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Show AskThem‘Yourself FOR JOHN NORTON FARRAR, <= underwater diver, Edgartown (Mass.) Volunteer Fire Department FOR BETTY F. MINTZ, Right after the tragedy near Dyke Bridge in Chappaquiddick in the summer of 1969, I read that after you removed the body of Mary Jo Kopechne from the sunken car, you said you thought that she might have been saved had an alarm been sounded immediately. Rut recently, I read that two windows of the car were knocked completely out when the car landed in the water. How then could there have been anair lock?—Mrs. W. D., Quincy, Mass. How and when was Bennett’s Comet dis=“ covered? When will it next ietenié visible in North Amer- FOR DR. HERBER7 SPIEGEL, ica?—John K. Bennett, Sacramen- Of what value is hypnosis in the medical field?—Mrs. H.N., Atlantic City, N.J. @ The car landed in the water upside down with the windowsclose to the bottom of the pond. An effective air lock was created between the part of the window nearest the water’s surface and the floor of the car. The length of time that the air would last would dependstrictly upon the airtight integrity of the car and would have nothing to do with the astronomer, Astrometry and Astrophysics Division, U.S. Navy to, Calif. @ Comet Benneit was discovered on the evening of December 28, 1969, in Pretoria, South Africa, by J. C. Bennett. It is still visible as a telescopic object (9th magnitude) in northern skies but is not expected to return to view for thousands of years after it finally fades away late this year. FOR JAKE GAITHER, Athletic Director, Florida A & M University Is it true that you can teach more “character” to a winning team #. than. to a losing team? —Laury Lester, Detroit, Mich. air still in the trunk so that it was vir- @ Yes, you can actually point out character-building traits to a winner just by showing him why he was a winner. That saying about it being more important tually dry. how you play and not whether you win windows being open. Ten hoursafter the accident occurred, when the car was removed from the water, there was enough or lose is a lot of baloney in my book. You just can’t coachor participate without trying to win. @ I got used to wearing the helmet in Philadelphia, to hypnosis makes it possible for some people to stop smoking entirely by expe- riencing a new respect for the body. In your book,“My Life and Prophecies,” you fs spoke of a new proS fession for the late Bishop James Pike. Did sam you ever have a pre- moniiio’ of his death?—Ines Barton, Princeton, IU. @ No. I just saw him changing and leaving the Church and a bright light enveloping him, which I interpreted to mean that he weuld be finding a newlife. FOR DAVID KENNEDY, Secretary of the Treasury How much did the interest on the national debt amount to in fiscal 1969?—R. A. Mce- FOR RICHIE ALLEN, St. Louis Cardinals Why do you wear a batting helmet when | you play in the field? —Rich Bonanno, Racine, Wis. myself from FOR TEAR DIXON,seer Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Columbia University @ Habits and symptoms thatare selfdefeating, annoying, or physically harmful can be removed or revised with hypnosis, in my opinion. For example, protect things thrown from the stands. Phail, Bunnlevel, N.C. @ The interest amounted to $16,588,- 236,606. Want to ask a f: person a and we'll get ? You can tk ugh this col the answer from the prominent person you designate. Send question, preferably on a post card, to Ask Them Yourself, Family Weekly, 641 Lexington Ave., New York, N.Y. 10022. We cannot acknowledge questions, but $5 will be paid for each one used. FOR CURTIS TARR, Director, Selective Service System If Person X lived in | California, was 1-A, and had military draftlottery number 150, and another person, Person Y,lived in Connecticut, was also 1-A, and had lottery number 300, could Person Y still get drafted before Person X?—R. Cdonni, Norwich, Conn. @® Each month, Selective Service an- nounces the “ceiling number” to be used the following month. If the number is 190 (as it was one recent month), no local board would be able to induct a registrant with a higher sequence number. Consequently, while Person Y with lottery number 300 would not be eligible for induction, Person X with lottery number 150 would be. FOR ROSS ALLEN, ; Ross Allen Reptile Institute, Miami Is the diamondback rattler nocturnal, and does it hunt ct night, fe or is it more or less quiet?—W. E. Dougherty, Ozona, Fla. @ The diamondback rattlesnake feeds both day and night. It waits for prey (rabbits, mice, rats) besidee trail, strikes accurately, whether it can see its prey or not, then follows the trail of the poisoned animal. What in the Worid! Consumers, March! If you're getting so fed up with daily problemsof prices and pollution that you’re ready for ac- tion—here’s your chance. We asked the consumer's best friend, crusading Washington attorney Ralph Nader, for his advice to the average American on gzt- ting involved in decisions of Government and industry whichaffect their own lives. cedures: Manufacturers planning to in- troduce materials that might have a polluting effect into navigable waterways are supposed to obtain a permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Washington, D. C. But very few actually do. You Little Fire Fighters As a special project for National Fire Prevention Week, beginning this weekend, several youth groups—Camp Fire Girls, 4-H, Junior Fire Marshals, Cub Scouts, and Girl can report them to the Corps. Furthermore, under the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899, persons who give such valid in- formation may be entitled to share in the fines imposed! fe Rulph Nader:. & Crusader for consumers courthouse. Object: to determine whether You Can Bank On It Wantto greatly increase the inierest on your savings account—all fully Government-agency insured andtotally legal? Here’s one way, according to a new book, “Don’t Bank on It,” by Martin J. Meyer and Dr. Joseph McDaniel, Jr. Make your bank credit card work for yeu. Use it for all possible purchases, while “epositing that amount of cash in your savings bank. large companiesandother large property Since you needn’t pay the credit-card These are empty one-pound coffee cans, owners are paying their fair share of the bill for 45 days and you have deposited that money in your savings account, you are getting 45 days’ interest—if you have an account that pays daily interest from day of deposit to day of withdrawal. You are, in effect, getting 45 days’ use of money at the bank’s full interest rate, every month, pasted over with red FIRE labels, and filled with ordinary baking soda—which happens to be an excellent fire extinguisher (and it won’t poison the burn- He offered two specifics for our “crisis ef citizenship.” 1.)—Residents can organize task forces to review tax rolls, which are on record in every county local property tax. One of the newest Nader in‘estigations is into the “discriminatory and inequitable property tax assessments that soak the smali-home owners andlet the large industrial property owners pay little.” 2.)—KEveryone can use legalized antipollution pro- Youth give pound of fire prevention. Scouts—are cooperating with their local fire departments to assemble anddistrib- ute fire pails for neighborhood kitchens. ing steak!). The Santa Ana,Calif., Fire Department credits its Camp Fire Girlproducedpails with putting out 33 kitchen fires last year. |