OCR Text |
Show Page 10—THE HERALD, Provo, Utah, Wednesday, November 18, 1981 Alaska Battles Ignorance NEW YORK (UPI) — For most Americans, Alaska does not exist An immenseplace of ice and snow oil and earthquakes igloos and Eskimos, Alaska is edged off maps of the United States and edged out of the minds of those wholive in the “lower 48" states Survey the nation and an alarming number of people will say Alaska is a foreign country to which we send an It has the biggest mosquitoes, the most glaciers, the coldest temperatures and a coastline that is longer than the East, West and Gulf coasts of America — and Hawaii — combined call newcomers — most awesomescenery, seeing whales and sea lions cavorting about not more “People have a positive image of f ve all to hen was e's moved to alone in a big old house. The we came to visit. But a happy new home. ome back to life again. I'm sure glad visit the back yard at night,” Ms. Spear Grandma said And the cold. Even though Juneau has a maritime climate it does have somethingcalled the Taku wind. That's the wind thatblowsoff the Taku glacier Center. Maybe your Grandma should moved to the Golden Living than the next largest oil-producing course, we did them a bit differently dma and Wins Grand Prize LANSING, Mich. (UPI) — Janet MacAinsh, a mother of eight, was hooked on cigarettes for 26 years before she snapped her wayto kicking the habit and won the American Cancer Society's Larry Hagman Quit Smoking Letter Writing Contest. Mrs. MacdAinsh, 46, said Monday she successfully warded off the temptation to light up timeand time again by snapping her wrist with a rubber band. It became so worn out by the time she discovered she no longer needed to smoke there was not another knotthat could have beentted to hold it together on her wrist. The University of Michigan employee, a resident of Howell. Mich. said she had a premonition of her victory when she dreamed of bumpinginto actor Hagmanthe night before being told she was the winner. On Friday she learned she was a winner. Mrs. MacAinsh said she has always believed people need something to strike their sensesin orderto get their attention. And since she was wearing a rubber band around her wrist when she decided to quit smoking in June, she decided to snap it each timeshefelt the urge to light up. Mrs. MacAinsh continued wearing and snapping the rubber band, tyingit back together whenit broke. “My husbandkepttelling meto get a new rubber band. but I couldn’tdoit,”’ shesaid. “This was the rubberbandI intended to quit with, and finally when it couldn't be knotted any more I discovered I was over the habit.”’ The executive secretary of the dean of U-M’s arts school included a sample “non-smoker rubber band’’ with her entry for the letter writing contest. In theletter, shelisted five principles for kicking the tobacco habit — don’t tell anyone you are quitting, use snaps with a rubber band to “‘rattle your brain,” don’t look ahead, deposit savings in a jar and get support from nonsmokers.” “I didn’t need expensive gimmicks. hypnosis or drugs — I used intelligence will power and gamesmanship,” she said. NoTrial for Nude Sunbathers LOS ANGELES(UPI) — Thirty-four people arrested for nude sunbathingat Malibu beaches last summer will not be tried because they were denied their right to a speedytrial. Superior Court Judge Florence S. Bernstein said Monday misdemeanor trials must begin within 45 days o! e raignment, and the judge said thee was no evidence of unusual circumstances to warrant a delay The judge observed that Malibu Municipal Court was ‘apparently understaffed during the summer, and she said the court appearedto have taken a ‘‘lackadaisical approach . serpin) on neglect” in solving the problem. ndc In Provo call 377-9670. Call collect. Now three locations Golden worked with the governor's office on projects ranging from the bottom fish industry to television shows. “Gov, Hammondused to have town meetings which I helped with. Of _ Living Retirement Centers because of the great distances involved. The governor's meetings were broadcastby satellite and people would ask him questions by telephone,’’ she said. Her most recent they-don’t-know- y oe \ anything-about-Alaska incident? “T guess it came from a bankteller in New York when I opened an account. Shesaid, ‘I’m sorry but we don’t handle international accounts here, you have ( 4700 South 1186( imbia Lane in Provo to go to our international division to have your foreign currency changed and an account opened.”” Dan an 31.95 Missile Command”* Atari's onsale. Make your TV a whole new ball game. Orcarrace. Or shootout. Or space war. 139.95 your living roomwith the zany madness of Atari. Plugs right into your TV Just drop in a game cartridge and watchall the excitement of a penny arcade jump out of the screen. Invite a friend over PRUDENTIAL FEDERAL Big time push button war! And you're in command of an ABM missile silo with 6 cities to protect from attacking ICBMs. 