Reader Letters Spark Teeth Born Myth Inquiry and Advice
Readers share anecdotes about being born with teeth and request studies on rarity and famous examples. Ann Landers invites postcards to tally cases, while other letters warn diabetics about sugar and urge foster care as an alternative to teenage pregnancy issues.
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Ann Landers
Chicago
Sugar
Toledo
Chickenpox risk for immunocompromised children highlighted
Dear Dr. Donohue letters stress that chickenpox can be deadly for children with weakened immunity such as leukemia. Public places during contagion pose serious danger, while healthy kids face little threat. Additional questions cover health test accuracy and possible stress related thyroid overactivity and treatment.
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DR. Donohue
D.M
Myerson Accused of Abusing Office in NYC
New York Miss America 1945 and city official Bess Myerson faced an investigator’s report alleging she used her position to influence a divorce case. The inquiry cited hiring a judge’s daughter to aid the judge’s case, improper perks, and falsified travel records, with a broader federal probe mentioned by the Daily News. Mayor Koch expressed sympathy but declined detailed comment.
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NEW York
Bess Myerson
Harold Tyler
Ms. Myerson
Edward Koch
Hortense Gabel
Carl Capasso
Capasso
Daily News
Koch
John Lindsay
Birthday Celebrations for Bruce Wayne Thompson and Randi Crawford
Bruce Wayne Thompson marks his first birthday today as son of Sharon Weems and Allen Thompson of Princeton. Grandparents Ronald and Karen Weems, and Carl Thompson, plus Leona Waddle of Branson, Mo, with great grandparents named. Randi Marie Crawford also celebrates her fourth birthday, daughter of Jack and Sandy Crawford of Ottawa. Relatives include Alice Crawford, James and Joyce Teter, William and Juanita Lucas, and Kendall and Frances Lucas, with Stevenson and other listed ancestors.
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Bruce Wayne Thompson
Sharon Weems
Allen Thompson
Princeton
Ronald and
Karen Weems
N. Sycamore
Carl Thompson
Leona Waddle
Branson
Cecil and
Luella Weems
Garnett
Fern Tice
Crestview
Ottawa
Randi Marie Crawford
Jack
Sandy Crawford
Sarah
Alice Crawford
S. Main
James
Joyce Teter
RFD
William
Juanita Lucas
S. Maple
Helen
Stevenson
Rantoul
Kendall
Frances Lucas
Cleveland
Kansas towns join Governor's Safety Belt Challenge
Manhattan Kansas states first statewide safety belt challenge underway as about 40 communities from Wichita to Plevna and Emmett register. Memorial Day to Labor Day period expected to see 130 potential deaths and 1400 plus serious injuries in Kansas motor crashes. Kansas Safety Belt Education Office at Kansas State University Extension Service coordinates the event with KDOT guidance and materials for cities that have not yet registered.
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Manhattan
Kansas
Mike Hayden
Plevna
Emmett
Wichita
Goodland
Sublette
LaCygne
Arcadia
Department of Transporta
Tion
Kansas Safety Belt Education Office
Kansas State University Cooperative Extension Service
Kansas Department of Transportation
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Ottawa, Ks
the Allen
Happy
Randi
Bruce
Wayne Thompson
Marie
Crawford
Stans Cleaning Service
Bauman
Catnapper