Dear Abby readers clash over telephone solicitations
The column presents letters debating aggressive phone solicitations for fundraising and market research. Dr. Lars Lofgren argues calls are essential for a symphony fundraiser while others urge abolition and privacy protection. A cemetery lot scam and responses from Abby are described, with readers urging stricter controls.
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Bridge Aces United Feature Showcases 5 Diamond Five Club Game
North Texas player Florence Mae Schudy of Houston handles a 5-5-2-1 shape after East uses a cue bid of two clubs promising majors. She wins five diamonds, five clubs and one spade to secure the game through precise timing and a winning finesse. Readers also learn about a three no trump hand with 18-20 high card points and semi balanced distribution in Outside Stuff from San Bernardino.
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TV Highlights and Movie Picks For Tonight
Telecast lineup features College Basketball pur at Michigan State Western Illinois at Iowa State with 7 p.m. starts Unsolved Mysteries covers wild horse deaths hospital baby abductions and other cases Growing Pains Growing Mother of the Year speech Smithsonian World ethics of genetic life The Morning After thriller with Jane Fonda and Jeff Bridges An Officer and a Gentleman romance Louis Gossett Jr delivers a standout turn The Comedy and Magic Club’s 10th Anniversary special Head of the Class Night Court Louis Rukeyser’s Money Guide Fatal Vision Captain January Color of Money Hooperman Wiseguy and more TV and film events airing tonight
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No Kidding Smoke Facts From The Gazette
No Kidding Smoke Facts From The Gazette notes a humorous statistic: for every 17 cigarette smokers there are 1. The item lists four pipe smokers three cigar smokers three tobacco chewers and one snuff user. Mark Hotaling Feura Bush N Y is cited as the source.
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Nightingales Premiere and War Era Film on TV Tonight
Nightingales season premiere features Suzanne Pleshette as the director of student nurses moving into the Nightingale residence at 9 p.m. on HBO. Hope and Glory follows a 9 year old boy recalling wartime life in England with Sebastian Rice-Edwards and Sarah Miles at 9 30 p.m. on HBO.
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Baxter Birney shuns series work despite NBC movie pilot
Meredith Baxter Birney rejects ongoing series roles after Family Ties as she co stars with Robert Urich in She Knows Too Much a NBC TV movie that served as a potential series pilot. She stresses not wanting the grind of series work and aims to display range before Family Ties ends.
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Barbara Cohen named CBS Washington bureau chief
CBS News promotes Barbara Cohen from NBC News where she led Meet the Press as executive producer to head the Washington bureau in a major executive shift. The appointment strengthens CBS coverage from the capital and aligns with a broader News division realignment.
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