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DEAR POLLY - I'm short, so I set
my mixing bowl in the sink for stir-
ring. It’s easier for me to reach
comfortably.
A piece of old diaper kept in the
bathroom is excellent for cleaning
my plastic eyeglasses - MRS.
C.A.W.
DEAR POLLY - I use a wire dog
brush to keep the fake fur on my win-
ter coat from getting matted. I start
at the bottom of the fur and work
toward the center, brushing gently —
MRS. B.
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DEAR DR LAMB - My medical these are caused by the diverticula or ing precautions to keep the possibili-
book says that diverticulosis is a if the diverticula develop because of ty of accidents to an absolute
weakening of te large bowel, with the underlying spastic colon. minimum.”
inflammation and outpockets of An attack of diverticulitis is of
mucus membrane lining the bowel in short duration and is much like an
the weakened areas It says that attack of acute appendicitis After
treatment includes elimination of the you recover from the attack, you usu-
the danger than anyone, claim anywhere else. They got a good deal
driving to the office everyday,” he tsha
said. “But we pride ourselves on tak-
When the El Vista homes were
built, a tank field existed at the far
side of the vacant lot, which was
.------.-----. — .. ...__ already zoned for more tanks, said
underlying infection, and sometimes ally do not have another one But peo- Mavor Malcolm Clark
srforzsrsgunrentection, can. be Whicdoare morrsprrpeny rompant “There's‘nothing “T1 "*“•
cured with medicine or is surgery the spastic colon there’s nothing unmoral about it, but
answer? I’ve had this problem for just Ye*. diet is very important in the there is that doubt for the people liv:
the past eight months Can diet help7 management of diverticulitis Most ing in that close, close proximity,”
I eat grains and cereals and drink doctors believe that unless one of the Clark said
milk Can any of these affect the complications is present, a diet that Clark who also works for Gulf,
problem? contains lots of bulk is helpful said some of the residents were
DEAR READER - You may be However, you need to avoid things . . . .. . . it
confused about what your medical that produce gas which may include aware sthatthetankswonldbebuit
book describes Diverticulosis is not bran or even bulk laxatives Milk may when they bought their nomes ana
an infection It involves spots in the also cause gas. which contributes to lots, and "many of these folks moved
wall of the colon that are weakened, the spastic-colon symptoms there because they couldn't afford
PORT ARTHUR, Texas (AP) -
Mildred Pierre’s modest ranch home
is in a neighborhood called El Vista.
But her “vista” includes three-story-
high gasoline and oil storage tanks
no more than 500 feet from her back
door.
When Mrs. Pierre and her hus-
band, Lawrence, bought their house
at the edge of this southeastern
Texas city about six years ago, their
backyard and the baekyards of about
a dozen neighbors abutted an open
prairie where cattle grazed.
Nobodf told them the land was
owned by oil companies. They learn-
ed that when the giant storage tanks
Now three dozen homes are within they’ve never been told what to do in on the property, obviously.”
1,000 feet of the tanks. The residents an emergency. “Fortunately, I don’t think we’ve
of El Vista are frightened, but they “No safety measures were given ever had any problems in that area,”
can’t sell their homes. “I think there us,” said Mrs. Pierre. he said. “But I would assume that
would be a slim chance of anyone Pearl Johnson, a neighbor, said after you live and look out your win-
wanting to buy with those tanks she never thought about emergen- dow and see the big tanks sitting
there,” Mrs. Pierre said. cies until recently. “With all this talk there next to you, it would tend to
Port Arthur, a city of 61,000 with a of explosions and everything, it's get- become an emotional situation after
15 percent unemployment rate, is ting a little spooky,” she said. a while. It could cause folks to worry
part of the Golden Triangle, one of Paul Weeditz, a spokesman for about that, and I may be one of them
the largest concentrations of oil Texaco, which has a 5,000-acre if I lived in the shadow of those tank
refining and petrochemical plants in refinery across the highway from El farms."
the United States. Officials here con- Vista, said the tanks were owned and Clark said some residents had ask-
tend their emergency plans are operated by subsidiaries of Texaco, ed the refineries to buy their proper-
among the best in the nation. But the Gulf, Union Oil and American ty. Meetings among residents, city
residents of El Vista, living closer to Petrofina. The 50 tanks have an officials and company officials were
—m average capacity of 100,000 barrels, held. The request was turned down.
DEAR READERS — Just look at DEAR POLLY - Here is a sugges-
all the wonderful Pointers in our tion for stopping the itching caused
roundup today! - POLLY by mosquito bitea: Moisten a paper
“US--- towel and sprinkle it with table salt,
nr.o por i v r— ona a trick Rub the salt gently over the bump.
. DEARPOHIY. ‘vefound atic The itching wi stop almost immedi-
for diapering my baby son more AtMAS
quickly. 1 keep hisstoys on the dress DEAR M.AS. AND READERS - I
ing table or at the bottom of his crib. .
When changing him, I give him a toy
to hold. He s so busy playing with it NAR pAr I Y _ To stoD a mos-
that he forgets tossquirmiand.fuss •Stt.’St st; s
while mom changes his diapers. ordinary rubbing alcohol - BARB
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perhaps because an artery penetrates DEAR DR LAMB — Please
the colon at that point The inner lin- explain dilation of the aorta is it a
ing of the colon then ruptures through more diplomatic way of saying
the weakened muscular wall to form aneurysm of the aorta"?
little sac-like projections, which are DEAR READER — No. Dilation of
called diverticula So they are little the aorta mean* just that - the aorta .
ruptures is dilated. The aorta is the large
artery that receives blood from the
if one of these gets inflamed. the left side of the heart when it con-
condition is called diverticulitis. This tracts and carries oxygenated blood
is an infection and does require treat- to the body It often widens as people
ment with antibiotics But probably gel older One reason for this widen
no more than 1 percent of people with ing is the gradual loss of elastic fiber*
diverticulosis develop diverticulitis in the wall of the aorta It is not an
as a complication. indication of significant heart disease
The symptoms most people com- and will not lead to other problems
plain about are related to spasm of But an aneurysm is a sacular
the colon. distention and crampy pouch You can consider it as a break
pain It is not even clear whether in the structure of the aorta's wall
or 4.2 million gallons, and contain “To my knowledge, we are not con-
gasoline, diesel fuel, heating oil and sidering any purchase of residential
kerosene. property," said Weeditz.
Weeditz said the tanks were Mrs. Pierre said the residents
designed to minimize the hazard of won't go to court. They were told
explosion and fire. they had a slim chance of winning
“There's no such thing as a risk- and, she said, "We didn’t have the
free environment. You take a risk funds to fight three oil companies.”
Jery Shipman
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Parsell, Reed D. The Hereford Brand (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 84, No. 125, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 27, 1984, newspaper, December 27, 1984; Hereford, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1477864/m1/4/: accessed June 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Deaf Smith County Library.