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Show t THE SALT LAKE TIMES Page Three FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1971 ing contact lenses erratically would experience decreased the visual acuity, pain and eye dam- Profile of a Skyjacker: He Wishes New Contact Lens Needs Expert He Could Float Like an Angel Care, Says Optometric Assn. What sort of a person would skyjack an airplane? "As a child he detested the old man who was an alcoholic and violent; mama was a religious nut, salys Dallas psychiatrist David G. Hubbard in the September issue of AMA Update. A recognized authority on the subject, Dr. Hubbard has interviewed more than 40 would-b- e skyjackers in prison. In his hostile home, the typical skyjacker quickly learned to dash from one angry parent to the sanctuary of the other. This flattered the parents, and they encouraged it.You could hardly describe a typical skyjacker as masculine. His voice is apt to be very soft. If hes had sexual activity, it was due to the advances of a sexually aggresive female. Ive yet to meet a skyjacker who ever seduced a woman. As an adult, he has a singular neurotic preoccupation with space, motion and the force of gravity. Hes deeply envious of airline pilots and astronauts. Apparently, he envies their ability (as he sees it) to defy gravity. He even dreams of being able to fly, weightlessly, like an angel or an astronaut. Like his mother, hes almost invariably a religious nut, and he has a driving death wish. In his act of hijacking a plane, he is apparently courting a death that would not result from his own suicidal action. Suicide would condemn him to hell, but if he is killed by anothers hand (as he sees it), he will rise upaward to God in an antigravitational fashion. Despite the number who want to go to Cuba, a skyjacker does not usually hold strong political convictions. In a sense his act of skyjacking is a replication of his childhood strategy of seeking the protection of one parent against a hostile one. This is - borne out by the fact that skyjackers seek to go to nations that are unfriendly to their homeland. Can skyjacking be discouraged? Yes, in large measure. When asked what single thing would have kept him from skyjacking a plane, every one of the men I interviewed said he would not have done it if he had known he would be immediately returned. If thats so an agreement of all nations to return skyjackers promptly to wherever they came from would discourage most of them. Insurance Company Urges Daytime Use Qf Cycle Headlights A motorcycle headlight left on during daylight operation is a safety measure which can reduce fatalities and injuries among cyclists by making them more visible, according to the Insurance Information Institute. The Institute, noting a 1970 toll of 2,330 motorcycle deaths, nearly 19 per cent above the 1,960 recorded the year before, pointed out that a glowing motorcycle headlight can contribute to fewer collisions with automobiles. An increasing unmber of daytime accidents involving motorists turning left in front of motorcycles are coming to the attention of insurance companies, the Institute said. A headlight turned on would make a motorcycle more noticeable to the operator of a car and thus perhaps save a life or avoid personal injury. Increasing recognition of the value of keeping headlights on during daylight hours as a safety measure is indicated by the fact that a number of bus lines and trucking companies have already adopted the practice. age. Characteristics of the contact lens contamination. lenses made of a new flexible Some manufacturers are takplastic require professional pre- ing advantage of miracle lens scription and careful supervision publicity to market flexible lens by the prescribing doctor, the of various materials without testchairman of the Utah Optometric ing and approva lby the U. S. Association Contact Lens Com- Food and Drug Administration. mittee warned this week. Fitting such lenses without FDA Furthermore, according to Dr. authorization is illegal and may Robert W. Head of Salt Lake be harmful to the consumer, he City, most persons now wearing said, since the materials and deconventional contact lenses or sign have not been proven safe. We urge consumers to stay eye glasses would get reduced visual acuity with these new away from places which emphasize merchandise more than proflexible contact lenses. Utah optometrists and ophtha-mologis- fessional competence. The only are being introduced to flexible contact lens now apflexible or soft contact lenses proved by FDA has just been inmade of hydrophilic (fluid ab- troduced in Utah. It should be sorbing) plastic, also caled gel apparent that eye doctors will or hydrogel lenses at seminars use care and caution in prescribing this lens and any future given by the manufacturers. Dr. Head, whose organization FDA approved flexible contact represents about 65 per cent of lenses. Utah vision care specialists, said Advantage of hydrophilic conthat Reputable optometrists will tact lenses, accoridng to the Utah not prescribe the lenses unless Association, are: Comfort for a they are equal to or better than few patients who cannot adapt conventional contact lenses . or to the conventional rigid contact eye glasses for correcting the pa- lenses. The Association estimates tients vision. Their prescription eight out of ten non contact lens is indicated mainly for patients patients could adapt comfortably who can tolerate conventional to conventional contact lenses.) lenses. Hydrophylic contact lenses elim.To avoid possible eye damage inate foreign object sensation beor wasted money, it is vitally im- cause they conform to corneal portant to see a reputable op- curvature and have very thin tometrist or ophthalmologist to edges, eliminating the slight inquire about having hydrophilic bump when eyelids close over a contact lenses fitted, he said. rigid contact lens. Quick adaptation, allowing paRegular progress examinations standard with professional prac- tients to wear the contact lenses titioners are most important for as a cosmetic substitute for eye lens wearers for detection of the glasse occasionally and for vary ts Little or no spectacle blur, and fuzzy vision noticed by wearers of rigid contact lenses who put on eyeglasses of the same prescription after the contact lenses have reshaped the corneas temporarily and slightly. Flexible contact lenses dont reshape the cornea, another reason why they can be worn interchangeably with glasses for appearance. The new lenses are hard to dislodge and particles seldom get under them because they conform to the eye. This may prove them worthwhile for athletics except for water sports. Disadvantages according to the Association, are: Constant risk of contamination leading to eye irritation or damage, since the surface of plastic absorbs wherever it touches. If not sterilized daily and as the doctor instructs the contaminant or particles could be held against the eye, causing infection or injury. Cleaning procedure require great patient responsibility, special equipment and considerable time. Visual acuity often is not as rigid contact lenses or spectacles. Also vision varies as the lens is rippled by a blink or dries out at the edges in wind or air conditioning. These contact lenses cannot correct for more than slight degrees of astigmatism, a common vison defect caused by asymet-ricall- y shaped cornea which does not focus light properly. A rigid contact lens replaces the cornea in refracting light. DEWAR'S PROFILES (Pronounced Do-cr- s White Label") 0171 Dw finis Wfo W YOUTH MOVEMENT. WE ARE WITNESSING THE GREATEST MASS MOVEMENT LN THE HS70RT OF MAN... 97'S BACK-TO-SCHO- OL MOVEMENT NVOLVES S3 MUON CHLPREH, OVER TWICE AS MANY AS N 193 . 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