Nighttime Urination and Constipation Advice Column
An elderly reader seeks help for nocturnal urination. The doctor explains aging kidneys, leg fluid, and prostate issues, suggesting compression stockings, DDAVP caution, and avoiding caffeine. A second letter asks about long term Colace use for constipation with tips on fiber, water, walking, and bathroom timing.
High school reform debated as students skip to college
Jeffrey Cua, 16, leaves Baltimore’s Boys’ Latin School for Bard College’s Simon’s Rock in Massachusetts. Bard President Leon Botstein argues high school is obsolete and should shrink to K-10 with early college or work paths, while educators press for flexible, deeper studies and more vocational options.
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Valerie Strauss
Jerigton
Post Ashington
Bard College
Leon Botstein
Jeffrey Cua
Jeffrey
Baltimore
Boys’ Latin School
Simon's Rock College of
Bard
Great Barrington
Mass
Simon's Rock
Epstein
America
Botstein
George Washington University
Stephen J. Trachtenberg
Gordon Cawelti
Educational Research Office
Washington
Arlington
Cawelti
Simon’s Rock
Aldous Huxley
Heloise readers share memory tips and recycling ideas
Readers suggest memory joggers to keep drawers tidy and items in place. Comments promote recycling magazines via libraries, clinics waiting rooms, and local buyback groups while noting privacy by removing address labels. A Texas reader proposes relocating mirrors in public restrooms to reduce hair in sinks.
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Earneloise
Mary Walker
Columbus
Ohio
Liz
Pennsylvania
David Freeman
Chapel Hill
N.C
Deborah Keller
Colorado Springs
Cole
Heloise
H. Davis
Abilene
Texas
Heloise P.O
San Antonio
Bacon's back Dallas Morning News
Amer icans pursuing the good life use more than our fair share of the world's supply which raises demand and prices and provokes grumbles about shortages. Dudley Snyder notes bacon slicer sales have doubled as attitudes shift on bacon.
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Dallas Morning News
Dudley Snyder
Pluggers Exhilaration Defined In Brief Panel Strip
A Pluggers panel captures that rush after a brilliant idea but before learning someone else had the same thought. The cartoon reflects the instant thrill and the dawning realization of shared creativity.
Dear Abby letter on aging audience and patient response
A reader argues an 80-year-old storyteller deserves group support for listening audiences. Others urge patience and compassion, suggesting medical evaluation for possible age related dementia rather than targeting the speaker. Dear Abby shares responses and offers booklets.
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Abby
Long Beach
Calif
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