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1969
Editorials And Features •
More Admiration Than
Censure For This Man
Mankind
Can't Be
Ignored
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Any man in these days of high prices
and high taxes, who already has a wife and
two children, who willingly acquires
another wife and h third child, who is able
to keep both women reasonably happy by
dividing his time between them, who is
able to support two households and five
dependents on a weekly income of $140
and such part-time earnings as he can bring
in - any man who can do all this is more
deserving of admiration than censure.
An Akron, Ohio, truck driver did it, and
he did it not for one year or two but for
five years. In addition, for four of those
years he supported a son by a prior
~ marriage (which had "been' legally
terminated by divorce) until the boy
reached 18.
Unfortunately, he did not bother
getting a divorce from his second wife
hpfrire manying-the-third.- The reason, he—
explained to police, was that wife No. 2
was crippled by arthritis and he could not
bring himself lo leave her, yet he sought
“affection and companionship.” What
tripped him up was when he accidentally
gave wife No. 2 a credit card, intended for
wife No. 3 and the wrong bills began
coming to the wrong house.
A pretty good argument can probably
be made that any man (or woman, since
this is an equal society) who is willing and
able to support more than one spouse and
meet all his responsibilities toward them
arid the children he may have by them
should be permitted to do so, if he’s crazy
enough to want to.
The law, of course, reflects prevailing
mores, which definitely frown on bigamy.
The law is also intended to protect
innocent people from being victimized by
those who would attempt to accumulate
wealth through fradulent multiple
marriages.
In this case, however, the letter of the
law deserves to be tempered by the spirit
in which it was broken. All the Akron
bigamist seems to have accumulated is a
double dose of worries.
Adults Only
By SEN. "EV" DIRKSEN
A few years ago, when the
nuclear bomb scare was being
actively discussed and the Idea
of building bomb and fallout
shelters throughout the country
was being vigorously advanced,
congressmen and senators were
provided with a secret phone
number to be used by them in
the event of an attack on the
Capitol.
They were assured that there
would be a response when the
number was called, a response
that would tell them what to
do and where to go.
- At about that same time, the
late Sen. Estes Kefauver of
Tennessee introduced a bill in
the Senate that would authorize
the governors of the respec-
Uve states to fill vacancies in
the House of Representatives in
case a missile-attack made
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had the power to appoint sena-
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standard American bidding
had taken on something like
its current form there was
1 a simple definition of an
coffee table where his children can find it:
The University of Utah Review.
In an article iif a recent issue, surgery
professor Dr. Ralph C. Richards claim;
that the proportion of bacteria removed
from the body by bathing is ‘‘almost
insignificant, probably no more than 7 pei
cent.”
What’s worse, he says that when peopk
scrub themselves with brush or cloth they
irritate the skin and may wind up with
more bacteria than would have been
present had they never washed at all.
We repeat, keep this publication out of
the hands of children.
DOCTOR’S MAILBAG
Complete Hysterectomy
Advisable in Malignancy
1TFFAMGNSF
COLUMNISTS
ABOUT TEXAS
By WAYNE G. BRANDSTADT, M.D.
(First ot Throe Mated Columns.)
Q—What are the reasons
for a hysterectomy? Should
it ever be done on a single
woman?
A—The uterus may be re-
of ri uterine
moved because of
or cervical cancer, multiple
aant ovarian
fibroids, malignant
—-----cyst and, in some cases, for
- a severe prolapse (fallen
womb). If a malignancy is
present the uterus should be
removed without delay, re-
gardless of marital status.
A—You probably had a
partial hysterectomy and
still have your ovaries and
enough uterine tissue to
cause an abbreviated men-
strual period. Yop should
check with your doctor .to
make sure.
Q—I am 84 and had a
complete hysterectomy 26
years ago. I am taking stil-
bestrol. My doctor says I
should take it the rest of my
life. What benefit would I get
from this drug? Is there any
harm in its prolonged use?
A—This drug is given to
replace ovarian hormones
and reduce such meqppausal
symptoms as hot flashes and
drenching sweats and to pre-
vent osteoporosis (weaken-
ing of the vertebrae) and
hardening of the arteries.
Many doctors advise taking
the drug indefinitely. If the
• dosage is carefully adjusted
to your needs, this procedure
is perfectly safe.
Q—Six years ago I had a
‘‘total abdominal hysterec-
tomy and left oophorectomy
because of a serious cysta-
denoma of the left ovary.”
What does all this mean?
A—Yonr uterus and left
ovary were removed through
a lower abdominal incision.
The ovary was found to con-
tain a cystic tumor that was
full of a serumlike fluid.
Since this type of tumor is
potentially malignant, you
are well rid of it.
