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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1962
Page
14
A real estate view by Andy Lang notes demand for new homes remains steady, while interest in existing, larger houses grows in established neighborhoods. The piece argues housing choices reflect family needs, with both types offering enduring market demand and different maintenance costs.
Question about shellacing plaster before applying mastic and aluminum tiles. Oil base mastic usually benefits from shellac, while resin base typically does not. Follow the tile dealer’s guidance and verify with mastic directions.
In Key West Florida two men returned a 150 pound religious statue to the convent lawn after it vanished for a week. A nun reported seeing the pair move the statue under darkness, suggesting the theft weighed on their consciences.
ARO AP News reviews House of the Week J-24 by Rudolph A. Matern, detailing a 1,120 square foot, 42 by 36 foot one story home with two bedrooms and a bath, plus potential upstairs expansion to 2 more bedrooms and a bath. Notable features include a cathedral ceiling, private side porch, brick chimney, and a glass door linked living room dining room and porch. The plan emphasizes foyer sound buffering, extensive closet space, and an efficient U shaped kitchen with abundant light.
The Better Basement Institute urges placing a center hall in basements to keep rooms directly accessible from both floors and the outdoors. An outside entrance aids daily use, allowing easy entry to the recreation area, laundry, den, and workshop, while minimizing mud tracked upstairs.
Horace C. Johnson of Erie County mailed 2000 questionnaires at his own expense to gauge constituent opinion on a proposed sales tax increase. Only 15 replies were received.
James Kemp and others transfer to First Nat Bank lot 3115 for 3300 dollars while Louise T Hess moves to American Savings and Loan for lot 13239 at 2500 dollars. Jean Paul Engle and others sell to First National Bank of Midd for lot 9204 at 8450 dollars. Enoch Barker and others to Howard J Knopshield for parts of lots 1561-62 at 2032 dollars. Samuel Morningstar and others to Midd. Fed Savings and Loan for part of lot 94 at 5000 dollars. Turner Homes Inc to Mercantile Building and Loan on Meyers Road rights lot 8 for 12900 dollars. Milhur Realty Corp to Liberal Savings and Loan Rolling Mill Park lot 53 for 10000 dollars. Theda Hoskins and others to Enterprise Building and Loan for Dalewood lot 115 at 16000 dollars. Hillard Fausnaugh and others to American Blog and Loan for Dixie Heights lot 259 at 4500 dollars. Chester FE Eadler and others to Findlay Loan and Building for Cressfield lot 20 at 18000 dollars.
ARMP PVT Daniel South of Franklin has joined the 82nd Airborne at Fort Bragg North Carolina after basic at Fort Knox Kentucky. PFC Stephen T Proctor of 311 Vanderveer Street has been assigned to the Third Marine Aircraft Wing at El Toro MCAS Santa Ana California, supporting First Marine Division infantry at Camp Pendleton.
In Louisville Kentucky Clint Smith was fined 25 dollars for using a garbage can as a weapon against his father in law. The incident adds a cautionary note about improvised weapons and domestic disputes in local crime reports.
In Wilmington a skinny black bear strolled through downtown before a single shot by the city dog catcher ended its life. The source could not determine the bear’s origin. After sightings near 5th and Market Streets and a pecan tree, M. G. Currie was ordered to shoot the animal. the bear died from a head shot.
The Athenian state condemned Socrates and he drank hemlock dying in 399. Buddha, born near the Himalayas in 563, earned the title the Enlightened.
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