Retirement advice from Ann Landers letters
A compilation of reader questions and Ann Landers responses about retirement strife. Married retirees describe friction over shared duties and lack of personal hobbies, with guidance to pursue individual interests, volunteering, and creative pastimes to improve harmony and purpose.
Heloise warns against powdered abrasives in home cleaning
Dear readers learn abrasives scratch sinks tubs and fixtures and may shorten life by years. Safer options include spray foam cleaners, powdered dishwasher detergent, and baking soda. Occasional use may be OK. read directions. A prenatal hack suggests pantyhose can convert clothing to maternity wear.
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Heloise
David
Video Game Smasher aims for smash hit with plastic hammer
Promoter George Coakley teams with Brett Kingstone to market the Video Game Smasher a non damaging plastic hammer that lets players vent frustration at arcade machines. Debuted at the Los Angeles Gift Show the device aims to match Pet Rock style profits and may be distributed nationwide through gift shows with Coakley guiding the venture.
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San Francisco
George Coakley
Brett Kingstone
Kingstone
Coakley
New York
Park Avenue
Penn Station
Tokyo Disneyland
Los Angeles
Giapetto
UPI Phot
Pet Rock
Soap opera chaos with betrayals and engagements
Leery Jenny clashes with Tony while Lars pursues all my children and proposes. Ed Baker’s partner Ruby halts a kidnap plot involving Johnny. Tad takes a Glam orama job, Marian gets involved, and Lois Klingensmith hacks Lars’ company computer. Lars presses Monique, Simone pushes Lars to hide the Bogard brooch from Erica. Palmer suspects Lars’s desperation. Michael’s kiss shocks Erica. On Another World, Jeanne dies after revealing Blaine and Larry’s hidden half brother. The sagas continue across Days of Our Lives, Guiding Light, and other soaps with marriages, affairs, and scheming.
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Jenny
Tony
Ed Baker
Ruby
Johnny
Tad
Marian
Palmer
Lois Klingensmith
Lars
Monique
Simone
Erica
Michael
Jeanne
Blaine
Larry
Horace
Mark
Stacey
James
Quinn
Abel
Felicia
Cass
Julia
Kirk
Craig
Diana
Marilyn Rochelle
Barbara
Gunnar
Marilyn
Nicole
Paul
John
Dusty
Burke
Capitol
Jordy
Matt
Amy
Maggie
Trey
New MammaCare System Trains Fingers to Find Tiny Lumps
Patricia McCormack reports on the MammaCare Centers teaching women precise breast self examination. A silicone model breast trains clients to distinguish normal tissue from tiny, hard-to-detect lumps, aiming to reduce breast cancer deaths with at home practice and clinical checks.
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United States
Mammatech Corporation
Rose Kushner
Women’s Breast Cancer Advisory Center
Rockville
Miss Kushner
Mammatech
Henry
Pennypacker
University of Florida
Kuschner
American Cancer Society
National Cancer Institute
Biomaterials
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Greg
Guiding Light
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Quint
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Ronald
Philip
Loving
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Brad
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Percy Teasdale
Asa
Delilé
Becky
Viki
Ryan
Jill
Maeve
Frank
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Una
Charlotte
Bess
Stephanie
Warren
Vargas
Liza
Travis
Sharon
Patty
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