Banner Graphic, Volume 5, Number 263, Greencastle, Putnam County, 7 January 1975 — Page 12

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THE PUTNAM COUNTY BANNER-GRAPHIC, TUESDAY, JANUARY 7,1975

How to keep well Vitamins and colds

By T.R. Van Dellen, M.D. A.B. from Sioux City, la., writes: “What is the latest on vitamin C as a cold preventive? Does it prevent or just diminish the severity and duration of colds? “The comments I’ve heard have varied from ‘lt’s the best thing that ever happened’ to ‘lt’s a lot of bunk.’ By now, we should have some solid scientific information on the subject. Do we?” Several large-scale studies on the effectiveness and safety of large doses of vitamin C for cold prevention have been done. One involved a Candian study with 818 volunteers who had at least one cold per year between January and March.

B. J. Becker Not even belladonna can help

East dealer. North-South vulnerable. NORTH ♦A 8 5 VAJ 7 6 ♦ J 10 7 *lO 7 4 WEST EAST *lO 7 ♦ J 9 6 3 V 985 4 3 V 2 ♦ § 4 3 ♦A9B *JB2 * A Q 9 6 3 SOUTH *K Q 4 2 VK Q 10 ♦K6 5 2 *K 5 The bidding: East South West North 1 * INT Pass 3NT Opening lead two of clubs. Appearances are sometimes

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Half of them took 1 gm. of vitamin C (ascorbic acid) daily for a two-month period; 182 dropped out of the program, even though many of them had not developed respiratory infections during this time. The other half received placebos (an insert substance) that looked and tasted like vitamin C. Slightly fewer illnesses were reported by the subjects who took vitamin C. There was a significant difference in the amount of disability both groups experienced. Vitamin C takers reported a total of 531 “at-home days”; the placebo takers, 769 days. In a second Canadian study, 1,171 out of 3,520 volunteers dropped out. The remaining participants took up to 12 gm.

deceiving. For example, take this deal where West leads a club against three notrump. East wins the deuce with the ace and returns the six of clubs to declarer’s king. Looking at all four hands, it may seem that South must go down one, as he has only eight tricks to cash and East, at the same time, appears destined to score four club tricks and the ace of diamonds. But bridge is a strange game, as they say in Squeedunk, and South can easily make three notrump by pursuing a perfectly normal line of play. All he has to do after winning the club return at trick two is cash his four heart tricks right away, which is certainly a simple matter. Let’s examine East’s plight

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of vitamin C a day and 4 to 8 gm. on the first day they developed a cold. No significant differences between either group (placebo or vitamin C) in the severity, number or duration of illnesses were reported. According to the results of still another study, vitamin C failed to protect a group of volunteers against induced rhinoviruses, the causative agents of most colds. In a controlled study on school children, vitamin C takers needed fewer days off for a cold, but they got the Same number of colds as non-vitamin C users. In a Dublin study, school children who took smaller doses of vitamin C fared better than those on larger doses.

as the hearts are led. He has no great discard problem on the second and third rounds of hearts. He simply discards the 9-8 of diamonds. But when declarer cashes the ace of hearts, East suddenly acquires a king-size headache that not even the largest aspirin in the world can cure. If he discards a spade, declarer cashes four spades. And if East decides to discard a club instead, declarer plays a diamond from dummy towards his king. Either way, South makes nine tricks. Perhaps there ought to be a law to stop a declarer from flimflamming the enemy out of a trick in this perfectly simple fashion, but, until that sad day arrives, resourceful declarers will continue to do their opponents out of their due.

