Dear Abby Advice Column Items From Readers
A collection of Dear Abby exchanges includes a three time divorcee seeking marriage again and facing abuse, a parent upset by a daughter's absence on holidays, an adoption reunion question, and a squirrel shooting incident prompting readers to consider animal welfare. The sisters from Waterloo sign off as 18 16 and 15.
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Mike
Iowa
Waterloo
Reader asks about constant hunger and weight loss
Dear reader describes unrelenting hunger despite eating and fears pregnancy or tapeworm. Dr. Lamb warns possible diabetes or overactive thyroid and notes tuberculosis risk. urges examination and professional care, as weight loss with illness must be diagnosed and treated.
Win at Bridge Shows Suit Preference Confusion
Oswald and James Jacoby discuss using suit preference signals in rubber bridge. West misreads hearts and clubs, misjudging timing as dummy's ace and the deuce of hearts lead to a misplayed club queen. South discards a spade, West apologizes, and East confirms the errors in a tense midgame exchange.
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West
Dummy
South
East
Nixon eases rules to push record corn and soybean crops
The Agriculture Department expanded land eligible for crop production, lowering the idle acreage required for farmer payments to 25 percent for 1973. Officials anticipate a record six billion bushels of corn and about 1.5 billion bushels of soybeans, with corn planted on 74 million acres, up from prior projections.
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Washington
Nixon
Agriculture Department
Today in History February 2 1973 highlights
On February 2 1848 Mexico ceded a vast territory to the United States for 15 million dollars. The area includes present day Arizona California New Mexico and Texas. Also 1635 Dutch founded New Amsterdam now New York and Knights of Columbus founded in New Haven.
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United States
Arizona
California
New Mexico
Texas
New Amsterdam
New York
Cardiff
N.Y
Knights of Columbus
New Haven
Conn
U.S
China
Santa Maria
Recife
Brazil
Britain
Harold Macmillan
London
Rome
France
Richard M. Nixon
New Hampshire
Europe
Martinsville radio transmitter stolen from city park
Martinsville police and Morgan County deputies found their radios useless after a burglary at the city park radio building. A transmitter valued over $2,000 and weighing more than 150 pounds was taken. Officers borrowed a transmitter from Greene County to restore communications.
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Martinsville, Ind
Martinsville
Morgan County
Greene County
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