Dear Abby Columns Reveal Spats and Office Burdens
A collection of reader questions highlights domestic sports seat rivalry between Stanford and Cal fans, a secretary overloaded with thank you notes and holiday cards, and a wife’s social questions about a “beautiful” married man friendship. Readers share envy, strain, and social pressure in small town contexts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abigail van Buren
Abby
Stanford
University of California At Berkeley
Cal
Renee
Huntsville
Boston Matron Seeks Scientific Path for Astrology
Alexandra Mark, wife of a neurosurgery director, urged the Astrologers Guild of America in New York to treat astrology as a scientific subject. She promotes bio chronology, citing eight years of study and a London course, and hopes astrology becomes a college credited course with licensed practitioners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPN
Alexandra Mark
Boston
Mother of Four
Mark
Boston City Hospital
Astrologers Guild of America
Faculty of Astrological Studies
London
Apollo 14 Menu Snapshot Meals and Calories
Document details astronauts meals across two days from Apollo 14. Lists Day 1 and Day 2 meals with items such as cream of tomato soup ham salad sandwich lobster bisque meatballs and fruit drinks. Includes calorie tallies and acronyms for food pack types.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Brown
Apollo 14 crew to eat ham salad sandwiches on moon
NASA outlines aboard Apollo 14 three bread varieties white rye and Cheddar cheese bread will be supplied as in Apollo 13. First food in space will be ham or ham and cheese on rye sandwiches kept in a pocket of each spacesuit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NASA
Lovell
Swigert
Haise
Space
Apollo
Space Food Program
Manned Spacecraft Center
Alan Shephard
Stu Roosa
Ed Mitchell
Moon
Room design and the uses of illusion in decor
The text discusses directing attention and flow through furniture arrangement, advocating eclectic or contemporary rooms for multiuse spaces. It notes compartmented rooms lack historic restraint unless modern and suggests wallcoverings hide defects, with illusion guiding wall surfaces and scale.
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Jacques Esterel
Paris
Deanna Durbin
UPI
Dear Abby
Midway Mall
Autre
Voreal
Helene
Curtis
Zotos
Hibner
Breck
Rayette
Wella
Helene Curtis
Dance Education Center
Dance Masters of America
Says Alexandra
By Patricia McCormack
Malcolm Smith
NASA Manned Spacecraft Center
Space Food Technology Conference
Florida
Batamer
Clark & Park
N. Ridge Rd
Nsen
Valentine’s Days
American Gem Society
National Bridal Service
Broad St
Elyria
Ohio
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