Southern Illinois awards honor health and disability service
Southern Illinois individuals and programs will receive awards this month for service to the mentally ill developmentally disabled and alcohol or drug abusers. Winners include Tot's Territory 0-3 in Cairo the Migrant Farmworkers Alcoholism Project in Union and Jackson counties and Fellowship House in Cairo. Winfred Wimpy Wilson and Rafael DeTorres will share the Francis J. Gerty award. Harold B. Koplowitz will receive the Golden Key Award for promoting public understanding of mental health and disability issues.
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Southern Illinois
Francis J. Gerty
Pulaski-Alexander Mental Health Association
Cairo
Migrant Farmworkers
Union
Jackson
Fellowship House
Illinois
Winfred
Harold B. Koplowitz
Carbondale
The
Illinois Times
Springfield
Nail biting a symptom not the problem in advice column
A reader asks about a fifth grade daughter who chews nails and skin, causing gaping sores. Ann Landers replies the act signals anxiety and urges family counseling to address root causes rather than punishment. The column also notes a reader’s amused reaction to a prior piece on privacy in a restroom.
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Ann Landers
Eve
Ann
Nostalgia for the Forties Pillbox Hat Debates
Erma Bombeck rails against forties nostalgia and fashion revivals arguing the era felt wartime strict. She recalls pillbox hats with veils and the social pressure to match outfits, sharing amusing anecdotes and reader confessions about bashful kidneys and wartime style.
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Erma Bombeck
Bette Midler
Young scientists predict future advances from high school seniors
Washington AP reports 40 top junior scientists in the Westinghouse Science Talent Search foresee bionic humans and conscious computers, energy crisis solutions, and a cancer cure by century's end. Patricia Sandborn, 17, Fort Collins High School, notes bionics could replace body parts but not people or parents.
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Washington
Westinghouse Science
Patricia M. Sandborn
Fort Collins High School
Fort Collins
Colo
Ms. Sandborn
Grapefruit cups spark ideas in young scientists
A roundup of high school scholars from Florida, California, and North Carolina features Bertha Olazabal of Hialeah Miami Lakes High School, Ron Unz of North Hollywood High, and John Karis of Duke Medical School ties. They discuss racing toward biotech, fusion energy, and future medical tech. Dr. Seaborg envisions molecular biology breakthroughs and advanced bio engineering.
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Tulane University
Bertha M. Olazabal
Hialeah Miami Lakes
Hialeah
Flia
Olazabal
University of Miami
Ron K. Unz
Unz
North Hollywood High School
North Hollywood
Calif
Earth
Harvard College
John P. Karis
Durham
N.C
Charles E. Jordan
Duke University Medical School
Princeton University
Karis
Glenn T. Seaborg
University of California At Berkeley
Science Service
Westinghouse Electric Corp
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Lortta Travelstead
Helen Bond
Herrin
Willard Hart
Murphysboro
George W. Dodds
Marion
Cynthia Sue Turni
Celia M. Howard
Illinois State Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs
Junior Woman’s Club
Chicago
Turni
Angela Turni
N. 19Th St
Southern Illinois University
Moneaqua
Decatur
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green
Ohio
Morning Etude Club
Morning Etude Club of of Carbondale
Marie Bernhardt
Marilyn Juhlin
Mona Miller
Maxine Vogely
Pat Redden
West Elm St
Jean Antonini
Edina Marberry
Jackson County
American Cancer Society
Carbondale Bowl
Mardale
Jackson County Acs
Ciety
Nina Hoffman
Jo Parsons
W.E
Wit’s End
Cecily Brownstone
Associated Press
Chateau Girardeau
MT. Auburn RD
Independence ST
Cape Girardeau
Missouri
Cras
Ceridias
Norell
Chloé
Aalston
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