Dear Abby Advice on Marriages and Introductions
A reader asks why marriages fail and Abby explains that the ideal of perfection, combined with human flaws, leads to disillusionment and divorce. The piece compares marriage to a business partnership built on trust and respect. Other letters touch on introductions, flirtation, and a husband's business trip spending time in a town with a potential romantic intrigue.
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Blue Lustre Carpet Cleaner Promises Easy Home Cleaning
Blue Lustre cleans six 9x12 rugs per gallon depending on soil and costs about 1 cent per square foot. Rental shampooers run $1 a day and the product leaves no soapy residue, drying to an invisible powder that vacuum removes. Peter son’s Home Furnishings promotes its use for carpets and upholstery restoring color and lifting traffic paths.
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Peterson
Court Rules She Isn't Liable for $40,000 Pledge
The Eighth Circuit upheld a lower court ruling that Maria Ramsey of Rochester Minnesota is not liable for a 40 000 pledge to a civic theater She signed the pledge believing it would complete the building fund and name the children's theater after her but she later backed out citing her husband's objections The court noted that more than 100 000 was needed and that no children s theater was in the plans The jury could have found that the theater misrepresented its needs to induce the pledge
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U.S. 8Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Rochester
Joseph Gales Ramsey
U.S. District Court
Minneapolis
Ramsey
Tey
Philip
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George VI
Tri County Board Sells Two School Buildings
The Tri-County Community school board sells the brick school and land in What Cheer to What Cheer Centennial Corporation for 600 dollars and the Glendale school and land to Richard Burdock for 350 dollars. The Centennial committee has no specific plans for the building.
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Royal Pair To Note 19th Anniversary
UPI reports on Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip marking 19 years of marriage at Westminster Abbey. The couple plans a small celebration with gifts and theater outings, while Charles nears adulthood and a potential future reign.
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It Was No Hose It Was a Snake
Perth resident Laurie Spicer reached for a sprinkler hose and instead grabbed a five foot copperhead. The snake bit him as he tried to bend the hose. he dropped it and killed the reptile with an iron bar. He credited luck for avoiding worse injury in sandals.
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Tibetan Red Guard to Mao: a name in honor of Mao
A Tibetan Red Guard orphan, Pasang, changed his name to Mao Yung-hung to honor Mao Tse tung. The New China News Agency in Peking reported the broadcast on Friday citing his deep affection for Mao over his parents.
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Mao Tsetung
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Cream skin and bundle up for cold day football game
A fragment mentions Yung-hung and young Mao, urging cream for hands and legs before a chilly day. It references NCAA football Saturday, a 12 noon kickoff, and a COLOR TV broadcast on KCRG channel 9 with Notre Dame versus Michigan State as a backdrop.
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Satuday
KCRG
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