Heloise Hints Readers Share Craft and Kitchen Tricks
Readers submit practical tips from crafts to cooking. Lids become two-piece card holders with buttons, freezing juice is assisted by can top removal, fabric softener foams aid cleaning, threading tips improve needle visibility, pizza rounds protect surfaces, and garden row planning uses radishes to space carrots. A soap-grater rainbow display is suggested for decorative use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heloise
Charles Metzler
W.M.K
Brownsville visit and honors noted in Long Mott items
Charles Ray Wood of Kansas City visited his mother Mrs J P Wood and sister Mrs Carl H Manuel en route to Brownsville to see his children Jo Ann who earned a high school diploma Monday night Barbara Barker left for Houston to resume studies with her parents bringing her there and returning home Ruby Townsley visited her sister with Mr and Mrs Joe Harrell of San Antonio Mrs Walter Zbikowski Mrs Norman Sanders and Mrs Lester Frazier helped chaperone a 4 H group at the state meeting in College Station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Ray Wood
Kansas City
J.P. Wood
Carl H. Manuel
Brownsville
Jo Ann
Benjamin Bert
Sandra Kay
Barbara Barker
Houston
Hugh Barker
Ruby Townsley
R. W. Whatley
Joe Harrell
San Antonio
Walter Zbikowski
Norman Sanders
Lester Frazier
College Station
Mandatory Retirement Sparks Elderly Unhappiness Debate
The article profiles Thelma Davis a 68 year old tutor and Harry Lapow a 67 year old photographer amid a national debate on mandatory retirement. It notes 22.4 million Americans over 65 and discusses whether age should determine employability, the impacts on finances and identity, and potential Congressional actions and court rulings shaping retirement policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert L. Kahn
University of Chicago
Census Bureau
Harry Lapow
Greenwich Village
Dress dilemmas in Ann Landers columns raise gender questions
A reader questions cross dressing double standards while others defend self image and discuss appearances. The letters cover fashion norms, judgments by others, and advice on self acceptance. The column references Rosie the Riveter and World War II era dress shifts, then advises on not judging appearances and offers Ann Landers pamphlet guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosie
The R Document and Gemini Contenders Reviewed
Irving Wallace writes a fast paced conspiracy tale about a push to pass the 35th amendment and an FBI drive to seize control. The review mentions political intrigue, blackmail, and a zombie town as key plot arcs. The Gemini Contenders by Robert Ludlum is praised for intrigue, mystery, and historical drama centered on a 19th century vault and political power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irving Wallace
Wallace
FBI
Vernon T. Tyman
Christopher Collins
Collins
California
Tyman
Fontini-Cristi
Savarone
Vittorio
America
Robert Ludlum
Salonika
Greece
Savarone Fontini-Christi
Port Lavaca Births Reported for June
Mr and Mrs Lupe Monroy of Port Lavaca welcome a boy on June 8. Mr and Mrs Stormy Heiner of Port Lavaca welcome a girl on June 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lupe Monroy
Port Lavaca
Stormy Heiner
Local Woman Appointed Page To VFW Convention
Elsie Bailey, president of the VFW Post 4403 Ladies Auxiliary, was named page to the past state presidents for the June 24 to 27 state convention in Amarillo. Delegates from the area include Mrs. Bailey and several others with Ms. Davis chosen as a delegate to the national auxiliary convention in New York City August 15 to 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VFW
Ladies Auxiliary
Elsie Bailey
Amarillo
Mrs. Bailey
Jean Smith
Pat Davis
Fran Jones
Pearl Belk
Adella Koneaba
Phil Drexler
Mae Moose
Dorothy Hamilton
Virginia, Cain
Linda Milligan
Vivian Lewis
Dorothy Sensabaugh
Alice Marek
Bert Hunsucker
Ms. Davis
New York City
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Arthur
Donna T
Bahamas
Long Mott
Cael
Green Lake
Mickey Mouse
Moscow
Griffin
Thelma F Davis
New York
Social Security
Harvey Brenner
Johns Hopkins University
School of Hygiene and Public Health
Robert N. Butler
National Institute On Aging
John L. Dugan
Atlanta, Ga
Congress
U.S. Supreme Court
Thomas Joseph
Barbara
Grantland Or Elmer
United
Cogito
Syria
Soriel
Delight
Pittsburgh
Iowa
Prophet
Longfellow
Uyo
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Ann Landers
Aden
O.K
P.O
Elgin
Ill
Gore Vidal
General Grant
Charlie Schuyler
Aaron Burr
Charlie
Emma
d’Agrigente
Calhoun County Library
Rendon
Ramsey Carpet Care
Slouov
Texas
Governor's Office OF Traffic Safety
Viger
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