Sulphur Springs News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 36, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 12, 1980 Page: 3 of 10
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450 Shannon Rd
Buffet
(Pizza & Salad)
ALL YOU
CAN EAT
(Children 6 t Under FREE)
THE NEWS-TELEGRAM, Sulphur Springs, Toxos, Tuesday, Feb. 12,1980—3.
At Wit's End
i
By Erma Bombeck
I can’t remember when housework became "home
management efficiency,” but I could swear there’s no
difference.
All my life, I’ve been searching for a way to achieve
Phyllis Diller’s lifelong dream: a stove that flushes.
In my catch-all drawer, I’ve got a collection of
household hints, beauty and time savers so weird
they’re guaranteed to get you committed to the ha-ha
home of your choice.
In fact, I have just gone through all of them and
would like to initiate my annual Bombeck, Clean-off,
Mrs. American Beauty and Effiqjency Pageant and
Self-Righteous Spit-Up Bowl. Here are the favored
entries wearing their “original” quotes.
ILLINOIS: “For formal affairs, wedding or just
ordinary dress-up occasions, here’s a hint. If you’re
wearing a long dress on a rainy or sloshy day, cut two
holes in an extra large garbage bag and step inside.
Pull it up to your waist and you’ll have no problem
with splash marks.”
NEW JERSEY: “Home repair jobs are made easy.
Did you know that you can substitute pancake mix for
plaster to fill nail holes in a wall before it’s painted
and revive old Christmas decorations by coating
them with clear nail polish? ’’
GEORGIA: “Smart hostesses are going ‘all out’
these days by wearing an outfit to match the walls of
their homes. You’ll be a real show stopper and
recieve prolonged ‘bravos’ for your originality and
creativity.” (Don’t forget to smile so •people can find
you.)
OREGON: “Children with busy social lives prefer,a
little privacy when on the telephone. A family in
Portland installed a phone in a walk-in closet. Now-
talkers aren’t heard by the rest of the family and the
unsightly telephone message board is easy to hide.”
OHIO: “You’ve certainly heard of the wondrous
things a compost does for your soil, but suppose you
•live in an apartment and have no place for one. Ah,
but you do. You can make your own compost in a
window box handy to the sink where you dump in your
coffee grounds, vegetable peelings and egg shells.
The odor is like a lush jungle rain forest.”
ARKANSAS: “Once a week, we plan an iner-
national meal for the whole family. We plan the entire
menu to reflect foreign countries. We then make a
map of the area, research its interesting facts and
appear at dinner in the costume of the country. It’s
fun, educational and rewarding.”
KEEPING A CHILD entertained during a long ride recently proved to be a challenge even
for Jane Fonda. The actress and her 6-year-old son, Troy Hayden, were traveling by train
from Los Angeles to San Diego as part of a fund-raiser for the presidential campaign of
California Gov. Jerry Brown.
Dangers of salt tablets
Nominations close April 1. The winner will be given
a scholarship to a baking soda factory and will be
crowned in Atlantic City, Bert Parks willing.
DEAR DR LAMB - Since
soldiers or hikers take salt
tablets to retain water, there-
fore permitting them to go for
a longer period of time'with-
out water, why can’t they just
drink salt water?
DEAR READER - You’ve
made a couple of presump-
tions that are not correct. In
the first place, not all soldiers
or hikers take salt tablets and
they shouldn't. The only peo-
ple who should ever take salt
tablets are those who really
lose a lot of salt and that’s
through cdpious sweating
That’s why salt loss usually
occurs only in vigorous ath-
letes or heavy laborers. They
can get additional salt
through food and liquids that
contain salt.
Thus, salt tablets are not to
keep a person from having to
drink water. The salt is mere-
ly to replace the salt lost in
sweat, in fact, if a person
takes salt tablets and fails to
drink adequate amounts of
water at the same time, he
may increase his chances of
having a heat stroke.
To give you more informa-
tion on salt l am sending you
The Health Letter number JO-
12, Salt: Your Vital Sodium
and Potassium Balance, Other
readers who want this issue
-CopyrighUVOO, Field Enterprises. Inc.
nut 11
Consumer Reports
Made in U.S. or not?
can send 75 cents with a long,
stamped, self-addressed enve-
lope for it. Send your request
to me, in care of this newspa-
per. P.O. Box 1551, Radio City
Station, New York, NY 10019'
DEAR DR. LAMB
Recently my grandfather had
some kind of a respiratory
attack. He had been outside in
the evening air when it first
started He said he couldn't
catch his breath. He asked for
a glass of hot water because
he said afterward that it
opened his chest up so he
could breathe
At the moment he was hav-
ing the attack, his face turned
purple, his eyes watered and
he was unable to exhale. He
could breathe in but he
couldn’t breathe it back out
Sometimes he looked swollen
around the chest, Could it be
his heart? The doctor said he
had a slight heart attack a
year-ago but he hasn’t been
back to any doctors for any
check ups since then
DEAR READER - You’re
a very good observer. Your
grandfather apparently had
some form of asthmatic
attack. Characteristically,
these individuals can inhale
but they have trouble exhal-
ing. It’s the effort they have to
make to force the air out of
the lungs that causes the
wheezing one hears during an
acute asthmatic attack.
