Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 61, Number 291, Decatur, Adams County, 11 December 1963 — Page 11

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Fasting May Lead To Getting Gout

By DELOS SMITH UPI Science Editor NEW YORK (UPI) - In addition to being a sure way of losing weight, giving up eating may also be away of getting the gout.' This scientific half-nelson has been thrown on the medical idea that total fasting is a safe and not too unpleasant means of slimming persistently fat people who can’t be slimmed through dieting. Several physicians have propagandized in behalf of this coldturkey - without - turkey-or-any food technique of reducing. They’ve had spectacular results (it goes without saying) which they’ve reported to the profession. Drs. Rosemary Murphy and Karl H. Shipman put the technique to scientific test from a kidney rather than a weightreduction viewpoint. They put five women, whose average weight was 234 pounds, into a hospital in order to starve them * .... .. , ■! ' ■ ■ ROLES ARE ALL WET— Yul Brynner waits his turn for awe ttl ng - down in a scene for a movie about the U.S. Air Rescue Command, now filming in Kyoto, Japan, with an American and Japa« nese studio participating. First in line; Mitsuhiro Sugt yama, IL

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under supervision. They could drink all the black coffee, tea or water they wished They were given one multivitamin pill every day. But not one morsel or drop of, sustaining food could they have. Loss Os Appetite Sure enough, loss of appetite appeared after the second day, just as the starvation experimenters had found. After that, the women didn’t mind too much going without anything to eat. ... ' • They fasted thus for three to 10 days. At the end their average weight was 215 pounds, representing an average loss of 19 pounds per woman. But the scientists were really interested in their kidneys. Those organs choose the products of body metabolism which are retained and those which are discarded. Among them are, the metabolic products of uric acid. A relatively little of it is always present in body metabolism and is doubtlessly useful. But a relatively lot of it is now considered to be a prime cause of gout since urate, a uric acid product, is found deposited in gouty toes and other gouty joints. In the starving fat women this potential chemical crippier piled up in their blood serum to as much as twice the normal amounts. Evidently as the result of giving up eating, their kidneys reduced the rate of filtering and the rate of clearance. Support Contention Drs. Murphy and Shipman bolstered this point with kidney studies of eight other obese women (average weight, 195 pounds.) They were not hospitalized and they were not starved. All they did was report periodically for testing while going about their usual lives, eating as they wished. Their blood uric acid levels remained normal; their kidneys chose what to do with uric acid metabolites in away to keep the levels where they should be. With comparisons, Drs. Murphy and Shipman concluded that fasting upset kidney dealings with uric acid. In reporting to the American Medical Association, they expressed surprise that the medical advocates of total fasting for the persistently obese, had made no mention of fasting increasing uric acid blood levels. That was first reported in 1907, and it seemed to them that total fasting shouldn’t be applied to persons with any history of gout. High uric acid blood levels may not be the only cause of gout. There may be a hereditary factor, too. Medical science still has much to learn about gout.

Si11ß DRAMATIC TURN—Long noted for his ability at comedy Milton Berle turns toward dramatic acting. Here desperation marks his face as he portrays a campaign manager fighting for his political life in a tele* vision show.

Many Exotic Names For Indiana Spots

By RONALD YOUNGBLOOD United Press International INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) — The hardy pioneers who settled Indiana and gave names to its cities and towns apparently had a rich sense of origin but not much imagination. A casual glance at the U.S. Postal Guide, which lists all communities that boast a postoffice, shows the history that made Indiana and undoubtedly its settlers. The names are exotic in many cases and bring to mind places and times that are firmly imbedded in the annals of history. By far the majority of the names reflect the ego or perhaps pride of the founders. There are scores of communities bearing the names of longforgotten pioneers, such as Jasonville, Hartsville, Glenwood, Edinburg, and a whole host of names with the suffix “town” or “ton.” Settlers Gave Names The early settlers found a land of dense forests and flat prairies, going from south to north, and Indians. The original gfiye their share bf names, including, if you can judge by the sound, Loogootee, Churubusco, Kewanna and Osceola. Men of history also are remembered in the names. There is a Washington, Lafayette, Napoleon, Alexandria and

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Some Disquiet _ In Southeast Asia

By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign News Analyst, Despitq determined official optimism, an undertone of disquiet runs through news dispatches from Southeast Asia where in the last eight years the United States has invested so much. In South Viet Nam, the young generals who took over after the overthrow of the Ngo Dinh Diem government, are pursuing the war against the Communist Viet Cong with greater vigor. Out of 17,500 American troops in South Viet Nam, 1,000 are expected home in time for the new year. Beautiful and sophisticated Saigon has regained its gaiety, the bistros are filled, though guarded against a surprise Communist grenade, and ..tiny Vietnamese women in <Mheir bright silken garments pedal through the city’s tree - lined streets. It’s as if, beginning at the city’s outskirts, there were no

Montezuma. At first glance, most conspicuous is the number of names stemming from other countries —natural, perhaps, since many of the settlers in their quest for new lands and new fortunes did not neglect to forget their birthplaces. There are names like Athens, Dublin, Ireland, Brazil, Carthage, Holland, Morocco, Monrovia, Plymouth, Poland, Rome and Scotland. Miami County must have had settlers with Latin blood, if the names of its communities are any indication. There is Chili, Peru, and Mexico. Old World Nanus There are also a host of Old World names prefixed with the word “New,” ranging from the first on the alphabetical list with New Albany and New Amsterdam to New Paris and New Salisbury. But many of those points might have been settled by persons moving from earlier American settlements bearing the basic name. As could be expected, many Hoosier towns were named for prominent land features, such as Clifty Falls, Crown Point, Leiters Ford, Cedar Grove, and Grand View. Since legend plays a part in names, the most ’ prominent example is Santa Claus, which was named on Christmas Eve when the town fathers saw the village Santa Claus and, according to legend, settled the matter then and there. When the state’s early leaders decided to move the capital from Corydon to a more cen-trally-located area, they deckled to take the capital’s name from the state. They called it Indianapolis, or literally translated, City of Indiana.

