Dear Abby column on neighbor harassment and parental influence
A reader asks how to handle a 16 year old neighbor spying through windows and sending obscene notes. Abby advises notifying the parents and seeking psychiatric evaluation for the boy. Another letter recalls a teenager's abuse of family influence to secure jobs and college entry, eroding the writer's self confidence.
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Abby's Advice Letters Stir Claims of Sharing and Caring
A reader disputes Abby's philosophy of sharing and caring while recounting a park picnic ruined by a loud family with looting and theft. Another letter mocks an older woman refusing to be called Grandma, celebrating her 29th grandma status. Abby invites personal replies and asks for a stamped envelope.
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State Police Broadcast Emergency Traveler Messages
Michigan State Police establish an emergency message system for travelers in wilderness areas. Officers screen messages for emergency content and broadcast them from noon to 1 p.m. Recipients are asked to call the nearest state police post.
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