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Newspaper
Danville Register
Location
Danville, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1976
Page
3
Abigail Van Buren offers readers two anecdotes from 1970s columns. A soldier in South Korea writes about homesickness and pressure to drink while longing to return to his wife and children. The second anecdote recalls a Chicago reader's discomfort with nosy hosts and a passerby response about overeager hosts who push food and remarks at meals.
Daily Guide assigns each zodiac sign a tone of caution and trend. It offers vague advice on earnings, relationships, and planning while mixing in recipe-like directions for a punch. The piece blends astrology with odd cooking instructions and stray product-like phrases.
The Schoolfield Recreation Center lists winter classes starting the week of January 19 22 for employees spouses and dependents. Upholstery ballroom dancing square dancing and sewing ceramics and home repair are among offerings with registration details and contact numbers. A Nashville bus trip and various long term vacations are promoted along with a Druid Hillis Woman's Club meeting and Virginia Floral Garden Club notes.
The Gamma Mu Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi heard Brenda Brincefield discuss Women Who had Influenced the Women's Rights Movement in America and hosted her at 223 Westhampton Ave. Judy Cheek added by leading a discussion on notable women in Danville and worldwide. A ward party follows the next meeting to entertain new rushees. P-Patch plots rented in Seattle expand to ten sites covering eight acres with plots at $10 per season. Edith Walden notes growing $200 worth of food per family, tying to economic self reliance and personal initiative.
After a 20 year dispute that reached the World Court, France will recognize six Breton children Adraboran Maiween Gwendal Diwezha Sklerijenn and Brann with full civil status. Their Celtic names are now allowed on birth records, enabling them to obtain birth certificates and benefits retroactively.
The Office for Intellectual Freedom of the American Library Association backs libraries against bans while director Judith F. Krug faces attacks from censorship supporters. Examples include Mount Laurel New Jersey purging The Joy of Sex, Rochester New York shelving The Sensuous Woman and The Sensuous Man, and Dallas high schools removing books from course reading. Krug argues bans curb creative engagement with ideas and upholds First Amendment protections.
Bridge notes by Charles Goren with Omar Sharif discuss hands and bids. The column analyzes multiple scenarios, suggesting four diamonds, cue bids, and aggressive contracts based on vulnerability and partner signals. Payoff for readers includes bidding strategies and a notice offering Goren's book.
A program at Lions of South Dakota Rehabilitation Center teaches blind users to operate the Optacon, an electronic device that converts printed text into tactile dots read by touch. The unit, about the size of a portable recorder, costs 2895 dollars and enables reading of books, magazines, mail, and handwriting with practice.
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Advertises Simplicity like Pattern 9437 for Misses sizes 10 to 20 with a flounced dress design. Includes fabric yardage for size 12, price 1 dollar per pattern plus 35 cents postage, and mail to Pattern Dept LG The Danville Register New York address. Also promotes catalogs and sewing books with prices and a 75 cent offer.
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