Scientists Warn About PCB Risks To Reproduction
University of Wisconsin researchers report the industrial PCB compound can affect fertility and fetal growth in animals. In monkey tests, five parts per million PCBs reduced conception and produced smaller births, though no defects were observed. Researchers urge caution until human risk is clearer.
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Madison, Wis
UPI
University of Wisconsin
Deborah Barsotti
James Allen
Wisconsin Regional Primate Research Center
Drug Administration
Allen
Simu
Dear Abby style tips and a bridal shower notice
A reader asks about using the honorary Doctor title and Abby advises it harms no one but accepts self presentation. Another asks how to recover small expenses from a boss who uses the coffee and candy machine. A bridal shower for Miss Joan Postian, hosted by Kathy Dolezal and others, honors the future bride, Miss Postian, and groom-elect Steve Dolezal.
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Abby
Stuck
Lid shortage blamed on materials and demand surge
William A. Kerr of Kerr Glass Manufacturing Corp says the U S lid shortage stems from tin plate and soda ash shortages and from unprecedented demand driven by higher food prices. He Testifies at a California consumer affairs hearing that production will total about 1.6 billion lids nationwide this year, with his firm supplying about one billion and aiming to raise output 60 percent by September.
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Sacramento
Calif
UPI
William A. Kerr
Kerr Glass Manufacturing Corp
Los Angeles
Department of Consumer Affairs
Kerr
California
Richard Spohn
Division of Consumer Services
X-11 Reducing Plan Ad Promises Quick Fat Loss
An advertisement touts the X-11 Reducing Plan a fat loss program claiming you can lose 5 10 or 25 pounds without meals or strenuous exercise. It promotes a tiny tablet with appetite suppressants and vitamins and offers a money back refund if no weight loss. It notes over 500 million tablets used in America and cites a 1928 company founding with prices of 3 and 5.
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America
Dancer Victoria Ber Pregnant Looks Ahead to Met Opera Debut
Victoria Ber of the National Ballet of Canada, 19 weeks pregnant, rehearses in New York before a Metropolitan Opera appearance. She expects her first child in four weeks and plans natural childbirth, continuing regular, though lighter, routines and character roles.
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Victoria Bertram
National Ballet of Canada
Metropolitan Opera
New York
Program Helps Fat Schoolchildren Diet
Nelida Melendez a six year old in Paterson New Jersey joins a jogging and nutrition program at Dale Avenue School for disadvantaged children to combat obesity. First graders exercise before classes and sample diet foods while parents receive guidance to cut fried foods, with the school weighing students weekly and awarding a trophy to the year’s top dieter.
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Zelma Melendez
Nelida
Dale Avenue
Claire Donnelly
Mrs. Donnelly
Bridge Howell movement winners at Welty Way
Winners of the Thursday Welty Way game were Phillip Arnell and Roger O'Brien of Omaha first place. William Dore and Kenneth C. Hixon tied with Bruno Rinas and Robert Koler for second. The next game will be at 7 30 Thursday at Welty Way.
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Howell
Welty-Way
Phillip Arnell
Roger O'Brien
Omaha
William Dore
Kenneth C. Hixon
Bruno Rinas
Robert Koler
Bridal Shower Fetes Miss Cari Elchlepp
A round the clock bridal shower was held Thursday for Miss Cari Elchlepp the Aug. 29 bride elect of David Gordinier Hostess Mrs Richard E Abel 325 Twenty seventh street drive SE was assisted by her daughters Sara and Lee Parents of the engaged couple are Mr and Mrs H K Elchlepp 1023 Thirty fourth street SE and Mr and Mrs D E Gordinier 424 Liberty drive SE
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Cari Elchlepp
David Gordinier
Richard E. Abel
Seventh Street Drive
Sara
Lee
H.K. Elchlepp
Thirty-fourth Street
D.E. Gordinier
Liberty Drive
Women's Golf Medalists and Flight Winners Detailed
Medalist honors were taken by Mrs. Robert Condon for 18 holes and Mrs. Howard B Helscher for nine holes. Flight winners in 18 holes included Mrs. James Cole and others, with 38 golfers participating. Nine hole flights crowned champs and numerous prizes were awarded. birdies and approaches highlighted by several players. Forty two golfers played the later events. hostesses listed. On this date in 1961 East German workers began building the Berlin Wall.
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Robert Condon
Howard B. Helscher
James Cole
Perry Kidder
John Benn
John Puk
Ted Kubicek
E.E. Heintze
Ray Moore
Ed Spangler
Don Johnson
Rocky Miller
Richard Pitner
Gerald Hotchkiss
George Tschetschot
Don King
Max Hollingsworth
George Tolbert
Jim Hermann
John Washburn
Allan Glasford
Verne Flint
John Wolfe
Jon Smith
Frank Frayman
J. P. Flynn
Larry Long
Donald Ehrke
Larry Snodgrass
Jack Mulligan
Roger Conrad
Norman Ogden
Clark Stevens
George Cammack
Hugh DeWees
Albert Soukup
Donald Lumsden
Dale Lueck
Jack Mills
Harry Schuster
Stewart Ciha
Don Proksa
Margaret Dingfelder
P. T. Chandler
Chandler
Soukup
Ehrke
Charles Lagerstrom
Berlin Wall
Equal Pay For Women Teachers In Japan Defies Rare Gender Gap
In postwar Japan women teachers earn the same as men, a rare equality in a male dominated society. The Education Ministry reports starting pay at 79 000 yen monthly with allowances, and career salaries rise with years of service. Women hold many teaching positions: primary and junior high schools show sizable female totals, while politics and business lag in female representation.
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Tokyo
UPI
Diet
Parliament
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Richard P. Jones
FDA
Abigail van Buren
L. A
Joan Postian
Kathy Dolezal
Thirtyseventh Street
Vicki
Joyce Dolezal
Miss Postian
Wayne Postian
Iowa City
Steve Dolezal
John Dolezal
Avenue NW
Sky
Society For Women Features
Dancing For
By Nicholas Jollymore
West Side Club
Elmcrest
Twin Pines
Ron LeFevre
Jack Bennett
Tschetschot
Hotchkiss
David Hemmel
Mmes. Tschetschot
Keith Beresford
Don Terrace
W.R. Fuller
Squaw Creek
Krebs Flower Shop
10Th
Wilson Ave
18Th St
By Teiji Shimizu
Vine Ave
S.E
Homes For Living Magazine
Gene Todd
Tommy Tucker Realty CO
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