Dear Abby and a Fragile Season of Dilemmas
A reader shares personal conflicts about nudist exposure worries, marriage pressure, and a spouse’s desire to travel, then shifts to a child’s pacifier habit and a gambler’s past, asking Abby for guidance. The column echoes advice in a caustic home front tone as it unfolds multiple domestic concerns.
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Abby
Pen Women to Demonstrate Floral Ar rangements in Lunch Meeting
Mrs Merrill Grow of San Pedro will demonstrate and explain floral arrangements and other art works at Saturday luncheon of the Long Beach Branch National League of American Pen Women. The noon session at the Yankee Whaler Inn will include election of new officers.
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Merrill Grow
San Pedro
Long Beach
National League of American Pen Women
Yankee Whaler Inn
Karpin on Bridge by Fred L Karpin
Bridge puzzle analysis detailing South’s misplay in a spade and heart sequence. West holds key hearts and diamonds. declarer must time finesses to prevent West from establishing spade threats. Prologue notes if West has heart king and diamond ace defeat is nearly certain.
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West
East
Tanke T
Declarer
Pud
Gambling Anonymous Prayer and Gratitude Note
A fragmentary note thanking Abby and sending blessings for her work. It mentions encounters with doctors lawyers cab drivers teachers and gamblers, reflecting on diverse people and shared fate. The text reads like a personal message rather than a formal article.
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Abby
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