Sulphur Springs News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 68, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 20, 1980 Page: 3 of 26
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THE NEWS'TEIEGRAM, Sulphur Springs, Texas, Thursday, March 20,1980—3.
At Wit's End
By Erma Bombeck
As a driver of a car, I feel I’m discriminated
against. Every three years I must go to the Depart-
ment of Motor Vehicles and take a test to determine
whether or not I am fit to drive a car.
I must know my primary colors: red, yellow and
green. I must be able to identify street signs, know
who has the right of way, and what speeds are lawful.
Yet, year after year, pedestrians are turned loose
on society with a pair of unlicensed feet and no idea of
what is expected of them.
Bicycles, motorcycles, trucks, carts and vans . . .
everything that occupies our roads has a license. But
what about pedestrians? What are their rules? I’d like
to see the following test given people who walk our
streets and roads every day.
1. It is raining and you are carrying a sandwich
back from the delicatessen to the office. Do you: (a)
Cross in the crosswalk when the light is green; (b)
Cross in the crosswalk, holding up a free hand to bring
all traffic to a screeching halt as you pass by; (c) Pop
out from behind a parked car in th middle of the block
and scare the driver half to death?
2. You are jogging on the wrong side of the street,
down the middle of the road. When a driver blows his
horn, do you: (a) See your error and go to the correct
side of the street; {b) Ride the hood of his car and
pretend nothing has happened; (c) Make an obscene
gesture?
3. Body signals are important. When you open a car
door on a busy street and swing your legs out into the
traffic, you are saying: (a) My car door is insured;
(b) Everybody change lanes and pray; (c) Short
people are cute? - ,
4. A pedestrian may not park: (a) In a traffic lane
with her shopping cart while talking with a friend; (b)
At a drive-in bank asking directions to the post office;
(c) In front of a gasoline pump while talking to a
biker; (d) In a driveway leading to a public parking
lot; (e) On the freeway with your dog, “Killer.”
5. It is a pedestrian violation of you walk: (a) While
under the influence of liquor; (b) Recklessly through
traffic that is moving; (c) Race another walker; (d)
Against the lights.
And finally, a note to pedestrians. Don’t pollute. If
you must sweat, hitch a ride.
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What bugs teens
(out & about) Has stomach spasms
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Bv ROBERT
WALLACE, Ed.D.
Copley News Service
Teens: Did you ever won-
der what “bugs" teens
about each other9 A new
survey by a teen magazine
has revealed that the habits
and quirks that irritate teen-
agers most about the oppo-
site sex are often behaviors
which attempt to mask the
insecurities so typical of this
age group.
The magazine asked teen-
agers, "What are the things
"girls (guys) do that drive
you absolutely crackers?”
and found that many of the
complaints were also basi-
cally similar.
For example, several of
the most common com-
plaints girls had concerned
guys who try to do what
seems "cool’’ but which re-
ally isn't. Opening lines like,
‘‘Can I go where you’re
going?" or “Wanna party9”
are instant turn-offs, as are
nicknames like “Baby” and
“Sweetheart.”
Obscene language was
also high on the list of things
girls disliked.
"Cool” behaviors that
turn guys off are girls who
light a cigarette and then
ask if they mind if they
smoke, and girls who dress
in flamboyant styles.
Guys and girls also dis-
liked people who didn’t ac-
cent them for themselves.
Girls are uncomfortable if a
guy suggests she wear high-
er heels or flat shoes if she
is shorter or taller than he,
while guys are unhappy if a
date tries to "make over"
his wardrobe or personality. -
The influence of the
women’s liberation move-
ment has definitely influ-
enced teen-ager relation-
ships, according to the sur-
vey. High on the list of girls'
gripes were guys who asked
them to mend or iron their
clothing, while guys indicat-
ed an intolerance for girls
who left all the decision-
making about movies or res-
taurants to them.
