Balancing sports and school in a family
A mother asks how to curb a husband and sons obsession with golf that crowds schoolwork. Expert advice urges balance, suggests professional guidance, and notes many youths mature at different rates and may delay menstruation.
Studies Find Gaps In Consumer Complaint Handling
The Office of Consumer Affairs reports Phase II studies by TARP showing one third of Americans have a consumer problem yearly with higher income groups filing more complaints. Most act to resolve issues and many find contacted sources helpful. Common problems include unavailable advertised merchandise and poor product or service quality. Less than ideal agency responses were reported for seven federal services.
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Department of Health, Education and Welfare
OCA
Technical Assistance Research Programs Inc
TARP
Scottsdale Girls Club Springtime Boutique
The Scottsdale Girls Club auxiliary presents its Springtime Boutique on the Desert March 22 at Mountain Shadows Apache and Papago Rooms from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Admission is 1 dollar with tickets sold at the door. raffles offer an Ultra suede skirt and top for 1 dollar. Funds support Scottsdale Girls Club programs at 8250 E Rose Lane. The sale features arts crafts needlework and women and children's apparel plus gourmet items and plants. President Mrs Peter Landrum. boutique coordinator Mrs Robert G Wallace.
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David Sun
Leland Karr
Frank B. Jackson
Scottsdale Girls Club
Desert
Scottsdale
Love Crystals Offer Boost to Romance in Valley
English housewife Dieudonne Langston offers Love Crystals made from a secret 1790 herbal recipe. Sold in Barton-Under-Needwood and listed at Broadway for 5 dollars, the mixture of sugar and herbs is said to improve love life in about half of users, with mixed testimonials.
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Dieudonne Langston
Langston
Barton-Under- Needwood
Staffordshire
England
Newt
London
Federal Food and Drug Administration
From the bottom up she's found success
Letha Martinez, 51, an adult school student pursuing a high school diploma, embodies resilience amid racial bias, gender and credit discrimination, poverty, widowhood, arthritis, and single parenthood as she earns her place for her adopted daughter Sherry. The story traces decades of struggle and determination.
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Letha Martinez
Letha
Sherry
Woman Wins Single Adopting Milestone and Builds Empire
Letha, once unable to adopt while stationed in Spain with the U S Navy, returns to California. She conquers credit barriers, buys real estate, and becomes the first single woman in Southern California to adopt a child. Now she runs a growing business and hopes to franchise a specialty food restaurant and someday write.
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Spain
U.S. Navy
Letha
California
Parenthood
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