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Show Vasectomy Reversal Smoking is Serious Health Hazard as well as Smoker Procedure Meeting To Non-smok- Computerized CRISIS System Solves Reel Problems at Western Electric er A University of Utah surgeon reports it is becoming increasingly possible to restore fertility ip males - ' ; Cable, cable everywhere at Western Electric's Baltimore plant but finding the right reel used to be a problem. Now, thanks to CRISIS, a computerized Cable Reel Inventory Status Information System, any of the thousands of reels in the vast storage yard can be instantly located. Western Electrics Baltimore Plant is locating and shipping reels of exchange cable faster and more economically these days with the help of CRISIS a computerized Status that keeps Cable Reel Inventory Information THE SALT LAKE TIMES FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1975 Page Four System track of the thousands of reels of cable stored in the plants vast reel yard. This calbe is used by the Bell telephone companies across the country to connect central offices, and keeping track of the reels used to be a problem before CRISIS. digit identification number is punched into the system and the location pops up on a display tube. CRISIS operators can enter or retrieve information from the system, and receive instant dossiers on the particular reel for which they are looking. CRISIS received a true test of its effectiveness during a genuine crisis in April, 1974 after tornadoes had swept through parts of the South and Midwest. Orders for vital telecommunications equipment and cable poured into the Baltimore plant. Nearly 400 reels of cable were shipped and, thanks to CRISIS, the first reels were on the road within four hours of the original telephoned requests. First put into operation in Janue computer ary, 1974, the information on new system receives a daily, often hourly basis. When a reel of cable leaves the shop, it is ticketed with pertinent information Since CRISIS, shipping performincluding type, length and shipping destination. This same information ance goals have been exceeded with is fed from Baltimore, via remore considerable cost savings. The terminals, to a computer at the system locates cable reels quickly, Companys cable product engineer- handles inventory control accurateing control center in Atlanta, Geor- ly and checks weights to ensure gia. After a reel of finished cable that reels contain the correct foothas been deposited in the storage age. In the near future, CRISIS will yard, the computer is told its in be able to follow the complete a exact location. If it is needed hurry, or just to fill a routine history of a cable order from design order, the reels distinctive six to distribution. on-lin- Believe It orNot! SERVING THE UNITED TASTES OF AMERICA FOR 180 HOLIDAY SEASONS. who have previously undergone vasectomies. Dr. Richard Middleton, urology division chief at the U of U Medical Center, said a technique he is using is resulting in the restoration of sperm to the seminal fluid in 94 percent of the males undergoing the new procedure. Of those, pregnancies have resulted thus far in 53 percent of the wives involved, Dr. Middleton said. Most reports of success with other techniques have shown a 50 percent return of sperm and a 20 to 30 percent pregnancy rate, the U surgeon added. He attributed success of the technique, known as vas reanastomosis, to meticulous attention to detail. The surgeon uses an operating microscope and extremely fine sutures to rejoin the vasa defferentia, the small tubes that deliver sperm to the semen. In a vasectomy, the two vasa defferentia are cut and tied off to stop passage of the sperm into the semen, making it impossible for pregnancy to occur. A vasectomy is relatively simple, Dr. Middleton said. It's easy to interrupt the tubes, but it is far more difficult to rejoin them and restore potency." The diameter of a vas deferens is about 2 mm. The problem is that the center is very tiny. Other surgical techniques cited by Dr. Middleton have onvolved the use of splints to keep the channel open during the healing phase. But our experience leads us to believe that splints do not increase the operation's success rate, and they may even be detrimental, he said. The actual rejoining operation is more complicated than the original vasectomy," the surgeon noted. For vasectomy, a local anesthetic is used, and the procedure takes only a few minutes, generally within a Smoking is a serious health smoke enters the atmosphere from hazard to the smoker and to two sources. There is sidestream in the same room. smoke, which goes directly into the air from the burning end . . . and Please do not smoke. Thats what a new Utah Lung mainstream smoke, which the Association no smoking poster smokers pull through the mouthsays, and it couldnt tell the truth piece . . . when he or she inhales or more plainly. puffs. The fascinating fact is that The organization is offering the smoke has higher concenposters free to the public as part of a current campaign. trations of noxious compounds than November 28th has been declared the mainstream smoke inhaled by A Holiday