Show Dear Abby i: Standard-Examin- FOR BETTER OF FOR WORSE — By Lynn Phone call could be reunion or rejection & A few months ago Billy moved my By ABIGAIL VAN BUREN' OERN- when he’s reprimanded or somebody provokes him he gets violent I’m at my wit’s end with this boy I’m so afraid when he is older he will get into real bad trouble Help me TROUBLED MAMA DEAR MAMA: Please don’t wait until Billy kills somebody before you have him psychiatr-icall- y examined His violent behavior could be a symptom of a mental disorder Your son should not be allowed to have a knife in his possession and if you knowingly permit it you must share the responsibility for whatever occurs as a result of it Please act at once whatever occurs as a result of it Please act at once Ask your family physician to guide you or call your local mental health clinic Billy clearly needs evaluation and therapy man I realized too late that I didn’t miss a thing but the love kindness and respect of my first husband Sign me MISSED THE BOAT IN YAKIMA DEAR MISSED: That boat may sail again Why don’t you pick up the phone — or write a note — and let him know how you feel? The worst thing you could experience would be rejection And the best would be a reunion What do you have to lose? DEAR ABBY: Not every mother takes it lying down when she is neglected by her children Enclosed is the note I received from my DEAR ABBY : I hav e a problem with my son (IT1 call him Billy) and I pray you will have an answer for me He is 12 years old and has a terrible temper This morning a neighbor kicked our dog for snapping at him so Billy pulled a knife on him This isn’t the first time Billy pulled a knife on somebody He pulled a knife on his sister last summer after an argument and she called the police but after talking to Billy a while they dismissed him (I was mother: “Dear Son: Where in hell is my Christmas present? I didn’t even get a blasted card! What mother gives? — Your “PS If you have died please disregard this ever-lovin- g letter” so-call- ed NO NAMES PLEASE DEAR NO NAMES: “What gives?” your mother asks Obviously not you son at work) you Growing Older Vial could avert threatening disaster By HAROLD BLUMENFELD With flashing lights and wailing J BECKER ren our fire department’s paramedic squad arrived at our condonimium building — and reminded me of the importance of the Vial of Life This vial doesn’t contain a magic health elixir Rather it contains information that could make the difference between life and death for a stricken person This program isn’t only for the elderly It’s equally important for people oi all ages The vial is a round plastic container about 2 inches long and IV2 inches wide It’s similar to those used by the druggist in filling prescriptions It’s what’s inside the vial that counts: vital medical information about each member of the household List for each person the name and phone number of his or her physician If the person is being treated by a specialist include that doctor’s name and phone number as well List all current illnesses - particularly a heart condition high blood pressure use of a pacemaker diabetes QJ42 7 K 109 3 0A 7532 WEST EAST 10865 93 V Q 876 — OJ35 432 54 2 0 96 J94 10 6 SOUTH AJ O KQ10 7 are led or by a heart The American Heart Association reports that the finesse if that proves necessary or more than 40 million Americans have some form of heart disease requiring treatment possibly by a squeeze Also the next association estimates 35 millBut it is much easier to reach ion people have high blood pressure a major seven notrump on paper than at the risk factor in the development of heart disease table North’s four club bid was our No 1 killer With this information plugged into your comartificial and asked partner to you may recall the media has consistentshow a four-car- d major and puter South’s four diamond response dely made a big deal of the beneficial effects of nied having one North leaped to drinking alcohol (in moderation) for the prevention of heart disease Yes it does raise the high six notrump knowing that the comwhich seem to bined point count was at most 35 or density lipoproteins-cholesterin 36 points — instead of the 37 that helping our bodies play a favorable role would make a grand slam mandatprocess the abnormally large amount of undeory — and that was the end of the sirable low density lipoproteins-cholesterBut this makes alcbhol appear to be a long-loauction friend rather than what it really is detrimenIn addition to all of the It seemed likely — when the deal it also was over and Hamman had wrapp- tal effects of alcohol on man and society of onset in role the a high significant ed up 13 tricks — that the Italian plays blood pressure North-Sout- h pair at the second According to Dr Lawrence J Beilin of Autable would either tie the result by ranks close to also bidding six notrump or more stralia alcohol consumption as a preventable cause of hypertension likely would gain 750 points by obesity He his associates found a direct relationand contracting for seven notrump ship between alcohol consumption and high This was certainly a reasonable blood pressure rise For each glass of beer consumed a day expectancy especially with the and (equivalent to one ounce of hard alcohol or one highly accurate Belladonna North-South Avarelli occupying the glass of wine) Beilin measured a one