Dear Abby letters on hair, housing, marriage, and a fugitive
A reader asks if a mother should control a 16 year old son’s hair. Abby advises focusing on integrity and studies. Other letters discuss selling a 26 year old house, keeping space for visiting children, and the loneliness of a large home. A separated wife asks for guidance after her husband leaves. Abby urges legal advice and personal interests. A woman clues into a possible ex husband who has felonies in several states.
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Abby
Georgia
West Virginia
North
Caroline
Birth of a quasar heralded by Palomar telescope sighting
At Mt. Palomar a giant explosion creates a blue visible flash signaling a possible birth of a quasi stellar object or quasar. Dr. Allan R. Sandage notes these QSFs emit prodigious energy far beyond the sun and remain largely mysterious to astronomers. The discovery follows a 200 inch telescope image and marks a new frontier in relativistic astrophysics.
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Alton Blakeslee
Associated Press
Austin
Tex
Earth
Courier
Mt. Palomar
California
Allan R. Sandage
Mt. Wilson Observatories
Milky Way
QSF
Sandage
Texas
Personal reply request to Abby at Monroe Evening Times
A reader is instructed to write to Abby in care of The Monroe Evening Times. For a personal reply, enclose a stamped, self addressed envelope.
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Abby
Monroe Evening Times
How To Have A Lovely Wedding Ad Request
A small notice invites readers to mail 50 cents to Abby at Box 69700 Los Angeles California for Abby's booklet titled How To Have A Lovely Wedding. The ad specifies a postal address and fee.
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Abby
Los Angeles
Calif
American couple’s 6 foot Santa boosts British Christmas sparkle
The Fresno, California couple, Mr and Mrs Lynn Coughlan, erected a large illuminated Santa on their English home roof, along with a luminous sleigh and reindeer, sign over the garage, two angels, and a blinking gilt tree inside. Neighbors voice mixed reactions as traffic slows.
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Coham
England
States
Lynn Coughran
Coughran
Coughlan
Fresno
Calif
Coyote Reaches Speeds Over Forty MPH
A coyote weighing 20 to 50 pounds has been clocked running at more than 40 miles per hour, illustrating surprising speed in a common wild canid.
Monticello Residents Holiday Gatherings Honor Many
Monticello and nearby towns see a flurry of visits as students from La Crosse State University and Oshkosh State University return home for Christmas. Numerous families host and attend meals and gatherings across Monroe, Madison, New Glarus, and Blanchardville as relatives travel to share the season.
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Candace Buehl
Julie Krieg
la Crosse State University
Kenneth Johnson
Ron
Platteville
Robert Holcomb Sr
Rosa Legler
Lawrence F. Marty
Robert Holcomb Jr
Holcombs
Gary
Madison Business College
Nancy Holcomb
Madison
John Richards
Milwaukee
Martha Richards
William M. Baebler
Marquette University
William V. Baebler
Judith Bissig
Diane Blum
Kay Klooster
Platteville State University
Barbara Jordan
Monroe
Joseph Legler
David Legler
San Diego
Calif
U.S. Marines
Legler
California
Henry T. Hefty
New Glarus
Elizabeth Rolph
Dorothy Johnson
Sally
Paul
E. W. Marty
John Stauffer
Alan
Kenneth
Bill
John Hoskins
Jacob Voegels
Anna Schnetzler
Methodist Hospital
John Ponyicsanyi
Carol
Lake Mills
Tom Ponyicsanyi
Kathleen Hornby
James Rodgers
Lanark
Fred Abbott
Rodgers
Florida
Linda Hilliard
Oshkosh State University
Dean Hilliard
Gordon Schultz
Michael
Attica
Willis Babler
L. H. Sargent
Evansville
Ernest Schlittler
Monticello
Henry Grunder
William Hoffman
John Marty
Karen
Judith
Jerry
Elisa Marty
Ulrich J. Freitag
Marie Freitag
Conrad Stauffacher
John Bubolz
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Abigail van Buren
Yale
Letter Shop
O. D. Curtis
Faye Brewer
Albany
Ida Voegels
Ed. Gmar
William Moser
David
Willis Freitag
Henry D. Freitag
Donna Karlen
Belvidere, Ill
Mrs. C. W. Karlen
Sharon Durtschi
Hales Corners
Fred Durtschi
Marie Meyers
Louise Karlen
Henry Grundahl
Holmes Body Shop
18Th Avenue
Lloyd J. Holmes
Prop
North Central Public
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