Slums Outside Istanbul Fight for Survival Amid Disease
Outside Istanbul the gecekondular stretch for miles where up to a ton of people live in single rooms with water from artesian wells. Cholera, typhus, and hepatitis plague the area as open sewers and contaminated water fuel disease. Refugees from Greece Bulgaria and Romania join Turkish villagers in sagmalcilar zeytinburnu and other shantytowns seeking safety and work.
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Adnan Kilic
Zeytinburnu
Yozgat
Asia Minor
Muharrem Ozden
Sagmakilar
Turkey
Romania
Yugoslavia
Greece
Bulgaria
Sagmalcilar
Esenler
Gecekondular
Zeytinburno
Rami
Matching Ribbon From Paper Heloise Hint
A reader shares a quick craft to make curling ribbon from wrapping paper using tape on the back. The strip is cut slightly narrower than the tape and curled with scissors for a neat top cluster.
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Heloise
Sharon Ireton
Dear Abby Advice Column From 1971 Readers
Abigail Van Buren offers multiple reader questions about gifts from a well meaning grandma who misjudges sizes and styles, a concern about a homosexual relative around age 30 with supervision of a toddler, a mother in law kissing dogs and children, and a widow urging medical checkups for fatigue linked to anemia. The column invites readers to request Abby’s booklet.
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Abigail van Buren
Chicago Y. Mews Synd., Inc
Abby
Altho
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