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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1978
Page
7
In a column of reader letters, Ann Sanders advises a mother that she owes no explanation for her past pregnancy before marriage and suggests asking the son whether he would have preferred an abortion. The page also touches on keeping a maiden name after marriage, noting many husbands oppose it when children are born.
Heloise suggests cutting off glove fingers with holes to reuse intact parts and placing cotton in tips to protect nails. Reader Eleanor Swartz praises clues, and Emma Callan reports glove tips easing hot egg handling. A magnet glued to a seam ripper helps keep it handy at the sewing machine.
A reader shares repurposing a bird cage into a fern holder in a corner, suggesting ivy or flowers for hanging decor. The note adds a penny saver tip about fixing a dull metal peeler by using the other, unused blade to peel left handed, turning it into a sharper tool with practice.
A reader shares a practical tip to crush potato chips in their own bag to top a casserole with no extra waste. The letter also includes a birthday frustration note about a husband who handed a dollar for a card but offered no celebration or response.
A nostalgic column recalls a mother's everyday acts of care from rain soaked baseball games to birthday cake crumbs and shrunk shirts. It frames compassion as a quiet, lifelong chorus of small sacrifices and mistaken hopes that shaped a child's world.
In Istanbul a narcotics task force destroyed 5 million Indian hemp plants that could be used to produce hashish. Police sources say 30 farmers near the Iraqi border were arrested for drug regulation violations.
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