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Show Joseph Alsop The Salt Lake Tribune, Tuesday, June 1, 1965 By.Lichtv Douglass Welch, Knows It All Viet War. Incoherent, but Very Vivid PLEIKU, ' VIET- - NAM It Annamjte chain-solViet id mav seem odd that a superfi- - Cong country. To the left are eiany'lhco'herehf Experience The . jungles of Laos. The can leave an trough of the high plateau lies exceed ingly between. The colonel is point vivid impresihg straight down and shoutsion. But con-- s The VC ing emphatically, i d e r these can cut that road whenever " of notes a and pretty nearly wherever days helicop they want to! ter trip to the That is the sort of remark to end of the line, make a wondering mind conViet-in here centrate. For that road is a m s high to see highway 14, the only artery plateau, a few score running north through the populated plateau trough, with brave, quite possibly 'doomed its little rice fields, its patches men. v of jungle scarred by 9 a.m. Thb American adviand its planting, sors quarters at Pleiku, tarkindly primitive mountain get- of the famous attack last tribes. If the VC have this February, has now been recapability, it will be bad for faded a charming painted the people at the end of .the pink. The senior sector advisor, Col. Theodore. Metaxas, is line. an intelligerit, tough man of VC Weather Begins Greek stock, and, like all 11 a.m. After a couple- - of Greeks of good family, his tribal memory exends further meaningless stops, here w;e are just short of the end of the than most the family founline, which we cannot reach it from der, appears escaped the VC weather is because Constantinople in an Italian as Col. beginning already, galley when the city fell to the Nguyen Vinh of the VietnamTurks. ese 22nd Division rather somHard to Concentrate berly puts it. This is Dak Sut, the last district post before Reflecting on these impro-- . babilities, with ones ear all highway 14 tails off into elebut oVerpowered by the helphant country. The plateau is hilly this far north, r country racket, icopters and the little mud fort lies on it is a bit hard to keep ones a knpb above a saddle, with mind on the colonels bellowed of an ideal Chinese bamboo-streathe situation summary hereabouts. To the right are the landscape spread out slash-and-bu- The young Don Newlin, of Greens-- ' boro, N.C., occupies the wait with a pocket book, which tubns out to be fhr "Divine in John Ciardis Comedy of the mountains to fill ip the Newlin explains. Ive just finished The Possessed. But there aren't many dull spots. I'm a volunteer I just had to come, and I sure do like it. All the rest of the crew are volunteers, too. The handsome warrant officer pilot nods as he gives the huey the gun and the strange, tremulous ascent begins. 4 p.m. Plei Mrong is a tne-ciforces camp another isolated fort, also very remote and lonely. The C.O., Capt. Jchn Sanaker. has just been dropped near the Laos border with a company of IH.u irregu-lar troops recruited among the mountain people, Vix days march from his cXmp. Lt. Alfred Wilhelm tells Vis that radio contact has nqt yet dull spots, below. Bv George Clark The Neighbors 1 fA -- V-v 'i-- r - pH c v X -- li a I j ' NT :) In been' established. N. Seems Doubtful dont But the cap- worry, tain will be all right, for he sure knows his business,. Wilhelm adds. Col. Metaxas looks more doubtful but observes, Well, if they run into had trouble, well know where the VG are holed up- There is a little celebration in the Pleiku mess tonight, in honor of Ranger Lt. Alanson Bartholomew and his 7 p.m. Army Junior! Its Mother and Dad! We want the graduation. to walk with Goren on Bridge By C. H. Goren North vulnerable. Neither deals. NORTH . AK VAKJ87 J 10 KQ43 Q EAST A J983 V 94 A AQ62 VQ1052 9873 6542 ' AJ92 7 SOUTH A 10 7 V 63 5 4 AK A A 10 8 65 The bidding: Opening lead: spades. South was afflicted with a blind spot in playing his six club contract for, in attempting to esta blish the dummy's hand, he overlooked a simple discard would Three of that have greatly facilitated his efforts. Th'e was South drew the last trump with the queen. Declarer began work on the hearts next. The ace and king were cashed and a third round round, fuffed in the closed hand. The suit- did not divide evenly, however, and the queen remained South outstanding. played the king of diamonds ruffed a spade with Norths last trump and discarded another spade on the queen of diamonds. He was left with a losing spade in his hand, and the defense subsequently scored the setting trick in that suit. The odds do not favor an even division of the outstanding hearts and declarer should have made his calculator accordingly. ,He could have arranged to start his ruffing one round earlier, and thereby improved his chances considerably. This can be 'accomplished by dashing the high diamonds from his hand then discarding a Heart on Norths queen of diamonds. - -- WEST bidding direct. When South Mr. Goren made a two over one response in North's the latter's second suit, thoughts turned to slam inasmuch as -- his holding was worth about? 