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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1977
Page
11
Dear Abby discusses a Vietnamese refugee in Cleveland Ohio living with neighbor gossip about an older man visiting a younger woman. The writer asks how to judge moral behavior amid unfamiliar customs in a new country and notes rumors about the woman’s past in show business.
In a Dear Abby style exchange, a reader defends wearing religious symbols from Judaism and Catholicism amid family tensions over interfaith marriage. The correspondent notes disagreements over ceremony choices and parental feelings, while urging respect for personal belief. The column also references New York Sun readers discussing similar symbols and how families handle mixed faiths.
The column cites a reader praising Abby Van Buren for supporting sending a gift to a mother of a child with Down syndrome. A reader shares a touching thank you message about faith and friendship. In Caracas, Venezuela, reports say the country has Latin America’s best highway system with 30 000 miles of roads, 1.4 million vehicles, and gasoline at 12 cents per gallon.
The column ponders shifts in spectator habits from girl watching to person watching, lamenting debt as a timeless condition and questioning why some people avoid self-critique. It argues few are truly useless, noting rewards as a motive for behavior and reflecting on cultural changes in self-control.
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