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Heretic. In Chicago, John Valt, 41, persuaded his wife to drop her divorce suit by agreeing to do all the floor scrubbing and other heavy housework...
...Manning does her own housework. The premier mows the lawn in summer and shovels the snow in winter. Manning neither drinks nor smokes, and has no use for card-playing. "The family altar," he dourly comments, "has been replaced by the bridge table." On Sundays, the premier and Mrs. Manning travel 187 miles to Calgary, where he conducts a Bible class and broadcasts a sermon from the Bible Institute. His wife plays the organ for the hymns...
...uncle had died from polycystic kidneys,* she herself was the first patient to receive healthy kidney transplanted from the body of another woman who had just died (TIME, July 3). Nearing the anniversary of her landmark operation, Rut Tucker had gained 20 Ibs., was doing her own housework, even to washing & ironing, and going out evenings, full of pe. Then the blow fell...
...tuition, room, and heard. In a later survey, "Scan" found Smith offers more self-help than any other of the "Big Seven" women's colleges. Needy students, it reported, could knock about $250 off their college fees, for instance, by living in a dormitory where students did all the housework, including the buying and preparation of food...
...backstage temperament or expensive habits. "We're a group of young, everyday Americans who all get on,"she says of the troupe. Separated from Balanchine since last fall, she now shares a three-room apartment with Dancer Vida Brown, another troupe member, does her share of the housework and shoping. For relaxation she likes a good game of poker. Otherwise, says Maria, "I just like to dance...