21 points in support of clubs counting, high His cards and. distribution. jump raise to four clubs fixes the trump suit and sets the stage for further investigation. -- Bids Diamond Ace South showed his side feature by me bidding the ace of diamonds. Since North had second round, control of the only suit not yet mentioned spadps, he proceeded to six clubs. Observe that, if he held two losing spades, he would be obliged to sign off at game., 2 West opened the three of spades and dummys lone king was taken by. East's ace. The shift war to a diamon and South was in. A club was led 'to the king, and a club re- -' turned to declarer' ace. When. East phowed out on the second Clear This permits him to ruff a small heart on the second lead of that suit, while West has to follow with the nine. Now the North hand is reentered with the queen of" clubs drawing Wests last trump, arid another heart ruff establishes that suit; A spade ruff puts dummy in to cash the high hearts on which declarer discards his remaining spades. Dr. Van Dellen Diet, Job Habits Fill Role Iif Gall, Liver Diseases The incidence of certain diseases js influenced by occupational habits, diet and living conditions. A unique survey along this line was reported by Dr. James T. N$ of New La. Orleans,, He limited his investig a t i o n have finished our apostolic mission. U.. writes: Allergy to wheat and chocolate is responsible for my migraine attacks. What bread, cake, and cereals R, may I eat? REPLY : Select flour or cereals made from grains other than wheat. These include rice, oats, corn, rye, and flour substitutes such as cornstarch and arrowroot. There are to gallbladder and liver disease among do-ze- Dr. Van Dellen nuns. According to Dr. Nix, one out of every 300 American women more than 18 years old is a nun. Studied 116,173 His studies include 262 religious communities for wbmeir with a membership of 116,173. (There are 180,000 nuns in this country.) Their average age is 45.3 years and 99 per cent are Caucasian. They embrace communal living, celibacy, abstinence from alcohol and cigarets, and eat a diet. Nn Rich Food The majority go through periods of fasting and abstinence. Foods rich in fats (cholesterol) often are omitted from the diet because of expense. The average age of death among them is 77.5 tyhais. records surgical Through and autopsy reports hq found nuns have symptoms o? gallbladder disease 15 to 20 years later than other women. - of substitutes- - for chocn-lat- e flavoring and icing. writes: Is it harmful have a 10 gallon tropical bedfish tank In a room? The tank is complete with filter, light's, and pump. REPLY : No, provided it does not interfere wdth the childssleep or is located w here it might cause an injury if broken. H. V. writes: How much food can the average stomach C. L. to hold? REPLY: This is difficult to determine because the organ stretches. In addition, some of the contents escape into the intestines as we eat. According to one authority, the stomach holds one quart, but I know persons with a bigger capacity than this. R. T. writes: What are the symptoms of a pocket in the throat? . REPLY: Lesions of. this type usually disturb swallowing. Now and then bad breath occurs, especially when food remains in the pocket for some time. Sensible Eaters -- Just Try and d, step "up to the bottle, uncork it, pour a little water on their hands, rub their hands on the -- wasnt there. Keep Family influence Strong Within Family Family I just thought And I said: you would like to know that he wears celluloid collars, thats all. Of course, I shouldn't do it. The minute you shake a young mother's faith in Dr. Spock, why, you leave her insecure. I am much indebted to the soap people, also, for a fabuof information lous piece about bathing. "Research actually done in the homes of three say, shows that beneficial is most bathing when it is approached in a ritualistic way. Cheee! And people say: And Here he goes again. If I got to listen, couldn't I at least have another drink? And like that. test-mark- cities, out of a window. And Ive got Three persons to prove I Nason on Education at? and What do celluloid collars have to do with his wonderful, inspired thoughts about bringing up children? Like to Know? The Rowe family makes excellent use of this principle. Mr. and Mrs. Rowe are determined their children will gain early many of the social tcus-- t om s and graces they achieved only after marriage. When guests are entertained they may be greeted at the door by the daughter. She already has acquired the knack of making guests fed welcome. They are quickly made com f in- - lu en c e has " been at the root of ou? so-- c i a 1 fortable becausepreparations for the evening have obviously been made by the father and mother, with each of the three children contributing to the system and is still the most Important factor in the training of young people. It need not diminish. Parents can keep it strong If they plan. try. Assured that they are loved "and accepted as members of the family, children are free and unafraid to meet the new situations which each school a presents. Besides, day youngsters behavior at school is partially controlled by what he realizes he should, and must, do as a representative member of his family. the Graces The family as a unit gives opportunities for training that are difficult to achieve on an individual basis. Getting For a short time the children are included in the activities. 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And I say : The think he was my third husGirl Scouts drop a bar of soap band, not my second." And into an old nylon stocking and for an hour she tried to recall tie the stocking to a gallon of which husband he was. AnyIt doesnt water, which, in turn, is sus- way, she-saipended from the branch of a matter what he was. You remind me of him because tree. someone finally pushed him To wash their hands, they By Leslie J. Nason, Ed. D. Despite his modern princiI said, University of Southern Califor ples of child care, Dr. - Benjamin - Spock still nia ' wears celluloid collars which Twentieth century living can he bought 30 years ago. The ' make home just a place in famed medic confesses to perwhich to sleep, eat and change sonally washing them with i n- . clothing, scouring powder after each stead of a wearing. place for the And there was a silence, exertion of faand then there was a sudden V influence. chorus of voices saying: Who mily nd rinse And then there is a silence and finally someone will sayt Bully for the Girt Scouts! One thing puzzles me. I dont know why 1 "am so often ion. vou?