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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1981
Page
7
Erma Bombeck humorously critiques inflation talk as hollow. She ridicules price freezes on candy and coffee, imagines absurd cost shifts from hospitals to luxury rooms, self-delivery mail, and a Detroit car plagued by endless payments. She notes teachers, police, and doctors charging for services and mocks the idea of “Rent a Kid.”
Consumer Reports engineers tested 12 wood stove models across styles including small box stoves uprights and wide fronts to gauge heat output and potential fuel savings. The study weighs whether wood stoves can curb high fuel bills by delivering efficient warmth in typical home settings.
Linda Landreth daughter of Floyd and Mrs Landreth of Jonesboro becomes engaged to Jay Pickett son of Moon and Mrs Pickett of Anna Illinois. Miss Landreth holds a music therapy degree from Illinois State University and works in Galesburg. Pickett a graduate of Anna Jonesboro High School and the University of Illinois plans medicine study at UI. A June 26 wedding is planned.
Ronda Renee Henderson daughter of Montgomery residents and Jeremy J Mahnke son of Barrington couple announce their engagement. Both are SIUC sophomores with Henderson a 1979 Oswego High School graduate and Mahnke a Culver Military Academy graduate. The couple plans a March 1982 wedding.
Karen Louise Wheaton and Nick J. Dungey announce their engagement. Mr. and Mrs. Kent E. Wheaton of Independence, Missouri, are parents of the bride, and the groom’s parents are Mr. and Mrs. Earl R. Dungey of Marion. Both are seniors in geological engineering at the University of Missouri at Rolla. A December 19 wedding is planned.
About 400 secretaries polled by American Pad & Paper Co. say lack of advancement does not affect productivity, while 85 percent cite salary as the key factor. The survey, from a Professional Secretaries International convention, finds most respondents are executive secretaries aged 30 to 35 earning $20,000 or more in Holyoke Massachusetts.
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