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Rff The Sa't Lake Triltune, Wednevdav, December Tom Wi(krr YN ekttwfv. fr Read Vote Polls 'J& i York Times Set vice Npw NEW YORK rdwatd At Sen Kenn dv looks nnghrv good Gallup Poll of Demociatic presidential posst Of bilities the . in M the latest Dcmoctals 1111 rcent In-Betwe- ihe Lines en in septemher, the former vice ptesi dent pn ked up six points against a gain of onlv one point for Kennedv another Mlggestion that this poll most neatly middle road Demociais Roih of these gains, geneially speak mg were made at the expense of Muskie Does that mean Muskie is fading'1 It mav, hut thp mote likelv possibilitv is that it reallv reflects the difficulty of his having beer he "fiontrunner foi mote than two years During that time, it has been impossible for Muskie to win any intones or otherwise consolidate his position, inevitably, in me samp period, be has madp some controversial decisions end temarks, Rending some Domoctats So it is not teall. sutptMng that, as trne dill's the memory of Kenned; 's expel al Chappaquiddn k and of Hum-pi- , rev s involvement in the Johnson and the campaign of 19fiS, both should hegtn to score against a candidate who almost necessarily seems to be standing still Thete is of course nothing there that a Aluskie pttmatv victory or two could on' cute panic ularlv smep Kennedv w'll not bo tunning in anv of them and if Humphrev s adv sets can chain him down, he will he coming in only m 'he poll fits' glove 20 in quepod localities in !ae November, 29 pepieferred Kennedy lo top the ticket next yar to as compaied 25 onlv percent who opted for the s o c a ed Edmund S Muskie But things ate not alwavs what thev not even the polls, which is a seem point that needs to he better under stood on the eve of a campaign year in which they will plav an important putt It is not a matter of downgrading political opinion sutveys. pertuulurh since both Dr Gil bin and lmis Harris thp most widc'v read practitioners of the ait. pinven rematkahly accuia'e in advance mem utement n the v Dimapns Puoplr fiont-runrir- r. 1 1 By Ralph Dunaglti later primaries Top ic-ul- l.imilatlniis of Pulls point is ih it the headline Kenneth aspect of a panic ulat poll does not necessatilv leads Muskie and some suggest its true significance times what a poll does not show or cm phasie. or the irrumstanees in which it was taken, ate its most useful character sties p the case of the iecent Gallup findings, for instance While Kennedv is fi.e ponies ..head of Muskie among the Democrats suiveved, it is equally possible lo trad this poll as .snowing lhal .substantially less than of them favor a Kennedy ptesiden-tn- l nomination next year It is ttue that the field is at the niomert as clultpred as the Italian pailiamentaiy scene, hut 29 pe.cent does not seem particularly for one of Kennedy s name, herand personal glamour. itage By hontiasl, Muskie at 25 pet cent and Hubert H Humphrey, the partys Old Faithful, at 19 perrenl, command between them a solid 43 percent of the Democrats surveyed. While the poll does not show second choices, that 43 percent probably is pretty squarely in the middip of the party spectrum, and it is permissible speculation that many Muskie and Humphrey barkers, in extiemps, vouid turn to each other s man rather than to Edward Kennedy Smile Costs Nothing, and It May Get You Elected CHICAGO It i nt Many I to puhlirly am prepared to easy I years seriously misiudged a man. at his I sneered I wrote adute him off as a loser. It ha ppened w h i p 1 w a s. a t eporter, y r u n g covering a sensaago murder tional pindiited the cowering bend at a press conference, his political fottune would be assured the investigation wasn't However, going as well as he might hap noped. He didn't have a susiect, and the only clue he had found was lost bv one of his men while sweeping out the otfice. Don't Drop Clues in- vestigation The .sheriff of that time was in charge of the case the murder had otcuired in the suburbs He was eager to catch the killet because he was even more eager to run for higher office, and he knew that if he p So whenever we asked him ahout the progress of his investigation, he would make a speech attacking his political enemies, accusing them of finding and hiding the c'ues. One night, as we questioned him, I tried to make a .uggestion. and he took offense, although I was trying to be helpful As I recall, I asked hitn to be careful noi to drop any future clues on his foot. A more experienced reporter put (ad! on have lo admire the Presi- dent's nerve. Visits to I'hina, Russia, and the AFL-CIConvention one-thu- Roy Smalley I had seen many revolting sights bv that time I had watched Slats Grohmk set a record bv eating 50 Twinkles at one sitting I had seen Roy Smalley play shortstop. I had even seen a city eounril meeting. But I had never seen a repot ter act that way toward a sheriff of Cook County. LatPr, I saw that the veteran reporter did the same thing with every politician he met. I saw him smiling fondly at aldermen and state legislators, and they smiled fondly at him. He didn do it onlv occasionally, or after having too much to orink, which might have hppn understandable since everybody needs a ticket fixed sometime. He did