Daytime star critiques soaps as sensationalism rises
Patricia Barry of Guiding Light laments escalating sensational plots in soaps with one kiss and innuendo after another. She notes exotic shoots and rising budgets but says signs point to a taming of focus toward relationships and core stories.
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Patricia Barry
Guiding Light
Barry
Davenport
Sally Gleason
Old Farmer's Almanac Predicts Mild Winter Across Nation
The 195th edition forecasts a reasonably mild winter for most of the U.S. with a harsh start and end and a gentler middle. It includes weather notes, nostalgia, recipes, ads, and folklore. Predictions cover spring warmth east of the Mississippi and drier Southeast with variable regional effects.
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Dublin
N.H
National Geographic Magazines
Mississipi
New England
Middle Atlantic States
Great Plains
Americans buckle up diet and stress rise in health study
A government study of 36 399 households finds seat belt use up from 30 percent to 41 percent in recent months while only 40 percent exercise regularly. More than half report at least moderate stress and many seek weight loss through diet.
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Vance
Ford
White House
Betty Ford
Carl Sutherland
Tulane University
United States
Wiesenthal
Simon Wiesenthal
Francois- Regis Bastide
Francois Mitterrand
Vienna
Austria
France
Bastide
Washington
National Center For Health Statistics
Man gets probation for part in wife's death by own action
Jay McFadden 63, a stroke victim, is sentenced to three years probation with no jail time after pleading guilty to aiding and abetting his wife Gladys death by own action. He must undergo psychotherapy and meet with a probation officer during the first year with home visits, then informal supervision.
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Westminster
Calif
Jay McFadden
Gladys
Alan McKone
McFadden
Garden Grove
Superior Court
West Direct Yellow Pages Dominates Market Reach
The West Direct Yellow Pages claims 15 million annual readers the most in the region with 94 percent of residents keeping the directory handy. It notes Cheyenne Wyoming as the founding site a century ago and serves nearly one million businesses yearly.
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West
US West
Cheyenne
Wyoming
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