Smokers pay painful price for pleasure of habit
Dear Abby letters recount the toll of smoking on families and patients with emphysema. A mother’s decline from lung disease and oxygen dependence is contrasted with warnings about lighting up near oxygen and the lure of nicotine. Readers propose nicotine patches, gum, and medical support as safer paths.
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Abby
Carol Mason
Costa Mesa
Calif
Carol
Tobacco
Elaine Disney
Carrollton
Texas
Elaine
DES and amyloidosis and essential thrombocythemia explained
This column answers reader questions on DES exposure from a 1950s pregnancy, amyloidosis causes and treatment options including dialysis chemotherapy and stem cell therapy, and essential thrombocythemia with the drug anagrelide. It notes DES linked vaginal cancer, symptoms by organ, and advises DES daughters to alert their doctors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DR. Donohue
Des
J.L
Luncheon in Scottish Rite Cathedral and Eagles Club meeting
Wimodausis Club hosts a 12 30 p m luncheon in the Scottish Rite Cathedral main dining room with program Partners in Devotion by Jan and Bud Moore. Reservations accepted by noon tomorrow via Dorothy Bort or Judy Barron. Retired Eagles Activity Club 455 meets 8 p m Tuesday at the Eagles Club hosted by Nancy Galeana and Doris Ambuster. West Penn Tri-County Bridge Unit 229 conducted its monthly duplicate at Connoquennessing Country Club with 12 tables. winners include Zambroski Worsley Wolstencroft Black Schubert and others. Next game set for 7 30 p m January 15 at The Lighthouse for the Blind in New Brighton. public may attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wimodausis Club
Scottish Rite
Jan
Bud Moore
Dorothy Bort
East Hillcrest Avenue
Judy Barron
East Maitland Lane
West Penn Tri-County Bridge Unit
Connoquennessing Country Club
Margery Tamres
Joanne Zambroski
Lorraine Worsley
Helga
Herb Wolstencroft
Polly Black
Sandy Schubert
Kay Amalia
Carol Cunningham
Jim Wheeler
John Lamarco
Lynn Rafferty
Dixie Haley
Zambroski-Worsley
Black Schubert
Rafferty-Haley
Marie Fanning
Anna van Arsdale
Iola Croner
Jane Crowley
Wolstoncrofts
Amalia Cunningham
Wheeler-Lamarco
June Winkle
Jan Nelle
Mildred Campbell
Thelma Miller
Lighthouse For the
New Brighton
Cassidy Family Roots Shape Two Generations of Performers
The Cassidy saga traces Jack Cassidy’s ascent from an Irish Catholic Long Island upbringing to a Manhattan start as elevator operator and limousine driver. He built a varied stage and film career, seen in W C Fields and Me as John Barrymore, until a Los Angeles apartment fire ended his life at 49. His son David faced bankruptcy after The Partridge Family and revived his career in TV dramas and theater, including Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, with later Las Vegas stints and an autobiographical musical in the works.
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Long Island
Manhattan
Jack Cassidy
W.C. Fields
John Barrymore
Himself
Pullman Recalls Cash, Cars, and Career Trials
Pullman describes his early break in Hollywood and a rough road to success. He details a cash deal for films, a hand-me-down Dodge Dart, and a run of misadventures including a wheel falling off and a police stop. He reflects on typecasting and his motivation to act, noting his role in Numbers with John Travolta and the joy of read-throughs.
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Warner Bros
Pullman
Main Street
Hor
Nell
N.Y
Tamara
John Travolta
Lisa Profile: European Work Opens for American Model
Lisa discusses her European modeling career including work for Madame Figaro and Marie Claire France, a Milan to London shoot for Rimmel makeup, and a July feature in Vental. She values runways for editorials and catalogs, notes Europe’s challenge, and plans to combine modeling with entertainment work while aiming for education and family. She graduated Neshannock High School in 1997 with a 3.87 GPA.
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Lisa
Europe
America
Vental
Madame Figaro
Marie Claire
France
Munich
Milan
London
Paris
Stern
Neshannock High School
New York
Cindy Crawford
Crawford
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Doris Ambuster
Tri-County Bridge
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