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Show pll lyn, f HffnfcM J n jl- - - y ry-y- y-- -. v1 ., ly - iy iq jj i The Salt Lake Tribune, Wednesday, June 13, 1973 A 19 Mike Royko Dr. T. R. Van Dellen Remember the Calm 50s ? Too Much Hair Hand Me a Tranquilizer Chicago Somebody on a to explain why we nostalgia for the Daily News talk show was trying have had this wave of decade covering the were installed through the country, and school kids were taught how to sit quietly during a nuclear attack. Egypt and Israel ping;. at each other along the Gaza Strip. Ike had a heart attack. The nation was so relaxed that tranquilizers became our favorite snack. 1950s. He said that it represented a time and normalcy calm that people craved after the turbulence of the of 1956: w ere. Despite what the nostalgia peddlers would have us believe, the 50s were not all Elvis wriggling, James Dean's brooding, Bill Haleys rocking, Patti Page's waltzing, Johnnie Rays crying and everybody elses hoola hooping. There was more going on than Ozzie and Harriett, Our Miss Brooks, Sid Caesar, Whats My Line and Sgt. Friday. . could remain calm Anybody had to have decade that throughout nerves of steel or consume a fifth of gin a day. Consider some of the and events year by year: major 1950: This might have been a tranquil year, except that we got into a damn big war. During the summer, we began fighting North Koreans. By the end of the year we were taking on the Chinese army. And if fighting live Communists wasnt enough. Sen. Joe McCarthy was terrifying everybody, with his early fantasies of Commies under every desk in Washington. Some Puerto Ricans tried to shoot President' Harry Truman. 1 was hour and my mother making 95 cents an ' l raised my rent. : Riots and revolutions, Excessive hairiness (hirsutism) is not unusual. We say this because essential hirsutism, the most common type, is a normal variation in women. Infortuna-tley- , ours is a c ivilization that finds on face or upper lip offensive. anyone? In Poland the workers threw the place up for grabs. The Russians had to send tanks into Hungary. In the South, somebody named King was getting uppity and blacks actually refused to move to the back of the bus, and even wanted to sit down at a lunch counter. People reached for their shotguns in Texas, Alabama and Tennessee when blacks tried to schools on the flimsy enter excuse that the Supreme Court said it was okay. And this was one of the calmest years of the decade. and during 1960s the uncertainty of. today. I have heard that said so often, I sometimes wonder if I was in the same world during the 1950s as all of the nos- talgia bugs Unpleasant Care Available Obviously Vt tmK Revised Lw OPINION, Wis... Then Came Sputnik 1957: The national ego entered the depressive stage when Russia got to the space age before we did with Sputnik. . . lint Alak:i Since hirsutism may also stem from a glandular disorder, a thorough examination is in order. Signs of defeminization such as amenorrhea, deep voice, and excessive musculature respond to hormones or surgery. In others, hairiness is heredt tary or restricted to an area of the skin that has been irritated by rubbing, scratching, or repeated plucking. No Explanation for Tufts In most instances, there is no explanation for the tufts that develop on the upper lip, in front of the ears, under the chin, on the breasts, or lower abdomen. These long terminal coarse hairs are not the fine, lighter colored lanugo hairs or fuzz that grow on most of us. This type is present in 10 percent of women 15 to 44 years of age and tends to increase after the menopause. Too much leads to great unhappiness, ridicule, and social ldV hear vour KMtion on llu iHline and i;nlexiKleiit ;as Iitrilutors! firt, David S. Broder who Stakes High for Officials Gambling on Nixon 7-- The Washington Post . i k Girls Remained Calm 1951: Half ' the country hyster- cal when Truman: fired Gen. MacArthur. All MacArthur had wanted to do was bomb China. The draft was in high gear and I told every girl I met that I would soon be at war, so we should live for that moment only. The girls all remained . calm. . gers status post-- side of gov- John Connally. That Mr. Nixon has, despite the Watergate calamity, been able to persuade both Laird and Connally to join his White House team, at least temporarily, is important evidence of his ability to survive this latest crisis. . Connally and Laird are both legitimate 1976 presidential contenders. Both had the option of seeking their way on their own, without coming back to help Presirescue an embattled lame-duck dent. Both men have patriotic instincts, but no one who knows them will believe the decision was made on the basis of sheer sentiment. Take the decision by Melvin R. Laird to become what is, in effect, deputy president for domestic affairs. Laird is a man of extraordinary political talent and of ambition. presidential-siz- e began our.; third year of-- , : fighting in Korea and they: finally had 23 took me. It days' to cross the Pacific Former Suggestion on a World War II troopship that Henry Last Nov. 19, when Mr. Nixon was Kaiser had made out of spare soup cans. On the way over, I taught some foolish . flushed with satisfaction at his pihillbillies how to play Chicago-styl- e landslide, this reporter was bold enough to suggest in print that the success of his nochle, and