Part-Time Transvestite Says It Is Harmless Fun
A reader writes that dressing as a woman is harmless fun and that many men do this with wives supporting them. Abby responds that using the powder room could be an issue and notes not a broad problem. Other letters discuss child protection services, religious choices, and wedding gown costs.
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Chicago Tribune-N. Y. News Synd., Inc
Abby
California
Social Service Departments
Welfare
Social Service Department
Iowans defend ping pong marathon mark
Marshalltown Community College sophomores John Olson and Pete Kelley defend their world ping pong marathon record set December 8 with 40 hours of play. The Las Vegas promotion pairs one of the players against Richard Dewey known as Ironman Dewey, a 44 year old Kansas City welder who reportedly holds a bowling marathon record. The match is set for January 7 with 11 of 500 dollars in prizes to the winner. Olson and Kelly are both 19 and Marshalltown natives.
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Marshalltown
Iowa
Marshalltown Community College
John Olson
Pete Kelley
Las Vegas
Nev
Big Wheel Casino
Richard Ironman Dewey
Kansas City
Dewey Olson
Kelly
Hawkeye Briefs Holiday Visits Across Area Families
Pleasant Valley hosts Kenneth Brockhouse and family visiting from Sunday to Tuesday. Christmas guests in Harold Pierce home include Jack Pierce and daughters from Mason City, Elizabeth Trewin, Edith Folsom, and John Folsom of Cedar Falls. Lee Pieggenkuhle hosts Howard Duffy and family from Waukon, Gene Knox family, Alan Knox from Clermont, Louise Niewoehner of Alpha, and Carl Niewoehner of Cresco.
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Kenneth Brockhouse
Pleasant Valley
Marvin Burkhart
Harold Pierce
Jack Pierce
Mason City
Elizabeth
Edith Trewin
John Folsom
Cedar Falls
Lee Pieggenkuhle
Howard Duffy
Waukon
Gene Knox
Alan Knox
Clermont
Louise Niewoehner
Alpha
Carl Niewoehner
Cresco
Scientists Aim to Block Next Influenza Wave
Washington AP scientists pursue faster vaccines and new methods to curb a prospective global flu epidemic. Refined antigens and a hybrid virus approach may yield quicker, more effective vaccines, as officials warn the next major outbreak could strike in the late 1970s.
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Washington
Hong Kong
Davis
Christmas Dinner Guests From Area Homes
Christmas Eve and Christmas Day dinner guests in several households included KC Rowland and Hawkeye neighbors, New Brighton visitors, and perry and Cedar Falls guests. Other gatherings featured Smith, Williams, Steuer, and Ostrander families with extended relatives from Nashua and Wisconsin Rapids. A note mentions a quick-growing virus affecting vac production and scientific talks on the disease origin linked to southern China amid Nixon’s mainland trip.
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Burdette
Jack Steuer
Clarence Abbott
Paul Ostrander
Stephanie and
Leah
Perry
Jim King
Wisconsin Rapids
Wis
Edith Trewin
Cedar Falls
China
Nixon
Christmas Guests At Louis Fritz Jr Home
Christmas guests visited the Louis Fritz Jr home on Sunday including Kenneth Schultz Cal Church Linda Gus Belschner Mabel Ferrell Lillian Parker Ida Fritz and Walter Belschner Also Carroll Ehrhardt Deb and Dennis Ehrhardt with their daughters from St Louis Missouri Marlin Hainey Marlena and Marvel visited Harold Andrews in Orient for the weekend including other relatives
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Louis Fritz, Jr
Carroll Ehrhardt
Deb
Mrs
Dennis Ehrhardt
St. Louis, Mo
Marlin Hainey
Marlena
Marvel
Mrs. Hainey
Harold Andrews
Orient
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Hawkeye
Independence
Oelwein
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Wissler
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Fifth Ave
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Jodee Seholz
Scholz
Hansen
Linda Baumgartner
Kevin John Kuper
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Dorland J. Davis
Robert Campbell
Mervin Fords
Tipton
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Jcpenney
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