Ann Landers Readers Question Piercing Etiquette
A letter writer urges pierced ears trend in Africa and US burnishing. Ann Landers advises and the column receives more queries. Other letters discuss neighbor disputes over loud fights and a stepmother hurt by being called by a different title, seeking guidance.
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Stepparent Dilemma Over Mom Title
Dear B bewildered reader asks if she is overly sensitive after Jim introduced her as his stepmother. The guidance suggests some stepparents object to the term while others do not and urges speaking up to preserve the preferred family title.
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Military siblings honor service in Saigon and beyond
The notice lists multiple Kansas area servicemen including John E. MacPherson of McLouth serving in Saigon with Navy Patrol Squadron 42 aboard SP-2H Neptune and says he will be based at Whidbey Island after return. It also notes Airman William J. Wallace of DeSoto assigned to Hanscom Field Massachusetts after Air Force basic training and Marine Private Phillip H. Teeter from Wichita area graduating recruit training in San Diego.
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San Diego
Iwakuni
Japan
Phillip H. Teeter
Pete Merideth
Tennesse St
Marine
Marine Corps Recruit Depot
Calif
Marine Corps
Camp Pendleton
Fire Protection Trainee Joins Air Defense Command
A graduate of Lawrence High School reports to Oxnard Air Force Base California to complete basic training and begin on the job training as a fire protection specialist with the Air Defense Command.
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Calif
Air Force
Lawrence High School
Air Defense Command
War Orphans Reunite After 26 Years Seek Birthmark Lead
London secretary Mrs Valerie Strupinski finally identifies her long lost sister Valeria doreena Piercioni after Antonio Piercioni of Rimini Italy recognizes a birthmark on her left foot. Tony flew to London to confirm the kinship, marking a hopeful end to a decades long search.
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English-Italian ties drive long-lost kin to meet
In England a fostered woman named Mrs. Strupinski, born Valeria Doreena in Rimini, locates a long-lost Piercioni brother after decades. Her mother died in war and her father in 1947. she plans a visit to Rimini next year while balancing a stable job and flat in Britain.
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