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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1973
Page
10
Bridesmaids expect to pay for their dresses while the bride decides the style. A thoughtful bride will select dresses they can wear again, perhaps in different colors or prints, so they do not all look alike at future events.
Dear Abby column letter from Frustrated and Chicagoan readers. The Frustrated reader fears guests smoking marijuana in their Cypress home and considers warning them or calling authorities. Chicagoan proposes social discipline to readers and the column offers guidance on avoiding future incidents. The Sister problem ends with a suggestion to tell the singing sister to keep quiet during a Mexico trip planning.
In a wry column Erma Bombeck relates a letter from an Australian marriage counselor lamenting a deficit of marriageable women there. She recalls college days chasing a favorable boy to girl ratio and mocks inquiries about how the surplus men ended up there, noting 14,220 eligible men in the cited age range and joking about meeting them.
A program on the use and care of microwave ovens is set for Friday at 10 a.m. in the Electric Living Center of Southern California Edison Company at 100 Long Beach Blvd. Wendy Greene, home economist for Edison, will discuss meal preparation in minutes and demonstrate microwave cooking including procedures utensils defrosting and meat management. Reservations can be made by calling the Edison Company.
A terse line notes a husband described as a music lover seeks cooperation or collaboration. It hints at a social or personal context without detailing specifics. The item reads like a brief notice or fragment from a page listing requests or announcements.
A reader seeks emotional relief and writes guidance to Abby asking for a personal reply. The letter requests a stamped self addressed envelope and includes postal instructions.
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