Licensing standards improve day care safety in Texas
DPW reports sharp drop in unlicensed centers over the past year and pushes for universal licensing. Director Anne Leatherman outlines benefits for children, including better health checks, safety rules, and guaranteed nutrition. She notes parents often choose cheaper unlicensed options, but licensed centers meet stricter minimum standards to ensure protection and fair competition.
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State Department of Public Welfare
DPW
Texas
Anne Leatherman
Ms. Leatherman
Fire Department
Dear Ann Landers Letters on Tips and Faithfulness
A compilation of Dear Ann Landers columns covering a wife returning a tip, family tensions over a father's new partner, a grammar perfectionist, and a wife seeking guidance on marital fidelity in 1975. Includes compassionate responses and advice on communication, behavior, and staying in a marriage.
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Ann
Ann Landers
Samaritan
Hats Return as Spring Silhouettes Shape Fashion
New York reports hats lead the fashion parade with soft feminine mood and varied straw shapes. The Millinery Institute outlines six trends featuring natural straw, ribbon streamers, and flower accents. Actress Cornelia Sharpe stars in a chic summer look as patterns advise fusible interfacings. Beverly Rhoades of Texas A&M notes guidance.
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New York
NEA
USA
Millinery Institute
Beverly Rhoades
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Texas A&m University System
Come Casual Means Dress Clash at Party Says Bombeck
Column excerpt humorously contrasts casual party attire with a husband’s formal notions. A wife and husband argue over fitting Emily Post’s idea of casual, debating outfits from necktie to sleeveless black dress while the hostess urges relaxed dress.
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Erma Bombeck
Emily Post
Hansel
Gretel
Barbs By PHIL PASTORET
A social party scene satirizes recession mood and fashion confusion. A husband jokes about picking up a woman at the gym while guests appear overdressed for casual attire, prompting implied trouble and witty exchanges.
Senior citizens seminar set for May 1 in Midland
Midland hosts a Senior Citizens Month seminar May 1 at First Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall with a 10 am panel on volunteers and seniors and a staff workshop. A noon lunch costs 1.00 with Dr. Henry Page as speaker on aging. An afternoon slide program, Q A, and choices include Midland tour and banking services. Dinner at 6 pm costs 2.00 with author Bert Kruger Smith speaking. Reservations to Marion Fisher or Enid Hendrick.
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Midland
Marion Fisher
Midland Senior Services
First Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall
Henry Page
Midland Senior Citizens
Bert Kruger Smith
America
Senior Services
Enid Hendrick
Breath of Life Campaign names Pecos chairwoman
Mrs. Carl McGee of Pecos is named chairman of the Breath of Life Campaign to fight pediatric lung diseases. She will lead local volunteers to raise funds for Cystic Fibrosis Foundation research and care programs, highlighting CF, severe asthma, chronic bronchitis, bronchiectasis, and childhood emphysema. The effort supports 100 CF Centers nationwide, including six in Texas.
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Carl McGee
Pecos
Breath of Life
Chuck Laurent
Lone Star
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
McGee
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Phil Pastoret
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Justice Center
Justice
Erma
Goodyear
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