Dear Abby Advice Column on Teen Sex and Self Image
A 15-year-old asks how to resist sexual pressure amid teen rumors. Abby urges honesty, rejects fear of others, cites peers choosing not to have sex, and warns against pregnancy fears. Also notes a scam about “grass” and urges dismissal. A family seeks help for an introverted 14-year-old son who has gained weight. Abby advises medical evaluation, starting with the family doctor, and reassures that weight goals persist into adulthood.
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Abby
Detroit
Nightmare bridge tale of doomed five card majors
A reader recounts a recurring dream where as South he opens clubs with five card majors and gets doubled. West leads hearts, East gains, and the hand collapses as West ruffs and a long diamond sequence seals a down two, leaving the player to consider quitting five card majors.
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Mr. Becker
West
East
Constant Reader
World's first oyster cocktail tale and odds end
A 1866 bar anecdote claims the first oyster cocktail after a miner poured oysters into a shot glass with ketchup and hot sauce. The piece notes the bartender sold it for 50 cents, and a Weatherford address is listed for L. M. Boyd.
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L.M. Boyd
California
The Odd Column Fun Epigram And Humorous Tales
An Odd Column piece features a light verse about choosing a spill in a canoe over a hammock and a brief vignette about two gloomy pedestrians on a busy street with one born on the wrong side. The column invites readers to send amusing stories for future inclusion.
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Carl C. Caswell
A Boy Is a Joy By Mary Gail Andersen
A compact piece mixes a child’s playful traits with the bond between parent and son. It opens with a baby boy’s joys and progresses through his curiosity, love of wheels, and humorous mischief, ending with a proverb and a workplace joke about leave.
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Mary Gail Andersen
Public Notice: City Council Regular Session June 6 1977
City Council met in regular session with Mayor Pro-tem Richard Anderson presiding. Attorney John C. Owen attended as clerk approved minutes and numerous claims across funds. Approval given for permits, budget items, street project, rezoning hearing, and traffic ordinance 35 mph on North 12th Avenue. Session adjourned 9 45 PM.
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Richard Anderson
Berkhoff
Anderson
King
Moyer
Pratt
Hanson
John C. Owen
Arnold Motor Supply
Breese's
Jim Schulze
Ford-Mercury, Inc
Sieg-Ottumwa Co
Rochester Germicide Co
Jim's
K.C.1
Sanitation Fund
Dale Fritz Sanitation
Wisconsin Life Insurance Co
Trust & Agency
General Telephone Co
Paint & Paper Shoppe, Inc
Clerk of the District Court
Harold L. Johnson
Sumner- Ramsey Pontiac
Y.M.C.A
National Bank
Don Minick
Thompson Tool Co
Municipal Code Corp
Freshwater Feed & Grain
Earl's Repair
Dove's Automotive
Carson Plumbing & Heating, Inc
Don Walker Chevrolet
Washington Lawn & Leisure
Washington County Recorder
Bob Zimmerman Ford, Inc
Steele Oil Products
Clyde Kelley
Armour
Evans Welding
Semco
Kieck’s
Matt Parrott Sons
Steele Lumber, Inc
Means Service Center
Reach Electronics
Ray Musgrove
State of Iowa
Samco Chemical Corp
Municipal Supply, Inc
McKesson Chemical Co
Francis Johnson
Ewinger Supply Co
W.S. Darley Co
Bob Roe
Bob Roe's Heating & Hardware
Washington Lumber Co
Coast To Coast
Ronald Martin
Inez Sands
City of Washington
Louis F. Whitney Co
Neenah Foundry Co
Manning Environmental Corp
Dwain Johnson
Howard R. Green Co
Wilson Concrete Co
Means
Farmers Implement Co
National Bank, Investment
Wayne's Oil & Tire Service
W.G. Jaques Co
Fenn Farr Service
River Bradgecyr Co
Rock
L.L. Pelling Co., Inc
Federal Revenue Sharing National Bank
Police Department
Trust & Agency Fund
John M. Hickey
St. W.H
Iowa Employment Security Commission
F.I.C.A
Iowa Public Employees Retirement System
IPERS
Fed. W.H
Debt Service Fund
Washington State Bank
Hub
Imperial
Fareway
Drug Fair
McFadden
Ames
S. 2Nd Avenue
Jim Reschly
Iowa Road Builders
Don Strabale
City Planning & Zoning Commission
Don Strabala
Eastwest
Strabala
Shannon Heights
City Planning and Zoning Commission
Robert Bates
Kenneth Fenn
Meney
City Hall
City OF
Washington
Iowa
12Th Avenue
7Th Street
11Th Street
Mayer
L. G. Robertson
Berkhott
Indiana Gunite & Construction Co
Florence
Alabama
Richard D. Anderson
Hawkeye Kennel Club All Breed Show Sets Attendance At UI Fieldhouse
The Hawkeye Kennel Club of Iowa City will stage its 11th annual All Breed Dog Show and Obedience Trial at the University of Iowa Fieldhouse on Sunday June 26. About 1 512 dogs from across the United States compete in 12 rings with 3 for obedience. Judging starts 9:00 a.m. and runs to about 5 p.m. Admission is 1 dollar with under 12 free. Proceeds aid UI Veterinary Scholarship Fund Johnson County 4 H Clubs and University of Iowa Fund for Recreation. Lunch booths sell dog related items and profits help guests from Crippled Children's Hospital.
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Hawkeye Kennel Club of
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Hawkeye Kennel Club
Iowa State University Veterinary Scholarship Fund
Johnson County 4-H Clubs
University of Iowa Fund For Recreation
Crippled Children’s Hospital
United States
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Ernie Bush Miller
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
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Daisy
B. Jay Becker
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King Features Syndicate, Inc
Jacksonville, Fla
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France
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Utopia
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