Heloise Tips Use Flatware Box for Odds and Ends
Reader Ann Skinner converts a wooden flatware box into a storage tray for stationery cards and keeps a writing surface on the lid. The column shares reader tips on clever organizing and practical hacks, plus a note on postmaster Jack D. Watson being named postmaster of the year by the Direct Mail Advertising Association.
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Jean Muir Restores British Fashion Emphasis in 70s Style
London designer Jean Muir leads a fashion revival by creating contemporary designs for today. Her work contrasts with nostalgia from Ossie Clarke Thea Porter and Mr Freedom, positioning Muir as the 70s analog to Mary Quant while maintaining true designer credentials.
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Athens designer Miss Muir wins Paris buyers ovation
Miss Muir’s spring-summer collection drew a standing ovation in Paris with French press praise for matte jersey body clothes leaf-printed georgette tent dresses capelet sleeved pieces and a long front short back skirt. London critics also praised suede dresses and shirttail hemlines.
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Veterans Day date change sparks readers ire in Dear Abby column
Readers nationwide vent frustration over Veterans Day shifted from November 11 to October 25 to create long weekends. The exchange also touches on past changes like Thanksgiving under F D R and readers’ personal queries from tall teens to camp permission disputes.
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Abby
Alcoholism in Women on the Rise and Its Traits
A U S M W studies indicate more than 700000 U S women may be alcoholic with rising trends. Mary A Schuckit MD notes female alcoholics differ, often start around age 30, drink under stress, and show higher drug abuse than men. Half face broken marriages. one third married to an alcoholic.
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Mary A. Schuckit
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis
Nixon keeps movie picks secret at White House
Washington reports the Nixon White House quietly selects films for the president and his family with secrecy. Titles featured range from The French Connection to It Happened One Night others like Patton and The Great Escape were discussed or shown at Camp David.
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Daryl Zanuck
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Jeannette MacDonald
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American Film Institute
Lana Turner
Kirk Douglas
Jean Muir Compared To Vionnet For 70s Style
The speaker lauds Jean Muir as a 70s parallel to Vionnet, praising her designs for making women look mature and intelligent. They criticize nostalgia and praise Muir’s goal of empowering women with taste and intellect, not fitting past stereotypes.
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Eleanor Roosevelt had early Democratic hopes and anti Catholic bias
Biographer Joseph Lash told a packed Woman's National Democratic Club luncheon that Eleanor Roosevelt in 1957 suggested Edmund Muskie as a 1960 candidate and opposed Kennedy due to anti Catholic sentiment. He traced her growth from private to public life, including early 1924 New York Democratic Convention actions and later White House influence on women appointments.
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Woman's Music Club of Athens hosts meeting with scholars and therapy talk
The Woman's Music Club of Athens met at Mrs. Gilbert Stephenson's home with co hostess Mrs. Franklin Dybdahl. Richard M. Gray spoke on music therapy and Keplers word satellite. Debby Marsh received the Dorothy Dann Bullock scholarship. Sheri Vincent earned the Ohio stne music therapy scholarship. Refreshments followed a Thanksgiving themed social.
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