Dear Abby: Newsprint letters reveal family care and social bias
A set of Abby letters discuss caregiving for an elderly mother, RSVP etiquette for ministers, sitter safety for ill children, and bias toward overweight women. The crisis includes twice monthly baths, wedding RSVPs, sick children near childcare, and rude behavior toward a heavy woman.
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Abby
Wilsons announce engagement of Robin Wilson to Margaret Crispin
Robin Wilson 23 son of Prime Minister Harold Wilson and his wife announced engaged to Margaret Elizabeth Crispin 23. Robin studied mathematics at the University of Pennsylvania for two years toward a PhD. Margaret, a Kings College London research student of modern Spanish poetry, is daughter of James Brian Crispin, music master, and Sarah Tinsley Crispin, teacher. The couple met three years ago.
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London
Robin Wilson
Harold Wilson
Margaret Elizabeth Crispin
Robin
University of Pennsylvania
Kings College
James Brian Crispin
Dawlish Secondary Modern School
Sarah Tinsley Crispin
Iowa Regents Classroom Bond Bill Faces House Delay
In Des Moines the House committee failed to place SF531 on the calendar after eight votes for and eight against with one abstention. The bill would authorize revenue bonds for academic buildings at Iowa’s three state universities and be repaid from student fees, part of regents long range capital plans.
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Des Moines
UPI
State Board of Regents
House
Board of Regents
University of Iowa
Senate
Regents
Iowa State
State College of Iowa
Fiber-Glass Itch Reported In Des Moines
Iowa health officials warned of fiber-glass itch from washing fiber-glass drapes in public and home machines. Dr. Arnold M. Reeve said cases in Dubuque linked to glass fibers left in washers can sting skin when clothes are laundered. Similar reports appeared in the British Medical Journal. Manufacturers advise hand washing of fiber-glass materials.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State’ Health Department
Arnold M. Reeve
Dubuque
Reeve
British Medical Journal
London
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