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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1957
Page
32
A reader asks how to ease a dog's fear of thunderstorms and firecrackers. Advice urges protecting pets, never letting children use firecrackers near animals, and using gradual conditioning to noises. Veterinary tranquilizers may help for highly nervous dogs, and calm, reassuring treatment is recommended during storms.
It Happened Last Week promotes a men’s fashion shop with JACK KEISTER offering guidance on sport shirts slacks ties shoes shorts and swim trunks to help customers find the newest styles.
Common Pleas Judge C V D Emmons ordered Shiloh Baptist Church closed until July 19 when the 250 member congregation votes on retaining Rev John Milton Burrell as pastor. Nine members filed a petition asking to restrain him from entering the church or conducting services citing failure to follow church regulations and dictatorial methods.
Seven Hawthorne letters believed to be from Nathaniel Hawthorne were found in a safety deposit box in Mount Vernon Ohio. The letters were found among the belongings of Dr Richard C Manning emeritus Latin professor at Kenyon College Gambier and a Hawthorne relative who died May 24 at 89. The First Knox National Bank serves as executor and has not appraised the letters’ value.
Northwestern University in Evanston houses a 12 member percussion ensemble featuring 92 instruments from donkey jawbones to cabazas and gourds. Led by Richard L Schory the group emphasizes melody and harmony while exposing students to diverse literature dating from the 1930s.
New York designer Mary T. Luscher demonstrates that a modest living room can look opulent. She colors walls Wedgwood blue, refines tables with off white and Fiji green, and slips sofas in emerald cotton. The only new item is antique white and gold chairs, creating a rich effect within a tight budget.
Dallas youth Don Mize, 18, turned after a tapping shoulder to spot a 5 foot water moccasin in his car downtown. He braked hard and leapt out as a passerby and he beat the snake to death with a stick before police arrived. He said he had picked up the snake at a July 4 picnic and stowed it in a box in the trunk.
Hong Kong police report Cheng Yiu before Magistrate K R MacFee for the tenth time on pocket picking charges. He pleaded for mercy citing a newborn. The magistrate dismissed excuses and sentenced Cheng to four years at hard labor.
The Mansion on Wheels, a custom highway coach with Luxtrol lighting control, will visit Middletown July 9 and 10 in the parking lot near Cincinnati Gas & Electric. Open 9 am to 5 pm both days, it showcases decorating ideas and three-quarter-scale rooms designed by Edward Wormsley and Edward Cruse. Ann Holiday of CG&E will answer lighting questions.
Dallas based insurance man Joe Bibby, 34, begins weekly newspaper ads to announce a future mayoral candidacy. He plans to run in eight years when older and wiser, estimating advertising costs at about 3200 dollars. Friends have funded most of the early effort.
A historical overview notes that global population has increased substantially over the last three centuries, rising from early counts to more than quadrupling by modern estimates, reflecting widespread advances in agriculture, medicine, and urban development.
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