Cabbage Patch doll quest ends in London return
Kansas City mailman Edward Pennington flown to London to hunt down five Cabbage Patch dolls for Christmas. He paid 125 pounds for five dolls in Bristol and returned with them for his daughter Leana and three more donated to hospitals and a local TV charity.
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Kansas City
London
Leana Pennington
Edward Pennington
Kansas City International Airport
Pennington
Shawnee
Kan
Britain
Daily Star
Heathrow Airport
Chase
Childrens Mercy Hospital
Harrod’s
Bristol
Maggie
TWA
United States
Harrod
Hilary Close
Dells
Linda Sparrow
Raleigh
N.C
Sparrow
Xavier Roberts
Roberts
Forced heirship in Louisiana estate law explained
Dear Abby explains forced heirship in Louisiana, where 25 to 50 percent of a deceased parent’s estate must pass to children regardless of parental wishes. The writer urges publication to raise awareness of this archaic provision and its impact on families.
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Abby
Louisiana
United States
Dear Abby and the Unjust Louisiana Law Clash
A reader challenges an archaic Louisiana statute urging action through legislators. The letter seeks advice on how to address perceived injustice within state law and mentions an agreement with the Louisiana Bar Association.
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Louisiana
Louisiana Bar Association
Housework blamed as root of domestic violence in study
The Boston Globe notes Letty Pogrebin’s claim that housework, not money or sex, fuels family conflict and violence. Pogrebin argues the issue must be treated as a joint responsibility to avoid ongoing tension between the sexes, a view echoed by critics of the film Mr. Mom.
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Bruce McCabe
Boston Globe
Phyllis Diller
Letty Cottin Pogrebin
Pogrebin
Sanford Katz
Boston College Law School
Mom
Katz
Tennis Shoes For All Seasons In Everyday Life
In a humorous reminiscence Erma Bombeck recalls a Paris of fashion and flexibility. A tuxedoed professor wears gym shoes, a transit strike makes sneakers common fare, and a mother debates style with her son about wearing tennis shoes 24 hours a day.
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Irwin Corey
New York
Toastmaster club meetings span November and December events
Club Scrapbook earlybird meeting November 22 featured Bob Conway as toastmaster and speeches by Jim Brayton and Vicki Sullivan. Dan Kalenak won best speaker. Royce Gladson and Jerri Fielding won best evaluator and best table topics. Other clubs and programs noted include Wildcat 1160 November 28 with Bob Hamilton, Laureate Alpha Zeta November 28 on jury experiments, and Earlybird December 1 with tax topic and officer nominations. Permian Study Club December 1 presented Art Institute program.
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Earlybird Toastmasters Club 1061
Bob Conway
Jim Brayton
Wildcat Toastmasters Club
Vicki Sullivan
Dan Kalenak
Tom Poole
Jerry Rupe
Wildcat Toastmaster Club
Bob Hamilton
Mr. Two
Darlene Davis
Sam McLelland
Sonny Bhatt
Lucille Herrington
Leo Howry
Horace McAdams
Herrington
Davis
Dave Shepard
Earlybird Toastmasters Club
Gus Ganze
Chub Johnson
Odessa
Jerri Fielding
Glen Asher
Sondra Jones
Ray Laird
Fielding
Sullivan
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Leana
Dear Abby
Abigail van Buren
P.O
Hollywood
Calif
Wit’s End
By Erma Bombeck
THE
By Bil Keane
Club Scrapbook
Contemporary Study Club
David Baum
Dick Lees
Alpha Zeta
Carolyn Emerson
Lucius Bunton
Wanda Perry
Virginia Perry
Dallas
Bessie Lou Doelling
Hilton
Kathy Taylor
L.M. ‘‘Chub
Johnson
Rusty Moyaert
Doris Breaux
Leonard Fisher
Art Institute For the
Permian Basin
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