California Adoptions Records Reform Push Faces Strong Debate
A California panel urges ending the century old closed records policy for adoptions. The plan would give 18 year olds access to birth and adoption files and allow reunions with natural parents with consent. Opponents say maturity and emotional strain may hinder adoptees, and some groups fear losing ties with adoptive families.
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California Bar Association
California Association of Adoption Agencies
State Association of County Welfare Directors
American Academy of Pediatrics
Mary Sullivan
Children’s Social Services
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American Psychological Association
Reuben Pannor
Vista del Mar
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Dear Abby explains bridal color rules and dinner table civility
Dear Abby explores the non existent rule that white is for virgins and recounts historical bridal colors. A reader from Hawaii asks for peaceful mealtimes and Abby encourages pleasant dinners. A reader corrects a quote attribution about Emerson and Abby notes a tense usage debate.
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Edith Head
Anne of Brittany
Louis XII
Emily Post
Amy Vanderbilt
Miss Head
Heloise hints and home tips collected from readers
A collage of reader ideas includes recipe filing tricks, grease skimming from drippings, magazine exchange etiquette, preserving fizz in open cans, and a nylon net to keep dust from window curtains. The notes showcase practical housekeeping and frugal living tips from the Heloise column.
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Reach to Recovery seeks mastectomy volunteers for ACS
The American Cancer Society chaves county unit calls for mastectomy patients with at least a year of recovery to volunteer in Reach to Recovery. Loretta Cassell says volunteers assist with arm rehabilitation and emotional support, with no charge for services.
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Loretta Cassell
Reach
Chaves County
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Celebrity dinner guest poll among businesswomen
A survey of 350 women across professions finds Jimmy Carter and Margaret Mead as top dream guests, with Henry Kissinger and Woody Allen close behind. Jackie Onassis drops from favor, while Patty Hearst is rarely chosen. respondents value guests who are engaging and capable of conversation.
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Patty Hearst
Jackie Onassis
Carole Burnett
Betty Ford
Robert Redford
Margaret Mead
Woody Allen
Jimmy Carter
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