they wort all my money. second term would depend on his ability Back home, Joe McCarthy was becoming to attract partners of (Henry) Kissin- a national hero by destroying reputain South, the ropes and lynch tions. were still kept handy. We 1952: on the domestic ernment." The 'only .three men who measure up to this need, that column said, were Nelson Rockefeller, who was clearly unavailable, Melvin Laird and atergate political world and a conbegan to emerge last week fusing world it is: It is not just newspapermen and voters who are having trouble deciding whether the political espionage case is an episode in the? Nixon presidency or a major turning point in AmeriMr. Broder can political histotop- ry. Tough, notch politicians are gambling their presidential futures on diametrically opposite calculations of what that event will mean. The ' - Possible Advantage They must have calculated that it may yet be an advantage to tham to be part of the Nixon team. And that calculais bound to im- tion by such men press other politicians e other hand, politicians will also m the first two major fac t(ie wejgjj eiectjons Sjnce Watergate engulfed the fjjxon hierarchy, two politicians Qn The Family Lawyer Korean War Ended 1953: One third of the way through the decade of nostalgia, the Korean war ended with 54,000 American dead, 103,000 : wounded, and 5,000 missing. ..Nobody had fled to Canada or burned his draft card. Nobody had chanted antiwar slogans in By Will Bernard front of the Hilton or marched on PentaAmerican Bar Assn. gon. Amnesty did not become an issue, Hired as floor nvmager in a departbecause there was no need for it. South Korea had been saved for the free world. ment store, Phyllis asked where she should leave her new fur coat during Today it is a police state. On the troopship back, I taught some gullible hillbilworking hours. Since there were no more lies how to play Chicago-styl- e lockers available, she Was told to leave blackjack and this time I won their money. the coat in a corridor closet. A few days later, the coat was stolen But they stomped me and took it from the closet. The store denied any reback. sponsibility for the loss, but Phyllis 1954: To impress each other, Russia took the matter to court. unconvinced and the U.S. tested sprinkling fallout on the bystanders, which probably No Guarantee caused the appearance of such strange At the hearing, the company said it creatures as Alice Cooper. present-dahad never guaranteed its employees The country was inflamed by Joe Mc' against theft. But it seems the closet had w'ho delighted Carthy. the neither lock nor guard. Finding a lack of in seeing hint maul innocent victims in reasonable care, the court said the comthe televised witch-hun- t hearings are now would have to make good the loss. pany the that Watergate hearings protesting It is common for employes to deposit deprive them of soap opera. McCarthy was finally slapped down, but his spirit clothing and other personal. belongings in still haunts. .. .. company facilities while at work. Tranquilizer Time As a rule, the company must provide reasonable safekeeping if 1955: The Civil Defense System was as in Phyllis case the employe has been established. Sirens and fallout shelters y right-winge- - paign. There are many such contradictions todays politics, and that is why the professionals are having such difficulty in deciding what course to pursue. In last weekend, Virginia Gov. Mills Godwin Jr. went through his expected Connally Act, despite his Watergate worries; and accepted the Republican nomination for governor. Incumbent Ends Role That Stolen Fur Coat? Court Say Finn Must Bear Responsibility - dosely identified with the President have office to seek, chose the same week to end his past role as White House spokesgone down to defeat, on issues of politiman at the National Governor's Confercal chicanery. ence. alMayor Sam Yorty of Los Angeles, Instead of defending the President, as though a nominal Democrat, has been a longtime supporter of the Presidents, ov- in the past, Holton publicly prodded him ertly or covertly aiding his campaigns. to start holding press conferences and last month answering Watergate questions. He was beaten for by the same man, Thomas Bradley, he It was not lost on the politicians that had defeated four years ago. The postat the very moment Godwin was joining election surveys indicate that Yorty s use the Virginia GOP, Holton chose to be of campaign funds was a major factor in hundreds of miles away, at Belmont public disenchantment with him this time Park, sharing the television spotlight around. (With Secretariat and a 1976 Republican Cahill Trounced presidential hopeful named Nelson Rockefeller. New of Even clearer is the defeat Jersey Gov. William Cahill in last weeks primary. Republican gubernatorial Cahill, too, is a Nixon ally. The President campaigned for him in 1969 and brought him to the White House for a victory celebration. Now, Cahill has been trounced, because of allegations of improprieties in the handling of finances in that 1969 cam- On the other hand, the incumbent Re- publican governor of Virginia, Linwood Holton, an ambitious politician with no ,i T rejection. A number of temporary and relatively safe methods of removing superfluous hair are available, including plucking with a tweezer, pulling with wax or plastic materials, clipping or