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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1980
Page
6
Judy Klemesrud reports that Pitney Bowes and other U S companies provide adoption benefits to offset high costs of international and domestic adoptions. Benefits per child commonly run 800 to 1000 dollars, with firms like IBM Xerox Hallmark and Foote Cone & Belding offering similar sums.
The article surveys major companies IBM Xerox Hallmark and Foote Cone and Belding offering adoption reimbursements up to 1000 with varying rules. It notes since 1972 IBM has reimbursed over 2000 couples while Pitney Bowes reports 73, and individuals like Eric Perez of Xerox describe adoption's cost and non-work related motivation. The piece also shares experiences from the DeLeonardo family highlighting tax and eligibility details and the social impact of such benefits.
The Benton Elks Lodge and Illinois Elks Crippled Children’s Commission sponsor a free diagnostic clinic for physically handicapped children 0 to 21 at Franklin Hospital in Benton from 8:30 to 11:00 a.m. Friday. Dr. John Barrow of Eldorado will lead. Call 439-9139 or 457-4455 for details. Also notice scholarships, museum exhibits, and a Salem AARP event with trips to St. Clair Mall and the Muny Opera itinerary with prices and contact numbers.
A reader laments family cruelty toward a handicapped cousin at a reunion and urges seating changes. Ann Landers exposes the failure to act and urges inclusion. Other letters vent about a rude teenage critic, a reader mocked by a correspondence favorite, and advice on handling a wife's suspicions about an executive's secretary.
Forest Grove Oregon AP Pacific University College of Optometry researchers removed glasses from nearsighted patients and found temporary improvement in vision with stress management techniques such as relaxation tapes hypnosis yoga visual feedback and vision training. Led by Dr. Rocky Kaplan the study includes fourth year student researchers Hal Hagge Alan Homestead and Jim Ruch and plans to test about 30 patients further assessing whether clearer sight persists with longer wear of weaker prescriptions during ongoing nutrition and stress research.
New York based fashion group celebrates fifty years of influence with a year long event under the theme Fifty Years of Women in Fashion. The professional association spans advertising design marketing communications law finance retailing and related fashion industries.
Housewife humor piece by Erma Bombeck recounts domestic oddities as stability fades after marriage. Readers share the quirks of home life such as items misplaced in drains and furniture that swallows keepsakes, revealing the chaos behind everyday chores.
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