Textile flame retardancy eyed for 1979 in clothing and home goods
By 1979 most clothing and home furnishings may be flame retardant, but costs rise and fabric performance may suffer. Experts urge consumer education to prevent fires, highlighting higher prices from treated fabrics and possible loss of comfort and durability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
George Buck
National Cotton Council of America
Fred Fortess
Department of Textiles
Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science
Textile Industry Product Safety Committee
TIPS
Buck
Fortess
Fred B
Shippee
American Apparel Manufacturers Association
Geoffrey Lund
M. Lowenstein & Sons, Inc
Independent press desk notes and editor Joyce Christensen
A brief item from the PRESS TELEGRAM noting Joyce Christensen as editor and listing the PIA scan notes. The piece references Joyce Christensen, editor, and the Independent desk. It signals routine newsroom activity and wire service inputs from the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joyce Christensen
Press-Telegram
PIA
Scan
AT WIT'S END Summer's choice: school versus job
Erma Bombeck riffes on a summer off dilemma as a parent warns a son to choose between work and school. A neighbor, a college years-long student, and a parade of dubious courses illustrate the pull between delaying work and pursuing endless classes. A humorous poke at the perennial schoolboy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erma Bombeck
Jane Fonda
Euell Gibbons
Stan Helwig
Millard Fillmore
Left Handed World Gets Aristera Help From Westport Couple
Westport couple Peter and Rose Neiman publish Aristera a Greek word meaning left handed aristocrat offering 70 items for lefties including a left handed moustache cup a corkscrew and special playing cards with pips on all four corners. The catalogue also features lefty notebooks rulers and scissors aimed at stroke and accident survivors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Neiman
Westport
Conn
Aristera
Neimans
Neiman
Alexander the Great
Leonardo da Vinci
Pablo Picasso
Rice's Lane
Pacifica student wins Lenox Table Setting contest
Miss Denise Robitaille, a 17 year old senior at Pacifica High School Garden Grove, won the 20th Lenox Table Setting Contest among 350000 students from 8000 schools. Her Mother’s Day theme used Lenox Merrivale china Montclair crystal and Towle Sterling. She plans UCLA biology studies and a career as a medical technologist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robitaille
Pacifica High School
Garden Grove
Lenox
Miss Robitaille
Lenox China
Montclair
Legato
Towle
Bruce M. Barron
Cypress
UCLA
Bullock’s Lakewood
Denise Robitaille
Merrivale China
Montclair Crystal
Legato Sterling
Kent Henderson
Weekend weddings tie Knots across Whittier area
A series of rites Sunday through Saturday united several couples. Kath leen Susan Kirk wed William John Baggerman at Matthias Episcopal Church in Whittier with family townsfolk attending. Sharon Anne Jones and Mark Henry Goldhamer married at Temple Beth Shalom in Long Beach, planning a Lake Tahoe honeymoon. Marguerite Victoria Camire and Eugene F. Lowes exchanged vows at Chapel of the Wedding Bells in Bellflower. Lisa Applegate and Larry Woodard wed at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Long Beach and will honeymoon at Lake Tahoe. Melinda Dell Lovelady and Bruce Francis Balent tied the knot at sunrise at Our Lady of the Skies Catholic Chapel amid family and friends. Catherine Ann Robinson and Dudley Martin Haralson wed at St. Lawrence Martyr Catholic Church in Redondo Beach with sisters and brothers assisting. All couples are recent graduates or connected to Long Beach State University and were set to make their homes in Long Beach or nearby communities.
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Matthias Episcopal Church
Whittier
Kathleen Susan Kirk
William John Baggerman
Jack Kirk
Daneel M. Sheppard
Frederick Baggerman
Chesterfield
David F. Baggerman
Baggerman
Whittier High School
Long Beach State University
Sigma Kappa
Sharon Anne Jones
Mark Henry Goldhamer
Temple Beth Shalom
Long Beach
Bellflower
Marguerite Victoria Camire
Hawaiian Gardens
Eugene F. Lowes
USMC
el Toro Marine Corps Base
Santa Ana
Walter Webber
Marguerite MacCamire
Arthur Morris Camire
Ta Mirada
Walter Lowes
Salem
N.H
Pete Noreiga
Catalina
Lakewood
Artesia High School
Our Lady of the Skies
U.S. Air Force Academy
Colorado Springs
Colo
Melinda Dell Lovelady
Bruce Francis Balent
USAF
St. Lawrence Martye Catholic Church
Redondo Beach
Catherine Ann Robinson
William S. Robinson
Garden
Dudley Martin Haralson
Hodges Harais
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Wit’s End
Patricia MC Cormack
UPI
Heaven
China
Fini
Carol
James
Wesleyan University
Fullerton State University
Commons Club Fraternity
U.S. Naval
Hawaii
Lake Tahoe
Deborah Carolyn Jones
J. Prescott Jones
Harold Goldhamer
Alan Charles Goldhamer
Wilson High School
Woodard-Applegate
Jordan High School
Lisa Applegate
Larry Woodard
The
Kingdom
Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses
Jerry Kelrog
Ronald Applegate
Mark Woodard
James Woodard
Fair Oaks
Balent
Lovelady
Maraleé Roberts
Virginia Lovelady
Worland
Wyo
James Michael Spray
Stephen Balent
Colorado
Yellowstone National Park
Grand Tetons
Sacramento
Mather Afb
Haralson-Robinson
Joan Robinson
Dana Parrish
Alpha Phi Sorority
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity
California
Canada
W.J. Baggerman
Mrs. LH. Goldhamer
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