point rise a Kehe-lin blood pressure seats But when Murray and East-WeHe found that people who drank even minimheld the of Toronto cards against them the bidding al quantities of alcohol had higher blood pre surprisingly went: Q AKQ8 PIRIN” open-hea- rt Especially important are the names and addresses of your next of kin and the local phone numbers of relatives or freinds who might be able to provide additional information for the paramedics Roll or fold the sheets of paper with this information for each individual place them into the plastic container and tape it to the right side of a refrigerator shelf Some municipal governments provide the plastic vials and information forms The latter aren’t necessary You can simply write the information on a small sheet of paper and make carbons for additional use We keep another plastic bottle clearly marked “Vial of Life” on the front seat of our auto My wife and I carry additional copies of the information in our wallets in case we have a seizure or are in an accident away from home If you already have a Vial of Life in your refrigerator it’s important to up the study who consumed more than three glasses of beer a day 104 percent had systolic blood pressures (upper number of blood pressure reading) over 140 compared to 26 percent of 117 nondrinkers Diastolic pressures over 90 (the lower number) were found in 10 percent of the high alcohol population and only 34 percent in the nondrinking group Since we have highlighted high blood pressure a glaring heart disease risk factor let’s Of 260 men in one-ma- n one-woma- n life-savin- g who are organized to provide CPU (coronary cardiopulmonary resusita-tion- ) until the ambulace arrives Sue as program could save a life — even your own not lose sight of the American salt problem In the US today the average adult consumes two to two and a half teaspoons of salt a day more than 20 times what your body needs Dr Lot Page Chief of Medicine at the Hospital says “The link between salt and hypertension is as firm as the link between high cholesterol and heart disease” A final reminder too smoking and obesity also contributed to high blood pressure The bottom line in the research literature today is that you should adjust your life style toward being a thin active nonsmoking nonNew-ton-Wellesl- drinking vegetarian Virgil Paintert Styling Associates st well-know- — ed non-drinke- rs ol The bidding: Opening lead red-letter- date the information I confess to being slow to add information about my new doctors pacemaker and medications after my recent surgery Many communities have a “911” general emergency number But precious seconds can be lost while the operator relays the information to the rescue squad Many paramedic squads also have their own direct-dia- l phone numbers for use in emergencies Tape that number on all of your telephone extensions and inside the doors of one or two closets It could be one of the most important phone numbers you will ever dial The family of a stricken person particularly an elderly spouse might find it difficult to operate as a or squad while waiting for professional help I admire the communities and residents of large apartment complexes ol AK7 V etc — and all allergies and special medications At the top of my own list words “NO ASare the ssures than teetotalers and hypertension (defined as blood pressure over 14090) was four times greater in heavier drinkers than among By DALE O NELSON Utah State University NORTH si- Alcohol is one culprit with high blood pressure 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I’M At times he’s a sweet and loving boy but would like to have him back but he has been terribly hurt in his life (it all started with my leaving him) and he is a bitter and disillusioned A-K-- S- car after I was 17 when I married He was a wonderful man who adored me but I too felt that I was “missing something” so I divorced him for a man who had what I thought I was missing I soon found out that I had made the worst mistake of my life Now 30 years later I am alone (Divorced) My first husband is also single (divorced) and I vulnerable TONIGHT RTYOOK HRIRORyoOR fainted something West dealer rnd ytoy looknice ’M NOT LOOKING tonight ! DEAR ABBY: The letter signed “Missing Something” rang a bell with me The writer was a young woman who was living with a man whom she described as “almost a saint” but she wasn’t as madly in love with him as he was with her — so she felt that she was missing North-Sout- h Johnston yoo look nice being told he was never to touch it so I smacked him Then he took a run at me and drove his head into my stomach with such force he knocked the wind out of me I nearly B 13A Monday April 5 1982 er six of spades It’s difficult to rationalize some of the oddities that occur in world championship play Consider this deal whch occurred jn the 1966 match between Italy and North America At the first table with Mathe North and Hamman South for the US the bidding went as shown Certainly the combined hands justify a grand slam venturecer-in notrump since that contract is tain to come home with a heart lead or if the clubs are divided 2 or if the jack of diamonds falls as April Special & Styled Hair Cuts 3-- North Pass Pass Pass Pass East Pass 8 5 Jw Shampoo Sets 5 Ava Painter has now joined our staff! 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