Dear Abby Advice From A Troubled Household
A mother seeks help as her 19 year old son, despite size 10 underwear, buys from men’s department causing embarrassment and expense. Abby urges professional help, acceptance, security, and skill development to cope with being undersized. late intervention may still help. The column also addresses a hypocritical churchgoer and a 13 year old girl venting about strict teenage limits, advising maturity and respect for parental decisions.
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Abby
Gemini 5 nears end of fourth day in space orbit drive
The Gemini 5 crew reports all systems go for the eight day flight despite sleep troubles and minor technical hiccups. Mission control notes fuel margins tight but adequate for finishing experiments as they enter the downhill phase.
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Elliot M. Lee
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Buzz) Aldrin
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Australia
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Laredo
Tex
Florida
Eight Die In Iowa Traffic Toll Rising in 1965
Eight persons were killed yesterday in Iowa traffic accidents, four in one crash and three in another, raising the state toll to 446 for 1965. A Leon incident killed Carl Day and three relatives in a collision with a transport truck, while California residents Delores Thomason and Talbert Lohrli and his son died in a two-car crash near State Center. John Fry, 68, died near Thayer when his car struck a truck and overturned, with his wife seriously injured.
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Leon
Lineville
Carl Day
Belva
Betty Byers
Calif
Talbert Lohrli
Santa Monica
Talbert Lohrli Jr
Lohrli
Rainslick
Phyllis Lohrli
Clyde Thomason
Thomason
John W. Fry
Fairfield
U.S. 34
Thayer
Union County
Explosion Burns Fatality at Swan Home in Iowa City
Stanley Bishop 28 died in University Hospitals Tuesday night from burns after a gas explosion in his Swan Street home. His wife Myrna 26 was injured. she was later released from the hospital. A match lit near a water heater ignited the blast and caused the accident.
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Iowa
UPI
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Mr Meridith Celebrates 80th Birthday in Illinois
Relatives gathered Tuesday August 24 to honor L. A. Meridith on his 80th birthday. Attendees included sisters Elmer Livermore and Livermore of Raritan Ill, Orpha Gibb of Lomax Ill, brother Glen Meridith, Bessie Farrar of Smithshire Ill, daughters Dolly Hazen of Ainsworth and Mrs Albert Dusek and Mary Jo of Washington.
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Raritan
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Lomax
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Smithshire
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Ainsworth
Albert Dusek
Mary Jo
Washington
Funeral services for George H. Paul held at Jones Funeral Home
Funeral services for George H. Paul were conducted at 10 a.m. Wednesday with Rev. M. O. Smith presiding. Pallbearers included L. J. Kehoe Don Paul Cloud Willits Howard McCall Myron Shields and William Shalla. Burial followed in Elm Grove Cemetery.
Beloit College Embarks on Self-Directed Education Plan
Beloit College in Wisconsin adopts the Beloit Plan a self governed system abolishing four-class years. Students study three 15 week terms then two years of middleclass periods and a final three semester Upperclass Year graduation in April. The curriculum blends disciplines with a common course and emphasizes learning outside the classroom.
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Miller Upton
Upton
New York City
Kentucky
Beloit
Washington Evening Journal masthead and staff list
The Washington Evening Journal from Washington Iowa lists editors and executives including David Elder as Editor and Business Manager William Shannon as Vice President Advertising Director Charles Morris as News Editor Bob Shaffer as Local Advertising Bruce Cowden as Contributing Editor and Howard Hazen as Production Superintendent The paper prints in the afternoons except Sunday Christmas and July 4th It is entered as second class matter under the 1879 act and is affiliated with United Press Leased Wire and several press associations with mail subscription rates mentioned for Iowa.
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William Shannon
Charles Morris
Bob Shaffer
Bruce Cowden
Howard Hazen
Washington
Iowa
United Press
Inland Daily Press
Ass’n
Iowa Daily Press Ass’n
Iowa Press Ass’n
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Beloit asks six years to test new plan to boost student independence
Upton supports criticism as evidence students notice change and faculty broaden horizons. Sessions mix English and history with psychology. Underclassmen in summer show stronger self reliance and inquiry, suggesting the program may succeed, Beloit believes.
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Upton
Beloit
Upton and
Don Schollander Wins Sullivan Award Swimming Honor
Lake Oswego Oregon UPI reports Don Schollander, recipient of the 1964 Sullivan Award as America’s top amateur athlete, becomes the second swimmer overall and first male swimmer to win the honor since the award began in 1930.
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Don Schollander
America
Army selects Sulivan Award winners for two eras
At West Point, former Army standouts Doc Blanchard in 1945 and Arnie Tucker in 1946 are the only football players to win the Sullivan Award as America's top amateur athlete, reflecting their distinct eras of top national recognition.
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Doc Blanchard
Arnie Tucker
America
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