AT WIT'S END Fall TV fuels housewives trauma
A nationwide wave of distress over heavy football coverage prompts incidents and protests from housewives in Connecticut California and Virginia. Women report disrupted routines and altered family dynamics as networks air 83 games in color this year. In other items Los Cancioneros chorus plans 20th anniversary rehearsals and concerts beginning October 26 at the San Pedro YMCA.
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Peaceful Acres
Connecticut
California
Virginia
Lady Bird Johnson
Ohio
Fred
Los Cancioneros
South Bay
San Pedro Ymca
Mrs. Marks Named Chairman of United Crusade Mobilization
Mrs. Earl J. Marks of Long Beach is appointed to lead the 1968 United Crusade fundraising campaign as chairman of the coordination post. She will oversee a customer relations program across 33 United Way agencies and host open houses to highlight agency services. Her background includes service with the Women’s Division, Chamber of Commerce, Alpha Phi, City Panhellenic, Women’s Guild to Civic Light Opera, and leadership with the Symphony Guild and Long Beach Symphony Associates.
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Long Beach
Earl J. Marks
United Crusade
Area United Crusade
Marks
United Way
Mrs. Marks
Women’s Division
Chamber of Commerce
Alpha Phi Sorority
City Panhellenic and
Women’s Guild
Civic Light Opera
Symphony Guild
Long Beach Symphony Associates
Lemons For Beauty Jelwyn Skin Freshener Ad
An advertisement touts Lemon Jelwyn as a natural cleanser and bleacher for clear skin and fair complexion. It claims tone and refine facial texture by stimulating surface cells, clearing blemishes, and smoothing pores. It also suggests adding two capfuls to shampoo for hair shine.
Suddenly Slim girdle promises easy figure change
An advertisement touts Suddenly Slim a 4 oz girdle with nylon front panel and contouring panels. It claims comfort and slimming strength without diet or exercise for women within 15 pounds of target or waist under 32 inches. Available at Buffums Foundations in Long Beach and Lakewood.
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Los Angeles
California
Olga
Buffums
Long Beach
Lakewood
Dear Abby columns on cleanliness marriage and pregnancy
A reader asks about marital tension from a dirty husband and cold affection while another shares how a would be mortician chose love over vocation. A third notes frustration over a husband leaving before childbirth as they near delivery.
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Abby
Huntsville
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