JIMMY BANKS, Dallas Morn-
ing News: “Despite rumors to
the contrary, Lt. Gov.-Elect
Bm James was not the least
bit unhappy over Gov.-Elect
Smith’s appointment of Vernon
-McGee to the governor’s staff.
Although Barnes voted to re-
place McGee as executive direc-
tor, of the Legislative Budget
Board, on grounds he tad
gained too much power and was
Inclined to use it to the Sen-
ate's advantage, he regards him
as ‘one of the most knowledgea-
course, a proper solicitude for
the well-being of the lawmak-
ers, because a bomb attack
could precipitate a constitution-
al crisis.
But what about the rest of
the world? What about the
survival of many millions else-
where? Mankind as a whole
must be considered Mankind
cannot be ignored because it
is all of us, not just a few —
lawmakers, public officials,
Americans and our neighbors.
So the question repeats it-
self: What about the billions of
humble people everywhere?
The thought of it carries
back to the awfulness of what
occured in Hiroshima and Nag-
-asaki in-August, 1945; when
hundreds of thousands were kill-
ed, maimed and burned by the
frightful weapons that scient-
ists contrived in the hope of
shortening the war. The wea-
pons did shorten the war, but
they also brought a continuing
Uveal to mankind. As an Irish
Ptatnf long ago put it, “Every-
man’s death diminishes me be-
cause 1 am of mankind.”
~ We can spend billions to build
shelters all over the land, but
that would be helpful only in
our country and Would be only
partially effective because
the shelters would not be in
use until the awesome thing
i it
Don't Just Stand There—Applaud!"
Washington Merry-Go-Round-
Near East Crisis Is Fast
Drifting Toward War
WASHINGTON - Thanks to
the changing of horse* ^ Wash-
ington's mid-stream, another
full-scale war could well break
in the Near East. If so, the
proximity of the American and
, Russian fleet makes the area
as dangerous as a pack mule
strapped with dynamite wan-
dering loose in a mine field.
However, the Johnson admin-
istration has only two weeks in
which to carry out any policy it
starts, while the Nixon admin-
istration sits on the sidelines
waiting to take over.'
Earlier, attempts vat coopera-
tion between the two men were
tactics on either the Israelis or
the Arabs.
Meanwhile, the situation
daily drifts closer to war.
isolating the United States from:
the Arabs. life:-r—
FOLLOWING THE raid on the
Beirut airport, the Israelis are
•forced to reinforce their Leb-
anon border. Previously this
was not a military worry., Leb-
anon had used Its own Army
to arrest terrorists trying to
disrupt Lebanese - Israeli re-
lations. The border between
Lebanon and Syria is wild and '
mountainous, somewhat iitar
the border between South Viet-
nam and its neighbors. Syrian
1. A push by the Russians to
keep the US Jrom resuming dip-
lomatic relations with Egypt
and other Arab nations.
2. A move by Israeli diplo-
mats to push the Arab nations
further toward Russia, appar-
ently with the idea that this
tigftleito the bond between Wash-
ington and Jerusalem.
Push No, 1 is reported to be
why Foreign Minister Andrei
Gromyko was in Cairo, last
month. He took with him Dep-
uty Foreign Minister Vladimir
Semyonov, an expert on Am-
erican affairs, to help persuade
President Nasser he should be
made "with a hand below
opening bid-strength but that
would normally take “Six
tricks if not vulnerable or)
seven tricks if vulnerable.
Thto-rule of two or three has;’
a lot of common sense back
of it You don’t mind being
set provided you aren’t pen-
alized more than 500 points.
Some modern experts go a
lot further with their pre-
empts. When not vulnerable
against vulnerable opponents
they bid them with almost
any sort of bad hand. Their
reasoning is that the hand
belongs to the other side and
they want to make it as dif-
ficult as possible for oppo-
nents to reach their best con-
tract. ■ -y
’ -We at willing to go a lit-
tle distance in this direction
When not vulnerable against
vulnerable we may open a -
five-trick hand with a three
bid but we don’t approve of
opening pre-empts such as
the one perpetrated by to-
day’s East. -
We really consider this
sort of bid a bridge crime
but on this occasion crime
paid. .
South wanted to double
three clubs for business but,
unfortunately, he was play-
ouble primarily for
ice-out. He didn’t want to
a dou
pass and finally settled on
* three diamonds as his most
satisfactory call.
ble men in Texas about state
government.’ Barnes says he
believes McGee will make a
valuable contribution to Smith’s
administration and he plans to
cooperate with him fully.”
givea
We can do nothing. So we
B A RBS
By PHIL PASTORET
For most of us, by the time
we get to ride in a custom-
built auto we’re too sick to
enjoy the ambulance trip*,;—
Q—I am 30 and have one
child. I had a complete hys-
terectomy six months ago.
