Engaged Life and Wartime Marriages Highlighted
Kathleen Norris argues long engagements protect youth from rushed wartime marriages. Norma, 18, married a year ago. husband Norman went to war after seven weeks. He returns seeking a French wife, Rose Marie. Norma fights for family’s future amid financial strain and infidelity.
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America
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No Time to Get Acquainted War Marriages
During the war thousands of couples wed in haste driven by wartime excitement fear of remaining single and longing for a homecoming. Many marriages succeeded but others faltered as short engagements prevented true acquaintance and caused disillusionment and friction after men returned.
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Cows Shaped by Nuclear Test Stable After Exposure
About fifty cows nicknamed rada cows grew gray after the first atomic blast near their New Mexico grazing ground. They were shipped to Oak Ridge, Tennessee for study and medical monitoring. None died from radioactivity, two have calved healthy offspring, and they face possible slaughter soon.
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Oak Ridge
Tenn
Low Cost Upholstery Protection for Your Furniture
An advertisement offers easy low cost protection for chairs footstools and sofas with step by step directions to make slipcovers for six chairs four foot stools and a couch. High demand means longer order processing times and more popular patterns may be back ordered. Send your order to the listed address.
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