Banner Graphic, Volume 10, Number 55, Greencastle, Putnam County, 6 November 1979 — Page 6

The Putnam County Banner Graphic, November 6,1979

People in the news N.Y. mayor left with egg on face NEW YORK Mayor Edward I. Koch was struck in the eye and pelted with eggs Monday morning by two men and a woman who raced up to the stage of the New York Hilton Hotel as he was rising to welcome 3.500 visitors at a convention of the American Public Health Association. The mayor, egg dripping from his face and from his blue, pin-striped suit, helped security men and police officers wrestle one of the men and the woman to the floor of the stage. The three assailants, who were protesting the mayor’s plan to close some city hospitals, were then arrested. Koch went to a police station three blocks away to press charges after he had finished his welcoming remarks. He also said he would “follow this up with the AMA,” referring to the American Medical Association. Two of those arrested were identified as physicians Dr. Nayvin Gordon of San Diego and Dr. Charles E. Wright of Hindman, Ky. Both men practice medicine in their home states. The third person arrested was Gordon’s wife, Linda. The three said they were members of the Health Committee Against Racism. Koch said after the incident that Gordon, who is 31 years old, had struck him in the right eye with his fist and then smashed an egg in his face. Gordon was charged with third-degree assault, disorderly conduct and harassment. Visibly angered by the outburst and by isolated heckling that continued as he began to speak, Koch asked the audience to vote on whether the demonstrators should be allowed to stay in the ballroom. “Folks, you have a choice,” he said, asking those who wanted to have the demonstrators removed to stand up. About three-fourths of the audience did so. “Okay, cops, remove them,” the mayor ordered. Scrapping his formal welcoming address, Koch denounced what he called “illegal protests by people who use force.” “This is not Iran,” he said, heatedly. “Someone has to stand up against these nuts.” • Pearl Harbor was celebrated early this year, at least for “1941,” the fantasy that begins with the rumors that Japanese bombers were also on their way to Los Angeles. The film, directed by Steven Spielberg, was scheduled to open in New York and Los Angeles on Nov. 16, but the date was canceled after an unenthusiastic preview reception at Dallas last month. The film, whose cast includes Dan Ackroyd, John Belushi, Treat Williams, Ned Beatty and Toshiro Mifune, ran 2 hours 8 minutes in the preview version. Spielberg is now cutting it by 8 to 15 minutes in hopes of improving its reception when it opens around the country Dec. 14. The situation is complicated by the facts that the announced cost of “1941” is S3O million, which even these days is a lot of money, and it was jointly financed by Universal and Columbia. The executive producer is John Milius, who brought us “The Wind and the Lion” and “Big Wednesday,” neither of which set the screen on fire. • Richard Pryor plays a former convict who has gone straight as a schoolteacher in “Family Dream,” which is before the cameras in Ellensburg, Wash. Cicely Tyson is his co-star. “Honeysuckle Rose,” a film with a musical setting, starring Willie Nelson, Dyan Cannon and Amy Irving, has gone into production in Austin, Tex. Nelson, the country-and-westem singer, is, in effect, playing himself.

House Call

Sports and iron deficiency

By G. Timothy Johnson, M.D. Dear Dr. Johnson: Are women who engage in vigorous sports at a unique risk of iron deficiency?-Bonnie J., Austin, Texas Dear Bonnie: To the best of my knowledge there’s nothing unique--in terms of iron deficiency-about women who engage in strenuous physical activity. Obviously, anyone-including active women-run some risk of iron deficiency and, subsequently, anemia. Indeed, women in general have a special need for iron when menstruating, since they lose blood and the iron it carries at those times. As I have emphasized before, the only way to find out whether yfya have an iron deficiency is to have an accurate blood test made. And you should be aware tlsat you can’t rely solely on fatigue as a reliable warning symptom. Pear Dr. Johnson: What’s yaur opinion of the use of a nasal spray for contraception, tHe new method recently reported so widely in the media?Martin D., San Rafael, Calif. Dear Martin: You must be referring to the use of LRH--leutinizing-releasing hormone. Tliis substance is described chemically as a peptide rather than a steroid, which is the more common chemical used in hormonal contraception such as that induced by the Pill. This peptide-and its many variations under study-is an interesting development in contraception. So far, these peptides cannot be taken orally since they are "broken down” by the body’s digestive system. Consequently, they’ve been studied by other means of ad-

ministration, including nasal inhalation. What do I think about it? I believe it is an exciting development. But I think it’s still a bit early to get too excited, since a lot more study will be required before a new contraceptive method becomes available for wide use. Dear Dr. Johnson: I’ve been running in marathons for several years. Recently, following a routine race, I noticed a slight amount of blood in my urine. It was not there the next day, so I haven’t done anything about it. But my wife thinks I should. What’s your opinion?-Burke F., Leonia, N.J. B.J. Becker

