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Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 29, 1982

Page

4

Dear Abby column advises on jealousy and living apart

Abigail Van Buren answers readers on three dilemmas. A rest home wife questions jealousy toward Emma the friend visiting with her crush Sam. Abby says harmless flirtation is fine. A Minnesota woman insists on not living with Harold, and Abby affirms her stance, noting hope for another partner. A caller regrets warning a friend about her husband's affair, urging silence over gossip.

Abby Sam Emma Harold Odessa Amercan P.O Odessa Texas Universal Press Syndicate

School songs not for singing in mornings chatty quarrel

In a breakfast conversation Erma Bombeck sketches a quarrel about college songs and patriotism. A husband resistant to singing his alma mater's tune cites numb legs from rockets red glare as he dodges church singing. Beverly Sills reference and a dog joke end the exchange with humor and bite.

Meadows Dells Jayne Scatessen Beverly Sills

Ragweed Control Month Aims to Curb Allergies

Ragweed pollen causes hay fever and symptoms like runny nose red eyes fatigue and poor concentration. An air pollution group declares June National Ragweed Control Month urging 15 million Americans to act and destroy weeds to protect health.

John Farina Copley Susie O’connell Charles Howison Air Pollution Control League United States

Parks department hosts dog show in Floyd Gwin Auditorium

The Ector County Parks and Recreation Playground Program sponsors a Kid's Dog Show at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Floyd Gwin Auditorium corner of 10th Street and West County Road. Categories include best behaved, funniest, best trick, smallest, largest, best looking, best of show, and best dog master look-alike. Children must be 4 to 14. dogs on leashes. smallest category dogs over six months old.

Ector County Parks and Recreation Floyd Gwin Auditorium 10Th Street West County Road

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