Dear Ann Landers column excerpts on tragedy and family guidance
A widow writes that her husband’s suicide left young children and relatives grieving while seeking guidance. Ann Landers urges empathy, professional help, and effort to support the children, stressing no one should bear sole blame and that there is value in therapy and carrying on. A reader asks about inheriting antique furniture from a geographically distant mother-in-law and possible ways to preserve family heirlooms without travel or storage costs. Suggestions include family help with expenses or alternatives to safeguard pieces from being lost to strangers. A third letter concerns a divorcee upset that an ex husband used the wedding band from his first marriage during his second wedding. The advice is to maintain dignity, let the ex handle the matter, and keep children from becoming involved in adult conflicts.
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Ann Landers
Ann
Sunshine State
S.S
Arkansas
Ark
Dental floss saves a bracelet clasp trick
A reader explains using dental floss to open a lobster clasp and thread it onto a bracelet, avoiding gadgets. The method worked on one bracelet in practice, while another failed. readers also report taping bracelets to their arm as an alternative.
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Heloise
Jenny Cline
Westfield
N.J
High school senior dates Playboy Playmate Petra Verkiak
Toby Hocking of Foothill High School attends the winter formal with Petra Verkiak, Miss December 1989, after she offered to accompany him following his college entrance essay. The pair arrive by limousine as Principal Al Marzilli enforces the dress code and Verkiak calls the night a fairy tale.
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Hocking
Verkiak
Tustin
Calif
Playboy
Petra Verkiak
Pinup
Toby Hocking
Foothill High School
Verkink
al Marzilli
Del
Crossword by Eugene Sheffer 19 Count out to 46 Actor Stephen
A readable crossword puzzle fragment lists clues and partial entries for across and down, referencing names like Leopold, Clooney, and Kennedy, with hints toward a solution time of 24 minutes and various defined words across many categories.
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