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Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Nov 18, 1953

Page

5

What Should You Spend In Purchasing A Home

Ed Morse explains that take home pay, not gross pay, should guide home buying budgets. He compares traditional rules of thumb with FHA and VA loan figures, showing typical monthly costs for a $12 500 home and how take home pay constrains affordability across regions.

New York National Assn. of

Governor Wins Mountains On Football Bet

SANTA FE New Mexico Governor Ed Mechem claimed victory in a football bet with Wyoming Governor C J Rogers after New Mexico beat Wyoming 9 7 Mechem wagered the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of New Mexico against the Teton Mountains of Wyoming He suggested piping water if a cheap power source could be developed for the state

Santa FE N. M Ed Mechem Teton Mountains Wyoming Mechem C. J. Rogers New Mexico Sangre de Cristo Mountains Tetons

75-Pound Baby Born To Snookie

COLUMBUS Ohio Snookie a world famous hippo is mother to a 75 pound day old baby likely to inherit her stubborn nature. The newborn’s sex will be determined before naming consideration names Joe E Brown or Martha Raye. Snookie rose to fame in 1949 after a sitdown strike at Brookfield Zoo.

Columbus Ohio Snookie Chicago Brookfield Zoo

Pike Group Hires Part Time Insurance Administrator

The Ohio Turnpike Commission hires W. O. Robertson of Columbus as a part time insurance administrator to handle details of the commission s insurance and specifications applying to contractors.

Columbus Ohio Ohio Turnpike Commission W. O. Robertson

Sprinklers Go On Week After Fire

In Montgomery Alabama water from attic sprinklers poured into a third floor committee room and caused ceiling collapse in a second floor office of the Department of Public Examiners. The deluge followed a fire that damaged a small attic hole, both linked to roof repair work at the State Capitol.

Montgomery Ala State Capitol Legislative Committee Department of Public Examiners

Hall Sold Heady Insurance Policy

ST JOSEPH MO Carl Austin Hall on trial for the kidnap slayings of Bobby Green lease sold one hospital policy while an insurance salesman last summer. H G Sterling, an insurer rep, said the buyer Mrs Bona Heady is on trial with all and may not claim benefits.

ST. Joseph Carl Austin Hall Bobby Greenlease H. G. Sterling Hall

Word Puzzle from Fragmented Clues Aimed at Historical Lexicon

A QA style paste of scattered clues lists short definitions and clues shaped like a crossword grid. It mixes numbers with terms ranging from foods and plants to measurements and titles, inviting resolution into a cohesive word list or puzzle solution.

U S Doctors Unveil New Medical Testing Machine

In Houston a new physiograph records nine body functions including heart beat and lung oxygen, while monitoring brain activity. Developed as a community project by Southwestern Polio Respiratory Center and Baylor College of Medicine, led by Dr. Leslie Geddes and Dr. William Spencer. It aims to detect heart and respiratory problems and moment by moment body responses to disease.

Houston Tex Southwestern Polio Respiratory Center Baylor University’s College of Medicine Leslie Geddes Geddes William §. Spencer Respiratory Center

Hiker Arrested In Death Of Man Stuffed In Auto

Erie District Attorney D J McLaughlin said Keith L Magee of Conneaut Ohio has been arrested in the death of George Harrington a 70 year old from Lakeville Ohio whose partially burned body was found in the trunk of his auto. Magee admitted beating Harrington and setting fire after a drinking bout along Rt 20. Harrington a retired boat engineer was found Saturday night by firefighters at the scene of an auto fire. A murder charge will be filed against Magee.

Erie D. J. McLaughlin George Harrington Lakeville Ohio McLaughlin Keith L. Magee Conneaut Harrington Magee

Water Workman Is Shot From Excavation In Detroit

Tolbert Chamberlain, 49, a Water Board worker, was propelled from a seven foot trench by a bursting main. He was uninjured as a 40 foot stream drenched cars and pedestrians for about ten minutes until the water was shut off.

Detroit Tolbert Chamberlain Water Board Chamberlain

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