Their attitudes toward
money have felt the influ-
ence, too While girls admit-
ted to enjoying being taken
out, they resent a guy who
tries to pay for everything,
from a phone call home to a
trip to the ladies’ room.
Guys, oh the other hand,
don't care for girls who
never offer to pay for any-
thing, particularly if she is
dating him reguiarly.
Mrs. Dons Rawls of the
Hopkins County Opportunity
Center has announced an
opening for two students in the
center’s Infant Stimulation
Program. The vacancies were
left by two students who haved
moved recently. The program
is available to any child age (1-3
needing this type of therapy.
For more information contact
Mrs. Rawls at 885-3881.
Mrs. Gail Johnson is a new
counselor at the Hopkins
County Opportunity Center.
Mrs. Johnson and her husband
have recently moved to Sulphur
Springs due to the transfer of
her husband by Sandpointe
Homes. Mrs. Johnson has a
master’s degree in counseling
She will be working with
regular volunteers Dana Jor-
dan, L.R. Peugh, Barbara
McKenzie and Olet.a Williams.
Mrs. Clyde France is confined
to her home at 800 North Davis
Street due to illness.
Mrs. Gary Young of Sulphur
Bluff has been admitted to
McCuistion Medical Center in
Paris.
hospitals
IIUI 11
Consumer Reports
Antiperspirants take test
By the Editors
of Consumer Reports
The advertising industry’s
campaign to make all Ameri-
cans "inoffensive” has led, in
part, to the creation of a $750
million a year antiperspirant
business.
And, while these products
are undeniably big sellers, one
might well question how
effective and safe they are, as
Consumer Reports recently
did
The U S. Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) classi-
fies antiperspirants as drugs
because their active ingred-
ients reduce sweating and
thus affect a bodily function.
(Interestingly, the FDA con-
siders deodorants to be
cosmetics and not drugs —
even though deodorants con-
tain anti-bacterial chemicals
to inhibit the growth of other-
wise harmless odor-causing
bacteria.)
Questions of antiperspirant
effectiveness and safety have
been studied since 1974 by an
FDA-appointed panel of
experts, which released a
final report last October.
The panel evaluated results
of tests by 15 manufacturers
of 60 different antiperspi-
rants. In the tests, men and
women used an antiperspirant
under one armpit and the
same product minus its active
ingredient under the other.
An absorbent pad was then
placed in each armpit for a
specific time. The pads were
later weighed, and if one was,
say, 20 percent lighter than
the other, the active ingred-
ient was assumed to have
reduced perspiration by 20
percent.
When perspiration reduc-
tion was less than 20 percent,
the results were inconclusive.
Thus, the panel recommended
that only products with a 20
percent or better rating be
allowed on the market.
According to the test
results, lotions were the most
effective agents for reducing
perspiration, followed by
creams, sticks and liquids.
(Roll-ons were the most varia-
ble.) The least effective prod-
ucts were the aerosols.
In addition, aerosols raised
an important safety question.
The panel, citing animal stud-
ies, suggested that manufac-
turers be required to conduct
long-term tests to examine
the potential hazards from
inhaling their products’
ingredients.
Two of the cited tests
showed that, in aerosol form,
the commonly used active
ingredient aluminum chlo-
rohydrate caused lung
changes in animals. (Both
studies used heavy doses of
the ingredient in a particle
size so small as to increase
the likelihood that it would
reach the lungs.) Another ani-
mal study indicated that it
may take years for inhaled
aluminum chlorohydrate par-
ticles to be cleared from the
lungs.
The further studies suggest-
ed by the FDA panel might
provide some answers to the
safety question by more close-
ly approximating normal
human exposure from regular
use.
(c) 1980 Consumers Union
(NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSN)
Admitted
Mrs. Robert Wesson, 212
Be 11 view.
Mrs. Perry Clark Sr., Sulphur
Springs Nursing Home.
Christopher Pryor, 321
Weaver.
John Humphries, 817 College.
Vernice Brumley, Pickton.
Michael Weatheread, Route
4.
