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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1967
Page
8
A reader asks Ann Landers to publish practical self defense tips for women against attackers. The column suggests carrying a pencil in a coat pocket and demonstrates several hard strikes to disable an assailant.
Matilda R. reports cramps after gardening and constant activity. Dr Crane explains lactic acid buildup from unusual exercise, cooling, and prolonged sitting. recommends very hot baths to improve circulation and prevent cramps, plus aspirin and posture tips.
Pattern 9058 offers girls sizes 6 through 14 for school and Saturday wear in plaid prints and solids. Includes yardage and mailing details, price 65 cents per pattern with 15 cents extra for first class mail, Marian Martin Middletown Ohio Journal Pattern Dept. 252 West 18th Street New York NY 10011.
In Orville Ohio a 23 year old mother of two Mrs Allen Purcell made her first parachute jump from 3000 feet during a skydiving meet to raise funds for children of parachutists who died in a Lake Erie crash on August 27. She said she wanted to jump all day to show the sport is safe and to aid the children. Seventy five skydivers performed 300 jumps over the weekend drawing several thousand attendees. The proceeds total was not available. Mrs Purcell noted the scene was peaceful and clean.
A reader explains a simple ironing strip solution to keep shirt tails tucked in. The busy mother with seven boys and one husband shares how drip dry no iron shirts posed a problem with tails coming out, and she used iron on strips to fix it.
Heloise describes sewing six inch tape on the back and three inch strips on the front of shirts to keep shirt tails tucked into trousers. She explains placing tape outside the shirt for drip dry trousers and notes the utility for her large family.
The article narrates a bridge hand where West leads clubs, declarer cashes A Q, draws trumps then discards diamonds, and a late ace of diamonds yields critical play turning a seeming loss into a success. It also includes readers’ tips and humorous household hints from the Dear Heloise column.
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