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Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Sep 04, 1981

Page

4

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.

Abby China

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.

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.

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.

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.

Boston Marsha Fishbane Barbara Starfield Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health Baltimore New England Journal of Medicine

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