shaving, the use of an abrasive pumice, chemical depilatories, or a bleaching agent. Electrolysis is a safe and permanent method. Current Destroys Root technicians take pictures to follow the .progress. The needle is inserted into the hair follicle along the hair shaft and the electric current is turned on to destroy the hair The New York governor has said nothing so far in defense of the President, despite what his staff says have been repeated White House hints that he should speak out. On the other hand, his rival, California Gov. Ronald Reagon, has appointed himself as commanding general of the West Coast White House defense forces. cross-countr- the woman is upset, especially if dark f hair develops on I j mL'M the body, extremi- Hr- - Van Dellen ties, and the facial area. Most women are very sensitive about superfluous hair and it is disturbing to them. Skillful y before-and-aft- er root. Several treatments are necessary. The aim is not to make a given area devoid of hair, but to decrease the amount of hair to the point of acceptabil; ity by the individual. Which Is Which? One of them is pessing right, and but which? one wrong for the future chose Sen. Charles H. Percy, the height of the Waterpte controversy to announce formation of his 1976 Forty percent of the hairs may return, possibly because they were depilat ed during their dormant period. . Senator Soaper campaip committee. Percy has been whacking the .White House harder on Watergate than any Democrat The housewife who is at once thrifty and concerned will refer to the leftover hash as recycled protein. The rising price of gold is a serious matter, but it doesnt bring out the pickets like beef and onions. Is he gauging public opinion correctly, or is Spiro Agnew, who has brushed aside conservative supporters pleas for caution, and waded in on behalf of the President? instructed to put Jhe article in a particular place. This creates a bailment, relationship, with a legal duty imposed oh the company as,the bailee. Not Unlimited - But the duty is not unlimited. In another case, also involving a stolen coat, the clothes closet was wiihlr. a locked enclosure to which only employees had access. A court ruled that the company had made a reasonable effort to prevent theft, hence could not be held liable. Of course, some responsibility rests upon the employe as well. A toolmaker who owned his own tools often left them overnight on his work bench. Right above the bench was a broken skylight. One night a thief climbed in through the skylight and decamped with the tools. Could the company be blamed for the loss because of the broken skylight? A court said no. because the toolmaker himself was aware of the danger. By leaving his tools in spell an accessible place, said the judge, he had assumed the risk" of their being stolen.. i Goren on Todays Bridge Hand By East-We- vulnerable, South st NORTH K All S O Q J 10 S AJ9532 EAAr WEST J 9 7 532 v5 0 grand slam contract safely home. deals. A C H. 943? Q4 JIM4 06 KQI4 10 9 SOUTH ll 9 ?KQ732 O AKI7 A A 7 The bidding: iouth West Opening lead: Five of A Careful play by South ena-le- d him to overcome the adversities of unfavorable South opened the bidding with one heart and North by responding temporized with two clubs, a one round force. Altho the opening bidder held substantial values, his singleton club deterred him from taking strong action on the next round, and he contented himself with a simple rebid of two diamonds. Altho North had sufficient assets to proceed to game himself, he did not wish to crowd the auction unduly in case his partner was interested in slam so he jumped to four diamonds, announcof an ing the equivalent opening bid with a strong trump fit. South restrained himself no lorger and embarked on a Blackwood inquiry. When North showed the missing aces pin on Goren ble out a grand slam in diamonds on the assumption that his partners club suit could be established for whatever discards might be required. West opened the five of spades and Norths king won the first trick. An examine-- . tion of the combined holdings convinced South that it would be easier to establish the dummy than his own he Accordingly, cashed the ace of clubs and ruffed a club with the seven of diamonds. The dummy was reentered with the ace of hearij and a third round of clubs was trumped with the king of diamonds on which West discarded a spade. The eight of diamonds was overtaken by Norths ten and South established the club suit by ruffing a fourth lead with the ace of diamonds his last hand. trump. TVanlaeAf Akervd that Vi : was in position to protect himself in the event that West was short in hearts. Therefore, as a precautionary measure, South cashed the ace of spades on which he discarded dummys ten of hearts. The king of hearts was led next and West realized that he could not gain by ruffing for, North would overruff, pick up the remaining trumps and then run the clubs. . West discarded a spade on the high heart and, when declarer continued with the queen of hearts, West parted with another spade. In the meantime, the two remaining clubs were slufled from dummy. On the next heart, West was obliged to ruff with the three of diamonds since he had nothing leit except trumps. Dummy overruffed with the five and the queen and jack of diamonds took the last two tricks. 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