Great American Smokeout groundswell sparks anti smoking push
Betsy Brown Kraft reports the Great American Smokeout mobilizes millions to quit for 24 hours with events nationwide from Maine to New York and Texas. The American Cancer Society targets 16 to 18 million participants as rallies, cold turkey meals, and educational booths promote long term cessation.
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Betsy Brown
KRAFT
Associated Press
Pac- Man
E.T
American Cancer Society
Rita Bailey
Maine
Farmington
Bass Shoe Co
Oxford
Red Adair
Sharpstown Center
Houston
Pac-Man
Astroworld Amusement Park
Empire State Plaza
Albany
N.Y
Plaza
Mary Arthur
Schenectady
U.S
Cancer Society
C. Everett Koop
Koop
Temperance group reviews drunk driving harms and plan
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union met at the Archer home with devotion led by Mrs. Emma Lou Sullins. The session featured the video One for the Road and grim DWI statistics, including daily deaths and high costs, plus plans for Ottawa University's international students Christmas dinner and a charity box for the Kiamichi Mission in Honobia Oklahoma.
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Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Paul Archer
Emma Lou Sullins
Alexis de Toqueville
America
Archer
Public Broadcasting System
DWI
Ottawa University
Florence Clark
Kiamichi Christian Mission
Honobia
Oklahoma
Festival of Praise at First Assembly To Be Held
The Festival of Praise at First Assembly of God Church will feature Bob Pickett and conductor Thurlow Spurr with The Spurrlows, Concert Brass, and soloists. The 7:30 p.m. program includes traditional and contemporary choral, solo and instrumental works themed on praise. It travels across U S and Canada, appearing in 1,500 venues and on national TV.
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First Assembly of God
13Th and Mulberry
United States
Canada
Bob Pickett
Thurlow Spurr
Spurrlows
Festival of Praise
U.S
Christian Artists Music Seminar
Estes Park
Colo
Musicalifornia
Christian Booksellers Association
Lexicon Music Workshops
Club items and party plans for Ottawa area groups
Multiple local clubs schedule meetings and social events across Thursday and Friday including the Eagles Auxiliary at 8 p.m., the Beauceant at 7:30 p.m., the Ottawa Amateur Radio Association at 9 p.m. on 147-39 MHz, TOPS at 6:30 p.m., the Ottawa Motorcycle Club at 7:30 p.m., and the Jaycettes at 7:30 p.m. The American Legion Auxiliary and Senior Club meet Friday, with a 1:30 p.m. Youth Center gathering. The Nightcrawlers Camping Club met Saturday at Anchor Savings Building, with eight families and four guests. a Christmas party is planned for December 10 at L & L Restaurant.
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Ottawa Amateur Radio Association
Trinity United Methodist Church
Ottawa Motorcycle Club
Miller Cycle Sales
Ottawa Jaycettes
Kathleen Mackie
Rockwood Drive
American Legion Auxiliary
Fairmount Birthday Club
Nightcrawlers Camping Club
Anchor Savings Building
Many Mothers and a Courageous Doctor Speak Out 1959
A reader praises Dr. Walter C. Alvarez of the Mayo Clinic for a 1959 column on homosexuality, noting his courage and the shifting view of genetic and environmental factors. The letter also shares a humorous Ann Landers exchange and thanks faculty wives for their input.
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Ann Landers
Walter C. Alvarez
Mayo Clinic
Alvarez
Minnesota
Walter Alvarez
Dr. Alvarez
Recycled Fathers More Mature Than The First-Timers
Lincoln AP reports Kathryn Weil Simon defines recycled fathers as men who become first-time dads at 20 to 24 and again between 45 and 60. Study of 373 men across 47 states shows older fathers are often more mature, in stable marriages, graduates with established careers, and more involved with children, though some feel like grandfathers at PTA meetings and face peer resentment.
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Lincoln
Neb
Kathryn Weil Simon
Simon
Omaha
Department of Human Development
Univeristy of
Nebraska
PTA
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Wes Wilson
Pussycat Slippers
Alice Brooks
Ottawa Herald
Needlecraft Dept
Old Chelsea Station
New York
Nightcrawlers
Ottawa
Landers
Elna
Sennt
Albright’s Sewing Circle
S. Main
Kansas
Stan's Cleaning Service
Larry Maes
State Farm
State Room
State Farm Insurance Companies
Bloomington
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