Dear Abby readers debate wedding gifts and independence
Dear Abby letters wrestle with money gifts versus tangible presents for weddings. Other items touch on teen independence, pet ownership with parents, a prenuptial style plan, and community notices about local programs, classes, and volunteer needs in Odessa.
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Community groups schedule in Odessa area local notices
Multiple civic groups in Odessa announce upcoming events including DAR meeting on Sept 12 at 2 30 p m with speaker Glee Fullingim on Constitution Week, Porcelain Art Club Sept 13 at Odessa College, and Eastern Star meetings at Masonic Hall. Also notices for DOS Teen Dance Sept 12, Newcomers Club Sept 8, and other club activities with times and contact numbers.
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Nathaniel Davis
Daughters of the American Revolution
Glee Fullingim
William Pettit
J. M. Bouie
Carlos Clover
J. A. Taylor
Bessye Cowden Ward
Permian Basin Porcelain Art Club
Odessa College
Evelyn Provine
Las Cruces
N.M
Odessa
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
West Ninth St
Merle Beard
Alan Hayes
Eastern Star
All Eastern Star
Hoyt W. Doyes
A.S. Hansen, Inc
Permian Basin Personnel Association
Green Tree Country Club
Midland
Doyel
Steve Holt
Olympic Congress sets meeting in Baden-Baden
The 11th Olympic Congress will meet in Baden-Baden Germany from September 20 to October 3 to decide on the Olympic host cities for the 1988 winter and summer Games. Delegates from more than 140 national Olympic Committees will participate alongside IOC members.
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Baden-Baden
Germany
International Olympic Committee
A satirical take on tanning and sun worship in 1981
A Boston Globe column mocks the craze for suntans arguing against sun damage and praising pale skin. It parodies cultural figures, politics, and era attitudes, noting Famous names and social trends while endorsing a sun-averse stance with wry humor.
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Boston Globe
Coppertone and Friends
Madison Avenue
Hollywood
Differences found in children's care study compares doctors
A Johns Hopkins study in the New England Journal of Medicine finds pediatricians provide more long term care and well child exams while general practitioners offer easier appointments and lower per visit costs. Doctors surveyed about 1100 officials show GPs perform more first visits and prescribe more drugs, with lab tests driving costs.
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Boston
Marsha Fishbane
Barbara Starfield
Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health
Baltimore
New England Journal of Medicine
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