Garage Sale License Fiasco Echoes Bureaucratic Oddities
A Midwest reader recalls a garage sale tale where a woman faced a maze of permits and offices to sell items from her home. From zoning to IRS scrutiny and odd agency hostilities the episode ends with a warning about overzealous regulation and a child's saying about turning a molehill into a mountain.
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California
Midwest
Zoning Commission
Environmental Protection Agency
IRS
Sierra Club
Moocher warned by Abby in Dear Abby column
A 34 year old executive seeks advice about a 28 year old live in lover who drinks her paycheck, women others, wants to marry her, and trips up on lazy behavior. Abby labels him a moocher and urges her to end the relationship. The reader shares frustration with busy waiting areas and tips from the columnist on etiquette.
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Abby
Medical Secretary
Grandma
Meals for Therapy Brings Hope Through Home Lunches
George Keaton receives a hot lunch and companionship through the Franciscans Community Meals program run by Rev. Fred Shaw in The Plains. Volunteers, led by Paul and Verna Duckler, deliver nutritious meals to shut ins and those recently out of hospital across Ohio and parts of West Virginia.
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Greta Kreuz
George Keaton
George
Franciscan
Fred Shaw
The
Plains United Methodist Church
Good Samaritan
Shaw
Paul
Verna Cuckler
Plainsview
Rev.Shaw
Verna
Plains
Athens
Martha
June Koon
Paul and
Verna Duckler
Elsa Mallet
Martha Laughlin
the Plains
Ly Ucb Witon Jr
TV Games Help Eye Therapy Says Ohio Doctor
Ohio State University researchers report modified television ping pong games aid optometry practice for amblyopia prevention. Patients use different eyes for ball and paddle, with therapy more effective for children and noted as less boring than traditional methods.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio State University
Shem
Bohman
Grandpa Goddard’s Mexico marriage hunt attracts plans
Lakemore Ohio 81 year old Grandpa Goddard seeks a wife from south of the border proposing to advertise in Mexican papers to widen his pool. He jokes about immigration and 18 to 80 age range while his daughter and a restaurant worker plot to teach him Spanish. n 1960s lighthearted note.
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Lakemore
Ohio
Goddard
William Goddard
West Virginia
Mexico
Elinor McCardle
Stover Couple Welcome Twins Kevin and Kellee
Nelsonville couple Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Stover announce the birth of twins, a son Kevin Eugene and a daughter Kellee Michelle, born November 15, joining their son John Everett. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. John Matheny of Nelsonville. Athens couple Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Erwin announce a son Jeffrey Eric born November 12, with brothers Gene and Jerry I aged 12 and 8.
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Eugene Stover
Nelsonville
Kevin Eugene
Kellee Michelle
John Everett
Jerry Erwin
Athens
Jeffrey Eric
Gene
Jerry I
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Dear Abby
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Equal Rights
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Ashow
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East State
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