Personally, I do not find the evidence for vitamin C too convincing. Mrs. A.H. from Tacoma, Wash., writes: “Is it true that only older mothers give birth to monogoloid children’ No. Although more mongoloid children are born to women who are nearing the end of the childbearing period, the reason for this abnormality ahd a possible relationship between the age of the mother and the mongoloidism is not yet known. We do know that these children are born with 47 instead of 46 chromosomes. A reader from Vancouver writes: “On rainy and foggy days, I ache all over. Could I be allergic to the dampness?” I doubt it, even though achiness on rainy, damp days is not at all unusual. In my opinion, the swelling that occurs from dampness and results in aches and pain has nothing to do with allergy. Mill L.L. writes: “Does catnip tea have any value in the treatment of hives?" In cats? Catnip does not cause hives. Years ago catnip tea, like asafetida and valerian, was given as a tonic. Incidentally, catnip, a member of the Cataria group for drugs, stimulates' the olfactory (smell) nerve. TOMORROW: Migraine. Dr. Van Dellen welcomes reader questions. While he cannot reply to them individually, he will answer those of general interest in his column. Write to Dr. Van Dellen in care of this paper. (c) 1975 by The Chicago Tribune World Rights Reserved

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WORRY CLINIC George W. Crane, Ph.D., M.D.

Bert’s shrewd criticisms of ADC and food stamps to able-bodied but shiftless tricksters, angers many hard working taxpayers. He urges all churches to imitate his Mormon Church and remove Welfare from bureaucratic bungling! CASE C-644: Bert X., aged 38, is the chain grocery store operator, who grumbles about food stamp cheaters. “Dr. Crane,” he said. “I told you that we sold over 500 watermelons out of season to food stamp holders. “For many of those families are so illiterate they can’t read or add prices. “So they react like children and pick anything from the shelves that attracts their attention.” WELFARE CHEATERS When you readers consider the fact that we have 20 million actual feebleminded in the U.S.A. and 30,000,000 who can’t even read the blurbs in the strip comics, you will understand Bert's protests. “Bert," I asked, “are the food stamp holders entitled to buy cigarettes or liquor?" He shook his head. “No, not officially,” he replied with a smile. “For their food stamps are supposed to be limited to food alone. "But they often get around that ruling by buying a turkey or a ham with their food stamps. “Then they may return a little later, saying they have decided they don't need the latter and asking for a cash refund. "With that cash, they may then purchase their whiskey and cigarettes. Our checkout cashiers are pretty shrewd at detecting such tricksters, so they usually refuse to make the cash refund for the re turned food items. “But they don't catch all of them by any means, for they can’t remember the faces of the hundreds of food stamps recipients. "However, it i$ the ADC (Aid to Dependent Children) cases that are the greatest racketeers. "For the day they get their checks, they swamp us for cash. “Our treasurer thus must go to the bank before 11 A.M.,

Television

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for he pays out $70,000 by that time and thus must get a new supply of cash. “And these ADC women often have husbands who officially don’t live with them, but the men then sneak back after any inspection of the premises. “So their wives or concubines bring in the monthly income via cash for every child, and their male companions not only take advantage of the women for sex purposes, but then are supported via taxes extracted from the hard working citizens. “As a grocery executive, I am fed up with these freeloaders in American society, even though I boost my prices till our store keeps up to the national average in its profit figures. “But these drones that exist happily at the expense of taxpayers gripe me doubly whenever I must pay my own income tax on April 15th “In former days, the churches handled all such welfare, without a vast entrenched bureaucracy of high salaried job holders. “Nowadays, however, charity has become a political racket, whereby politicians of both parties appropriate more and more of our taxes to buy votes to insure their own reelection. "That’s why in such elec lion years as 107 I. the Social Security was boosted 11%. but in two instalments ol 7°t. and then 4% nearer election day! “Meanwhile, extra pensions, and bonuses to veterans and other vote-buying gimmicks were held up till the 1971 election year to help buy votes! “Dr. Crane, I'm a Mormon and we never believe in letting an able-bodied person live without working for his suitport! “Yet we have rated for our poor and oldet folks without needing forced taxes. “So why don’t other churches demand a return to church operated welfare and thus stop vote-ltuying with forced taxes extracted from our hard working citizens?” (Always write to Or. Crane in tare of this newspaper, enclosing a long stamped, addressed envelope and 25 cents to cover typing and printing costs when you send for ono of his booklets.)

