Parents face wedding invite clash over race and acceptance
Dear Ann Landers advises that a bride who asks parents to exclude a sister and her black husband from a wedding should face a firm response: there will be no wedding or reception. The column also shares PSA on organ donation from the Florida Lions Eye Bank and a teen heartbreak tale with guidance on handling a boyfriend’s ongoing betrayal.
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Ann Landers
N.Y
San Bernardino
Florida Lions Eye Bank
Sis
Jerry
Fort Wayne
Ind
F.W
Neumonia
Carpet prices drop since 1950 despite inflation
Heloise cites Carpet and Rug Institute data showing US wholesale carpet fell from 6.26 to 3.55 per square yard between 1950 and 1973, a 43 percent decline, while quality and service improved, suggesting carpet is one of the few consumer goods that reduced in price over time.
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Rita
Carpet and Rug Institute
United States
Home hints hide in plain sight from butter to door drafts
Practical tips cover butter slicing with scored wrappers for uniform portions. A breaded weather trick seals drafts using yesterday and today’s papers rolled and placed at doors. Oven rack cleaning soaks in hot water with dishwasher detergent. Meat loaf quick fix uses frozen beef with milk and a pastry blender.
Reading the unseen hands in a bridge endgame
A bridge puzzle explains how South deduces West's precise distribution from bidding and play. The declarer uses the spade finesse to beat the hand, concluding West has seven clubs four spades and no diamonds, with East's club raise signaling three-card support.
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Declarer
West
South
East
Garbage in the trash reveals classed consumption study
Tucson researchers led by William Rathje at the University of Arizona analyze garbage from 2,000 households with 60 to 80 volunteers. They report low income households waste less food than middle income groups, who throw away about 12 percent of the food they buy.
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Tucson
Ariz
William Rathje
Rathie
Rathje
New FTC rules explain product warranty coverage
New FTC regulations clarify written warranty requirements for items over 15 dollars. They define full and limited warranties, require clear terms and pre-purchase accessibility, and exclude implied warranties. The rules apply to consumers and permit pro rata refunds under certain limited conditions.
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Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Devel
Magnuson-Moss
Crossword by Eugene Sheffer 13 Across and 34 Down
River in Answer to yesterday s puzzle. Scotland clued in the grid with entries for ampersand alehouse love god plowed land ideas merest trouble corded source poi English actress Katharine seize roughly girl s name Bavarian river operate crushing snake high kite gratuity barter harness hitch part of a bottle cry of bacchanals Siberian insane Eskimo knife forty winks Scotland
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Love God
Ideas
Trouble
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