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Show A. i' again $ ft fnf'ij ' m f f The Gentle Bru: After Khe Sanh, A New Life DESERET NEWS, Monday, Ever Been Polled? Not Us! clung. a There were drought, disease, crippling yeather, wild animals, poisonous snakes and the paralyzing mud and insects which grips the earth during the annual monsoon season. There were the menacing Vietnamese both North and South, who long ago slandered the mountain people as ignorant savages and on whom they inflicted frequent and brutal excesses. Despite it all, the incredible concert of terrors with which they lived, the Bru and other Montagnard tribes stayed in the mountain land, claiming to understand its dark furies and savage moods; with understanding came both tolerance and acceptance. It remained for the nearby horror of Khe Sanh to shake such stoic resolve. $& V X i i sj ' . uf 5 i fa ' V A,x A v $ I w' '5 .i,V By HARRY JONES f - . - - A ' i'vL1' vv'3if v- - - 'v M V three-mont- h xi Iiapycm.u uui tug ui at kucuuuuj when this year was still in its infarey, when millions of tons of screaming steel some stray, some aimed fell and decimated their numbers. With Khe Sanh came the end of choices and the beginning of a mass migration which parallels any other of this century. The tribeswoman cultivates her new land in the Cua Valley. Bru The Era tribes people, 5,000 of them, among the most gentle of Gods people, made their move without help and against odds which would bring pause to even the most desperate. It was a magnificent thing, and it was done on their own and the memory of it bums brightly in those few Americans who watched the extraordinary event. The distance wasnt so great, it was the hostile mountains through which no favoring path ran that caused the exodus to be remarkable. They walked day and night without rest and took food and water when and where they could find it. Men and woman and old people and chil go up at Mialoc in Cua Valley for Bru tribe. They are being built Houses transplanted dren and even infants struggled away from their bitter heritage. Some fell and were buried along the way. Some were carried and still others were literally pulled across the tortuous mountains. The military harassments to which they had been sure their odyssey would be subjected miraculously failed to materialize, and in three weeks they had finally found their way out of the mountain land and stood at its base on the edge of a sunny, deserted valley. It is hard to imagine the degree of wonderment which must have filled their minds as they stood there and saw the place that could be theirs, a soil that would yield food in exchange for attention and from which the conditions of By STEVE HALE tion? Fact. Weird as It may seem, warts hzve been cured for in centuries just such strange ways. Its a sort of hypnotism. Hypnocan cure tism warts, and scientists dont know why. However, it doesnt always work. Medics cant explain that one, either. They are convinced, though, that true warts are caused by a virus. Researchers have tried o make a vaccine that will prevent warts, but so far, this has been unsuccessful. A Salt Lake skin specialist said warts can be contagious. Sometimes a person their own dreary lives could be elevated. Here there was hope. They had no previous idea that It would be there, no preconceived notion that there might be for them a promised land somewhere. And there had been no individual leader as is usually the case in such moments of human achievement, no human symbol around whom the others had gathered. Rather, it was a collective thing in which the unit as one had struggled toward an unknown it knew could bo no worse. What they found they regarded as a blessing from the one compassionate God most who theirs among closely resembles our own. THE MEDICAL PULSE will suffer a scratch and warts will be seeded along the skin break. A physician thinks the reason warts are such a mystery is that they live in a delicate balance. "They dont seem to hurt the person so much that natural defenses attack and destroy the viruses that cause warts, he said. If part of a wart is burned or surgically removed and some of the affected cells are left, the wart may reappear. Sometimes a person will have a wart removed and five more will materialize. The patient may return to the doctor and complain that the treatment did it. Not so, said the skin specialist. Often "baby warts are so small they cant be seen until theyre a few months old. These pesky little bumps of tissue appear most frequently on exposed parts of the body hands, feet and face. The doctor said that people should not become worry warts about this problem. Often warts disappear spontaneously. A researcher reported last week that the death rate from strokes and heart attacks are higher among people who usually sleep long hours. "Im not going to lose any sleep over It, a Salt Laker said. The American Cancer Society reported today that during the first half of this year, Americans bought some 40 million fewer cigarettes each day than in 1967. The ACS also reported that about 21 million Americans have quit smoking, and