Miss West Texas Crown Goes To Oates At Ector County Coliseum
Stephanie Oates of Loop won the 35th Miss West Texas Scholarship Pageant at the Ector County Coliseum. The 18 year old, a pre med student who will attend Odessa College, will hold the crown until July 1983 and then compete in Miss Texas America in Fort Worth. She represented the Seminole Area Chamber of Commerce and performed Under the Double Eagle on guitar. Oates described the win as shocking, and outlined plans including rigorous preparation, dieting, and continued appearances during her reign.
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Jacqueline Toller
Stephanie Oates
Loop
Gainesville County
West Texas
Fort Worth
Oates
Texas
Seminole Chamber of Commerce
The
Odessa Jaycees
FDA bans starch blockers in diet pill crackdown
The FDA ordered last week to halt marketing of starch blocker diets sold in health food stores across the nation, giving 10 days to discontinue and provide safety data. The drug classification and safety concerns spark questions about efficacy, potential harm, and future over the counter availability.
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KIM Upton Field
Food and Drug Administration
America
FDA
Federal
Nathan Sklar
Sklar
Mount Sinai Hospital
New York City
Dean Elzey
American Weight Clinics Inc
Indianapolis
Beef flavored water tastes like dog life hack
Erma Bombeck humorously riffs on pet care and food trends as a dog drinks a beef flavored water from a bottle. The narrator jokes about dog tastes, TV ads, and the absurdity of chasing novelty products for canine gusto. The piece satirizes consumerism in pet foods and household routines.
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University of California-Davis
Nutrition Reports International
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Marie Moore
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M.S
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