May Campbell builds heirloom style furniture at home
May Campbell of Willisville, 55, crafts furniture from basic materials using photos and guidance from books. She starts with a box structure, stains seals and sands, and enlists friends for finishing. She aims to capture old fashioned charm for her home and to leave memories for her grandchildren.
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Vicki Woodard
Southern Illinoisan
May Campbell
Willisville
Mrs. Campbell
Dear Ann Landers readers offer painful marital advice
A reader condemns a columnist for promoting communication in a tale of sexual coercion and abuse. Other letters urge counseling, share a funeral director’s rings story, defend professionals, and advise courteous responses to rude store staff to defuse conflict.
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Ann Landers
Ann
Illinois
Mother
Illlinois teens face nutrition issues during pregnancy
Nutritionists worry about teen pregnancy in Illinois as ISCON hears concerns in Chicago and Carbondale. Hearing participants note many pregnant teens have diets lacking calories protein calcium and iron leading to potential low birth weights and health risks.
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Miriam Adolphson
Southern Illinoisan
Illinois
Chicago
Illinois State Council On Nutrition
ISCON
Orbondale
Council
Virginia R. Hill
USDA market limits push prices higher on navels
Consumers Union notes that USDA market limits on naval oranges raise prices despite large crops. Federal Marketing Order 907 kept over 534 thousand tons off the market, boosting prices by about 18 percent from 1980 to 1981 and reducing per capita citrus consumption since 1960. Sunkist and NOAC influence USDA decisions, with calls to review or end marketing orders to curb consumer subsidies.
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California
Arizona
USDA
United States
Sunkist
Navel Orange Administration Committee
NOAC
Snyder
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