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...done in 15 minutes in a doctor's office under local anesthesia. And it is safe. Or is it? Research suggesting a possible link between vasectomy and atherosclerosis, an underlying cause of heart disease and strokes, was reviewed last week at an American Heart Association seminar in Tucson...
...confused and lonely hearted, to Idaho Woe and Been Around and Mr. Also, they are wise and steady friends. To 130 million readers from Tokyo to Tucson, they are the witty and no-nonsense "Dear Abby" and "Ann Landers." In real life, they are twin sisters, Esther Pauline ("Eppie") Lederer (alias Ann Landers) and Pauline Esther ("Popo") Phillips (Abigail Van Buren), together the most widely syndicated columnists in the world, with upwards of 1,000 newspapers apiece. Says Loyola (Chicago) University Psychologist Eugene Kennedy: "Their columns are the national mailbag. The advice they give is fundamental common sense...
...days on the Rocky Mountain trail. He liked Boise best, he says, "mostly because of the people, who are contented but not complacent, but also for the clean air, picturesque rivers and forests. Boise residents live there not by chance but by choice." Correspondent Michael Moritz trekked through Tucson, Santa Fe and Salt Lake City before winding up at Arco's Black Thunder mine in Wyoming. He watched in awe as "shovels the size of freighters dumped coal into trucks the size of houses." In Washington, D.C., Correspondent Gary Lee interviewed Congressmen and other powerbrokers active in the frontier...
...living than elsewhere in the country. "The newcomers end up with more house, on a larger lot, with more amenities, and still have money left over," says Tucson Developer Peter Herer. The median price of a home there is $65,000, only two-thirds the price in California's Santa Clara Valley. Wages also tend to be lower-an electrical technician in San Jose, Calif., makes an average of $9.77 an hour; his non-union colleague in Colorado Springs makes $7.84-but there are many other compensations. As Albuquerque Mayor David Rusk told TIME Correspondent Michael Moritz: "Refugees from...
...ther agriculture or mining, and that lead is widening. Electronics firms head the rush; many have picked up their chips and headed east from California's Silicon Valley. Though Denver still draws the energy companies, lots of the newest arrivals are moving into Salt Lake City, Boise, Tucson and Albuquerque. In four years Hewlett-Packard has built a four-building plant employing 2,800 people in Boise, joining longtime residents Boise Cascade (34,000 workers) and Morrison-Knudsen (17,000). Hewlett-Packard has also settled in Colorado Springs, along with Texas Instruments, TRW and Honeywell. Intel, the hottest microchip...