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Show THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, lnj PAUL HARVEY NEWS Don't buy just any How About Those Swine Flu Shots? By PAUL HARVEY WHAT WE have to learn to (c) 1878, Lm Aagete Times I your family going to get the owlne flu thoU? OunianoL Tim shots will be available in October in sufficient quantity so that everybody in the United 8tates could have them before Christmas. Everybody who wants them. Anybody who gets the sniffles this winter is going to wonder if he has swine flu. Any other year I expect there might have been some covering warning from the Department of Health, Edubut no cation and Welfare nationwide alert In an election year the President dared not accept the risk, however minimal, of a devastating epidemic; In fairness to the fearful it must be remembered that this strain of flu, in 1918 and Amer1919, sent icans to bed and killed half a million. understand and evaluate about these government medical programs is that Big Government has assumed so much responsibility for the public welfare that the bureaucrats feel obligated to give us the benefit of any doubt. In that sense, President Ford was intimidated. I sincerely doubt that a mass inoculation program one-in-fo- would have been ordered except in an election year. . AND ALL strains of flu can be killers. The Hong Kong variety killed some 33,000 Americans in the winter of 1968-6The 9. d virus killed some SO, 000 From most strains of flu the most likely complication is a superbacterial infection which results in bronchial pneumonia. We now have antibiotics which minimize that risk. Americans last winter.. And even if there should be an outbreak of swine flu this year, American medicine is better equipped than it was 58 years ago to detect it early and to handle the complications. BUT 58 YEARS ago the most likely complication was what we now call virus and our Eonia" cure that And it is the risk of widespread and highly conpneumont tagious viral-typ- e FOOD of men ia which some medical ' thought Justified a nation-- ' wide alert. Significantly, most of the doctors recommending mass flu vaccination are government doctors who felt it their obligation to do so. g Most of those the inoculation campaign as a false alarm are doctors who do not share the public health responsibility." Critics remind us that our country has so far had only one death from swine flu and pooh-poohin- yet is spending 135 million ? your dollars for this vaccina-tion program. DEHYDRATOR! A (Gallup Poll in August indicated that most Amer-- leans do want the shots 53 per cenL Seventeen per cent said no and so ber cent have not yet decided. Some of us will elect to accept the calculated risk rather than submit to another inoculation, but all of So the ones that: e Csatad: Lindhardt us should appreciate and applaud the fact that this M Rsrtk P ratios, pre- d government-sponsore- Mbn Rtytag ttM e MBs Mdnsi Mrtritiss e iw vif manes caution leaves the choice to Inc. Stats idabs JkHOitstaafafhnsJs! HERE'S SOME REAL BARGAINS WE FOUND FOR YOU IN OUR WAOiinimj NOW ONLY NOW ONLY GIBSON FROST CLEAR 14.0 CUBIC THESE ARE THE BEST BUYS YOU CAN GET BARGAINS THAT SAVE YOU REAL MONEY FT. MERCHANDISE WE STAND BEHIND JUST GOOD VALUES REFRIGERATOR WORLD'S FINEST HONEST QUALITY FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL Hwtpjaiat NO JUNK 30" Free-Standin- g A RANGE D&OttGsDneDnABaO DISHWASHER Infinite-Hea- Surface Unit t Controls Colrod' .. Surfaco Units Porcolain-Enam- Eaay-Clta- n sl ' Finish Oven Clock and 60 minuto interval timer MODELS IN STOCK MODEL PRIIC 85-36- 4 GIBSON NEVER 'LOWER MODEL RB528T SPEED QUEEN Built to Last ...its worth looking into! Speed Queen washers and dryers ' are. built to take more punishment than even the heaviest wash loads cangive. THESE MUST BE MOVED OUT AND WE'RE WILLING TO FORGO ANY PROFITS BUY NOW AND SAVE WE HAVE NEVER SOLD KITCHENAID AT THESE LOW PRICES AND NEVER WILL AGAIN HOME OWNERS, CONTRACTORS, BUILDERS, WE'LL SAVE YOU MONEY BUILT IN ON THESE UNITS PORTABLE AND CONVERTABIE WASHER ZENITH COLOR t and DRYER - BOTH ONLY 21 CU. FT. UPRIGHT ONLY 19" DIAGONAL SAVE REG. MODEL FV21N2 $100 $529.50 FOR THE PAIR . ' Reg. $629.00 YOU SAVE ... Do GJJ o TOMOTOIS YOUR VOLUME DEALER PRESTON I i - $154.00 " |