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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1953
Page
10
A mixed clue grid featuring across and down hints from a classic word puzzle. Entries include Noted Heint, Speaker, Cotton fabric, Diadem, Shield bearings, Emporiums, Humblest, Heating devices, Camera stands, Appointed, Motive, Thoroughfare, Soaked flax, and more. Readers solve via cross letters to complete names, places, and common terms.
First Lady Mamie Eisenhower hosts a reception for GOP women in Denver, the first she has held since arriving Aug. 8 for a six week vacation. She previously declined many social invitations and spent much time at her mother’s residence, resting after the Washington season and adjusting to altitude.
In TIFFIN Ohio a groom David C Cleveland 20 of Republic and bride Dolores 17 sister of Kenneth Prindle 21 were married at old Trinity Episcopal Church near the Seneca County Jail. Minutes later Cleveland and Prindle bound for Mansfield Reformatory to serve a burglary sentence. Cleveland drew one to twenty years.
Several divorce petitions were filed in Ohio and Ohio area courts. Timothy L. Short seeks a divorce from Gladys Short on gross neglect of duty in Otter County case No 5 with a Sept 26 1953 response deadline. Robert B Piersall seeks a divorce from Betty Ruth Piersall on gross neglect and extreme cruelty in Butler County case No 70149 with an Oct 17 1953 deadline.
The piece notes men turning to walking shorts amid rising spring suit prices and longer pants staying dominant for office wear. It cites the National Assn. of Retail Clothiers and Furnishers voting 23 to 3 to keep long pants for city business attire, while shorts gain popularity for leisure.
A motorist stranded east of Alamo Michigan at 3 am on Monday found all stations closed. He rang a fire station buzzer and explained he needed gas to rouse the crew. Fire Chief Ray Zantello and 10 volunteers rallied but the man left without giving his name as gasoline was obtained.
A truck carrying 60 Chinese Nationalist soldiers collided with a train at a grade crossing near Taipei yesterday. Four soldiers died and 29 were injured in the accident.
Somerville Massachusetts teens at the Buick Co area caused 14 cars to crash head on after leaving keys in ignition locks. Officials estimated damage at least 5000 dollars as fenders shattered headlights ripped off bumpers twisted.
The 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team will end two weeks of combat training with a mass paratroop jump near Seoul. Over 350 paratroops will jump from CK9 flying boxcars to a Sandy island in the Han River as Operation Gung Ho.
About 700 stamp collectors gathered in Oyster Bay for the first sale of a new three cent stamp issued to accompany the dedication of Theodore Roosevelt's Sagamore Hill as a national shrine. The piece notes El Salvador’s voting requirement.
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