Dear Abby letters reveal romance hopes and family advice
A reader asks if a man over 40 can fall in love physically and find a matching partner, Abby replies that health equals ability and to keep looking. A mother praises Abby for supporting an accepting stance on homosexuality, noting her son’s success and respect. A reader laments a fat-shaming comment at a family gathering and Abby urges defense: avoid insulting remarks, strengthen self-esteem, or seek therapy.
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Abby
Hay Werthy
Stone
Tam Nola
Apoller Girl
NOW calls tax changes to end university gender bias
Washington based NOW urged Congress at a House Ways and Means tax reform hearing to deny tax exemptions to institutions that discriminate against women. NOW spokeswoman Franziska P. Wosken cited The Word Foundation with 16 trustees only three women and no women on executive or finance committees. She warned that tax-advantaged universities and foundations shift costs to women, 43 percent of the labor force, who are among the lowest paid and most affected by discrimination in education and leadership roles.
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Washington
UPI
National Organization For Women
NOW
Congress
Franziska P. Wosken
Fhehalf
House
Ways and Means
Word Foundation
Dear Polly and Judy preserve sons' Scout medals in photos
A letter advises mounting sons' swimming medals with black and white snapshots. Soak delicate album pages briefly, dry between blotters, and secure medals with pins or tacks. Use a velvet lined box for storage and safe display, avoiding damage to fragile pages.
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Polly — Mra M
Polly
Judy
Pally
Pet Peeve Letters From Readers About Ads And Lamps
Readers vent about ad timing for sales and describe lamp odor from fiber globes. One writer requests ads be two days early for rural delivery, another notes lamp odor after using fiber globes and reports improved light after removal.
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Polly
Nancy
Pally
Jaguar fur in showing stirs debate at Milan event
Rome reports that Milan designer Mila Schon faced possible expulsion from the fashion council after featuring Jaguar fur in autumn winter collection. Garacel and other members protested, noting endangered species concerns and public backlash as a potential sanction.
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Rome
Ledlan Madhlon Agga
Marlo Joradel
Age Sociation Council
Mila Schon
Garacel
Straett
Rama
Meri Goracci
National Asia
Mila Schosa
Milan
Confidence Vote Idea Suggested
Congress could subject future Presidents to a confidence vote and force a new presidential election under a proposed constitutional amendment by Rep. Edith Green of Oregon. The measure would not affect President Nixon and would require two thirds of signatories to trigger a special election. Green called it remote but possible.
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Washington
UPS
Congress
Edith Green
Nixon
Sigmentbera
Teachers Try To Help Each Other In Portland
Portland teachers form Teacher Works Inc to share practical classroom ideas folded into “Teacher Works in a Box” packets. No. 1 and No. 2 boxes include posters games science activities and teacher journals with catalogs from Zephyros Educational Materials Exchange. Prices range from 2 to 10 dollars a year with discounts for students and student teachers.
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Portland, Ore
Guuwixt
Portland
Trudy
M" Johnson
Prosklank
Teacher Works, Inc
Biehers
Miss Johnson
Northwest Regional Education Center
Zephyros
San Francisco
Tnetiletior
Centerpiece
Cambridge
Mass
Exploration Center
Minneapolis
New Schools Network
Berkeley
Calif
EdCentric
Ford Foundation
New Schools Exchange
National Consortium On Educational Alternatives
Early Poet Words Echo in Ecology Crisis
A garbled UPI dispatch from New York references 19th century poet Thomas Beddoes and laments environmental destruction. It alludes to pollution, human acts harming Nature, and includes disjointed mentions of Eisenhower pledging aid to West Germany and Russia blocking a passage via a "Troy Curtain," with many errors and broken phrases.
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New York
UPI
Thomas Beddues
Eisenhower
Russia
Troy Curtain
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