Too Tall Dear Abby Advice and Wedding Shower Etiquette
A 14 year old girl asks if there is hope for her height and weight. Dear Abby urges medical checkup and sensible dieting, emphasizing youth and health as prerequisites to living fully. Carol’s cousin asks if noninvited wedding guests should host a bridal shower. Abby says shower guests need not be wedding invitees. A guest questions souvenir theft vs collection. Abby advises asking for a souvenir instead of taking items.
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Miss Greene lands new TV series at CBS debut
Lynnie Greene earned her first Equity contract at Wayside Theatre in 1975 and appears with Bess Armstrong in a new CBS Sunday comedy On Our Own. Gretchen Wyler also stars as their boss in advertising. Greene from Boston trained under John Houseman at Juilliard and worked in regional theatres before the TV role.
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Wayside Theatre
Lynnie Greene
Washington Post
CBS
Channel 9
TV Guide
Bess Armstrong
Gretchen Wyler
Boston
John Houseman
Juillard
Wayside
Miss Greene
Virginia
West Virginia
Daniel Morgan
Wilder Returns to Drama Fedora in Paris
Billy Wilder shifts from nine comedies to drama directing Fedora in Paris. The film adapts a Thomas Tryon story Crowned Heads about a Garbo like star who retires at peak fame with Marthe Keller as the goddess and William Holden as the young screenwriter turned American producer.
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Billy Wilder
Wilder
Paris
Thomas Tryon
Marthe Keller
William Holden
Virginia Museums public forum Sunday in Winchester
Virginia history and museums federation hosts an open discussion on Virginia’s museums serving the public. The session at Farmers and Merchants National Bank on Cameron Street at 2 p.m. features a 3 minute film and a panel including Winchester Mayor Stewart Bell Jr. and James Madison University historian Sidney Bland.
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Farmers and Merchants National Bank
Cameron St
Winchester
Stewart Bell Jr
Ben Belchie
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Winchester-Frederick County
Lee
Belle Grove, Inc
Virginia History and Museums Federation
Virginia Foundation For the Humanities and Public Policy
Lot of Ham In CB Radio Operators
Washington AP reports a proposed new Amateur Radio Service may drop the Morse code requirement. The FCC would limit power to about 50 watts and use frequencies not affected by skip, easing long distance talks while remaining separate from ship CB chatter.
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Federal Communications Commission
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John B. Johnson
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Crossword Puzzle Clue List and Vintage Solution
Puzzle fragment lists clues and answers from a past crossword. It includes entries like Inferor rubber Clear Penuke Seed coating and midlar terms, plus references to Reservoir Barbanans and Sheep names. The text also notes yesterday's solution with East indian sword and Sandarac tree as examples.
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Orange
Jem Reservoir
Peanuts and Puzzles Across a Crowded Verse
A fragmented list mixes food items names and odd phrases with scattered numbers and place names. It presents no clear event or narrative, yielding a mosaic of terms such as peanut, vibrate, balance, marsh elder, fish tease, ambassadors residence, and Swedish county.
Clarke County High presents The Mouse That Roared by seniors
Clarke County High School seniors stage The Mouse That Roared a comedy about Gloriana the Duchess of Grand Fenwick who seeks wealth by provoking war with the United States. Bowmen led by Tully Bascomb plan attack but end up winning, boosting the tiny nation. Performances set for December 9 and 10.
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Berryville
Leonard Wibberley
Clarke County High School
Gloriana
Grand Fenwick
Alps
United States
U.S. State Department
Tully Bascomb
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