the smoker. Some studies show Cold Turkey Day Smokers are being that there is twice as much tar and for Lungs. asked to give up smoking Cold nicotine in sidestream smoke compared to mainstream. And three period. Turkey for the are asked to sup- times as much of a compound called port the Utah Lung Association 3-- 4 benzyprene, which is suspected effort by reminding smokers to as a cancer-causin- g agent. Five refrain from smoking on November times as much carbon monoxide, 28th, especially in public places. which robs the blood of oxygen, The new poster is part of the and 50 times as much ammonia. Additional information on smokammunition. The other part of the ammunition ing and health are available at the is the fact that are the Utah Lung Association, 1616 South of the population. It just 11th East, Salt Lake City, 84105. majority Quit Kits to help smokers on seems that everyone smokes. Cold Turkey Day can also be According to a Lung Association publication, in the countrys popu- obtained free of charge. lation as a whole, one in four people smoke. Utah's smoking population is even lower. The publication describes tobacco smoke as a very complex mixture of gasses liquids and particles. There are hundreds of chemical An exhibit of the wildlife paintcompounds in tobacco and hundreds more created when tobacco burns. ings of Farrell Collett will be Some of the most hazardous featured through January 11 at the compounds are tar, nicotine, carbon Utah Museum of Natural History. monoxide, cadmium, nitrogen dioxThe exhibit will feature oils, ide, ammonia, benzene, formalde- acrylics, watercolors, pastels and hyde and hydrogen sulphide. Any drawings. Mr. Colletts paintings one alone can assault the body and and drawings are owned by gallercause trouble. Together they make ies, schools and colleges, banks and in private collections in the United smoking the menace it is. Associato the Lung According States, Canada and Europe. smoker when a even inhales, A native of Idaho, Mr. Collett is tion, researchers have calculated that a retired professor of art and two-thirof the smoke from the at Weber State burning cigarette goes into the College. environment. The percentage of Mr. Collett is a member of the pollution from cigar and pipe smoke Society of Animal Artists, the is even higher. Salmagundi Club of New York, the time a anyone lights ciga- Associated Utah Artists, and ogden Every rette or cigar or pipe, tobacco Palette Club. ! non-smoke- rs side-strea- anti-smoki- m ng ... 24-ho- Non-smoke- non-smoke- ur rs rs non-smoke- rs Wildlife Paintings Of Farrell Collett Displayed at U ds artist-in-residen- ce physicians office. But for the vas reanastomosis, a hospital operating room is preferred, and the patient has a general or spinal anesthesia. Recovery time, however, is generally only a few days the same as for the original vasectomy. Men want their fertility Mountain Bell Introduces New Telephone for Businesses Self-Dialin- g re- stored for many reasons, Dr. Middleton said. Some have second thoughts, and they and their wives decide they really want more children; others are divorced and remarry, and want to have children with their second wives. This procedure, and others similarly being developed across the nation, are offering more hope to men who had earlier been told a vasectomy was irreversible. Dr. Middleton added. Life is unpredictable, and the decision to have a vasectomy is at times later regretted. The prospects of reversal and restoration of fertility are becoming fairly good. Although the science of is over microphotography Mountain Bell has introduced a new telephone for businesses that is According to Kenneth O. Hill, Utah Public Relations Manager, the new Touch-a-Mati- c telephone has the ability to remember up to 31 phone numbers and dials them automatically as well as functioning as a normal phone. It is especially useful in banks, real estate firms, travel offices, insurance companies, advertising agencies or any business that constantly deals with the same customer or suppliers, Hill 'pointed out. The new phone prevents dialing mistakes on frequently called numbers and will dial up to 31 local or self-dialin- g. BEAMINGLY YOURS 100 years old, the real growth in the use of microfilm did not begin until World War II, when American servicemens was put on microfilm for shipment overseas. During the four war years an V-m- BY KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY. DISTILLED AND BOTTLED BEAM KENTUCKY CO CLERMONT DISTILLING B BEAM THE JANIES PROOF estimated one billion letters were processed on film. long distance numbers by touching a button. Up to 15 digits per number can be stored in each space, allowing local, long distance and International Direct Distance Dialing numbers to be stored. Another button, labeled Last Number Dialed" provides access to a Scratch pad memory which automatically records the last number a customer dials manually. Pressing this button automatically the number, useful if the customer gets a busy signal or wants to call back someone he or she has just dialed manually. Additional information about the new telephone is available from Mountain Bell. re-dia- ls |
