Swimwear borrows past styles for bold new looks
Chicago fashion notes a hot swimwear season with neon colors, lacy to racy silhouettes, and high tech details. brands like Gottex Jantzen and Albert Nipponese showcase layered, see through, and sequined options while reviving modest coverage from the 1920s to 1950s.
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la Blanca
Gottex
Ipanema Beach
Rio de Janeiro
Jantzen
Albert Nipontine
California
Anne Cole
Giorgio Sant'Angelo
Connie Davis Returns with Accent Column in Florida
Connie Davis, longtime Chronicle Telegram Accent editor and Elyrian, resumes a weekly column from Florida. She recalls Cabbages and Kings, reflects on retirement, volunteer work, and nostalgia, and notes Elyria Day events at Ernie's On the Beach in Fort Myers Beach.
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Connie Davis
Chronicle- Telegram
Connie
Accent
Elyrian
Elyria
Medill School of Journalism
Northwestern University
Elyria Day Luncheon Draws Wider Circle in Fort Myers
Former Elyrians gathered for the sixth annual Elyria Day luncheon in Fort Myers Florida. 159 attended from Elyria Grafton Oberlin Palatine IL and Saginaw with Zette Beck traveling from Hemet CA the farthest. Burton Ohlemacher hosted emcee duties and Invocations were by Rev Rick Barr Delights included buffet at 12 30 social hour and news of Elyria High School music director J Martin Beck’s widow Jean Scott Suhr.
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Fort Myers
Fla
Burton Ohlemacher
Elyria
Grafton
Oberlin
Palatine
Saginaw, Wich
Zette Beck
Hemet, Cal
J. Martin Beck
Elyria High School
Florida
National Stupidity Index contest ends in a self mockery
The piece describes a chaotic contest to measure public stupidity with a composite index using absurd inputs and dubious methods. It notes the creator’s plans to end contests and seek a user suggested topic for a final article, inviting postal card entries by Feb 10 and promising a prize and a future article.
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Tip O'Neill
Terry Stec
Key Biscayne
Fla
Dave Barry
The
Miami Herald
One Herald Plaza
Miami
Walter Mondale
Social network for fellow herpes sufferers sought
A reader asks about a support network for herpes sufferers and why Brent Deck’s New Day group in Massachusetts has not replied. The columnist confirms New Day formed to connect sufferers but now appears defunct, leaving a need for a new organizer to create a stigma-free meeting platform.
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Brent Deck
Flotse P
Colorado Springs
Colo
Massachusetts
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Fred
Doris Achiee
Bernice Aldridge
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Barl
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Rick
Ann Barr
Gene
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Louise H. Bliss
Virginia Block
Ray
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George Schmidt
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