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Newspaper

Southern Illinoisan

Location

Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jan 08, 1978

Page

32

It Hurts Me More Than It Hurts You by Erma Bombeck

A humor essay recounts parental discipline, the infamous line about hurting the parent more, and family anecdotes. It parodies child behavior archetypes and the challenges of parenting.

Erma Bombeck

South Wins With Running Trumps In Club Slam

In a four player bridge problem, South finds a line to win by running all trumps after East returns clubs. West opens clubs and, despite an initial misstep, South ruffs and discards to cash diamonds and hearts for the make. The diagram shows South with K Q 7 3 2 and dummy with J 3 9 7, East with A Q 10 9, West with K J 6 2, and South to lead vulnerable both, North dealer.

Oswald Jacoby Allan Sontag Newspaper Enterprise Assn West South East Dummy

At Wit's End and a Lesson in Boundaries

A chaotic narrative threads through family mishaps and social friction with TMI memories and jokes. The speaker recalls a strict chastisement then shifts to a crossword style confession, with scattered clues and partial phrases about mood, discipline, and relationships.

Pantyhose Trade Debate and Personal Dilemma

Dear Readers discuss run resistant pantyhose and industry tactics. A reader urges better value while Ann Landers notes varied fits and that not all stockings are alike. A reader shares a personal conflict about a forbidden friendship, hinting at marital strain.

Mix Friends With Business in Dilemmas of Trust and Social Ties

A reader asks whether to mix friends with business after betrayals between longtime couples. Ann Landers advises allowing children to stay social, meeting the friend during the day, and avoiding reconciliation for months to let time ease tensions. In a second note, a woman describes casual dating with a man who never spends, and Ann quips that such an arrangement suits a life of dating and hosting events.

Pisces dont give up on love life

Horoscope column dated Sunday January 8 1978 notes celestial guidance for Capricorn Aquarius Pisces Aries Taurus Gemini Cancer and others. It highlights renewed effort in love life for Pisces and improved career conditions for Aries with hints of new projects and joint venture luck.

Capricorn Aquarius Pisces ARIES Taurus Gemini Lady Luck

Horoscope roundup featuring signs and dated advice

A multi sign horoscope offers daily guidance across Leo Virgo Libra Scorpio Sagittarius Capricorn Pisces Taurus with cautions on productivity relationships finances and temptation to stray, noting repeated Leo Virgo Libra and Scorpio entries and a January 9, 1978 reference amid general predictive advisories.

Leo VIRGO LIBRA Scorpio Sagittarius

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