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Newspaper

Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 26, 1986

Page

7

Hope grows as coma patients defy odds in Erie

In Erie, Steve Eaton, 27, slowly recovers from a seven month coma after a 1984 scaffolding fall. Experts credit advances in traumatic brain injury care and coma centers like Lake Erie Institute. The piece notes millions affected yearly and recalls Quinlan's decade in coma, while urging better care and services for the brain injured.

Eaton Findley Lake N.Y Lake Erie Institute Heidi McCrory National Head Injury Foundation Inc Framingham Mass Karen Ann Quinlan

Dear Abby and Desk Girl mailbag reflections on manners

A reader laments salon etiquette where patrons with appointments bypass waiting rules. Abby advises reform, while another letter attacks aging marriage trends as men seek “unpaid nurses” after health changes, concluding with a strong NO WAY, JOSE.

Advertisers Bend Logic In Mock Essay On Fads

Editor notes Erma Bombeck on vacation and pokes fun at ads that offer instant riches or ageless looks. The piece riffs on endless sales pitches and quips about debt dreams, health hacks, and other gimmicks. Humorous volley questions expose absurd promises and cling to everyday consumer woes.

Odessa Garden Club meets includes yearbook approval

The Odessa Garden Club gathered August 19 at Cindi O's with Mrs Bennie M Lucas presiding as president. The yearbook was presented for approval by the president.

Odessa Garden Club Cindi O’s Bennie M. Lucas Sunset Extension Homemakers Club Kellys Turner Park Mary Beaty Marian Wilkerson Beaty

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