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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1979
Page
10
Muriel Lederer promotes blue collar employment for women, arguing long-term training yields better futures. She urges public and private trade schools, apprenticeships, and government loans to cover training costs, noting growing female participation in skilled trades by 1977 and addressing harassment and pay considerations.
The Rose Information Bureau notes that rose hues carry distinct meanings from I love you to unity and secrecy. Victorian tussie mussies evolved into modern bouquets with colors signaling admiration, joy, friendship, or engagement.
Advice from the United States Department of Justice outlines simple precautions for women living alone to minimize risks. It covers home selection, changing or rekeying locks, avoiding hidden keys, securing windows, using peep holes, handling mail name formats, limiting phone details, demanding caller IDs, and ending threatening calls, all emphasizing common sense for at home safety.
Boston reports doctors can prediagnose hemophilia before birth using amniotic fluid analysis. The Yale, Connecticut, and Case Western Reserve teams say the test detects missing clotting protein in the fetus. Study results appear in the New England Journal of Medicine.
A supermarket study finds shoppers occasionally relocate perishable foods to wrong aisles leading to waste. Managers Gossard Shultz Racey Harmon note the practice costs hundreds monthly, with perishables spoiling after being damaged or thawed. A shopper laments the 1 percent waste could feed a family for a week.
Phyllis and George Evans plan to celebrate instead of divorce after a state attorney general opinion. Deputy AG Philip Austin said Mrs. Evans may keep her Allentown Superette liquor license despite her husband’s role as a beer truck driver, noting no conflict in retail and wholesaling interests.
A Boston study reports that even low lead levels in children correlate with neuropsychologic deficits affecting classroom performance. Researchers at Children’s Hospital Medical Center say exposure below clinical symptoms can hinder attention and behavior.
A study of 2335 Chelsea and Somerville first and second graders found those with higher lead in shed teeth scored worse on IQ tests though no physical poisoning signs appeared. The article also profiles divorce cases connected to liquor law issues and how attorney general opinions fail to resolve them.
This year SPF ratings cause consumer confusion on choosing protection. Read labels. SPF 4 suits darker skin, SPF 6 suits fair skin. Water resistance matters. sweat or swimming reduces protection.
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