Clever uses for a plastic laundry basket from 1966
A reader outlines transforming a broken basket into a tray for drying clothes and drip lines, plus ideas for a cookie or fruit tray, a TV tray, a sewing tray, a plant drips catcher, a picnic tray and more. The column also includes humor, kitchen tips and homemaking queries from Heloise and readers.
Ann Landers letters on loneliness and social expectations
A reader asks if she is anti social for needing quiet time in a busy office.Ann Landers suggests avoiding company by showing disinterest and using a newspaper as a shield. A second letter complains of society calling others imbeciles and questions how to steer a daughter toward marriage.
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Eye anatomy explainer and reader jokes in Tell Me Why
A reader asks for an Ann Landers style comeback while the article explains eye structure including the pupil iris lens retina sclera and vitreous humor. It also notes prize riddles and winners Ronnie Scott 11 Calgary Alberta and Kevin Urbansky 9 Harrisburg Pa with a robin song fact about spring warnings.
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Kevin Urbansky
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Where Does the Money Go From Farm to Supermarket
Sylvia Porter explains that farmers receive about 4 cents a pound for lettuce and eggs fetch about 33 cents a dozen while shoppers pay 26 to 28 cents for lettuce and 52 to 54 cents for eggs. The article traces the $1 food dollar, 41 cents to farmers, 59 cents to intermediaries, and notes rising marketing costs, new services, and a forthcoming National Commission on Food Marketing findings due June 30 1966.
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Sylvia Porter
U.S
Congress
National Commission On Food Marketing
Marketing Commission
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