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The Putnam County Banner Graphic, June 7,1979

People in the news

Oz' Tin Woodman, Jack Haley, dies HOLLYWOOD (AP) Jack Haley, the man millions will always remember as the Tin Woodman in the film classic “The Wizard of Oz,” has died at the age of 79. Haley entered UCLA Medical Center Saturday after a heart attack, lapsed into critical condition Monday and died at 1:04 pm. PDT Wednesday, said hospital spokeswoman Bonnie Whitham. Haley’s former vaudeville partner and wife of 52 years, Florence McFadden, was at his bedside. Haley starred in vaudeville, Broadway musicals and 50 movies as an actor and song and dance man, but his 1939 performance as the Tin Woodman brought him the most fame. Haley’s last public appearance came April 9 at the Academy Awards, when he joined with the “Oz” scarecrow, Ray Bolger, to present an Oscar. His son. Jack Haley Jr., president of 20th Century-Fox Television Productions, produced that telecast and directed the 1972 movie “Norwood,” the last film in which his father appeared. In recent years Haley Sr. had devoted himself to real estate development, charity organizations and to the American Guild of Variety Artists (AGVA), the embattled union he once headed. A sea navigator’s son, Haley made his debut as a singer at 6 in Boston, then ran away to New York at 18 to go on the stage. He made his Broadway debut in “Around the Town.” “Wake Up and Live,” in which he introduced the standard “Never in a Million Years,” was Haley’s favorite film. Haley’s son Jack Jr. was married for a time to Liza Minnelli, the daughter of “Oz” star Judy Garland. In addition to his son and wife, Haley is survived by a daughter, Gloria. Funeral services were scheduled for Monday at The Church of the Good Shepherd in Beverly Hills. Ronald L. Ziegler, known for his unkind words about newspapers while he was Richard M. Nixon’s press secretary, returned to the subject in Erlanger, Ky., where he was the commencement speaker at the Dixie Heights High School, of which he is a graduate. Apparently his previous opinions are inoperative. Ziegler, now an executive in the Washington office of a New York engineering concern, told the graduates that United States newspapers were “the finest printed” and that he knew of “no better source of information.” MALIBU, Calif. (AP) comedian Milton Berle delivered the eulogy at a memorial service for Jim Hutton, the tall, boyishlooking actor who starred in “Ellery Queen” and more than a dozen motion pictures. Hutton also was remembered as a man of “spirit, robust good looks and vitality,” by Monsignor John V. Sheridan during sendees attended by about 80 people at Our Lady of Malibu Roman Catholic Church on Wednesday. The 45-year-old Hutton died Saturday of liver cancer after being hospitalized at Los Angeles New Hospital nearly four weeks.

House Call

How to treat sore throat

By G. Timothy Johnson, M.D. Dear Dr. Johnson: I recently went to my doctor for treatment of a sore throat. He saw pus on my tonsils and said I had strep throat. Then he gave me a twoweek supply of penicillin. Now I feel better, but I’ve heard so much recently about using antibiotics unnecessarily that I wonder why he didn’t take a throat culture. Is pus a reliable si|n of strep throat? -- Harry Y , Silver Spring, Md. Dear Harry: Your question brings up a continuing dilemma in modern medicine: how to best diagnose and treat the übiquitous sore throat? The key question is whether a given sore throat is caused by streptococcal bacteria; an acute streptococcal infection sometimes causes rheumatic fever if not treated with antibiotics, usually penicillin. But, it’s very difficult to tell, simply by looking, whether strep germs are involved. It’s true that about half of all patients who have strep throat show pus on their tonsils or, in more scientific terms, an exudate. in the other hand, about half of the patients who do show an exudate don’t really have strep throat. So, because of the poor match between what the tonsils look like and the presence of strep germs, we tend to stress the use of throat cultures as the only reliable way to determine what’s going on. If the truth be told, however, even throat cultures aren’t 100 ■- t accurate. Perhaps 10 cent of negative throat - ires turn out to be wrong, showing negative when a strep infection exists. Also, many positive throat cultures give false results. The tests read positive, but no strep infection is there. But, when done properly -- and given the new, better

methods for taking throat cultures in a doctor’s office -- they remain the best tool we have for identifying strep infections. So, I think it’s better to do a throat culture than to simply rely on so-called “clinical judgment.” In your case, your doctor covered his bases, so to speak, by giving you the penicillin. Indeed, everything must have turned out all right; you’re feeling better. Some doctors would argue against giving any antibiotics without first doing the throat culture. Others will take the culture, start the patient on penicillin, then decide whether to continue antibiotic use after the throat culture has been read, usually within 24 to 48

B. J. Becker

Four the hard way

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Jack Haley, veteran actor most famous for his role as the Tin Woodman in the 1939 classic "The Wizard of O?," died Wednesday in Los Angeles after suffering a heart attack. He was 79.

