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Show _Ask Them Yourself FOR SEN. HENRY JACKS FOR WILLIAM GUTTENBERG, president, Bogue Electric of Washington Just what can be done =! about protecting our scenic public lands?— Mig, Co., Paterson, N.J. When do you think Amer- Horvath, Seattle, Wash. ica will have an electric car available at a competitive price?—N. D., Lancaster, Pa. @ Laws now are in effect regarding air @ Electric vehicles will be fairly preva- Mrs. Clarence 7 wad water pollution, and there is proposed legislation to control surface min- lent on the streets by 1972—mostly small delivery vehicles for stores and services ing and to reclaim surface-minedlands. Private citizens can form groups to ob- and “plaything” type cars. Discovery of a new lightweight, economical power tain facts, make specific proposals to source (battery) could change all this, either their Senators or Congressmen, FOR DR. HUGHES DAY, or act on a state or local level. Direct dealing with the threatened despoilers of an area sometimes brings results. Best ofall is an alert,interested, and informed public which will present specific facts an recommendations to leg’slators. FOR DR. EDMUND KLEIN, dermatologist Is there any known cure for a skin disease called dermatitis herpetiformis? —John G. Sarver, Oak Hill, W. Va. @ No, but there are drugs available that partially or completely control it— treat m@t with sulfanomides, particularly sulfa pyridine and sulfones. Both drugs, which must be given daily. can produce f tensive dress. Where is it?—Jane Ruvidich, New York. N.Y. @ It is on display in the Philadelphia Wseum, and I am toldit attracts more attention than any other display. FOR BILLY GRAHAM You once said that you were going to try to reach teen-agers instead of adults. Why did you say this?Sandy Pauly, Was- to, Calif. @ This is not really correct. 1 have intimated that I have more hope for the coronary-care unit?—Mrs. Frances Fenton, Columbia, Mo. @ In 1961 a coronary-care unit was conceived, where cardiac patients could re- ceive intensive and special medical and nursing care using electronic techniques. The John A. Hartford Foundation, New York City, provided funds for the first coronary unit. It was opened at Bethany Hospital in 1962. As a result, the mor- of ABC's “Let's Make a Deal” Is the money shown on your program real?— ! Christine Lyszesale, Trenton, N.J. @ The money is real, and it is elso well guarded always by an armed guard. FOR JACK MARKS, a director, Portland. Ore., z00 You have hed seven eleehante born in your s00. 4s there a great demand ~ tn for zo0-born baby ele- phinsePMra. Laura Hill, Hum- boldt, Sask., Canada @ If one wanted to sell a new-born elephant, the market is there, but we do not separate mother and baby until the mother indicates she wishes to wean the calf. There always seems to be a market for elephant calves, whether zoo-born or young thanforthe elder people. Statistics imported, lenge of Christ and the appeal of the FOR PEGGY LIPTON adhow that the young respond to the chalgospel more than those who are older. T am also aware that the older generation is not passing on to youth a good moral and spiritual image of our pres- job that runs hot and cold. For 16 years he has personally tested what temperatures the human body can Merry Moving Month Mayisoneof the more popular months to move. By now, most of the uprooted arestill unpacking,tryingto settle in—and worrying about the possible ill effects of relocation on their families. The Menninger Foundation’s eight-year study finds adults resilient—but unhappy at first about new surroundings. While children make new friends more readily than adults, they tend to miss the old neighborhood with its familiar sur- roundings. A good way to help children adjust is to let them participate in moving chores and notjust “keep them out of the way.” Capt. Grant D. Callin withstand. From these tests have come new developments in Arctic gear and jet-pilot pressure suits. He has undergone tests as low as minus 80F. and as high as 406F. Once his backside wassubjected to intense cold,his frontside intense heat—his body compensated so thathefelt periectly comfortable. Oh, yes, technicians occasionally bake cookies while he is “working” in the research oven. Churchof the Future? With church building at a new low, an “air cathedral” may be the answer, at least temporarily, The Firestone people have tality rate has dropped. FOR MONTY HALL s 2 Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, has a you originate the first in- sults in rapid return of the disease. I know you designed Grace Kelly’s wedding Half-Baked Man Capt. Grant D. Callin, a research physicist at Wright- Bethany Hospital, Kenses City, Kansas i Just how and when did side effects. Discontinuation of either reFOR HELEN ROSE, Oscar-winning designer WHATrie WORLD!| of “The Mod Squad™ .\ Why did you become a vegetarian?—Diane Kastner, Rochester, N.Y. Beauty Is Pocketbook Deep Amer- Balloon church a year on beauty aids, according to made a 60x200 footinflatable “church” of nylon-reinforced vinyl, complete with gold-and-white plastic “stained glass windows.” Wi ing 17,000 pounds,it takes three pieces of equipmentto inflate it. The cathedral boasts an airlock revolving door, which will admit 3,500 people—all of whom no doubt wantto sit in the back. can men and women spend $5 billion Drug Trade News, from $217 million on lipsticks to $1.5 billion on oral- hygiene products and shaving gear. What does $5billion mean? Well, in 1966 the Office of Economic Opportunity spent less than $1.5 billion; Housing and Urban Development, about $772 million. Walk-on Part John Beradino, who gave up baseball (highly paid former second basemanfor the Cleveland Indians) for acting (Dr. Steve Hardy in ABC-tv's “General Hospital’), still likes to talk baseball. “They didn’t have Little League when | wasa kid. Today, with so few playgrounds,it's the only way most boys can get to play. But why don’t more Little Leeguers go up to the majors? Because they are not taught. There are too many base on balls—they don’t get anyhits! So what? They don’t in the majors, either. Family Weekly the newspaper Mogazine LEONARD $. DAVIDOW President MORTON FRANK Publisher W. PAGE THOMPSON Advertising Director DONALD M. HUFFORD Associate Advertising Manager ROBERT E. BROWN Eastern Advertising Manager RUSSELL L. SPARKS Western Advertising Manager ent-day culture and achievements, Thus. 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