-a- in with more water, and cork the bottle, I think lt is rather ingenious. Bully for Them ... The other night at dinner all the young mothers were talking about child care and Dr. Spock. They were saying Dr. Dr. and Spock says this. Spock says that, and I finally cleared my throat and rapped my water tumbler for attent- ACCUTRONf FROM UTAH I one advantage in putting up .such a unique public e. . Therell be no sentimental building, gentlemen! . comes to tear it down! the when time protest Iberes u AND SONGS OF h In addition they develop a different type of gallstone, likely to be smaller in size e and more numerous than avSlop-MBartholomew then led them erage.' all out through jungle so thick In general these women had By Bennett Cerf that it took an hour to crawl a smaller gallbladders; possibly to close and hundred yards A couple of resourceful because they ate less and two days to reach safe in the publishing area more sensible in selectwere sprouts ground. He is a stocky fellow, a new book club dethreaten the ing pienu. agressively 'crewcut and not to whet the apsolely signed discovered He. had they very loquacious. Asked about the of fresh and salt petites of dubbed acute attacks gallhis feat, he answers, Hell, I water anglers of America. Protrouble bladder Mother remembered Ranger just deTheir . fishy prospectus The mission vincial training and followed the serves Syndrome. will that clares subscriptions a delicacy of high-fa- t book. content during the visitation of be fillet in order of their reBut when one of the Pleiku. Mother Provincial. ceipt, operations conducted on staff confides to the chaplain" a bread scale, no flukey selecFinished Mission father that his son has been tions and all bonus porpoisely recommended for the Silver She frequently develops members kept on removed, unexStar, the old man rather and abdominal pain the hook, no floundering by pectedly replies: You know, after her travels because she the and a fair herring Ive always worried because cannot restrict her diet during lot judges, all. he isnt a good churchgoer, these periods. but now I wont worry any A customer demanded a The report appeared in the more. the card other day commemoAmerican Journal of GasBut what impression does a 50th Nix asked Dr. anniversary. rating troenterology. all this add up to, it may well diThere wasn't a single one in get why gallbladder they be asked. Perhaps the answer stock so he settled for two sease 20 years later. is the Vietnamese seem differ25s. we "Because They replied, ent away from Saigon and Americans seem even more different this far from the "A Dab a Day, Keeps the Gray Away" voices of the twaddle merchants. heart. UNIVERSITY I get most of my dinner-par-: ty small talk from the cleanBureau liness of the Soap and Detergent Association of N e Yot k.City. They Mr. Welch send out. a dip full of fassheet and 1 cinating information, memorize it, and I am iti great ' demand everywhere. I mean a hostess will invite" a friend to come to her house for dinner, and she will mention the fact that I am going to be there, too, and the other woman will say: Did you have to invite him? And the hostess will say: "Yes, I had to invite him or I couldnt have got Green Eyes. She wont leave him at home. And the other woman says; "Could you arrange so that I dont sit by him? And the hostess says: Ohr come, Mary. Fair is fair. Its your turn this time. And the other woman says: I'll kill myself. About Child Care r soap ' '' his. high diamonds and then cross over to the ace of hearts to discard his last 496 page" ner party small talk. It WlSffcmon- strated that candlelight while bathing refreshes a womans spirit as well as her body. You see, historically modern Western speaking, woman is only ashort step from the harem concept of yesterday, and some of her responses are1 still Oriental. -- Lets bet Back "And T'Sfyi . After drawing two rounds trumps with the king and ace it is suggested that South leave the jack of clubs outstanding for the moment,-clea- r BALLADS has anT 11, particularly persons who are continually seeking new material for din- , High. Diamonds (y who , chaplain-father- flown here at his own expense to visit his son. The Vietnamese Ranger Battalion which Bartholomew advises recently ran into a VC regimental headquarters in the jungle toward the Laos border. The ensumg fight lasted two days. The Vietnamese Rangers kept it up until they had no more food or ammunition or water. And still resisted retreat because they could not carry out there dead 23 of theirs against 82 counted dead ViL three other Bartholomew, American officers who had gone along to see the show and a helicopter crew downed on a supply mission, became separated from the Vietnamese during the night retreat because they were slowed by a badly wounded man. Becomes Separated nu 1o A good day to you r, translation. I read a lot stone-crushe- jungle-cla- d red-haire- d Saidf Til Kill Myself So She The stocky little chief; Capt. Phoc Viet Ban . leads us into the fort and gives, .one ofjthe curious lorel imitations of the standard p.S. Army briefing. The fort has been much harassed, with alWe most nightly attacks. think there will be a big attack soon, he says in a grim tone that the interpreter almost manages to reproduce. But we will hang on as long as we live. , This seems quite likely, considering how well he and his have reinforced company hung on already. As we reach the helicopter again, a sudden thunder' shower engulfs the saddle. Reads Dante n 21 ' ' , - - 1 y |