Secret Meetings and Muted Passions in a Fragment
A fragmentary poem depicts Ellie and Mary driving to discreet lunches and sharing coffee while hopes of romance fade amid imagined dangers. The verse alternates quips about surveillance, jealousy, and restless longing, set against a tense private encounter.
Fragmented verse and notes on Judith Viorst writings
A collection of cryptic lines about self harm gestures and doors closing, interwoven with praise for Judith Viorst one of the era’s notable writers. The text mentions she writes for Redbook and references confidential messages and recurring work pressures.
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Judith Viorst
Judith
Redbook
Cleaning and caring for an electric blanket
Dear Heloise offers two safe options for cleaning an electric blanket: use a professional dry cleaner or launder at home. It warns against DIY dry cleaning to avoid damage, shocks, or fire, then provides step by step guidance for washing and air drying, stressing careful handling and thorough drying.
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Jan Colby
H.B
Refusal to take tricks costs contract in bridge game
In a high level bridge match South, West, North, and East play notrump. After passes and a 1NT doubled contract, Barry, Crane, and a bridgelayer defend brilliantly. West holds strong spade blocks and Crane ducks twice, thwarting declarer’s plans as East returns a spade and South fails to profit from a fourth trick.
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Carter ends short vacation at Georgia coast plantation
President Carter returns to Washington after a brief seaside stay off the Georgia coast with two old friends, Jim Bishop and Carlton Hicks. Coast Guard ships and a Secret Service craft monitored the presidential party during a fishing weekend near St. Simons Island.
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Carter
Georgia Coast
Jim Bishop
Brunswick, Ga
Carlton Hicks
Coast Guard
Minorities Demand More U.S. Contracts
Fifteen federal agencies are accused of delaying efforts to allocate more federal contracts to minorities and women. In a petition to President Carter, groups say minorities receive less than 1 percent of contracts and jobs, urging use of presidential powers to channel more of the government’s 100 billion dollar contract awards to minority hands.
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Carter
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