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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1986
Page
6
Fran Chernyshev of Oak Park Illinois carries holiday supplies from Marshall Field's in Chicago's Loop as post holiday bargain hunters fill the store. Retailers call the day after Christmas one of the biggest shopping days of the year.
College design students scrutinize the bathroom as a living space and sketch ideas from self cleaning sinks to moving toilets and heat sensing weights. They imagine a tub that fills by night and an over engineered floor drain system. A mother counters with humor about keeping traffic flowing and avoiding excess comforts.
Mitzi the 425 pound calf behaves like a dog at Georgetown Kentucky home. She chases cars, whines for food, and head butts for attention. Owner Lillian Courtney says Mitzi may think she is a dog because she never knew her cow mother. Mitzi eats hot dogs and white bread and may stay if she learns to relate to the other cows.
Palm trees once shunned in the 60s and 70s are resurfacing in architecture and planning in San Jose Sunnyvale and San Francisco. Dennis Chambers of Sunnyvale notes a shift from pines and sycamores to palms after Miami Vice inspired appeal. Golden Gate Park plans a palm tree garden reflecting the trend.
A reader asks how to stop old hometown friends from dredging up past missteps. Abby advises privately requesting restraint and avoiding those who ignore the request. Other letters cover a wife facing a husband’s reunion with high school friends, and a separated woman weighing a renewed relationship with a past love.
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