Mrs. Nelia Reeves, 911 Ardis.
Mrs. Bert Clapp, Hopkins
County Nursing Home,
Mrs. Dee Mabe, 642 Tate.
Mrs. Horace Smith, Route 5.
Jerry McCoy II, 2836 Church.
Mrs. Bernice Ballard, 903
College.
Thomas Pritchett, Brashear.
Jimmy Lee Chester, Route 2.
Dismissed
Randy Whittle Jr., Box 184.
Angela Plunk, Winnsboro.
Mrs. Kenneth Romans,
Cumby.
Mrs. Jean Brown, 209
Bell view.
Thomas Petty, Brashear.
Lonnie Scarborough, 307
Radio Road.
Mrs. Calvin Combs, Pecan
Gap.
Mrs. Jeff Champion, 615
Ingram.
Tomeka Gadlin, Vernon.
Mrs. Homer Grayson,
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DEAR DR LAMB - I’m
writing about my 31-vear-old
son He’s been having stomach
spasms for the past year He s
had all the tests taken includ-
ing barium enemas, X-rays,
brain scan and about every-’
thing you can think of and all
the tests are negative He's
been to several different doc-
tors and each one has a differ-
ent diagnosis He has tried all
the treatments and nothing
seems to help.
He still gets two or three
spasms a day and some of
them last a couple of hours
and some are only 10 minutes
At present he’s on 98 percent
low-fat milk and Sanka coffee
but 1 don't see any improve-
ment with that He's tried
Maalox, Maalox plus Librax.
Mylanta, Valium. Donatal,
Metamucil and all sorts ot
other antacid pills
DEAR READER - I can't
tell what you mean by stom-
ach spasms However, since
he's had such an extensive
work up without finding any-
thing significant, it suggests
that there is no structural,
serious disease that would be
life threatening or disabling
Of course, you can stilPhave a
very severe pain from spasms
of the colon or at the outlet of
the stomach, pylorospasm or
esophageal spasms. A prob-
lem doesn't nave to be life
threatening to be pretty
uncomfortable
Perhaps you're trying to
tell me he has a spastic colon
so I'm sending you The Health
Letter number 2-1, Irritable
or Spastic Colon and Constipa-
tion Other readers who want
this issue can send 75 cents
with a long, stamped, self-
addressed envelope for it
Send your lequest to me, in
care of this newspaper, P.O.
Box 1551, Radio City Station,
New York. NY 10019, It will
give you some helpful hints
that he might use in reference
to diet which may help his
problem.
Now, some people who have
severe digestive complaints
and there’s nothing to see on
on this program then he can
stay off of these items but he
would then need some calci-
um supplements either by
using milk that's been treated
health
Lawrence E. Lamb, M.D.
X-rays and tests that are com-
monly used really have milk
intolerance It's worth a try
So I would suggest that your
son try two things First, elim-
inate all milk from his diet,
including all foods that
include any milk or dairy
product# hi theif preparation
And at the same time he
should eliminate all forms of
coffee, including any decaf-
feinated coffee, tea and avoid
colas of any type, particularly
those that contain caffeine.
Some people are surprised
!o learn that decaffeinated
coffee is also irritating to the
digestive system in some
people.
If your son should do well
to break down the milk sugar
adequately or by using a milk
substitute made from soy-
beans such as ProSobee that
doesn't contain milk
In cast' your son continues
to have difficulty the possibil-
ity that he has anxiety that
causes digestive symptoms
should be considered Many
people with emotional con-
flicts do' have digestive
complaints In such instances,
professional counseling often
helps A psychiatrist may be
able to determine the source
of the anxiety provoking con-
flict that could be the basic
problem A lot of medical
complaints are caused by anx-
iety and the anxiety some-
times goes unrecognized.
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Keys, Clarke. Sulphur Springs News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 68, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 20, 1980, newspaper, March 20, 1980; Sulphur Springs, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth823759/m1/3/: accessed June 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society.