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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1953
Page
4
Stores report steady aisles but lack of ads leaves buyers unaware of deals. Merchants fear a Christmas sales drop, hoping an early strike end spurs last minute ads. Toy section expected to boost holiday figures despite mild weather and slower overall retail.
Three sisters aged 73 70 and 67 from near Wheeling Ohio have never seen a big city. They will receive the keys to the city from Mayor Charles J Schuck ride in a new convertible and be interviewed by radio and TV before lunch with the Rotary Club in a city welcome stunt.
Mrs Aleen Knierim, a Democrat in Cincinnati, recalls the day a former President Marty S Truman bought a newspaper and signed a dollar he left in the register. Last night a thief grabbed her purse containing $101 and Truman's autographed dollar.
Baltimore news brief reports George Cox nailed a sleeping stranger in his closet after finding him inside his home. John Craddock, a 28 year old from New York, claimed he sought his aunt and had entered Cox’s house by mistake. Magistrate Lane fined him $15 for disturbing the peace with a suspended sentence if he leaves town promptly.
In Macon Georgia a thief stole three billfolds containing eighty seven dollars from the Tattnal Square Baptist Church choir dressing room while the choir sang Surrender All Sunday night. Johnny Williams forty four of Aiken South Carolina admitted the theft.
Dorothy Roe profiles Mary Brooks Picken, famed sewing author and needlework authority born near Arcadia Kansas. Her 91st book revisits sewing techniques while she contends crafts aid mental health. The piece also notes her widowhood and resilience through grief. DETROIT Recorder reports Judge George Murphy sentencing 54 persons in a record judicial speech before a 10 day vacation.
Houston report notes the marriage of Shepher King and Samia Gamal ended in divorce after about two years. The couple had converted to Islam for the union. Evangelist Billy Graham had predicted the marriage would not last six months.
Nagging backache and low energy may signal slow kidney function. Doctors stress kidney health and advise Doan’s Pills a mild diuretic used by millions for over 50 years to ease discomfort by flushing waste from kidney tubes and filters.
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