that 100,000 of them are doctors. Nevertheless, lung cancer Is expected to kill about 59,000 Americans in 1969, the society said. Dentists have long been searching for something that will fasten certain fillings in teeth with a bond stronger than glue. A line of study their research is taking now? Theyre locking into the way barnacles fasten themselves to the sides of ships and jetties! The "measles year ended early this month, and the indications are that this malady Is becoming a rare disease. Like polio. Like polio, Its being eradicated by a vaccine. Utah had a mass measles vaccination program several months ago, and the re- sults were dramatic. The state had only 21 cases of measles reported during die past year, while the total for the year before was 414 cases. The next rare disease is expected to be German measles, which often causes a variety of birth defects when nn expectant mother has the disease early in pregnancy. nations only university-base- d professional dance company, the University Repertory Dance Theatre (RDT), MUSICAL WHIRL The will open its 1968-6season this week, October The RDT was made possible by a Rockefeller Foundation grant. Giving the performances an added zest of attraction will be tne world premieres of two dances, choreographed by two of the most respected names in the contemporary dance world ; Anna Sokolow and John Butler. co City at the Bellas Arts (where the Tabernacle Choir sang last July and in Israel. 25-2- 9 The celebrated name of Jose Limon also appears on the program with a performance of his "Concerto Grosso. Miss Sokolow, who has previously Worked with the members of the RDT and the University Modern Dance Department, is honoring the RDT with the premiere of her work, "Steps of Miss Soko' ow has so many Silence. "firsts and has been awarded so many honors, that they cannot even be listed in the space available here. Not only was site a student of the great Martha Graham, but also riie herself has long been one of Americas foremost teachers. Amqng her many distinctions is creating a successful sdiool of dance in Mexi- - John Butler is also honoring tne RDT with the premiere of his "The Initiate." Born in Memphis, Tenn., he began his choreographic career with dances for shows, Broadway and Menoctis "The among them Consul in 1947. (Menottis "Amahl and the Night Visitors will again be presented this Christinas season in the Tabernacle by the nlvcrsity Opera Company.) He has had his own dance companies, and they have successfully toured around the world. Gian-Carl- o Jose Limon again received international attention for his Missa Brevis that was presented here three seasons ago. His many works to classical musical scores also include Bachs "Chaconne in D Minor. He received the Capezio Dance Award in 1965 and an honorary doctorate from Wesleyan University. The Cleveland modern dancer, Glen Tetley, who has also worked with the RDT, will be represented on the program with "Freefall. (As a sidelight, he danced the world premiere of Monottis on "Amahl and the Night Visitors NBC-TIn 1951.) He was the first dancer of the New York City Opera Company Ballet, and has also been a member several different seasons with John Butler Dance Companies. Phil Keeler, a long-timmember of e the University Ballet Theatre who is now head of the Dance Department at the University of Washington in St. Louis, is the choreographer of another new work to be seen this weekend, "Dance Intime. Phil is especially remembered for all the seasons that he danced the role of Dr. in "The Nutcracker. Dross-elmey- Completing er the program will be Tim Wengerds "Chant that received high critical praise when the RDT performed it in Chicago last May 2. Tim, who is one of the original members of the RDT, choto music by John reographed "Chant Cage and Lou Harrison. In his program notes, Tim has said: " Chant is taken from the concept of a ritual, the formal structure of which has superseded the original emotional motivation. There is the no logical continuity to the dance shapes and forms now existing for their own sake, though a certain amount of emotional motivation still remains. They were based also on the concept of motion and vertical line. ON RECORD Mozart: "DivertiNos. 10 and 11. Collegium Aure-uEnsemble. Victoria Mono VIC 1335, mentos stereo m VICS-1335- . These are chamber performances, one player for each part and played on old, authentic instruments. They are interesting and well played, and they are exceptional value at the Victrola price. There will be some listeners who will prefer more polish and high style of better orchestral performance on higher priced Victor albums. the small society by Brickman By JOSEPH G. MOLNER, M.D. Dear Dr. Molner: I have been plagued with chronic bronchitis since I was quite young, which bothers me a great deal as I must use my voice constantly. Is there a cure for this condition, every time the weather changes from warm to cold or vice versa? which occurs I have told my parents there is no cure, and I get a pencillin shot and supplementary medicine every time the weather changes. My parents object, and say there is