Do-Gooders Gloria Spanier and Husband Aid Thousands
Gloria Spanier and her husband Evan give 10,000 gifts yearly to needy and elderly across California. Spanier, a nonprofit volunteer and corporate HR director, uses 1000 hours of work plus 3000 hours from friends to wrap and distribute items to groups like John XXIII Multiservice Center and CityTeam Ministries Rescue Mission, maintaining a 20 year Vietnam War pledge and ongoing charity over time.
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San Jose
Calif
Gloria Spanier
Vietnam
Spaniel
Evan
Acurex
Mountain View
Evan Spanier
Voelker Technology
Danville
CityTeam Ministries
Old Bayshore Highway
Sharon Vaughn
CityTeam
Spanier
Willow Glen
Vaughn
Mountain View Community Center
Salvation Army
Goodwill
Couple offers six frozen embryos to help another family
Donna and Ron, Fort Lauderdale area parents of a seven year old, seek to donate six fertilized embryos stored at a Broward County clinic to a Christian couple willing to raise the child in that faith. Their attorney will screen applicants. embryos would be implanted only if a compatible couple is found.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Donna
Ron
Broward County
Ronnie
Charlotte Danciu
Boca Raton
Nora Rupert
Fort Lauderdale, Fla
Resolve
Rupert
Minna Selub
University of Miami
Selub
Poverty hurts health with lasting effects study says
A University of Michigan led study of 1,124 Alameda County residents shows sustained economic hardship elevates risks of physical and mental illness. Long exposure increases difficulty in daily living and clinical depression, with low income preceding poor health and not the reverse.
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Boston
John W. Lynch
University of Michigan
Alameda County
Calif
New England Journal of Medicine
Ple
No Beer in Heaven Ad Sparks Clergy Uproar in Newark
Newark preacher Rev. Edward Smart denounces a Miller Lite TV ad as blasphemous claiming angels drink beer. He collected 3000 signatures and won a city council condemnation while Miller defends the lighthearted campaign. Ministers warn alcohol harms youth in inner cities amid debates over satire.
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Newark
N.J
Edward Smart
Miller Brewing Co
Smart
Israel Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Church
Gina Shaffer
Miller
Minneapolis
Fallon and McElligott
Henry Muhammad
Smoking rate holds at one quarter of U S adults in 1995
A CDC survey shows 24.7 percent of adults, about 47 million people, smoked in 1995, a slight drop from 24.8 percent in 1994. Men number 24.5 million and women 22.4 million, with higher smoking among the less educated and poor.
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Atlanta
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
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Playtex
Lorraine
Vanity Fair
Enhance
Www
Beallsstores.com
E. 8Th St
Andrews Hwy
W. County Rd
Music City Mall
CDC
Michael Eriksen
Office of Smoking and Health
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