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By OBERT PETERSONQ.“My wife sang in»ome operettas as a girl. Vow a half century later .he’s been reading your idvice about using talents md has decided to shareler vocal gifts with the world. We can’t go to aaarty or to anyone’s house without her telling folks »he’s resuming her singing career. Ten seconds afteranyone asks her to sing, she’s croaking away on the Indian Love Call’ orsomething. How can I get her to realize folksarelaughing at her? She ac tually thinks she’s great.”A.— If she can make people laugh she’s a better entertainer than mostsingers. Personally, I get a kick out of anyone who displays a willingness to entertain. Most parties and gatherings need a bit of live talent, whether it’s good or bad. Remind yourself that you’re probably oversensitive, and that others may react more favorably to your wife’s talents. Give her some credit for sensing audience reaction. If she’swouldn’t take a job on abet. Just not having to get up in the morning till I feel like it makes oldageworthwhile. I love music, reading, plays, movies, baseball, and football. I get my own meals and bet onthe horses. I haven’t timefor a job and hope to hit 100 just ambling along the way1 am.it\.— You’re a lucky dog to savor your leisure! time, and to have enough moneyhitting your postboxmonthly to give you peace of mind. More power to you. But a great many olderpeople don’t enjoy just sitting around. They wantspecific chores or part-timejobs to keep the cobwebsAll 4 EscapeesCaptured, BackIn Sheridan JailRushville lt;#)FourescapeesSheridanCounty jail have been captured and returned to the jail, officials said Friday.The quartet broke out Sun-1 -I. Lfrom their minds. Andhandsofmanyneed the extra moneyandthemQ. —“My husband neverdrank anything strongerthan sherry until he retired.Now he’s at the bourbon adozen times a day, and when I remind h i m it’scostly and harmful snaps that it’s his money and his health and he’ll do as he pleases.What can I do? He just sits there in a blue fog and won’t go anyplace.”A. — Not much. Retired folks who find hard liquormore comforting than carpentry or canasta are hard to rehabilitate. It’s not uncommon for retired men — and sometimes women — to start drinking excessively simply to banish theboredom of emptv hours.Try to talk Old Grandad into going back to work, or see if you can’t get him involved in local clubs or community activities to keep his mind off the bottle.If you would like a booklet, Basic Health Rules for Older People, write to Robert Peterson, c/o Dispatch Letter Service, 15 W. 45th St., New York, N.Y. 10036, enclosing a stamped, self-addressed envelope and 10 cents to cover handling costs.The search the weekend of March 29-30 will cover 16,000 square miles of the state which will be divided into 152 areas, he said.No Ground UnitsHeilig said he search will not use ground units since“we could easily lose more people if the search were on the ground because of t h e terrain in the area which willbe searched.”He said the plane had a capability to fly another 470 miles after it passed over North Platte, “which leaves a lot of area that it conceivablycould be in.”The plane was lost while returning to Sioux Falls, S.D., from a debate tournament in Colorado Springs, Colo.An intensive search was launched for the plane after it was lost, but snow cover greatly hampered the search efforts.Missing are the plane’spilot, Frayne D. Anderson, 43, debate team coach K, Don Tibbetts, 34, and studentsJoyceMinn.,Estwick of Milan, Linda Heideman ofRapid City, S.D., At Jensen of Pipestone, Minn., and James Housek of Mission, Kan.
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Lincoln Star
Lincoln, Nebraska, US
Sat, Mar 08, 1969
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