Teens Keep Sewing Machines Humming
Nancy Gilbert reports that high school and college girls study pattern magazines and sewing directions. A survey shows three of five sew at least some of their own clothes, with seven of ten younger girls sewing versus fewer than half of older. Economics drive the DIY trend as material costs rise. Joy Davis, 14, Fayetteville Arkansas, and Ernestine Perez, 20, Denton Texas, cite creativity and savings as reasons to sew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernestine Perez
Denton
Texas
Carol Maxwell
Fayetteville
Ark
Teresa Turner
Barbara Corn
Metairie
Beth Goheen
Teens on Wheels and Sewing Circle Voices
A reader asks about rust removal on a 1950 Chevrolet engine and Mike Lamm suggests 400-grit sandpaper with kerosene. The piece shifts to teen fashion sewing trends with quotes from girls in various states about DIY clothes, machines, and school versus home training.
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Mike
Fifth Defendant Added to Action On Boy's Burns
A federal civil suit over a Fillmore school accident adds a fifth defendant. Kenneth James Scott seeks 250000 for his son Kevin Burns suffered April 18 1969 when a teacher allegedly seated students near a volatile liquid during an experiment. J C Penney Co Wind A Way Raytex Deering Milliken and others are named in related filings over a nylon jacket and flame standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fillmore School
Cedar Rapids
Kenneth James Scott
Kevin
Scott
Fillmore
Sharon Bubniak
J. C. Penney Co
Young Scott
J. C. Penney
Backet
Penney
Wind-A-Way
Raytex Fabrics, Inc
Raytex
Deering Milliken, Inc
Eye irritation cures may worsen pollution damage says doctor
New York eye specialist Dr Frederick Theodore warned after addressing the San Diego Medical Society that some treatments for pollution related eye irritation can be harmful. He urged boiled water for eye care and warned that overtreatment could hinder infection fighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
New York
Frederick Theodore
Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital
San Diego Medical Society
Theodore
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Nancy Gilbert Gilbert
Youth Service
Joy Davis
Fayetteville, Ark
Anpathy
Teens On Wheels
Michael Lamm
Rusty
Hot
Mike Lamm
Rockefeller Plaza
N.Y
Nancy Marx
San Antonio
Jacqueline Thompson
West Caldwell
N. J
Lu Parkinson
Santa Ana
Calif
Pe Torres
Nutley, N. J
Leona Guyer
Lynbrook
N. Y
Lisa Aviroy
Lennox
Ilten & Taege
Alten & Taege Incorporated
Second Avenue
Wind-A-Way Manufacturing Co
Oakland Road
Collins Road
Forest City
Iowa
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Winnebago
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