it all the time. It was as if he couldn't help himself. I decided then that, as experienced as he was, he would not go far if he kept acting indecently in public. How mistaken I was. It wasn't long before be Ipft his newspaper iob to run for Congress. I laughed. But he won In fact, he became the congressman from my district. He pven spnt me those questionnaires some congressmen mail to their constituents, asking how they feel about various issues I always fillpd them out exactly the opposite of the way I felt, hoping to lead him into unpopulai positions And those were the positions he took. Rut he became mote popular Dr. T. U. Ked O . . an Dollen Many Hospitals Rejecting Donations Of Blood From Pros, Alcoholics Many hosptals no longer want blood transfusions from professional donors alcoand skid-roholics may transmit vi a 1 hepatitis of the (infection liver) to the recipients. Thp chanee is much less when donors are selected from the segment healthy of our population form of cancer (except skin cancer). Those qualifying will be asked to delay fheir donation if they have a cold or flu. are pregnant, had a baby withm six months, or a tooth extracted within the last 72 hours The latter is suggested because during the extraction microorganisms may get into the bloodstream. The donation also is postponed when Ihe individual is taking sulfa drugs or such as penicillin. The recipient may be sensitive to these drugs. foi Gains by Humphrey Interestingly enough, moreover, it was Kennedy but Humphrey who registered the biggest gain. Since the previous I hotoe n c away hi notebook and sternlv lee luted me on thp need for politeness and respect when dealing with our public officials. When the lec tut ended Ihe expert pneed reporter smiled watmlv at thp sheriff, and Ihe sheriff smiled fondly at the reporter Then they thumped each other on t heir backs and whispered woids of mutual admiration C Likely However any of that mav turn out, the npw Gallup Poll, most tmpnitantly, suggests how unlikely it is that anvone other th.v on" of the hig thtee Kennewill be nomidy. Muskie, Humphrey nated next yeai Collectively they were the choices of 72 peternt of the Democrats queued, a fact which teflects not least the powei of namp identification, foi they are the only thtee potential Demociatic nominees already known to all None else rould show more than fi not Mayor Lindsay with all pet rent his novelty and glamour, or Sroop Jack-sowith his solitary position on thp right of the spectrum, or George McGovern with his superior organization, or Eugene McCarthv with his standing as the mystic dragon slaver of 9fiR Etnallv this kind nf poll really poses a frep, almost abstract choice: which man do you Drefer? (Copyright) Rilliet. the admit being wrong, hut make such a confusion 17 8, 1971 not Until Just Try tests aie Must better avail-nnl- r, this must be done to determine whether the blood of the donor contains the hepatitis virus Meanwhile, blood will be in short supply. The qualifications for being a blood donor vary in different institutions but, in general, they follow a similar pattern. And Stop Me Willie Statgell, s'ugging outfield star of the Pittsburgh Tirates, is living high on the hog these days, hut has no trouble recalling how poor he and his family were in his youth My ma reminds me, he says, that I never stopped talking about a 'wish' sandwich, and when she asked me what a wr-lsandwich was, I explained that that's when you have only two pieces of bread and you wish you had some meat to go in between. Good Potential Donors Men and women between 18 and B5, weighing 110 pounds (or more) make good potential donors. But they must not bavp or have had jaundice or hepatitis, historv of diseases malaria, diabetes, of the heart, kidneys, lung, liver, or any i' aa W ai 2 Years Blood donations are not accepted if Ihe individual is having an attack of asthma or hay fever. Do not apply if v.iihin the last two months the hernia was repaired or the appendix, hemorrhoids. or tonsils were removed. Persons returning from Vietnam are disqualified for two years from date of return. Many Mood banks also have rules regarding not eating fats for four hours before the donation and not to use alcohol for a full 12 hours. Eoth get into the blood A normal healthy person can donate blood every eight weeks or five times a year It takes less than a month to make up the loss of a pint of blood. Smile, Stnile, Snule Goren on Today's Bridge Hand . V By C. H. Goren And all the while he kept smiling at politicians Befote long he became the v. a t d committeeman, one of the great leadeis of the Cook County machine He even sent a couple of his piecirct captains to mv home to explain the vital issues of the dav, and to see if my sew- ers worked okay. North deals. vulnerable h NOR I II A A K 7 V8 A J !) 7 K South plaved the queen of hearts. West put up the acp and tetutned the four. Fast cashed the ,k k and cleared the suit bv dislodging South ten When East got in again with the king of diamonds, he cashed the sriting tuck with the nine of ! J9J WEST A Q J 10 V A43 "6 A heart suit is tetned ftom the plav As matteis actually developed, when hearts. not have availed dec lain to put in the ten of heaits at tuck two, for same On a thud toiind of the suit, the final tesuil would hive been the Fast s nine dtive- - out thp queen and two It would 5 8 7 6 5 2 MUTIf A 9 8 5 3 v Q 0 Q in 1(1 A A Q The bidding. North East 1C 1 "" . 