Civil War Sword Reunion Tale From Dear Abby Letter
A reader recounts selling a Civil War sword to a college roommate in Orlando in the 1970s and now seeks to reunite north and south as a Dear Abby column responds to a Minnesota reader’s search for Charlie Wheatley. The caller’s sister in West Virginia mentions reading Dear Abby in Wheeling and prompts the reunion quest.
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Abigail van Buren
Pease Syndicate
Abby
Doug Frazeur
Minnesota
Charlie Wheatley
Kate Bonar
West Virginia
Dear Abby
Wheeling Intelligencer
Doug
Orlando
Fla
No Kidding and Letters to Abby Reader Notes
Short items report on reader submissions and advice columns. The piece cites no Kidding rumors and features Abby and Dear Grace letters, with jokes about a missing sword, a Minnesota man named Doug, and kitchen recipe gags. It notes a Mount Maple Shade postal box for submissions.
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National Geographic
Reader’s Digest
Better Homes & Gardens
TV Guide
Time
Mendelsohn Media Research
the Gazette
c/a World Features
P.O
N.J
Grace
Abby
Lois
Abe) Ribicoff
Los Angeles
Calif
Bridge Aces by Bobby Wolff
South ruffs a heart, draws trumps, and takes a club finesse but ends two down after East discards on the second trump. A silent kibitzer notes the hand and asks how to play, revealing a superior line where East’s discards allow South to retain trumps and force 10 tricks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobby Wolff
South
East
TV Tonight Highlights and Prime Time Plots
Tonight features MacGyver chased by a mystery woman amid danger. Julius Erving profiles youths coping with AIDS and education. Anne of Green Gables The Sequel sees Anne decline Gilbert and teach at a private girls school. Jeff Daniels and Melanie Griffith star in Something Wild at a high school reunion. Runaway Train with Jon Voight and Eric Roberts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacGyver
Julius Erving
Wonderworks
Anne of Green Gables
Anne
Megan Follows
Gilbert
Jonathan Crombie
Kings
Katharine Hepburn Stars in Laura Lansing Slept Here Premiere
TV listings describe Katharine Hepburn in Laura Lansing Slept Here with Joel Higgins as a pilot for a TV series. The plot features caped convicts and a stowaway girl in a diesel out of control as a dramatic opener. The second item features a world famous novelist entering a suburban home for a week long bet.
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Parker Stevenson
Ashley Crow
Austin James
Laura Lansing
Katharine Hepburn
Joel Higgins
Barry Manilow
Swing Street
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Charles T. Wheatley
Reston
Charles
Wheatley
Charlie
Grace Knipper
Isaac Asimov
North America
By Gary Larson
Johnson County
Cedar Rapids
Jimmy Reardon
M” Word
Richard Pryor
New Jersey Turnpike
Wan
Etnam
Inuivwooy
Action Jackson
Mbi, Ya
Hannels
Cig
Ranti
U.S. and World News Daily
Literacy Hotline
Ctyline
ESPN
Macauver
Riptide
Fiddler On the
of the Nile
Lost
Hogan Heroes
Moneyline
Probe
Kate & Allie
Designing
Newhart
Frank
Val
Alfo
Father Murphy
Ozzie/ Harriet
Metro Atlantic
SportsCenter
Rodney Dangerfield
Accounting Heritage
Cagney & Lacey
Cagney/Lacey
Sybil
Heart/Dragon
USA Tonight
Nortr
WEST
Heart
Vine
Tellitall
Soldier Hawn
Kurt Russell
1St Ave
7Th Ave
Marion
Edgewood Rd
Center Point Rd
2Nd Ave. S.E
Woo
Hopkinton
Gazette
The
John Robertson
Chris Manahan
Metro-Iowa
Mark Dukes
Duane Crock
Bruce Fishwild
Jerry Elsen
Kathy Toborg
Donna Lee Olson
Iowa
Bette’s Restaurant
1St Street & Locust
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