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AL CAPP: Cartoonist dead at 70

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) A 1 Capp, the cartoonist who brought to life for millions of readers the world of Dogpatch, U.S.A., while earning a special place in American folk culture, is dead at the age of 70. His comic strip “Li’l Abner,” which Capp used to lampoon hypocrisy and political hot air with hillbilly bluntness, was laid to rest two years ago, after 43 years in the world’s newspapers. Capp, who died Monday, created the dim-witted and bigfooted Li’l Abner; blonde, busty Daisy Mae; scrappy, pipesmoking Mammy Yokum and the all-giving Shmoos. He made American institutions of the bumbling detective Fearless Fosdick, Kickapoo Joy Juice, Lower Slobbovia and Sadie Hawkins Day the day the maidens of Dogpatch chased after the town’s bachelors. Capp, who suffered from emphysema, died in Mount Auburn Hospital near his Cambridge home, his attorney, Alvin Hochberg said. Capp’s death came almost two years to the day after his retirement. Started in 1934 in the Depression, “Li’l Abner” became an immediate success, spreading to more than 900 newspapers around the world. The strip became the basis for a hit Broadway musical in 1956. Capp earned $500,000 a year at his peak of fame. • The sad story of a “Sad Sack” cartoonist who is down on his luck continues, but the latest chapter gives Fred Rhoads something to look forward to. He has just won the right to sue Harvey Publications of New York, which stopped buying his “Sad Sack” comic strip drawings after 24 years. The Arizona Court of Appeals reversed a lower-court decision earlier this year in which Rhoads’s suit against Harvey was dismissed. He may now sue Harvey for payment of royalties on the cartoons he drew for the company until 1977, when Harvey notified him it needed no more of them and would reprint old strips. Rhoads then filed for unemployment and Social Security benefits, only to learn he had not been considered an employee by Harvey, but rather a freelance, and was not entitled to those benefits. That led to the suit, in which Rhoads maintains that if he was regarded as an independent contractor he is entitled to royalties on an estimated 400 million sheets of Sad Sack comics published by Harvey. The cartoonist, who did not create the comic strip, said last week that he had not worked for two years and that “I’m selling my house, it’s down to that.”

Dear Burke: Some marathon runners develop microscopic blood in the urine. This problem usually clears up in 24 to 48 hours after running. If it persists beyond that, it should be checked carefully. In your case, it probably isn’t significant, since it soon stopped. But I’d feel more comfortable about it if you talked it over with your doctor. He should have the chance to consider other possible factors I don’t know alx>ut. Dear Readers: Just a quick note to warn you that the various acetaminophen products (Tylenol being the best known) can be very dangerous, just like aspirin, if taken in

when the contract seems certain. He does not proceed without first asking himself: “What dhn defeat me?” Take this case where South is declarer at Six diamonds. It seems normal to win the heart lead with the ace, discarding a club, and play the king of diamonds, planning to draw trumps and thus assure twelve tricks. But when West shows out of trumps, the outlook suddenly changes. True, there is no need to panic, since the clubs may be divided 3-3, in which event dummy’s fourth club can be established by cashing the A-K and ruffing a club. But, unfortunately, when declarer tests the clubs they prove to be divided 4-2 and South goes down one. He loses a trump trick and a spade trick. With more careful play, declarer can make the slam.

overdose. A lot of parents have the idea that these aspirin substitutes pose no danger even if taken in excess by children. That is simply not true. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission ruled recently that, as of next February, these products must be put into safety packages, like aspirin. (You’ve heard the claims about eating a diet high in fiber. Dr. Johnson separates fact from fiction in his latest book. For a postpaid copy, send $1.75 to “Food Fiber,” c/o this newspaper, P.O. Box 259, Norwood, N.J. 07648. Make checks payable to Newspaperbooks.) (c) 1979 by The Chicago Tribune

From the start he should take measures to guard against a possible 4-0 trump break. In line with this, he should ruff the opening heart lead and then play a trump to the king. After West shows out, South now applies his thoughts exclusively to the task of scoring seven trump tricks on top of the five high-card tricks he has on the side. He cashes the ace of hearts, discarding a club, ruffs a heart, cashes the A-K of clubs, and trumps dummy’s last heart. Declarer next plays the A-K of spades, then leads the ten of clubs from dummy. At this point, East has the J-10-9 of trumps and queen of spades, while South has the A-Q-8 of trumps and eight of spades. If East ruffs, South discards a spade; if East discards, South ruffs the club. Either way, he makes the slam. Ruffing the opening heart lead proves to be a decisive play.

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