Horoscope and celebrity birthday roundup for 1996
A daily zodiac page offers horoscopes for Aries through Pisces with career, finance, travel, and relationship guidance. It notes a burst of creativity in early 1996, family changes, and a prediction of financial ups and downs for self employed readers. The section also mentions public figures Wade Boggs Helen Hunt Waylon Jennings and Jim Varney and comments on children’s classroom focus and Gemini social strengths.
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Wade Boggs
Helen Hunt
Waylon Jennings
Jim Varney
ARIES
Taurus
Gemini
Leo
VIRGO
LIBRA
Picnic planning spirals from simple to stuffy in busy park scene
A family outing to a park devolves from a simple hot dogs and pasta salad picnic to an overpacked, ritualized event with chairs umbrellas sun screens and a station wagon bursting with gear The narrator recalls simpler days as they watch the clan debate reservations safety and comforts amid a crescendo of gadgets and cargo
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Wolfgang Puck’s
Fifth physician finds easy solution
A letter from a reader recounts relief from years of back pain after a left leg length discrepancy of half an inch was addressed with a left shoe insert. The writer, 69, notes many doctors overlook simple causes and emphasizes two way doctor patient communication while warning that unequal leg length is not a common back pain cause.
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Dr. Donahue
Mr. C
Bridge by Omar Sharif and Tannah Hirsch
North-South vulnerable with North on 48763. South responds 1NT, West leads ten of hearts. Declarer mismanages clubs, defenders block suit. declarer down two. Proper sequence shows cashing heart ace first to free clubs and avoid blocked suits, yielding nine or ten tricks with correct play.
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North
South
West
Ten of Hearts
King
Declarer
East
Crossword Solution Time Reveals Many Names and Clues
A grid of crossword clues with numbers and fragmented phrases. Entries include references to Mormon, Claiborne colonists, Oscar fashion winners, Teamsters, Broadway, October, and classic names like Roscoe and JFK book hints. The list interleaves theme words, proper nouns, and common crossword prompts across 50 clues.
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Claiborne
Coventry
Tarians
Teamsters
Roscoe
Stimpy’s
Calif
Dye i McEntire
Photog
Hollywood Square
Caesar
Naming a Junior Causes Family Names and Chaos
Dear Abby recounts readers who regret naming a son after his father. One letter tells of two Bills, Old Bill and Young Bill, causing confusion, mistaken calls, and mail mixups. The writer favors Lawrence and warns about the junior naming tradition. A late reader shares humor and a tale of lateness and trains with her late husband.
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Abby
Billy
Bill
Big Bill
Little Bill
Young Bill
Old Bill
Lawrence
Phooey
St. Peter's Gate
Trude Johnson
Kenneth C. Johnson
Sacramento
Calif
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Jeane Dixon
Escrow
Erma Bombeck
Paul Donohue
Cryptoquip
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Gow
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Quh
Tabune Media Services
Thc
Fen
Lorrap
Henri Arnold
Mike Argirion
Omar Sharif
Tannah Hirsch
West East
Block
GE Merger Co
La-La
Claus
Bolivia
Abigail van Buren
Permian Basin
Midland
E. 4Th St
Texas
Sam's Bar
Isc
Salvation Army
Homework
Sen Eeneneries
Aladdin
Sears
Tillie's Baskets
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