Before heading to New York for a speaking engagement Wednesday, Gerald R. Ford indulged a passion: He played a round of golf at a pro-am tournament in Mason, Ohio. Nothing unusual there, except that the former president said that his handicap of 18-plus when he left the White House was down to 14, and that a big reason was the golf star Nancy Lopez Melton. Ford said he had learned more from her than from Jack Nicklaus and Tom Watkins, and the reason was simple, he said with a smile: “Her advice is better because I pay more attention to her.” Mrs. Melton, who was with Ford, agreed. Of her student, who has struck at least one spectator with an errant shot, she said: ‘Every time he has played better. He didn’t hit anyone today.” > All eyes were on Elton John and the way he had been turning on audiences in the Soviet Union, and overlooked in the whoopdedoo was Victoria de los Angeles, who was in Russia at the same time and was receiving impressive receptions in several cities. The soprano’s final concert, in Moscow, was televised throughout the country, and at Philharmonic Hall in Leningrad the demand for tickets was so great that hundreds of people had to stand. Did it bother her that John got so muclfattention, and she so little? Not at all, said Miss de los Angeles. The singer, interviewed by telephone from Buenos Aires, where she is starting a long South American tour, said: “That question can be asked in every country. They all put more emphasis on the rock and roll. I know nothing about the rock stars, even if I like them very much. What can you do about it?” ANDOVER, Mass. (AP) John F. Kennedy Jr., the son of the late president, dons a cap and gown today. He’s graduating from Phillips Academy, a prestigious boarding school about 30 of Boston. Kennedy, 18, is a year later than most because he chose to take an extra year at the school before heading to Brown University. School officials say the families of the other graduates may be outnumbered by reporters and photographers who were expected to flock around the only son of the * assassinated president.

hours. Dear Dr. Johnson: How much weight will I gain if I start on the diet needed for breast feeding my infant? I’d like to breast feed, but I don’t want to gain any more weight than I’m already putting on in pregnancy. What do you suggest? -- Mrs. Nancy S., Washington, DC. Dear Nancy: Your concern’is often expressed by other women about to begin breast feeding. Generally, the worry is unfounded. Even though you’re required to consume more calories on a breast-feeding diet, you use up these calories and more in breast feeding. You may be able to eat more and gain less! In the first few months of

circumstances, the play is heavily against the odds. Nevertheless, there are times when the backward finesse is the only correct play and, when this is the case, declarer should use it. West played three rounds of hearts and declarer ruffed the third one. South then led a trump to the king, which lost to the ace, and East returned a diamond, taken in dummy with the ten. Declarer now had to avoid a club loser to make the contract. The normal way to play the North-South clubs would be to cash the ace of clubs and then return a club to the jack. Had he done this, declarer would have gone down one. But South realized that this method of play would fail, so he utilized the backward finesse as his only real chance to make the contract. After drawing trumps and cashing the K-A of diamonds, South led the jack of clubs.

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breast feeding the mother requires about 500 extra calories per day. But since she’s also giving up plenty of calories to the baby, the mother, on the average, probably will lose weight while breast feeding. So, relax, you may have the best of both worlds. (There is no cure for diabetes, but it can be kept in check through diet, exercise and medication. Dr. Johnson explains what to do in his new book, “Controlling Diabetes.” For a postpaid copy, send $1.75 to “Diabetes,” c/o this newspaper, P. O. Box 259, Norwood, N. J. 07648. Make checks payable to Newspaperbooks.) (c) 1979 by The Chicago Tribune

West covered with the queen it would have done him no good to duck and dummy won with the ace. When East followed low on the next club lead, South finessed the eight. He thus escaped a club loser and made the contract. The bidding and play both indicated that this unnatural treatment of the clubs was correct. West was practically certain to have the club queen for his opening bid, and this was strongly confirmed by East’s pass of one heart. The possibility that West had been dealt Q-x of clubs (in which case cashing the A-K would catch the queen) was eliminated after East had followed three times in spades, hearts and diamonds. This proved that East couldn’t have been dealt five clubs. The backward finesse therefore offered the only chance for the contract.

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