting flowerpots with aluminum paint inside and enamel outside prevents moisture damage and browning. Aluminum foil shields ovens during roasting. Linoleum repair uses cork Stellac paste, sanded smooth and touch up with matching paint.
Barry sues the town after slipping on ice and argues streets must be safe. The town cites a 48 hour cleanup limit after snowfall, and the judge says forty eight hours is reasonable. The case weighs citizen safety against municipal winter duty.
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