Missing Spouse Locate Law Expands Data Access
Dear Abby column discusses a new July 1 law enabling wives to access federal data to locate deserting ex spouses who owe alimony or child support. Includes guidance to readers on the Parent Locator Service and Abby’s contact information for personal replies and booklet requests.
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Abby
Social Security
IRS
Civil Service
Defense Department
James S. Dwight, Jr
Social and Rehabilitation Service
Switzer Eidz
Washington, D C
Shirley Temple Blacks Ghana Ambassadorship Focused on Self Sufficiency
ACCRA Ghana ambassador Shirley Temple Black discusses Operation Feed Yourself and Ghana's push to become self sufficient. She notes needs for better roads and rail upgrades to move food and fish north to Accra, and stresses the role of the U S in explaining policies while engaging with Ghanaian society, especially women market traders.
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Ghana
Shirley Temple Black
Ignatius Acheampong
Black
South Africa
Ford
Henry Kissinger
Mrs. Black
Obesity in Children Requires Mature Weight Plans
A physician notes in Postgraduate Medicine that child obesity parallels adult weight loss, needing a low calorie diet and more exercise. Children often lack grasp of long term health goals and may resist programs, so success hinges on the child’s maturity and genuine motivation to lose weight. Early weight loss often results from parental pressure and can cause later emotional issues.
Sight Confuses Him After Vision Restored in Independence
Virgil Houk, who went blind at 19 in 1961, regained nearly perfect vision after a February operation. He now imagines three children and struggles to recognize them, noting their real faces differ from his past mental images. He recalls bewilderment at daily life and the challenge of reorienting to familiar places and roads with his wife.
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Virgil Houk
Houk
Shannon
Stephen
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