Battered Women Learn to Accept Abuse in Kansas Shelters
In Kansas, 18 shelters received 22,186 help calls last year aiding 4,359 women and children. The piece uses cases from Johnson and Wichita areas to illustrate learned helplessness, economic control, fear, and social sexism that trap women. Experts note low self esteem, financial dependence, and threats to children as the main barriers to leaving, while advocates push for broader recognition and legal support.
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Zickeroose
Women Lead Men In Cocaine Use, DUF Study Finds
Justice Department report from the Drug Use Forecasting study shows women arrested in New York Washington D C Kansas City and Portland had higher cocaine use rates than men in the sample. Across 14 cities October through December 1988 women tested positive at notable levels, challenging the prevailing view that men use illicit drugs more.
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Helmetless Cyclists, Meet My Son in Tragic Letter
A Dear Abby style column recounts a motorcyclist family tragedy to urge helmet use. Christine Lundström shares the story of her son Donald, paralyzed and brain injured after riding without a helmet, and urges readers to clip the column for cyclists. The piece emphasizes personal impact and public safety.
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Forestville Health and Rehab Center
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Christine Lundstrom
Poles queue to beat price hikes before controls end
Poles lined up for hours in Warsaw to stock up on meat and sugar as price controls end and costs rise. Interior Minister Gen Czeslaw Kiszczak was named the Communist Party candidate to head the next government, chosen by the Central Committee amid reforms and Solidarity’s reinstatement, per PAP.
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