The blueness of the face
was because the lungs were
not able to provide enough
fresh oxygen to the circula-
tion. We call this cyanosis.
It’s possible that your
grandfather had the typical
allergic attack. But the rest of
your story of his previous
heart attack raises the possi-
bility of cardiac asthma This
is a term we use for people
who suddenly develop fluid in
the lungs because of heart
disease.
The fluid causes swelling
around the air sacs ana
triggers the asthmatic-like
response. The attack goes
away once the fluid is cleared
from the lungs.
In any case, your grandfa-
ther should see his doctor
right away. If he’s having flu-
id in the lungs because of his
heart, the doctor will want to
give him some medicine
which will help to relieve the
condition and should improve
his breathing. If he has the
forn
ordinary form of asthma,
there are numerous medjeines
that can be used to help, too.
(NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSN )
The light side.
Stonihgton Valentines Can
Get Free Marriage License
STON1NGTON, Conn,
(AP) — That "incurable
romantic" — as Town Clerk
Ruth Waller describes
herself — will issue
marriage licenses for free on
Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14, as
a gesture to lovers.
The usual fee for marriage
licenses in this little coastal
town is $5.
By the Editors
of Consumer Reports
DEAR CONSUMER
REPORTS - When I pur-
chased a new lawnmower last
summer, I presumed it was
made in the United States,
since it didn’t have labeling to
suggest otherwise. When the
lawnmower broke down, I did
some work on it and discov-
ered many parts made over-
seas. Don’t federal laws
require labeling to show
where a product is manufac-
tured? Do I have any
recourse?
lows up individual complaints,
and generally acts only when
it receives a large number
about the same thing.
Usually, when the FTC does
discover a labeling deficiency,
it orders the manufacturer to
change the label - probably
not much help to you. Still,
you may get recourse through
a local consumer protection
agency, your state attorney
- —all
general’s office, or in a small
claims court, where you can
sue the company. The FTC
official says you can use 16-
CFR-Part 15 to help you back
your claim in court.
DEAR READER - A Fed-
eral Trade Commission (FTC)
official says some regulations
may apply to your situation,
but the law in this matter is
complicated and is generally
' ride ‘
decided on a case-by-case
basis.
If roughly 50 percent of the
machine's parts and labor
comes from foreign markets,
the regulations say the prod-
uct must be clearly labeled as
having imported parts. Or if a
“significant” piece of the
equipment was made abroad,
then the label must say so.
(For more information, con-
sult a local law school’s
library, or a well-stocked pub-
lic library reference branch
for a copy of the Code of Fed-
eral Regulations, 16-CFR-
Part 15. Ft describes labeling
regulation decisions.)
If you believe that your
lawnmower’s label, or the
lack of a label, is illegal, you
can contact the FTC. The
agency, however, rarely fol-
DEAR CONSUMER
REPORTS — Today’s cars
are designed to protect the
seat-belted passenger in a
“frontal” crash of 30 miles
per hour. Up to what speed
are you protected in a head-on
collision with another moving
vehicle?
DEAR READER - It
depends on the size and speed
of each of the involved vehi-
cles. The protection you get is
the same whether your car
hits a standing barrier at 30
mph, or it hits another car of
equal mass (weight) head-on
while both are traveling at 30
mph.
DEAR CONSUMER
REPORTS — I have heard
that cordless electric shavers
work slower and not as well
as the ones with cords. Is this
true?
DEAR READER - That
parable to that of the "plug-
in” types.
For brand-and-model rat-
ings of 22 shavers — both
with and without cords — see
the November 1979 issue of
Consumer Reports. (To order,
send $1.25 to: From Consumer
Reports, F9113, Box 9000,
Orangeburg, N Y. 10962.)
Cordless or rechargeable
shavers tend to be more
expensive than the “plug-in"
types. But the rechargeable
models offer independence
from an electric outlet. Some
cordless models have to be
placed in a special stand for
recharging., But most of the
tested models come with
charging devices that also let
you use the shaver as a “plug-
in” type when the batteries
run down.
Carl J. Williams of Sulphur
Springs has been admitted to
McCuistion Medical Center in
Paris.
Dan Parker of Sulphur
Springs is a patient in Mc-
Cuistion Medical Center in
Paris.
Hall Gaddy of Sulphur
Springs has been admitted to
Citizens General Hospital in
Greenville. :
(NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSN.)