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GOOD TIMES. When Florida is out job hunting, she learns she’s under-trained, undereducated, and under-qualified, so she decides to go back to school, a move husband James opposes. This is a message show, but it’s handled reasonably, with James playing the threatened man, worried about losing his woman. 8:00 PM (8-10) AMERICA. “MONEY ON THE LAND” Part IK Repeat). Alistair Cooke’s vivid historical tour* through the remarkable second half of the 19th Century continues with memorable profiles of people and events responsible for transforming small-farm America to an agricultural and industrial giant unrivaled in size and output. Among the more outstanding are his well-honed studies of such men as Thomas Edison, John D. Rockefeller, and Andrew Carnegie, detailing what their individual talents brought to the nation as well as to themselves. 8:00 PM (15-30) M-A-S-H. This entertaining change-of-pace entry has the company working under a heavy bombing attack. Hawkeye leads the way firing wise-cracks during the shelling; Trapper John, in a surprise move, shares a few moments with Hot Lips, a favorite target for the fasttalking surgeons, and other regulars manage to exhibit varied reactions under pressure. 8:30 PM (8-10) WORLD PREMIERE MOVIE. “THE DREAM MAKERS.” (1975). James Franciscus reveals unexpected emotional flair, under Boris Segal’s direction, playing a hotshot executive in a topsyturvy record business. Franciscus is most effective, turning on the melodramatic valves when his record biggie is fired, and discovers that he, himself, is out of favor. Though this inside view of the business is downbeat and on the depressing side, it offers an interesting expose of the seamy side of the pop music industry. 8:30 PM (26) THE ASCENT OF MAN (Premiere). “LOWER THAN THE ANGELS.” Come prepared for an impassioned essay on the wonder of man, and the imagination and invention which made it possible for him to adapt to the changes in his environments, from time immemorial, and plan ahead to meet the challenges with his superior brain power. In Dr. Jacob Bronowski, mathematician-philosopher-teaeher-authoi*, who narrates

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the series which is his own brain-child, the TV viewer is offered an inspired teacher, so fascinated by his research into man’s first appearance on earth and the qualities which distinguished him from animals, as well as from other* primates, that he fashioned a 13-part Series on man’s development in history, beginning tonight with his origin. The interested viewer will also be rewarded by the imaginative footage which accompanies Dr. Bronowski's unique narrative. 8:30 PM 1 1530) ASSIGNMENT AMERICA (Premiere). First of a series of people and events of the American scene offers a profile of Ed Sadlowski, by populistchronicler Studs Terkel. Mr. Sadlowsi, the 36-year-old director of the United Steelworker’s Union’s Gary, Indiana-Chicago, Illinois, district, is thought of as one of labor’s promising reform leaders. 9:30 PM (15-30) POLICE STORY. “INCIDENT IN THE KILL ZONE.” A good cast, led by James Farentino and JanMichael Vincent, adds interest to a drama which turns out to be an exercise in futility, police style. It seems that Sgt. King Sherman (Farentino), cocky and unstable in a tactical situation, creates a kind of unspoken duel between himself and the unit he’s heading, with luck playing into his hands in the form of good thinking takeover (Vincent). The fact that his methods of procedure puts his men’s lives on the line simply doesn’t get through to the top brass, and even when it does, irony wins over common sense. 10:00 PM (2-6) TV movies Tuesday Movies 9:00 A.M. (4) “I’ll G*t By” (1950) June Haver and Gloria DeHaven. 10:00 A.M. (38) “Last of the Conianches (1952) “Broaderick Crawford. 1:00 P.M. (4) “The Proud Ones” (1956) Jeffrey Hunter and Walter Brennan. 4:30 P.M. (13) “Carter’s Arm-” (1970) Stephen Boyd and Susan Oliver. 8:30 P.M. (2-6) “The Dream Makers” (1975) James Franciscus and Diane Baker. 8:30 P.M. (13-38) “Let’s Switch!” (Barbara Feldon and Barbara Eden. 11:30 P.M. (8-10) “Banacek" (1972) George Peppard and Christine Belford.