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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1971
Page
9
Architecture item describes an H shaped ranch with a spare room behind the garage serving as guest or private space for a grandparent or older child. It notes a stall shower bath, possible living room porch conversion to an income unit, 32 foot front living and dining area, two fireplaces, patio extension, three bedroom wing, and two car garage with mud room and basement stairs.
Home owners ask about cleaning wax from a wood living room floor. The advice recommends a commercial wax remover, not benzine, due to flammability, and stresses following label directions for safety and results. The article also notes patching and repainting steps for nail pops in attic gypsum board walls.
Readers can build their own collection of House of The Week plans with new designs featured weekly in this newspaper at a few cents each.
The piece urges patience and a plan for first time buyers to pursue a modest starter house rather than chasing costly dreams. It advises determining monthly affordability, discussing down payments with agents, and exploring rent-to-own options, mortgage feasibility, and area choices to reach homeownership gradually.
The article notes rare ten card suits in a 1962 world championship match Italy versus the United States. It describes two tables with bids from Forquet and Nail, including doubles and overcalls, and two decisive results where the Italian defense and American defense yielded 300 and 1010 point outcomes. It also mentions a 1971 housing invitation from Butler Metropolitan Housing Authority and bids by J Ross Hunt.
AP News describes a homeowner friendly method to quiet floor squeaks. A helper marks squeak points with chalk while a flashlight reveals the true source. Remedies include inserting a wedge under joists, driving screws through subfloor into finish flooring, securing loose bridging, and nailing upper floor spots from above with properly sized nails.
Scattered through Earth's oceans are about 10 million tons of gold 500 million tons of silver and 2 billion tons of uranium in seawater. The quantities are estimates based on dissolved metal concentrations and ocean volume.
A historical note claims George Washington measured six feet two inches and weighed 299 pounds, a figure not aligned with standard historic records and treated as an unusual historical artifact.
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