Banner Graphic, Volume 12, Number 88, Greencastle, Putnam County, 19 December 1981 — Page 6

The Putnam County Banner-Graphic, December 19,1981

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People in the news 55 performances later, he still loves Lena's show c. 1981 N.Y. Times Marie Becker does not have a set schedule. “Sometimes, I go twice a week,” he said. “Sometimes, I’ll miss a week altogether and then go four times the next week.” Schedule or no, Becker says he has seen “Lena Horne, the Lady and Her Music” at least 55 times since the show opened on Broadway in April, and probably more than that. “That’s how many I absolutely know about,” he said the other day. He says he always pays his own admission, usually $12.50 for a standing-room ticket. If Becker’s enthusiasm seems excessive, Miss Horne has only herself to blame. The day after he first saw the show, he said, he came to the stage door and got her to sign a record album, one of about 35 “Lenas” in the Becker collection. “As she was signing it, I told her I’d seen the show the night before,” Becker recalled, “and she said: ‘I know. You were in the fifth row. You had on a pink shirt and you were having a great time. I always like it when someone enjoys it so much.’ ” Becker, a 38-year-old former dancer who works for the Veterans Administration, has been haunting the theater ever since. Miss Horne, he said, has been his favorite singer since he was 13. “She has incredible style,” he said. “She’s terribly sophisticated, and her selection of music is far superior to -most singers.” • CEDAR RAPIDS, lowa (AP) Katie Beckett, a 3'/2-year-old girl whose case was cited by President Reagan as an example of uncontrolled bureaucratic regulations, went home from a hospital Friday. Katie, who hadn’t been home since she was stricken with viral encephalitis at age 4 months, was sent on her way with presents, speeches and a telephone call from first lady Nancy Reagan. “It makes you feel kind of good that things like this do develop,” said Gov. Robert Ray. “It makes you realize government can be humanized.” Katie’s illness has left her with brain damage, paralysis and respiratory problems. She received national attention a few months ago when President Reagan said her case was a good example of how bureaucratic regulations had gotten out of hand. Medicaid rules would not allow reimbursement of the estimated SI,OOO a month ifwill cost to care for Katie at home. Health and Human Services Secretary Richard Schweiker gave Katie a waiver, allowing her to go home without losing the benefits that pay for her costly treatment about $6,000 a month in the hospital. “It will be such a relief to have her at home,” said Katie’s mother, Julie Beckett. “This is a day we’ve been looking forward to for a long time. “It’s very difficult to say goodbye to all the people here,” said Mrs. Beckett, who was crying. “I think a simple thank you will do for all the times you stood by us when we needed it.” Katie was in good enough shape to be discharged after the waiver was granted Nov. 13, but it took a month to complete the necessary paperwork and to train her parents to use the respirator she uses when she sleeps.

House Call Is any aspirin really the best?

By G. Timothy Johnson, M.D. Question: Is there any form of aspirin that is “best” and least likely to cause stomach upset? Answer: I’ve commented many times on the marketing battle between the makers of aspirin and acetamimophen products. There is a bewildering array of aspirin products to choose from. Most people end up taking plain aspirin tablets. While it is probably that there can be some difference between various tablets in terms of the rate at which they dissolve, there is no hard data that clearly indicates one brand of aspirin as consistently better than another. Buffered aspirin is designed to decrease gastric acidity. However, buffered aspirin shows no real advantage for most people in terms of side effects. Buffered aspirin solutions, on the other hand, do cut down on gastro-intestinal bleeding when compared to plain aspirin tablets. But buffered aspirin solutions are expensive and are not suitable for long-term use because of their effects on urinary excretion. Two other aspirin preparations exist. One is designed to slow down the release (timed-releaseaspirin), the other to delay its dissolving until it reaches the small intestine (enteric-coded aspirin). But these forms of aspirin are not necessary for most people. They cost more and may be unpredictable in dissolving time For the vast majority of people, plain aspirin is sufficient and certainly the cheapest. But one of the special preparations may be necessary for those who have side effects

from plain aspirin. And it should always be remembered that no medicine - even aspirin - should be taken unless truly necessary. Question: How common are head injuries in high school football? I am a concerned parent. Answer: Nobody knows for sure how common such injuries are because completely accurate surveys are hard to come by. Furthermore, there are various degrees of head injuries. Some are obviously very serious and others only minor. One recent survey of coaches and players in Minnesota suggests that almost 20 per cent of high school football players experience some degree of head injury. Again, though, exact figures are hard to come by. Dr. Johnson welcomes questions from readers. While he cannot reply to all of them individually, he will answer those of general interest in his column. Write to Dr. Johnson in care of this newspaper. Some 16 million Americans have gallbladder disease. Another 800,000 are diagnosed each year as having it. Dr. Johnson’s new HEALTHBEAT Special Report explains the causes and treatment of gallbladder disease in practical, common-sense terms. For a postpaid copy, send a check for $1 and a long, stamped, selfaddressed envelope to “GALLBLADDER," P.O. Box 259, Norwood, N.J. 07648 Make checks payable to Newspaperbooks. (C)1981 by The Chicago Tribune-New York

MISS HORNE: She noticed

c. 1981 N.Y. Times There was another homecoming Friday, this one for former Gov. Marvin Mandel of Maryland, who became a free man after spending 19 months in prison, still insisting that he had been wrongfully convicted on mail fraud and racketeering charges. President Reagan commuted Mandel’s sentence on Dec. 3, five months before he was due to be paroled, and he was transferred from a federal prison at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida to the Volunteers of America pre-release center in Baltimore. He was awakened there just before dawn and told he could go home. “Free at last,” Mandel said at a news conference in his - lawyer’s office. “It’s a wonderful feeling not only to be free, but to be a private person.” Mandel, a Democrat, said that he could serve as a political adviser but that he had “no plans to run for anything.” He does plan to work for Charles J. Cirelli and Sons, a general contractor, whose office is 10 miles from Mandel’s home in Annapolis, Md. He also plans to write a book. Mandel was convicted in 1977 and sentenced to three years in prison. He was accused of accepting $35,000 in gifts and real estate from the secret owners of a race track he helped with political favors. • “Poinsettias are only one way to reflect the spirit ot giving at Christmastime, money is surely another,” said Lewis Rudin, a New York City developer and chairman of the Association for a Better New York. So he decided this year to forgo his traditional present of poinsettias for his friends and business associates and instead has donated SIO,OOO to North General Hospital in Harlem. “Hospitals, like plants, must be cared for in order to survive,” Rudin said. “I can think of no better gift than one/ which helps to sustain an institution dedicated to helping those in need all year round.” jy‘K Rudin also donated money to the hospital last year when it was threatened with closure. !

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