1 Will I age faster because of -
this operation? =
A—Removal of the uterus
-will not cause ytnr to age
faster. In fact, you will not
age as fast as a woman who
bears a child every 12 to 16
months. If when your uterus
was removed-the ovaries
were also removed, replace-
ment fherapy with a female
hormone preparation will
forestall premature aging.
The difference between
a long-play record and some
of our co-workers is that
you can change the tune~
or shut the record off.
Try, just once, to put the
television set over your face
m
BO BYERS, Houston Chroni-
cle: "It to amazing - to fact,
at times almost incredible-how
many studies and how much
planning are required before
Texas government - moves to
solve long-standing, obvious
problems . . . considerable in-
sight into the nature of Texas
politics to reflected in a com-
ment made yean ago by a vet-
eran officeholder: ‘If you want
to stall progress, Just get the
legislature to create a study
committee.’ . . . Two major
studies, completed this year and
commended to the 1969 legisla-
ture’s attention, may prove il-
lustrative. They are the report
of the Governor’s Committee of
Public School Education and ^
the Texas Water Plan prepared
by the Texas Water Develop-
ment Board. Boith represent four
years of study. Virtually every
major recommendation for im-
provement of public education
could have and should have
been made and implemented
years ago . .. The Texas'Water
piously wish that this ghastly
force — the bomb — would go
away. But that is frivolous and
futile. It will not go away,
We can requisition our great-
est brains and commission
them to devise and build even
greater and more massive wea-
pons in the belief that the very
massive character of,the threat
will completely discourage its
use. But who can predict to
this turbulent world at what
point an unhappy brain may
send an impulse to pull the
nuclear trigger?
Or do we, notwithstanding all
the obstacles to be overcome,
set ourselves on a course of
minimizing the risk that to in-
. volved? .It would require a
massive covenant or treaty
that would organize the nations t
to do Certain things and to ab-
stain from others.
In the case of those nations
which have developed nuclear
power, not only for peaceful
purposes, but also for weapons,
they would
agree not to make
the power available to coun-
tries which do not have the
skill, the brains and the re-
sources to fashion nuclear ma-
terials. —
In return for such an agree-
When the President discussed
With Nixon a summit meeting
with Premier Kosygin of Rus-
sia, the President-elect threw
cold water on the idea. La-
ter, to make sure that Johnson
did not go ahead with the sum-
mit meeting anyway, Nixon
sent secret word to the Rus-
sians that he was against the
meeting. So rather than get
off on the wrong foot with the
new administration, the Rus-
sians politely sidetracked John-
son’s feelers. «*-
More recently, the President-
elect yielded to the pressure of
Max Fisher of Detroit, one of
his biggest campaign contrib-
utors, and made an exception to
his no-foreign-talks rule by see-
ing Gen: Moshe Dayan, the
one-eyed Israeli Minister of De-
fense. This pul Amir Abbass
Hoveyda, Prime, Minister of
Iran, a much bigger country
and one extremely friendly to
the United States, in an em-
barrassing position in the Mos-
lem world. He had asked for
an interview with Nixon and
been turned dbwK ' -
All this came at a time when
the rapidly eroding situation
in the Near East is likely to
explode into war. '
across. Previously, however,
the Lebanese Army did its best
to prevent infiltration.
Last week, on the other
hand, Soviet-built rocket launch-
ers were being'fired by ter-
rorists from Lebanese soil, into*
nearby Israeli, towns. They had
never before been ^permitted
to use Lebanese basek.
Things are sure to get worse.
The Arab Popular Front
whose .terrorists attacked the
Ei A1 airplane In Athens/ to
holding a strategy meeting in
JtoiKLJan. 17, . three days be-
fore Nixon takes office, to de-
cide on further retaliation for
Israel’s raid on Beirut.
WHAT THE US .faces in the
Near East is a very signifi-
cant two-way move by Israel
and Soviet diplomats toward
WORLD ALMANAC
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flair to i major revtaoti ef a mentor the pwr or thr uw-
pretiminzry prim "Which was 1ST'’''‘nucfeaormrtota'r'fHe'MOoito
Q—I had a hysterectomy
four years ago. I have been
spotting bright red or dgrk
red blood one or two days a
month ever since. What
would cause this?
while taking a nap in the sun,
and you’ll appreciate your
newspaper more than ever.
leased in May, 1996, and which
ran into immediate political
trouble.”
When someone asks us
for- a nickel so he can get
a cup of coffee, our tm-
SAM KINCH, Fort Worth
Star-Telegram! “Just thinking
about it spoils their holidays,
but members of the legists-
with developed nuclear power
- . would agree to provide to the
Otbers the benefits of research,
progress and technology for
wholly peaceful purposes.
