Dear Abby column excerpts on weddings and marriage quirks
Abigail Van Buren answers readers with blunt reminders and humor on wedding gifts, etiquette, and spousal quirks. A bride’s mother, table manners, a man shaving in view of neighbors, and snake odor reports are all weighed with practical counsel.
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Abigail van Buren
Abby
Snake Country
Oklahoma
Playtentials aid infant learning via targeted toys
Dr. Burton L. White of Harvard outlines Playtentials a progressive toy series for infants from three weeks to eight months designed to develop curiosity and early motor skills. The lineup uses carefully placed activities on a stand and features Find-Me Mitts Bat and Feel Toys a mirror chimes and a cradle of colorful manipulatives to encourage exploration and early problem solving.
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New York
Nea
Froebel
Burton L. White
Harvard University
White
Baby
Harvard
Driver hit by concrete spill from building bucket
Ida Hempley was struck when a bucket of cement broke loose at the Two Shell building in downtown Houston. A cubic yard of concrete fell onto her car at a traffic light, breaking the windshield and splashing into her lap. she was not seriously hurt and described the moment as frightening.
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Houston
Ida Hempley
Two Shell
Miss Hemple
Governor’s Wife Tours Capitol. Oklahoma Guide Helps
In Oklahoma City AP report Henry Wade, a Capitol guide, offered assistance to a visitor in the rotunda. The woman introduced herself as Ann Bartlett, wife of the governor, presenting an unexpected moment in the state capitol tour.
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Oklahoma City
Henry Wade
State Capitol
Capitol Rotunda
Ann Bartlett
Family Planning Bill Approved by Conference Committee
Washington AP reports a compromise family planning bill totaling 387 million dollars, banning federal funds for abortion. Funds would aid public and private non profits distributing contraceptives and teaching birth control, with research grants on contraception and fertility. Administration falls under HEW. Senate favored 967 million over five years. House favored 267 million over three years.
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Washington
House Senate
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Senate
House
TV News Watchers Question Eyewitness Reporting
Viewers of Bob Harper Wayne Winston and Bob Brooks on the TV nine Eyewitness News should know better about the reporting.
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Wayne Winston
Bob Brooks
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How To Remove Ink From Piano Keys
Dear Polly Mrs M H asked how to remove marking pen ink from piano keys. Polly reports her sister wrote on keys and after many attempts a typewriter eraser finally worked.
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Polly
Quilting transfer ideas that leave little imprint
Mrs. J H asks for methods to transfer designs onto solid fabric blocks with minimal visibility after quilting. She reports chalk and perforated patterns failing and fears carbon paper will show too much.
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Polly
Dear Polly column tips and a nun’s passing in Los Angeles
A collection of reader tips on removing ink from piano keys and erasing markings with lemon extract alcohol or tape methods, plus a note that Sister Frederica, 73, founder of the Sisters of Social Service of Los Angeles, died Tuesday with branches in Oregon Formosa and Mexico.
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Frederica
Sisters of Social Service of
Oregon
Formosa
Mexico
Prince Christian 25 to marry Copenhagen salesgirl
Prince Christian 25, nephew of King Frederik, plans to wed Anne Dorthe Maltoff Nielsen, a department store salesgirl and daughter of a Copenhagen businessman. Engagement announced by Prince Knud, the king's younger brother, on Thursday.
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Frederik
Prince Christian
Anne Dorthe Maltoff Nielsen
Prince Knud
Miss Nielsen
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