Cancer survivors face job bias as they seek work
Bernie Mack, Barbara Service, Terry Magno and Libby recount being rejected or limited by employers due to past cancer surgery. The issue, seen as a potential major civil rights challenge of the 80s, prompts medical experts to call for survivor economic rehabilitation while noting persistence of stigma despite rising long term survival and improved treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernie Mack
Coast Guard Reserve
Philadelphia
Mack
Barbara Service
Long Island
New York City
Terry Magno
Chester County
Libby
Rosalite Joseph
Medical College of Pennsylvania
Deborah Winger
Barbara Hoffman
New York
Poison-Proof Homes Cut Child Deaths Warning
Dear Abby urges poison prevention by securing medicines and cleaners, using child resistant caps, and keeping syrup of ipecac handy only on doctor advice. Nurses and poison centers advise labeling containers, storing items out of reach, and calling the poison center for guidance during exposure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abby
Poison Center
Elizabeth Bennett
Seattle
Where to Buy Old Fashioned Bib Aprons and Belts
A reader asks where to buy old fashioned bib aprons and a brown or black plain ladies belt size 487. The column suggests The Vermont Country Store for calico bib aprons, Trifles for dressy linen aprons, Kayser-Roth info via their reps, J. Jill white seersucker apron, and Happy Legs for slacks. For belts in size 48, shop the men’s department. for Kayser-Roth underwear and Clinic shoes, contact respective manufacturers. A mix of sources and addresses provided.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dick Polman
Knight-Ridder Newspapers
American Cancer Society
Grover Cleveland
East River
Cleveland
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Frances Feldman
University of Southern California
Feldman
Robert McKenna
The
Cancer Society
MS. Bennett
Abigail van Buren
Video Special Events, Inc
R.W
Baltimore
Vermont
F.C. Box
Manchester Center
P.O
Dallas
Texas
Lori Gray
N.Y
Kayser- Roth
J. Jill
Stockbridge Road
Great Barrington
Mass
J.K
Albany, N.Y
Happy Legs Inc
Enterprise Ave
Secaucus
N.J
G.S
Conemaugh, Pa
Kayser-Roth
Fifth Ave
Clinic
M.W
Riverside
Calif
Juvenile Shoe Corp. of America
Clayton Road
Suite
St. Louis
Leominster
Forest St
Brockton
Massachusetts
Keneth
G.M
Lawrence, Kan
Broadway
A.nle
Mt. Vernon
Ind
the Toy Shop
Lester Square
Americus
Imail
Elyria
Cleveland St
Sam ‘Cunfieon
Cooper Foster Park RD
Lorain
Ait Lay
Minute Maid
Vane Parma
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