Peterson speaks up for consumers on NBC interview
Esther Peterson, 71, Carter consumer affairs adviser, praised the consumer protection program set for Congressional action this summer. She spoke on the Bob Abernathy Show from NBC in Burbank, noting a Chamber of Commerce clash and defending her stance as a longtime advocate attacked for being a woman.
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Esther Peterson
NBC
Burbank
Ms. Peterson
Jimmy Carter
Los Angeles
Bob Abernathy
Jess Marne
Abernathy
Eleanor Roosevelt
Marlowe
Chamber of Commerce
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Peterson
Chamber
Consumer Preizelon
Richard Lesher
Peterson advocates for consumer agency in federal policy
Ms Peterson, veteran public servant and former director of the Women's Bureau, seeks passage of a new consumer advocacy agency. She argues consumers lack a centralized voice in rulemaking and praises Carter while noting Ford and Johnson faced tensions. She envisions streamlining overlapping offices to reduce costs and empower consumer interests at local and state levels.
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Peterson
Beverly Wilshire
Washington
Agency For Consumer Advocacy
Wamen
Bryn Mawr
John Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
Kennedy
Women’s Bureau
Department of Labor
Johnson
Federal Power Commission
Gerald Ford
Hiouse
Senate
Weekend Weddings Spark Artesia Long Beach Area
Multiple marriages recounted with brides and grooms from Artesia and Long Beach. Couples include Danial Roy Krawiec and Sandra Lee Peyton, Warren Keckeisen and Deborah Corbin Corbin, Steven Leonhardt and Martha Fulcher, Alex Van Diggele and Dawn Lafferty, Allan Behar and Jeanne Bergstrom, Richard Willingham and Nancy Kornmann, Gary Wood and Pamela Miller. Honeymoons span Oregon California Hawaii Mammoth Lake Tahoe.
Dear Abby Readers Question Bigotry and World View
Dear Abby letters express distress over parental prejudice against race and religion and a teen's plea to promote ending bigotry. Contributors cite personal growth, hope for unity, and a Samoan perspective rejecting premarital sex myths while stressing family honor and cultural values.
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Samoa
Shortage of secretaries sparks economic critique and quirky memo
A columnist argues a secretary shortage threatens the Western economy, blaming gender shifts in career choices and rising data processing needs. He mocks corporate fake efficiency, cites recycled examples, and proposes eliminating clerical fluff to save time and money.
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IBM
Xerox
U.S
Golden wedding anniversary for Schempfs celebrated in Bellflower
Mr and Mrs Henry Schempf of Paramount will celebrate their golden wedding with a reception Sunday at Holy Redeemer Lutheran Church Bellflower hosted by their children Jerry Schempf of Long Beach and James Stewart of Lakewood. They wed August 18 1927 in St Paul Minnesota and moved to California in 1941.
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St. Luke's Evangelical Lutheran Church
Steven Waller Leonhardt
Martha Marie Fulcher
Patrick Fulcher
Lakewood
Mary Mattei
Walter Leonhardt
Long Beach
Dean Day
Leonhardt
of Lakewood High School
Long Beach City College
Cerritos College
Rant Millikan High School and Co
Hawaii
Huntington Beach
Henry Schempf
Paramount
Holy Redeemer Lutheran Church
Blaine Ave
Bellflower
Jerry Schempt
James Stewart
St. Paul
Minn
California
Schempf
Southern Pacifi Railroad
Chartiers Country Club
Carnegie
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Krawiec
Peyton
New Life Community Church
Artesia
Danial “Roy Krawiec
Sandra Lee Peyton
Susan Peyton
Edward Peyton
Hollywood
Dana Peyton
Belltower
Eugene Krawier
John Krawier
Norwalk
Krawier
Oregon
Keekeisen-Corbin
Warren Keekeisen
Deborah Catal Corbin
St. Cornelius Catholic Church
Raymond T. Corbin
Willard Keckeisen
John Messerschmitt
Mark Keckeisen
Keckeisen
Millikan High School
Long Beach State University
Delta Delta Delta Sorority
Millikan
USC
Sigma Phi Epsilon
Beta Alpha Psi Accounting Society
Leonhardt-Fulcher
Holy Family Catholic Church
Artesia High School
Alex van Diggele
Dawn Lafferty
Joseph Lafferty
Angelina Corbet
Klaus van Diggele
Thomas Ayala
Mammoth
United States
Allan Randall Behar
Jeanne Louise Bergstrom
Bethany Baptist Church
David Daum
Harold MM. Bergstrom
Ronald Butler
Sam Behar
Glendale
Ernest Sedgwick
River Forest
Behar
Wilson High School
Phi Kappa Phi
Pi Lambda Theta
Oak Park High School
Oak Park
Iowa State University
Willingham-Kornmann
Richard Preston Willingham
Nancy Elizabeth Kornmann
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Airs
Russel F. Kornmann
Sandra Backstrom
Robert Willingham
Carson
Willingham
Kappa Delta Pi
Lake Tahoe
Wood-Miller
Los Alamitos
Gary Alan Wood
Pamela Frances Miller
Los Altos United Methodist Church
Anthea Miller
Jimmy L. Miller
Steven Edward Wood
Frank E. Wood
Wood
Delta Zeta Sorority
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity
LESU
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Warren Keckeisen
Mrs. Allan
Abby
Abigail ‘ van Buren
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Tam
Cam
Jimmy
Wan
Nickie McWhirter
Hanighi-Hidder Newspapers
Mr. Jones
Service Department
Worthy
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Blivet
Ciinique
Deral
MR. and
Henry Schempp
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