Poisonous Garden Plants Warn South Carolina Families
The S C Department of Health reports children were poisoned after eating berries leaves or flowers from common garden plants including oleander azaleas daffodils and lantana. DHEC and the SC Poison Control Center urge awareness noting plants like dieffenbachia oleander and yellow jessamine as highly dangerous with possible death.
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S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control
McNutt
ACH
If Women Drafted To War They’d End It With Imagination
A group of women debating the draft proposes humorous ideas to end a war. Suggestions include Tim Conway making a short series, the post office handling the conflict, assigning children to clean rooms before going to war zones, urging husbands to dress up, and transporting troops via Amtrak.
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Tim Conway
Post Office
Amtrak
Barrage of War Jokes Sparkled By a Mother’s Look
Erma Bombeck jokes about uniforms rumors and a Marine son home on leave sparking sibling fights. Barb’s wand of doom is a wooden spoon and the look that could end wars. The piece riffs on family life and wartime absurdity with biting humor.
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Barb
Marine Corps
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