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Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 17, 1978

Page

13

Beating the Bar and 1940s Song Limericks Debated

Dear Ann Landers discusses old song lyrics like Beat Me Daddy Eight to the Bar and Flat-Foot Floogie, noting their nonsensical nature. She reflects generational divides, then recounts a Readers column on the authorship of a brief essay titled Success attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Ann Landers

Heloise home hints from readers offer clean screens and smart storage

Readers share quick fixes from de-fuzzing window screens with a dry sponge and sudsy ammonia to storing cereal in cupboard spaces and repurposing items like tissue rolls for curlers. Other tips cover curtains, crochet hooks, sweaters, and tips for judging a suitor’s finances in a personal dilemma column.

Heloise Mary Wheeler Mary

Two Spades or Not in This Bridge Hand

South faces four hands with different suits and asks what to bid. Hand 1 supports a safe two spades. hand 2 favors a double for penalties. hand 3 suggests two hearts to probe support. hand 4 implies a grand slam possibility if partner controls diamonds.

North

Ford repays public funds as 1976 campaign tops

Former President Gerald R Ford becomes the fifth candidate to reimburse the Federal Election Commission with public matching funds, returning 179.48 dollars. Carter’s campaign already paid 126,515 dollars. The two together were allocated 45.6 million for the general election campaign, with nearly 70.8 million accounted for of 75.6 million paid to 15 federal candidates in 1976.

Washington Gerald R. Ford Federal Election Commission Carter Ford

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