The zipper history and welfare notes in editorials
The column recalls early zipper designs shown by Mrs. Gertrude Nash and traces the evolution of hooks and eyes to modern zippers. It then critiques welfare and food stamp spending, citing Los Angeles and Minneapolis classifieds and a 100,000 unemployment list in the Twin Cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Nash
Brighton
Minneapolis Tribune
Help Wanted
Minneapolis
Los Angeles
Twin Cities
Government agency reneges on child support locator promise
In a Dear Abby exchange, the Social and Rehabilitation Service of HEW in Washington failed to help thousands locate absent parents for child support despite promising help in a letter printed August 8. James S. Dwight Jr. urged publishing the Parent Locator Service address to aid deserted wives and attorneys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Social and Rehabilitation Service
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Washington
Abby
James S. Dwight Jr
HEW
John A. Swahn
The Wayside Chapel W C Joke Row
An English lady moves to Switzerland and asks the school master about a W C. The priest and master reveal the Wayside Chapel nine miles away in a grove with capacity for 25, open Sundays and Thursdays. Early visits fill the space, some bring lunch, and Thursday has organ music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Switzerland
W.C
W. C
Odd juma letters and a city’s late garbage tale
A reader recalls a wedding memory at the West Church. Anxieties over ailing wife and crowded seating appear. The piece shifts to a Florida mayor's call about late garbage pickup with HEW funding and welfare agency guidance, ending with the mayor’s midnight prank about trash collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Congress
Sanitation Department
Dear Abby warns teens about pageant mixups and parental guilt
Abigail Van Buren relays readers warnings about confusing Miss U S Teen with Miss Teenage America Pageants and advises on entry costs and scholarships. A separate letter from V J J explains ownership of love letters while the writer loses access to letters after sending them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abby
U.S
Florida
L. M. Boyd miscellany on fashion, trivia, and history
A collage of short items and quips from L. M. Boyd including dressing room quirks, Amish sayings, a note on Sequoya the Cherokee alphabet creator, hair loss explanations, and a whimsical aside about Catherine de Mesici popularizing tablecloths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sequoya Q
Sequoya
Nathaniel Gist
Catherine Ve Mesici
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John
Christ
Bernard Baruch
Mark Twain
Europe
Oelwein Register
Los Angeles Times Sunday
Washington, Iowa
New York City
D Bil Maulown
Wayside Chapel
Everbody
Dean Axbby
Nancy
Eusm
Blondie
Lei NG
Abigail van Buren
Aquarius
Edgar Cayce
V.J.J
Tonopah, New
L.M. Boyd
California
Pennsylvania
M. Boyd
P.O
Fort Worth
National Selected Morticians
National Selected
NSM
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