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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1964
Page
5
A reader column gathers home hacks from Heloise and others. Tips cover fueling candles with rubbing alcohol for a clean blue flame, keeping stacked tumblers apart with a toothpick and rubber band, marking hems by a simple height method, mounting a stove back mirror to protect walls, whitening ballet slippers with pink dye from shoe polish, and drying shirts flat by using the bottom button to ensure even drying.
A bridge problem by Edwin Kantar shows a hand where careful counting of West’s suit distribution leads to a correct plan. Declarer must decide how to target the queen of clubs by finessing West and East, then executes a sequence including a club finesse and a discard to make exactly three clubs.
A reader asks about a blunt father insulting friends, another about naming a second child after the wife’s father, and a young woman who lost her pregnancy after a relationship with a married man. Ann Landers offers blunt guidance on manners, family dynamics, and consequences.
Estrellita predicts a stimulating day with business cooperation bringing potential benefits. It notes a birthday tomorrow, optimism for the new year, and uptrends in November December March and July, plus profitable periods in September and October. Cautions against splurging and speculation in November December.
A note suggests using a few drops of food coloring to tint aquarium water, creating a pretty effect for the goldfish. The sender signs as S. K. H. and adds a caution about a costly hint for housewives. It ends with a tip about turning up hems.
An advice column discusses Albert W. discharged from the Navy for homosexuality. The piece claims four emotional stages from egocentric to heterosexual, labeling a minority as emotionally retarded. It urges coeducational schooling and offers a booklet for 20 cents, directing readers to write to Dr. Crane.
On this date many notable events are recalled including Virginia Dare’s birth as the first English child born in North America in 1587. Other milestones cover Gen. Stephen Kearny’s 1846 Santa Fe capture, 1942 Montgomer y appointed commander in Egypt, 1944 Allied move toward Paris, a deadly 1954 typhoon in Japan and Okinawa, 1964 century notes and modern milestones such as James Meredith earning a degree in 1963.
A quick fix for dry felt markers is to add felter fluid to the nib, restoring ink flow and enabling use again. The tip notes that leaving the cap off accelerates drying, and suggests the fluid as a practical rejuvenator. Ruth O'Bryon
If you have trouble mixing the flour butter and sugar for short bread knead the dough with your hands to blend the ingredients more evenly. This technique helps distribute fat and sugar for a tender crumb.
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