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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1972
Page
3
A bachelor shares an odd method for drying clothes and refreshing laundry. He notes catching the dryer at shutoff to avoid overdry, then suggests using a salt shaker with warm water to sprinkle and dip garments several times. The quirky advice ends with an unfinished tip.
A mixed page features a Misses' sewing pattern offer with sizes 8 through 20 plus extras, pricing 75 cents per pattern and 25 cents more for air mail. It includes pattern department address and a brief Housekeeping Q&A column with tips on drying clothes, cat travel cooling, and reflective advice.
A jumble of puzzle clues and reader notes covers crossword terms, household tips, and amateur advice. It includes melon handling guidance, dishwashing and ironing tips, porch flower displays, and shoe polish techniques, with reader names like Mrs S. E. Boyce and Joanne Ransom.
Merv Griffin hosts a packed schedule with Rudy Vallee Patty and Maxine Andrews and Pat Boone at 3 pm. Films feature origami at 6 30 pm. ABC News investigates rehabilitation and prison reform at 7 30 pm. Keir Dullea and Rip Torn star in Montserrat at 7 pm. Pirates meet Mets in New York at 7 pm. Tonight's movies include The Beachcomber and The Ambassador's Daughter. Sports and talk shows fill the late slots.
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