Dear Ann Teen Advice Columns on Sex Abuse and Child Welfare
A teenager seeks sexual health guidance and contraception options. Ann Landers directs her to a federal pamphlet and urges parental involvement. In New Jersey, readers urge action on reported child abuse, with guidance that state authorities must intervene. a case involves multiple marriages and underage children.
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Ann
Rick
Jill
U.S
Family Planning Clearinghouse
Rockville
New Jersey
N.J
Try Pyracantha Jelly This Fall
The pyracantha, a common Texas landscape plant, bears bright red berries each fall. The article notes the berries are edible and provides a jelly recipe: boil berries, strain juice, mix with lemon juice and pectin, then cook with sugar and jar while hot.
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Susan W. Bolen
Texas
Tomato Bisque Recipe From Soup Fan to Home Cooks
A reader asks for a canned Tomato Bisque soup recipe. Cecily Brownstone provides a home method using Italian tomatoes, onion, celery, salt, pepper, margarine, cornstarch, dry milk, water, heavy cream and sugar. The method details pureeing, straining, thickening, and reheating to serve, with chilled option.
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Cecily Brownstone
Associated Press
Cecily
Barbs About Middle Age Figures Prompt Snide Clarification
A quip asserts that middle age figures shift left of the decimal as time passes. The remark frames a review of a situation, noting it as a sharp, self pointed critique. The speaker accuses another of spying or snooping as part of an implied confrontation.
Fabric care tips from a Texas A&M specialist
A Texas A&M University System extension expert explains how fabric softeners work and how to use them effectively. Types include final rinse, wash cycle, and dryer products. Follow directions, prevent buildup by skipping every few loads, and treat stains with detergent to rewash.
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Becky Culp
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Texas A&m University System
Pecos Social Notes Highlight Local Weekend Visits
Pecos residents and friends enjoyed weekend visits and trips. The Thorp and Jones families fished the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass with friends from Hobbs and Kent. MW Sandra Clark, a Texas Tech freshman, visited Pecos friends. Lynette and Glenn Hibben sited Pecos. Mrs Wadley returned from Dallas to resume home life. Kim Dingler stayed with parents in Pecos while pursuing business admin at Tech.
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Carl ‘Bud’’ Thorp
Layne
Sandy
Morris
Rio Grande
Eagle Pass
Richard Jones
Buck
Hobbs
N.M
Lloyd
Betty Topliss
Dwayne
Leslie
Kent
MW Sandra Clark
Texas Tech University
Lubbock
Pecos
Sandra
Charles
Kathy Clark
Whitesboro
Kim Dingler
Bill Dingler
Walthall
Imported Peanut Story Originating From Slave Voyages
The peanut, native to the Americas, was shipped to Africa by Portuguese traders and returned in the 18th and 19th centuries on slave ships. Primarily fed to slaves during the crossing, nuts left near slave cabins were later planted, becoming a major U S crop.
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Americas
Africa
United States
Family notices and travels mark Pecos weekend
Loraine Waldrop left Pecos to attend her brother L W Miller’s funeral in Fort Worth with graveside rites at Snyder Cemetery. Other Pecos families visited relatives in Sweetwater Abilene and Fort Stockton while Mrs Pearl Oliver recovered from a heart attack in Kermit. Dr Elvin Reynolds and family attended a Texas DPS academy graduation in Austin. Richellar travels include Lillie Oren in Odessa, Donald Herod and sister Kathy Herod in Texas and Oklahoma.
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Loraine Waldrop
Adams
L.W. Miller
Fort Worth
Snyder Cemetery
Elvin Reynolds
S. Cherry
Austin
Randy Reynolds
Department of Public Safety Academy
Reynolds
Gay
Britt
Kirsten
San Carlos Calif
Pecos
Valerie Hamar
Woodward
Oklo
Hamar
Donald Herod
el Paso
Jimmy Herod
Donald
University of Texas At el Paso
Herods
Kathy Herod
Cameron University
Lawton
Okla
Kathy
U.T
Joyce Herod White
Donald White
Fort Sill
Germany
United States Army
Joyce
Pecos High
6704
Forest Circle
Efficient closet space plans for compact rooms
A practical guide outlines depth, width, door and lighting choices for better closet use. Recommend 28 inch depth, at least three feet of rod per person, adjustable children's rods, two to three inch shelf gaps above rods, full front opening, with bi fold or sliding doors. Fluorescent lighting with cool white for daylight and warm white for enhanced color perception.
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Pat Seaman
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Texas A&m University System
Safety tips for handling chemical oven cleaners
A family resource management specialist from the Texas Agricultural Extension Service urges caution with chemical oven cleaners. Guidelines include reading directions, wearing gloves and goggles, ventilating, keeping children away, and storing caustic cleaners out of reach in child resistant containers away from heat sources to prevent accidents.
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Linda MecCormack
McCormack
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
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Ann Landers
Sara
Fido
Rover
Jack
San Francisco
Phil Pastoret
MW Lynette
Glenn Hibbens
Lovington, N.M
Dick Wadley
Germania Farm Mutual Aid Association
lLocally
Joy Lee
J.C
Foster
Wyoming
P.O
MW Sally
Howard Hathorn
Abilene Christian University
Roger Hathorn
Fort Stockton
Vernon Hathorn
S. Alamo
MW Charles and
Jean Fant
S. Hackberry
Kermit Friday
Pearl Oliver
Lillie Oren
Missouri
Odessa
Sadiq H. al Madilawi
ECO
Pecos Enterprise
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