a cure for bronchitis that is permanent, and I should go to a throat A.G. specialist "Bronchitis Is too general a term to permit saying that there is or Lnt a "cure. Bronchitis is inflammation of the bronchial passages; the question then is the cause. You have sensed the futility of penicillin and other temporary measures every time you have an attack. A more accurate diagnosis is what you need. Then you can begin to talk about whether a cure is possible or, if not, what palliative measures will help you. Chronic bronchitis can be an infection that flares up periodically. But because you have had the trouble since you were young, there may be an allergic factor involved. Susceptibility to weather changes is common in that instance. of the chest and sinuses is imperative ; the doctor must rule out tuberculosis, bronchiectasis, or other lung conditions which may be involved. Defects of nose and throat may be present and causing some, or more than just some, of the trouble. Exposure to irritating dust or particles is sometimes involved. (Smoking is one such irritant although, since your trouble started when you were very young, that would not be a basic cause y nose-thro- I 1 g The rest are there nourishing the soil and even now waiting for its first harvest. They and a handful of American CORDS (Civil Operations Revolutionary Support) are in the Cua Valley building new roads, dams, irrigation systems and more houses for those Bru still to come. And, each day, there is time to w'alk across the new land and feed into it the chemicals that can cause it to bring forth freshness and food. MaThere is Dan Kelley, a rine from Philadelphia, who lives with them and who has extended his tour in Vietnam so that he might share a little more of his life with the Bru. They are teaching Kelley their language in return for lessons in his. A few hundred yards away, in a dusty bunker, other volunteer Americans with private reasons wait with guns and dare aggressors to threaten the Bru. There is Army Major Jim Hill of Livermore, Calif., and there is Captain Jake, Nick, each one Sir William and The Marine known to and feared by the Viet Cong. They are called advisors, but in truth d they are there to guard the innocents of the Cau Valley. newly-arrive- the historic There is, in all of this down from the mountains, the valdiscovery of this ley, the tribespeople and daring band of Americans on whom they now depend a mood of optimism for the future, a genuine hope for the days to come w'hich no number of eventual bombs or bullets can quite revoke. exodus Better still, in this place and these people, there is a beginning. Maybe it can grow. Maybe it can spread. Next: Duong Loc welts another war. Finding Bronchitis Cause here.) My advice agrees with that of your parents: see an internist, or a specialist, and have him study your condition enough to pin down the real cause of your recurring attacks. Dear Dr. Molner: My husband was recently found to have some sugar. Is it possible for it to be a temporary condition? I would like some information ot diabetes, what food to cat and what to avoid. Mrs. B.F. ) They are there now these and Polynesian-lookinpeople. Some, the younger and stronger of them, have returned for awhile to the mountains so they can bring out others. Some have gone off to help the Americans fight the hated Viet Cong. YOUR HEALTH RDT Concerts Set For World Premieres By HAROLD LUNDSTROM Deseret News Music Editor by American Civil Operations Revolutionary Support. Mountains in background lead to Khe Sanh. Ways Of Warts Explanation-Defyin- g Deseret News Staff Writer - Rub the peeling of a green peach on a wart at midnight and that treatment fact or superstimay cure the wart 21, 1968 mn fiiMJ joriES By TOD FAULKNER Deseret News Special MIALOC IN THE CUA VALLEY -They existed as close to Hell as the living can possibly get. Yet all efforts, including steady Communist aggression and equally - persistent US. persuasion, had faded to pry them loose from the hellish hazards of the mountains to which they so resolutely They wpre the Bru, one of more than score of spirit worshipping, Montagnard tribes, and they belonged to the mountains which straddle the countries of Laos and Vietnam. Long ago. during the time of Christ, their enemies had forced them into these mountains way from their home shores on the South China Sea. In that history to now, they have suffered the most terrifying and constant consequences of man and nature. A15 October Answer: Presence of sugar in the urine (and too much in the blood) is not likely to be a temporary condition. Further checks should be made regularly to see whether diabetes has started. There is no food, no diet which will prevent diabetes from developing, but avoidance of overweight is helpful both in delaying it and in keeping it under control. Sugar, of course, should be avoided. For a thorough grounding in what tc do, send for my booklet, Diabetes, the Sneaky Disease, which is available by mail. Send 35 cents with a long, stamped envelope to Dr. Molner, care of the Deseret News, P.O. Box 1257, Salt Lake City, Utah 84110 for a copy. Dear