Heloise tips and reader quick fixes from 1966 column
A collage of household hints from Heloise and readers includes sewing pillow slips from bath towels to avoid ironing, packing camps with labeled boxes, chilling face creams in the fridge, using baby cereal in picnic jars, trimming paint with paper cups, and polishing chrome with cornstarch. Frequent readers share thrifty, practical ideas and questions about column responses.
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Heloise
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Moonlighters Rise Across U S as Second Jobs Grow
The piece surveys moonlighters and multiple jobholding, citing 1966 data that about 5 percent of workers hold more than one job. It identifies a typical moonlighter as a married man 25 to 44, often with a working wife, seeking extra income and training for higher pay. It argues most second jobs differ from the primary occupation.
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Syndi
Cate
Lahar Chartagac
Sylvia Porter
U.S
Tajty
Forrest A. Bogan
Thomas E. Swanstrom
U.S. Labor Department
Bogan
Swanstrom
Bogan-Swanstrom
Governor Wallace and family visit Grand Ole Opry
Governor Wallace and Mrs George Wallace return to Montgomery after a Nashv ille trip to the Grand Ole Opry where they received a standing ovation from Roy Acuff. Wallace thanked the audience and invited Alabama voters to see them.
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Gov
Mrs
George Wallace
Montgomery
Nashville
Grand Ole Opry
Opry
Wallaces
Roy Acuff
Wallace
Alabama
Tenn
Newspaper Enclosing Stamped Self-Addressed Envelope
A 1966 Publishers Newspaper Syndicate item notes the practice of enclosing a stamped self-addressed envelope with mailings or notices, explaining how recipients return responses or requests. The brief reference highlights standard mailing etiquette of the era for reader engagement.
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Ann Landers
Publishers Newspaper Syndicate
Science Shrinks Piles With New Nonoperative Method
A new healing substance called Bio-Dyne enables shrinking hemorrhoids while relieving itch and pain without surgery. Case after case shows actual reduction with thorough results, marketed as Preparation H in suppository or ointment form at drug counters.
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New York, N. Y
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McDaniel
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Phil Umbaugh
Santa Barbara
Buffalo
California
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Decatur Daily
Eau Claire
Wis
Kristy Williams
Gov. Wallace Opry
Mrs. Wallace
The
Sam Smith
Georgia
Decatur
W. Moulton St
North Alabama
SSS
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Discount Center
Moulton Street
Westgate
Gibson
Dupont
KOTEX
Gibson’s
Drexel
RADIO
Grant
Decatur Shopping Center
W.t.grant CO
Highway 31
Joe Hazelbaker
Church OF Christ 203 Memorial Drive
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