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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1970
Page
5
Mrs Lamson states she shed 327 pounds and 391 inches, dropping from size 16 to 10. She made her own dresses due to limited ready made options and notes better pattern variety in size 16, then moves to size 10 and the latest haute couture fashions.
Mrs. Jacquelyn Barden of Westminster California recalls losing 40 pounds and shedding 54 inches from her body after trying Pat Walker's program. A Long Beach State graduate with UC Irvine and Pepperdine coursework she previously felt stuffed into clothes and could not fit into a size 20.
An Orange California advertisement touts a weight loss and figure perfection system for women 60s and 70s. It claims painless, non diet methods using computerized equipment and individually tailored plans, offering a free analysis and trial with guaranteed results.
Ontario California nurse Dorothy Rhodes weighs 215 pounds and shrinks by 61 pounds and 76 inches of height. She says her children are married and she plans a slimmer life, joking about a crystal ball predicting a size nine.
Mrs Stella Andrejko of Sante Ana California a postal distribution clerk reportedly weighed 18834 pounds and reduced her weight by 572 pounds to 6012 inches in a program aimed at privacy and non disrobing. She described shopping for a dress for her 20th anniversary and finding nothing that fit.
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