Local Toastmistress Club Plans Charter Meeting
Sallie Logan Toastmistress Club to hold charter meeting and officer installation at 7 p.m. Friday in Marion with Robert Crone as guest speaker. Norma Kerr to be installed president. other officers named. Early Bird Kiwanis also meets Friday morning in Carbondale with speaker Miki Brown.
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Marion
Robert Crone
Social Security Office
Carbondale
International Toastmaster Club
Norma Kerr
Lula Weatherly
Rita Hindman
Mary Lou Roberts
Carbondale Women's Center to host volunteer training sessions
The Carbondale Women s Center will hold three nightly volunteer training sessions from 7 to 9 p.m. at 408 W Freeman St Monday Tuesday and Wednesday covering center projects empathy and communication crisis intervention and role play. An assertiveness group meets Monday 10 a.m. to noon and a six week parent training group begins Tuesday 1 30 p.m. open to all with interviews by calling 457 0347.
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Carbondale
Women’s Center
Life by the numbers and the cost of truth
Writer Sid Moody questions the reliability and influence of statistics in modern life. He cites government data, inflation measures, unemployment, Nielsen ratings, and census figures to argue that numbers shape daily choices yet can be misinterpreted or manipulated, urging critical scrutiny and recounts. The piece cites Gallup, Yale’s Charles Ruggles, and the GIGO principle to underscore caution.
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Social Security
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Camden
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Shirley Kallek
NYU launches museum studies program in anthropology dept
New York University establishes a Museum Studies curriculum within the anthropology department to train students for careers in the expanding museum sector. Flora S. Kaplan notes the rise in museums creates demand for trained professionals amid growing data needs for policy and funding decisions.
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New York
New York University
Flora S. Kaplan
A Believer Doubts Commercials In Funny Essay
Erma Bombeck humorously notes the gulf between slick television ads and real life. She mocks car claims and household gadgets, recounting failed products and broken promises, then jokes about consumer faith being tested by a balky car and ruined toy dreams.
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