All nations would agree un-
der such a treaty to delegate
to the International Atomic
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to grips with the same problem
most heads of households face.
It to how to pay for all those
gifts they promised to give ...
Some say the legislators must
find $300 million or more-and
that means the equivalent of
about one cent more on the
sales tax. .»
They shudder at talk of boost-
, ing the sales tax levy, which
they upped a penny only last
toll and which, in the cafe of
most city residents, went up
another penny a few months
earlier through the local op
tion municipal t*x. But the
money must come from some-
where, and there is talk - all
unpleasant - of personal and-
or corporate income taxes,
higher production rates on oil
and gas, putting liquor and beer
under the general sales tax, and
adding some things not now
taxed but not considered ‘sin’
tax material. Most of the high
the necessary rules for safe-
guarding the treaty’s provi-
sions. 4
About 80 nations, including
the United States, Great Bri-
tain and the soviet Union,
have signed the treaty. There
are some holdouts — Israel,
Germany, Italy and others. If
the United States ratifies the
treaty, the holdouts are bound
to come in.
When the treaty is brought up
in the U. S. Senate, there is
bound to be extended debate
and some vigorous opposi-
tion, and the opposition will in
elude the point that the terms
of Uk treaty are vague and
toothless and that, therefore,
the treaty is little more than
a gesture qf good will.
The larger point also will be
made, and this is that the sur-
vival of millions could be^at
stake unless some workable
agreement can be found,’ be-
including American, Soviet and
Arab, believe that war can
only be averted by an “im-
posed” peace. In other words,
the twe. big powers must force
Israel and the Arab belliger-
ents to the conference table.
Significantly, Arab leaders
have conveyed private word to
the US and Russia that they
would welcome an imposed
peace. Their own .populations
have become too volatile and
too bitter, especially after the
Israeli raid on the Beirut air-
port, to enter a peace discus-
sion without beinf forced into
it by the two major powers —
Russia which supplies arms to
the UAR, and the United
States which has just agreed
, to sell 50 Phantom jets to
C "Hmvever, the Israelis remem-
ber the UN peace terms im-
posed upon them at Etonehow-
er’s initiative after the1956 war,
matic relations with President
Nixon. Nixon had visited Cairo
in 1963, had friendly talk
with Nasser; and it’s reported
Nasser tains toward patching
up relations with the Nixon
administration.’•
The Russians, however, don’t
want the United States to win
back any influence in the Arab
world. At present, and since the
June 1967 war, we are without
ambassadors in six Arab na-
tions.
Meanwhile, in push No. 2,
Israel has ordered its am-
bassador in Washington, the
able Yitzhak Rabin, to try to
sidetrack any^ resumption of
American Egyptian relations.
This to not a unanimous Is-
raeli viewpoint, however. It is
not shared by Gen. Moshe
Dayan, who feels that Nixon
might have a moderating in-
fluence on Nasser/Neverthe-
less, the general Israeli push
to harden relations between the
US and Russia ^continues.
These are some of the com-
plexities of the Near East im-
broglio. It’s extremely compli-
cated and jnuch too dnagerous
to allow to drift.
with a brilliant bid.
up wit
didn’t bother to show his
good heart suit but tried
four clubs.
No one can blame North
for cue bidding five dubs.
How could he suspect that
his partner’s principal
strength wgs the ace-king-
queen of .this suit?
sign off
at five diamonds but North,
not to be denied, went to six
diamonds. No one doubled
but that made little differ-
ence. Down one at six dia-
monds was bad enough.
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West North East
South
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spades is a dose second choice.
Your partner has shown at least
10 high card points and neutral
spade support
. TODAY’S QUESTION XT
Instead of bidding two spades
your partner jumps to three
spades. What do you do now?
Answer Tomorrow
Enrich Your Vocabulary
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Variety
Many of our best writers
came from the Midwest,
Aamr la Previous Pyzzlt
including T h u r b e r, Sand-
burg ana Hemingway, The
World Almanac notes. How-
ever, in the course of their
careers, many left their
native region. At one Man-
hattan party, a group of ex-
Ohioans w e r e recounting
the joys of their state
whereupon a New Yorker
asked: “If Ohio was so
good, why did you leave?"
“Well, you see,” James
Thurber replied, "out there
the competition is too
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Q—Who built the first
successful American gasoline-
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phone and in barrack-room
language told Prime Minister
Anthony Eden that he had to
get British troops out of Suez.
He was So tough that Eden
became ill, and resigned short-
ly thereafter. Ike was almost
as tough with the French.
Q—Which is the longest
poisonous snake known?
A—The king cobr# of
southeastern Asia. It reaches
a length of 18 feet.
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