Exotic animal breeders keep Indiana home as a zoo
Prairie Creek Indiana breeder Pat Hector and wife Sharon live amid lions and other exotics after their house burned last winter. They breed and trade wild animals, publish The Animal Finders' Guide, and handle ligers among their prized stock while facing liability, weather, and relocation challenges.
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Prairie Creek
Ind
Pat Hector
Sharon
Hector
Hoctor
United States
Nursing home thievery national shame
A reader letter discusses neglect and theft in nursing homes, contrasting better care for famous individuals with poor conditions in convalescent facilities. Accounts describe missing jewelry, clothing, and personal items, ignored complaints, and calls for public health inspection oversight.
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Abby
Kirk Douglas
Mr. Douglas
Pen pals from Wales meet in Pennsylvania
Patricia Ingram and Linda Bickster, lifelong pen pals from Llansamiet and Bethel, finally meet in Reading Pennsylvania after 12 years of correspondence. They visit historic sites in Lancaster and reminisce over childhood photos while noting spacious Bethel housing and affordable dining in Pennsylvania.
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Reading
Patricia Ingram
Llansamiet
South Wales
Atlantic Ocean
Linda Bickster
Bethel
Ingram
Linda
American Girl Magazine
Pennsylvania
Bickster
Lancaster
Fall school fashions swing back to the sixties
Fort Lauderdale News & Sun Sentinel notes a retro fashion trend for fall across high schools and colleges. Teens and young adults embrace 60s looks with bright tights, miniskirts, go go boots, paisley shirts, Beatle boots, and mod accessories. Designers cite a broader shift to sophisticated yet vintage-inspired wardrobe, mixing khaki, sneakers, sweaters, and chic Parisian touches.
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John Lennon
John Sebastian
Jim Morrison
Irene Meltzer
Seventeen Magazine
Foster Parent Orientation Meeting in Texas
The American Foster Parents group will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Texas Department of Human Resources on Andrews Highway. Social worker Margaret C Thomas-Mouton will conduct the session to certify foster parents, with Rick Barnes present to answer questions. Prospective foster parents are urged to attend. for details call Thomas Mouton at 367-7201.
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Texas Department of Human Resources
Andrews Highway
Rick Barnes
Miss Permian Basin Fair Pageant contestants meet board
Fair pageant contestants are scheduled for orientation from 6 to 7 p.m. and a meet with the Permian Basin Fair and Exposition Board of Directors from 7 to 8 30 p.m. Tuesday at the Odessa Hilton located on 5200 University Blvd.
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Odessa Hilton
University Blvd
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