Friends Boom Branigin For Governorship By EUGENE J. CADOU United Press International INDIANAPOLIS (UPD — Governor Welsh early next year will be compelled to reach a decision on the booming candidacy gs Roger D. Branigin for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. Close friends of Branigin, a Lafayette attorney, say he is almost certain to announce after the mourning period lor the late President Kennedy expires Dec. 22. All ‘ Democratic hopefuls for governor naturally are seeking the backing of Welsh because he controls the formidable Statehouse patronage machine. Ulis support would be potent at the party’s state convention in which many delegates will be state payrollers. Lemon, Beck In Ring The only two announced candidates for the Democratic gubernatorial title made their declarations before the assassination of President Kennedy—'former Bloomington "Mayor Thomas Lemon and State Rep. Robert L. Rock, Anderson. Many observers at the meeting of the Indiana Society of Chicago last weekend said Branigin showed many signs of being a candidate at hotel room gatherings and in eager tablehopping during the cocktail hour. It also „is not generally known that Branigin for many weeks has covered thousands of miles for conferences with local party chiefs. Likewise active in Chicago was State Sen. Marshal Kizer,

And that perhaps" is the source of some of the disquiet. Also Fought Reds

The Diem regime, in its own way, also fought hard against the Communists but failed to win the people. After the harsh rule of Diem and his brother, Ngo Dinh Nhu, in Saigon at least, the new military regime has the people’s support. But whether that support can be translated into an all - out national effort against the Viet Cong is another matter. More and more it is being recalled that in their 10 - year effort to hold Indochina, the French won every battle but the last one. And the United States’ own experience in Laos and in South Viet Nam all too often has seemed to demonstrate that only the disciplined and indoctrinated Communists feel a real reason to fight, and that a national will is lacking. In the end, neither aid nor military success will win the battle for Southeast Asia without accompanying political and psychological determination of the people themselves. And that is the field in which the new military regime must prove itself. Other events give reason for disquiet over the future of Southeast Asia. Getting New Orlers In Pnompenh, capital of Cambodia, 200 American advisers are getting out on orders of Cambodia’s elected chief - ofstate Prince Norodom Sihanouk who has cancelled the American aid program which has been running at S3O million a year. Sihanouk believes the war against the Viet Cong already is lost and that he must prepare his country for a neutrality acceptable to Red China. In neighboring Laos, proCommunist forces control twothirds of the country. In Vientiane, its capital, the fifth political assassination of a government official this year demonstrated |hat the country still is far from achieving the neutrality decreed for it by the major powers at Geneva. The news is not all bad. The Communists are suffering losses and the cost of aiding the Communist effort in the South is weighing heavily upon the Reds in North Viet Nam. President Johnson has reaffirmed that the United States will continue its efforts in South Viet Nam. It is a decision ■which may have to be reaffirmed again and again in the years ahead.

Household Scrapbook By Roberta Lee 0 0 Aquamarine Dresses The most annoying thing about aquamarine blue dye is that it has a lot of red in it — usually you find that out when you’ve stored the garment in a closet and then take it out months later to discover a reddish cast on the material. Exposure to perspiration and light are two principal causes. So, before putting an aquamarine garment away for the season, have it cleaned and store it in a black cloth bag. Non-Stick Raisins To prevent raisins from Sticking to the chopper and bowl, set the chopper in ,a hot oven for a few minutes and pour boiling water over the raisins before you begin chopping. Hat Care Turn down the band inside your man’s hat, insert a strip of cellophane around the crown, then turn the band up in the usual way. This cellophane will prevent oil or perspiration from soiling and staining the hat. Table Saver To prevent white rings on your tables from damp flower vases, put circles of cellophane under each vase. Plymouth, who also would like to be governor. .This contact work occurred despite the fact the Democrats lost all of the large cities in the 3rd District, of which Kizer is Democratic Chairman. He has minimized the effect of this turnover of city halls on his own future. Choice Early in *64 Wqlsfa announced some time ago he would make known his choice for governor early in 1964 and he would expect Statehouse appointees to go to bat for the endorsed aspirant. There arts some indications the death of President Kennedy may delay this selection. Although grass-coots support for Branigin is obvious because of his oratorical abilty, freedom from connection with the unlamented legislative session, high character and vast acquaintance over the state, a gubernatorial endorsement is uncertain. Both Branigin and Welsh lost to Terre Haute Mayor Ralph Tucker for -the 1956 gubernatorial bid, and Branigin conspired unsuccessfully to block Welsh'* nomination In 1960. *

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