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Show I A The Salt Lakp Tribune, Sunday, June 20, 19S2 Fallen Eagles Can Mend At Bird Clinic K ' V - Tk v' ' v v t : -- A 1 'i' vs , 2 . ? ' 2' Aff ' -- .' vte' A v - ' - AY' . t " wasnt cute; it was A f? - v v Wwi'-- f , v . 1C ( 's.vsp5'- - - 1 ' ? ,v, t x ',V; h 25'v'1 : , it just descriptive. It told staff and volunteers which bird they were talking about at this unusual clinic. Killer" had been shot by a hunter. The bullet fractured her right wing and left her flightless. A game warden stumbled onto her last October, a weakened and starving bird in the woods near Hudson, Wis. No one knows whether that hunter knew he fired at an endangered species as well as this country's national symbol. "Killer is an American bald eagle. And thanks to the University of Minnesotas Raptor M She was called ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) 'Killer." It wasn't irreverent, v m' ..I y K 'A t'? t ' t 1 :$ Rehabilitation and Research Program, shes about to fly free again. This unusual clinic, where patients are likely to arrive in brown corrugated boxes, has saved more than lfiO bald eagles and a dozen peregrine falcons, also endangered, and thousands of other birds of prey. It hasnt been easy, particiularly with the eagle, which is always difficult to work with. They are prone to infection and the very qualities that contribute to their majesty in the skies make them less than ideal patients. talons They are strong birds with arrow-shar- p particular bird was a real scrapper. Hence, "Killer. Dr. Patrick Redig, chief surgeon at the clinic, patched up the wing and started the bird on antibiotics. Soon the fracture had 'jf' , Ji a :v''7r xvm&A X Ky 3 s' is v 2'Sk N Associated Press Photo Rehabilitation Pal Redig examines eye of golden eagle at University of Minnesotas Raptor Dr. healed and the infection had stopped, but the bird that had been near death was not yet able to fly. In December, she broke her leg, thrashing about in the captivity that the bald eagle seems to resent even more than the other great raptors. and Research Program in St. Paul, Minn. was taken out of the eagle room at the Veterinary School and transferred to an outdoor pen at the Carpenter Nature Center near Hastings, Minn., about an hours drive from campus. The eagles outside do 200 percent better Killer" needed more surgery. Redig put in the small operating room on the St. Paul campus and inserted pins to hold the bone in place. In January, he took the pins out and she seemed to be using the leg well. In February, Killer her down with anesthesia than the ones we keep indoors, says Redig. We dont know wy, but they do. Killer was in a large wire and wooden pen with a half dozen other eagles, all on the mend, but not quite ready to survive in the wild. Gallup Poll Demos Look for Gains in House With the congressional PRINCETON, N.J. elections less than five months away, the Democratic Party enjoys a lead of landslide proportions over the Republican Party in the popular vote for seats in the U.S. House of Representatives. In the latest survey (conthe Demoducted in crats are the choice of 53 percent of registered voters to 38 percent for Republicans. In the 1978 congressional elections, Democratic candidates won about 55 percent of the popular vote and the seat division was 276 for the Democrats and 157 for the Republicans. While the current finds look anything but hopeful for the GOP this fall in terms of the overall division of House seats, Republican strength has remained constant in recent weeks after a steady decline between January and April of the current year. Significantly, this steadiness in GOP support in the congressional races parallels a leveling out in the downward trend in President Reagans job performance rating. At this point, however, the GOP appears headed l for seat losses for the party losses which have holding the White House elections during averaged about 30 seats in the last 35 years. Following are the questions asked and the trend: If the elections for Congress were being held TODAY, which party would you like to see win in this congressional district, the Democratic Party or the Those who said they were Republican Party? undecided or named a different party were asked: As of today, do you lean more to the Democratic Party or to the Republican Party? Here is the trend over the last year: On a basis, the current figures are 58 percent Democratic and 42 percent Republican. By way of comparison, here is the division of the vote for two-wa- y City size: mid-May- ), Analysis by population groups (based on two successive surveys) show the current figures closely parallel those recorded at this time in the congressional election year of 1978, with one important exception. A Gallup survey at that time showed men and women in close agreement in their congressional choices. Today, women are considerably more inclined than are men to favor the Democrats, as shown in the table below: VOTE FOR CONGRESS (By mx registered voters) greater-than-norma- The following table shows the congressional vote by groups, based on the results of the latest two surveys: d Anyone who has trouble hearing is welcome to have a test using the latest electronic equipment to determine if his loss is one which may be helped. Some of the causes of hearing loss will be explained, and diagrams of how the ear works will be shown. Everyone should have a hearing test at least once a year if there is any trouble at all hearing clearly. Even people now wearing a hearing aid or those who have been told nothing could be done for them should have a hearing test and find out whether the latest methods of hearing correction can help them hear better. Associated Press Photo ging suit and sneakers of his grandson. The pair are among few still living in tents. The free hearing tests will be given Monday and Tuesday from 9 A M. to 5 P.M. at 2112 South 1100 East. If you cant get there on Monday and Tuesday, and arrange for an appointment at call another time. testing is. also available. Nomadic Bedouin World Yields to Settled Ways Jordan - When (AP) Hamed Hamd was a boy. his Bedouin family roamed the length of this narrow valley between soaring canyon walls tents whereand pitch'd their goat-hai- r ver they found water for their flocks Today, half a century later. Hamd still lives in a goat hair tent and wears ttie flowing mix's and checkered headc-lotof the desert nomads But the water is piped in by the Jordanian government. fixlder for his goats in big burlap truck bags aboard a relative's pick-uand his own staples are tins of imported sardines, processed meats and powdered milk. The Bedouin, romantic figure of cinema and fiction, has entered the 2oth century and is rapidly being absortied into the Jordanian army and other g jobs. The Jordanian government estimates there are about less than 2 icrrcnt of 10,000 Bedouins the country's imputation of 2 3 million still living in tents and raising goats In 19)1 the mm.o'ic and cornels Bedouin imputation in this desert king dom was estimated at '"umo Arab Traditions By and large I think the traditional Bedouin has dlsapeurod. unfortunately. I think the Bedouin always represented Arab tradition.- - and values and now they are gone " says Sari Nasir. (hairnian of the Sociology Department at the University of Jordan Wadi Rum. about 30 miles from Jordan's Red Sea mrt of Aqaba, is home for the al Huwaital, one of the most traditional Bedouin tribes, which (laims descent from the prophet Mohammed h wage-payin- 486-930- the valley Elsewhere in Jordan they are disapimaring in'o government-supplieconcrete block cubicles which have sprung up on the outskirts of towns and army garrisons. Hamed Hamd lives off the coins he earns gathering firewood for soldiers of the hag,aiiah, or desert patrol, and money sent by his won. who works somewhere outside the canyon walls. Old Man's World Hamd is not sure where his son is. The old man's world has a radius ol barely 35 miles Everything else is "far. far awav. a place I have never in d VIKING 'TOP LINE" 6370 REGULAR PRICE fykGrciw-Ediso- n presents the froth about evaporative cooling. $30O00 OFF! Its better for your budget. 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Hamd looks as though be has stepped out of a distant i utiiry as lie ps cross legged in bis t nt and prepares strong sweet tea in a fire blai keried kettle He Is joined by mu-bac- i 0 In-ho- About 2.000 Bedouin still live in tents loen Hearing Tests Set For Senior Citizens Electronic hearing tests will be Salt Lake City given at the Beltone Hearing Aid Service office on Monday and Tuesday from 9 A.M. to 5 P.M. Factory-traireHearing Aid Specialists will be at our office at 2112 South 1100 East in Salt' Lake City to perform the tests. VOTE FOR CONGRESS (Registered voters, two surveys combined) VOTE FOR CONGRESS (Based on registered voters) WADI RUM. 14-1- 7. Advertisement off-ye- Flowing robes and traditional Bedouin ways of Hamed Hamd, left, are a contrast to jog- - findings are based on two successive surveys with 3,141 adults, 18 and older, of whom 2,282 are registered voters. 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