AT WITS END By Erma Bombeck
A humorous essay contrasts dog lovers with reality of pet behavior. The narrator notes dogs’ unpredictable, sometimes aggressive traits and owner delusions, recounting encounters with teething or high strung animals and a cop threatening to remove suitors from 80 miles away. The piece ends with a copyright notice from 1977 Field Enterprises Inc.
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Fritz
Brute
Flossie
Field Enterprises, Inc
Dear Ann Landers Column Letters on Love and House Rules
A reader confesses love for a married woman with six children while admitting dislike of kids and fear of her husband. Ann Landers replies two words GET LOST and ends with blunt guidance about handling the situation. Another letter questions shoe removal in homes and a columnist defends guests’ practices while urging readers to relax.
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Wilma
Ann Landers
Ann
Lawrence
L.D
Ann Landers Letters Limit Sparks Reader Disappointment
Ann Landers explains she can print only three letters a day and sometimes fewer, acknowledging reader disappointment while stressing there is nothing she can do. She adds that suicide is not a solution and would deprive readers of her advice.
National Women's Conference Eyes ERA Debates and Protests
Dr Kathyrn Clarenbach discusses the planned National Women's Conference set for November in Houston. She notes clashes between Equal Rights Amendment advocates and opponents including Stop ERA supporters, plus fights over abortion and reproductive rights amid protests across state meetings and a cross-country torch relay.
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Lee Novick
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Total Woman’ Movement
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Hawaii
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New Plays By Jennifer Small At Elliot Street Theater
In Brattleboro Vermont the New England Playwrights Guild showcases seven original works in a 150 seat church theater off Main Street. Professional Boston actors volunteer or share profits from $2 tickets as the group seeks a "genius" to revitalize legitimate theater. The seven writers range from 20s to 70s, including students teachers actors and psychiatrists.
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UPI
Elliot Street
Main Street
Boston
New England Playwrights Guild
Tennessee) Williams
Community Theatre Classes Open for Registration at Meadows Playhouse
The Meadows Playhouse invites ages 8 through adult to pre register for theatre and performing arts classes running Sept 19 through Nov 11. For details call 736-8235. Breathing Partners meets Aug 18 at 7 p.m. at Christ Church Episcopal with Shirley Myer from Sunrise Hospital as speaker. Call 733-6700. Joe Behar’s Community Drama Workshop meets Wednesdays 7 to 9 p.m. at All Saints Episcopal Church with fall show directed by Barry Jacobsen. Call 647-1304.
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Christ Church Episcopal, Maryland Parkway
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Shirley Myer
Joe Behar
All Saints Episcopal Church
W. Washington
Barry Jacobsen
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