2 10 Smith 1 NT Most ; ' .! N T Pass Pass Pass Pass Opening lead Thtee of hearts Correct placement of the adveiselv held cards by the declaier spells the kev to success on mans deals as is illustrated bv today's hand taken fiom a intent team of four niatth. 3 The bidding was the same at both tables Even with fivotahle v ulnpt ability conditions, East's oven all of one heart ts somewhat questionable, although it did serve to get his partner off to the mosi effective defense against the final contact of three no tiump with South as the declarer. Most opened the thtee of hearts, and Hast put up the king to return the seven At one tahtp. declarer considered the possibilities West's lead of a low heart as well as his raise during the auction appeared to mark him with an honor w the suit. South finally decided to plav East for the are and king of hoar's and West for the talk In an attempt to bloc k communications declarer played the queen of hearts at trick two Had his analvsis of the heart holdings been corrpct. the plav of the queer, would have Worked the suit When the diamond finesse is taken subsp duentlv and loses to Fast s king, lie can not rash thp ace of heat Is without dtnp Ping pattneis lack and ilv'rohv est ih li'hing South s ten If Fast leads a low heart to West the latter is in, but has no v.av of reaching East again, anil the heart tucks ate taken bv the defense when the diamond finesse loses. At the oiliet table Soul h came up but with an effective (ounteinieasuie on a diffetent line of teasoning When the seven of heads was returned bv East at tuck two, declarer met civ ducked altogether. and this plav actually succeeded West the suit covered in blocking South s ten of hearts with the acp on the next lound, but now he had no hearts to return West exited with the queen of spades North plaved the ace The closed hand was entered with the ace of clubs to put the queen of diamonds thmugh East was in with the king, however South won the head tetuio with the queen and cl timed the balance for tune tricks, having lost thtee hearts and one diamond. end South leasoned as follows: In order to raise his pattner to two hearts West appealed marked with one of thp missing red smt honors. A high heart appealed the most likelv possibility, inasmuch a, the king of diamonds would not appear of much value to West since it is located in front of thp diamond bidder If West has either the are or king of hearts, then the oi.lv wav to block the su t is to plav a .smalt heart at tuck two Observe that South would still have succeeded, had blast held thp ace king of hearts and West the tack provided that the latter had the 1,'ng of diamonds Willi thp diamond finesse succeeding dec laic is nsMited of llitee diamond tucks four clubs and two spades once lie gains t lie lead and there is no wav that the delense ran take mote than the fitsj three heart tricks before surrendering the initiative he has taken Now an even gt eater step He North-Sout- MM Half-Pric- e patty has of been slated bv the Illinois to i tin for Demociatic the United States Senate enie" Yes, that veteran teporter, at whom 1 sneeted when he told me to h nice to politicians, was none other than Roman Corn ad rucmski No reoiter know has gone so far, at least not in that riwectinn. It makes me wonder now, after all these yeats what might have happened if had the sense to heed his teachings and smile fondly at sheriffs and other Mnh (tea lutes too, could have become a Maybe congressman, a watd boss, an alderman. As Whittier wrote: For all sad wotris of tongue or pen, "The saddest ate these. It might have been " have known And Whittier couldn't about the potential uses of shoe boxes It s too late now to change mv ways, although I might give it a try It ean't hint lo g ve a vv ink and a nod to a passI Guaranteed to Out Perforin Ail Others j i j muse, CABINET Reg. 79.95 Harowood Cabinet in your choice FREE! 20.00 Worth of FABRIC success Of Plus ALL THESE FABULOUS "RED HOT" SPECIALS of finish This true stoix should serve as a les son to tmlav s willful young I know now I was wtong about rucmski, and the road to Its Class FREE! i ing politician In Your that sheriff never did solve choice of colors and patterns the murder FREE! (Copyright) i V 10,000 Yards Soa per Says of Thread e The Office Grnmh sav. that those flight begs are about the only positive good to come from the invention of the airplane att-ltti- Sump polilual guesvpis think we mav have font patties in 1972. which would UM about guatantee tne election of 'he No Opinion i anditlale. Did Doc savs he ptst hopes the good ranted malpiartire insur- samantan ance Sludgrpump has this to stv about the election "If it were held tom n row, it would be illegal " ( Fine sewing popular threod in colo-- s Cabinet, Fabric, Thread and Machine , FOR ONLY ALL and Frie.vdly Service for all Fast Call your sewing problems 328-123- 4 11 EASY PARIS TERMS If the count! v can have a 3 dav birth rlav, how about the same flung for its nt TH. Port! WKite, f!no C?ntr Downtown Only I tm J j w 6. o j g W 4 ' fy jpe- - |