22.95 Basketball" Armchair one-on-one action with hits from the key, ball stealing, jumpers, all the Fire away! Liven up action and a race with the clock, too. Sir 6 Peweeee & or take-on the family champ for hours of beeps, blinks, bops and blasts. No one gets away without having fun with Atari. Comes with Combat™ but we've got other games. too. Sports, car races, space wars chess, backgammonand more. Plus. youcan flip a switch to make Atari y tougher as you getbetter. ready to play 22.95 console, joystick and paddle controls. UL listed Asteroids™ cartridge (as shown on simulated TV screen) Breakout." Now, you don't have to beat your head against the wall to get through it. You've got 48 other escape choices to get out of this jam. 36.95 Earn $629.67 in 26 weeks.* Yh y Rubber Band Idea To Quit Smoking oa Le aA to this happy place and it can hit 80 miles per hour andbring the wind chill factor down to 60 below zero. I have had to hold on to telephone poles not to get blown away,’ she sai id. Ms. Spear, 34, haslived in Alaska for the last 13 years. She moved there with her husband an attorney, and has She's N friends and they have fun jay parties.Mom says Grandma has than a few hundred feet from where I was sitting. And black bears that would Alaska but they don't know why. We took a national survey of people in the lower states and the misconceptions about the state were incredible’ Ms Spear said. “More than 60 percentof those polled thought Alaskaoil was going to Japan Noneof it does. That's prohibited by federal law. Others think Alaska has infinite amounts of oil. But Alaska is pumpingoil at a rate 250 times greater state and Prudhoe Bay is expected to be pumped out by 1991,’ she said. But Alaska is indeed a land of oddities and extremes andit is not difficult to understand why misconceptions arise. Some examples. Alaska is so large that it encompasses four time zones. It has more than 500 million board feet of timber and provides11 percentof the total U.S. demandforoil, Its coal reserves are estimated at a staggering5 trillion tons. It's the most expensive state in which Grandma used are geography students seem to know it is and to create better relations with the media in its sister states, the Republican governor has stationed Milena Spear in New York where she serves as a fulltime information specialist and envoy My Cheechakos — that’s what the natives astounded by Alaska. I can remember looking out my window in Juneauat the mondless than happy. So to try to stop the misinformation Milena Spear explains Alaska. is $23 000. ambassador. Ask people to nameits capital city and only grade-school Juneau. All this makes Alaska Gov. JayHam- “YOUR GRANDMA SHOULD MOVE TO THIS HAPPY PLACE:’ tolive — the cost of living for a family of four is $29 682. the national average Sale prices effective through Saturday. TV not included. SAVINGS MoneyYM ARKET Savings Certificate That’s based on this week’srate: 12.455 % vos 31.95 Effective 11/17/81 through 11/23/81) Space Invaders™ *Based on $10,000 minimum deposit. Interest paid on certificate only when held to maturity. Federal regulations prohibit compounding of interest and require substantial penalty for early withdrawal. Strange creatures from outer space are threatening our planet. Your mission is to destroy the aliens before they reach earth ~|-262-RATE for the latest PFS MoneyMarket Rate ey Wewrote the book onit. This free book is available at any PFS Office and is designed to answer questions like: What is a MoneyMarket Certificate? Who are they for? How much interest do they pay? “> Prudential Federal Savings JCPenney Personalized Financial Service 363 North University, Provo, Utah 84601 + Phone 374-9340 1981, J. C. Penney Company. inc University Mall |