Dear Ann Landers Advice Column Highlights
Reader questions range from a brutal foreman humiliating workers to fraternity pig pools and a mother’s inspirational poem. Ann explains that sadistic behavior signals inner turmoil and suggests counseling for the foreman, while other letters share campus pranks and a kitchen-wall poem with a hopeful note.
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Midwest
Ida Jean Kain On Spot Slimming Through Exercise
An article explains that fat is used generally during weight loss and cannot be drawn from specific spots. It suggests improving circulation and targeted exercises to tone problem areas like the inner thighs and waist, plus a stretch press routine to quicken slim results.
Andrew Jacksons Kitchen Cabinet as informal brain trust
The article recalls Andrew Jackson forming a kitchen cabinet of close friends and advisers who visited the White House with informal access. Their informal group acted as a personal advisory brain trust during his presidency.
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Andrew Jackson
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Judy and John plan a teenage party menu and snacks
The Dinner Bell Teenagers Club outlines a party menu for about 25 guests with cold cuts, cheeses, dips, chips, and specially prepared dips. Judy emphasizes quick assembly using sliced bread, butter or cream cheese, and raw veggie sticks, with desserts and beverages included.
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Judy
John
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Hints From Heloise on Safe Cleaning and Handy Hacks
Readers share cautious tips for household safety and quick fixes. Advice warns against using oven cleaners on pots due to lye content and stresses reading product labels. Other tips cover warming pads, car washing with net bags, purse litter bags, iodine as “Jumping Juice,” smoothing sewing needles, cleaning jars with tongs and nylon net, and polishing worn rubbers with vegetable shortening.
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Joe Blow
Buck Stops Here Advice From Dr. Crane On Responsibility
Dr. George W. Crane urges parents to teach children to finish tasks and embrace responsibility rather than pass the buck. He cites a child who prefers others’ hands in card games and compares to interns avoiding full responsibility in medicine and workers declining promotions. Crane suggests small, real duties and independent thinking, offering a 200 point test booklet by mail.
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Ann Landers
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