Dr. Molner: I am a nurse and do private-dutnursing. The people I am with put their bacon and ham and hot dogs in the fraezer. I told them it would ruin the food values but they said it would not hurt. Who is right? Mrs. Dont foci left out heeau.se you havent been chosen and questioned by one of the national survey and poll taking teams. It hasn't anything to do with bad Death or the wrong type of soap. They just don't seem to get around too much. The following is a survey on the national poll takers: Veronica Brady, who greets the couples wanting to obtain marriage licenses at the city county buildmg, has never been polled by a national polling group. She did have some person call and ask if her roof needed fixing. The crew was in the and neighborhood " l she could save I i money. Ruth Dyer, 1332 W. 3rd North, has never been polled, and she wondered where the poll takers got their fignot by ures at exercising . least not in our neighborhood. The only one she can remember was a voice on the telephone wanting to know what kind of soap she used, and had she tried a certain kind new on the market. Mary Spears down in the county clerk's office was never among the chosen few of a natonal poll. But she was chosen once as the winner of a prize. All she had to do was go pick it up . . . and get her arm twisted it turned out. Louise Pulley, 3138 S. 8241 West, Magna, hasnt been asked whether she is for Humphrey or Nixon, but she has been asked what magazines she reads. She had been chosen as one of the lucky few to get certain magazines at a discount. .V: ... Peggy Jay, clerk downtown, wondered who is contacted on the national polls. She isnt home during the day, but she was contacted at the house in 1960. Some fellow with a lot of questions that were none of his business came around . . she lied to him on purpose! Pat Gunther, housewife, Granger, ' hasnt been called either for a national poll or anything else since moving to Utah about six months ago. But back in Ohio she was once asked if she had a vacuum cleaner. And because she didnt have one at he time, she won $25 worth of savings stamps. But they took the stamps back when she didnt buy one. Janet Nelson, Hunter housewife, did get polled once by one of the political parties in the area. They called to see if she was registered. She hasn't been I polled by a national survey group. was asked to name the largest city in tha USA by some person on the telephone Just for fun I answered Salt Lake City. And believe it or not, the fellow said it wasnt quite light, but it was close enough. Mrs. Nelson won an appliance, but the cabinet for the thing ran pretty high! Then Nancy Wilcox, secretary to Chief of Police Dewey Fillis, put me on. She hadnt ever been polled. She hadnt even been asked to have her roof fixed, answer a question to win a prize, or asked what program she was watching. "Hasnt anyone tried to sell you something over the phone? I asked. "I dont have a phone, she answered.' There were other calls and other The results were: questions. Humphrey zero, Nixon zero; Hoover, one (Hoover vacuum cleaner); The other 99 were divided among magazines, aluminum siding, prizes, roof jobs, appliances, and scap. women Wit's End: Chief of Police LeRoy Jacobsen of Ogden savs it is pretty disgusting . . . the men in Salt Lake City with their little on the way to rob a brown bags ... bank. y uiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinimniiiiiiimiiiniiiMiiiiiitiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiii BIG TALK M.M. Answer: They are. Freezers are fine for preserving food; freezing does not harm the food value. But thawing and refreezing could create a problem. ' ' ' ' ...... '"S ' v Note to Mrs. L. OG. No, I wouldnt call mild tranquilizers dope by any means. But I do know that some people get in such a habit of using them that they keep on habit, not addiction just frcm habit. You say you havent seen your doctor for several years. Suppose you see him and let him decide whether you should continue the tranquilizer. Dear Dr. Molner: My children want to purchase a parakeet for a pet. Is this wise in view of the fact they they couid carry viruses, especially the psittacosis virus? Mrs. C.L. It is ti ue that birds of the parrot family can cause psittacosis if they carry that virus but federal laws prohibit importing such birds unless they are guaranteed to make sure they are not carrying the infection, "If all the anarchists in ihis country I have heard that birds are sometimes but a bird bought from bootlegged, reliable dealer should create no problem. were laid end to end it'd be George Wallace's answer to the highway program!" "You Can Stop Sinus Trouble" Is the title of my booklet explaining what sinus ttouble really Is, and encouraging sinus sufferers to do something about It. For a copy write to Dr Molner In care of Deseret the News, P.D, Box 1257, Salt Lake City, From photos taken by Lionel V. M, Neely lor tti Deseret News popular dally Baby Birthday feature, tiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!:iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii:iiiiiiiiiiiiiii!ii!iini( ( I |