Dear Abby Advice Column on Santa Beliefs and Truthful Talks
Readers seek guidance on balancing fantasy play with honesty about Santa Easter Bunny and Tooth Fairy. Abby advocates age appropriate truth as children grow, suggesting ongoing imaginative play can coexist with honesty. The column also includes a personal follow up about a teenage relationship and a potential engagement.
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Abby
Debbie
Santa
Easter Bunny
Tooth Fairy
Second Black Sentenced in Marine Fight at Camp Pendleton
Cpl. Dean Edwards, 20, the second of 14 blacks sentenced for an attack on whites at a barracks party, received three months hard labor and a $300 fine after pleading guilty to six charges of assault. He was also stripped of rank but said he was happy to remain in the Marines.
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Camp Pendleton
Calif
UPI
Cpl
Dean Edwards
Sewing Up-Date Set at Sigourney
A sewing up-date will be held January 24 at First Trust and Union Savings Bank in Sigourney. Adelene Clark Keokuk county extension home economist leads the class open to the public with topics on money saving for children's clothing, pattern grading, new fabrics and techniques, shaper's count, interfacing use, and pants fitting. Call the Keokuk extension office for details.
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Sigourney
First Trust and Union Savings Bank
Adelene Clark
Keokuk County
Longet Trial Heads Toward Jury Deliberation in Aspen
In Aspen Colorado after a week of jury selection and four days of testimony Claudine Longet and prosecutors rest their cases in a trial over whether the singer’s shooting of Vladimir Sabich was reckless or accidental. Jurors hear details of the affair, gun range questions, and defense claims of an inoperable safety and possible oil residue in the pistol.
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Aspen
Colo
Claudine Longet
George Lohr
Miss Longet
Vladimir “Spider” Sabich
Andy Williams
Jack Nicholson
Charles Weedman
Sabich
James Lillstrom
Boulder
Martin
Rocky Mountain
Consensus on New High Blood Pressure Treatment Guidelines
A coalition of major medical groups has issued guidelines for diagnosing and treating hypertension. Adults with diastolic pressure 120 or higher should seek prompt medical care, and those at 105 or more should likely receive anti hypertensive drugs.
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Washington
UPI
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
Joint National Committee On
Campus Survey Reveals Shifts in Campus Liberalism and Conservatism
Carnegie Council survey of 25 000 undergraduates 25 000 graduates and 25 000 faculty on 1969 and 1975 campuses shows declines in self identified left or liberal among undergraduates from 44 to 35 percent while support for busing declines and capital punishment persists. Marijuana legalization rises and women’s equality remains strong.
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Calif
America
Carnegie Council
Martin Trow
Trow
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