Patricia Gentry is a patient in
Citizens General Hospital in
Greenville.
depends on how fully charged
ries are. Th
the shaver’s batteries are. The
performance of tested cord-
less shavers whose batteries
were fully charged was com-
NOTICE
The Miller Grove Senior Class of '80 will hold a
country and western dance March 14,1980 in the
high school gym. This was formally mistakenly pro-
moted as an FFA benefit dance. All tickets and ads
sold as FFA will be honored. Refunds will be made
if possible for those who wish to withdraw their
support. We wish to apologize for this promotional
error.
yliaBiti Grand Re-Opening
Wednesday, February 13th
Frances Frazier, the manager
and her employees would like
to invite you to our Grand
Re-Opening.
We have remodeled and are
proud of our "New Look"
Receive an Austin's Cap
FREE
With Any Purchase
4 DAYS ONLY
(or while supply lasts)
Miller Grove
Senior Class ’80
Teens tell how to
Bv ROBERT
W ALLACE, Ed.D.
Copley News Service
break nasty habit
It’s guest writer time and
Darlene, 17, from Klamath
Falls, Ore,, wants to quit
smoking. Jill St. Claire, 16,
from London, Ontario, Can-
ada, and Ron Smith, 17, who
lives in Rock Island, 111.,
will do their best to rid Dar-
lene of her nasty habit.
Dr. Wallace: I have been
smoking for three years and
for ihe last two, I have been
smoking at least a pack a
day. My boyfriend has been
sweet and understanding
about It. but 1 know it
bothers him, so I want to
quit smoking for him as well
as my health.
I have tried not buying
cigarettes but I always wind
Admitted
Mrs. Ewell Smith, Route 5.
I.T. Harper, 608 Plano.
Gary Don Michael,
Scroggins.
Mrs. Lowell Smith, Route 2.
Howard Smith, 812 Tate.
1-ori Raines, Talco.
Chuck Davis, Pittsburg.
Thomas Redfearn, Mount
Pleasant.
Mrs. James Stanley, Cooper.
William Davidson, 621
Bellview.
Jennie Virgil, Cooper.
Robert Alexander, 110
Harred.
R.L. Ponder Jr., 405 Lee.
Mrs. Georgia Glossup, 616
Main.
Mrs. Radial Wallace, Route 2.
Jolinny George, Greenville.
Dismissed
Mrs. Opal Benton, 730 Sunset.
Jackie Rutledge, Como.
Mrs. Vickie Cates, Route 3.
Mrs. Malinda Gonzales,
Route 3,
Sonia Clayton, Route 5.
Mrs. Alton Chester, Saltillo.
Guss Searcy, 220 Ross.
B.F. Points, Pickton.
Howard Anderson, Route 5,
Robert Smith of Sulphur
Springs has been admitted to
Citizens General Hospital in
Greenville.
Jeffrey Burgess of Yantis has
been admited to Citizens
General Hospital in Greenville.
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« sermon, and Ihe singing at Shannon *
« Oaks Church of Christ this Sunday - *
« ’Happiness Sunday!’ Be sure lo join *
« us for a great day!" *
« - lot and Essie Pearson *
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up ‘bumming” one,
Do you or your guest writ-
ers have an easy way for tnc
to stop? I have already tried
substituting gum for ciga-
rettes but it didn’t work. —
Darlene, Klamath Falls,
Ore.
Darlene: I know of no
"easy” way to stop the
nasty habit of smoking.
Actually, I don't think then*
is any easy way but one can
break the habit if one sets
his or her mind to it.
I think you should set rea-
sonable goals and then work
to obtain them. Let me
explain. For the next week,
allow yourself three ciga-
rettes a day ■*«. one before
noon, one after noon and one
in the evening. The follow-
ing two weeks limit your
intake to two cigarettes a
day. The fourth week limit
your cigarette smoking to
one per day. On the fifth
week stop smoking entirely,
and keep track of the days
you are not smoking.
As the number of days
increases, so will your confi-
dence. Also, If by chance
you should give in (heaven
forbid), don’t throw away
the program Stop smoking
and start counting Ihe days
again.
It worked for me (I
haven't smoked in two
years) and it can for you,
but you must want to quit. —
Dr. Wallace
Hi Darlene: I’ll admit I’m
a smoker and I’d like to quit
but I know that I don’t have
the courage or confidence
(I’d like to say guts) to quit.
But if I did 1 would quit
“told turkey." I'd throw
away all my cigarettes and
give away my two lighters.
Then I'd get Involved with
good food and gain a few
pounds (I'm always on a
diet). Then when I felt 1 had
the smoking hang-up licked,
I’d go back on my diet. Good
luck and I hope you quit. —
Jill, London, Ontario, Cana-
da
Hello Darlene: I don’t
smoke but my mother did
and she quit (I think). About
a year ago our doctor told
my mother to stop smoking
because she had a breathing
problem.
She tried everything but
the most successful method
was by going to a center for
cigarette smoking (1 forget
the name). It cost her over
$200 but it has worked so far
(27 days).
I realize gomg to a center
is expensive but at today's
prices, so are cigarettes and
no amount of money is
worth lung cancer. — Ron,
Rock Island, 111.
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newspaper.
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