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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1969
Page
7
Majorie Holmes, author and mother of four, argues that maturity brings understanding of the young and personal renewal. She discusses aging fears, self-care, grooming, eye makeup and hair color, and staying active through walking, swimming, and sports while promoting inner beauty from within.
Readers submit practical tips from July 1969 including using cottage cheese cartons as soap holders and lining up backings for easier pouring. Other letters share sewing hacks with thimbles and elastic, icing coloring tricks, crib bumper fixes, and paint mixing tips. Also noted are comments on U.S. policy talks in Paris and Vietnam negotiations.
A reader column plots anger at welfare amid tales of jobless help and household woes. Ann Landers defends the system while urging compassion for the elderly and children, with readers sharing personal family strains and advice.
Sonia Aledo, 19, a Puerto Rico Junior College sophomore, won the international Best Posture contest among 20 entrants. She received a $100 prize and a trip to Jekyll Island Georgia, plus appearances to promote correct posture and will crown her successor next year. A note mentions SELF-DIRECTOR Parker directing a Daniel Boone episode.
Readers seek help for pale thin brows and natural makeup. The advice covers soft light brown tones, dyeing by a beautician, or home use with pressed powder. Steps include grooming, coloring strand by strand, short strokes, blending, and trimming for wider, natural-looking brows.
In the last hour before the first lunar landing, Houston's flight control room grew quiet. Flight Director Eugene Kranz asked all present to sit, then offered a final, hopeful, good luck to the team.
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