Show Luck la NEW HOPE FOR 10 MILLION DIABETICS ncml Matthew ’ Back in the kenwinc-Um- p day of 1866 Ewing of Rochester NY had a bright idea to carpenter cash in on America's new petroleum boom To get more valuable kemeine out of each barrel of crude oil refine the oil m a vacuum Businessman Hiram Bond Everest fresh from investing in tree farms (idOed by frost) and a sawmill (it burned to the ground turfceL put up $20 but Ewing's invention put out no mom kerosine than other processes ofly residue left by his method turned out to be a better kind of lubricant We'd Eke to think Ewing and Everest started a tradition of blending a creative spark (and maybe a Ktde Aide) with gumption businat tame and a sensitivity to changing social needs because their Vbcuum Oil Company of 1866 turned out to be the jpand- daddy of today's Mobil Oil Corporation jSl0sSsr y Plane truths The early Mscuum Harnett Oik led to a patented steam cylinder od (much improved and stiil far demand today) for lubricating the bigger faster machines needed to turn out ever mom goods Kerosine lights gave way to EAsosk electric lampt and we lubricated Ms CM central generating system Mobdod went on the WHght brother first planes Admiral Byrdk North Foie Baht and UadberghTs transatlantic solo And on the first Antarctic flight Sir Hu bert Wftins named an inlet "MobttoO Bay " in tribute to Ms engine oiL By Gloria Hochman the hockey obby Clarke player has had diabetes since he was 14 But today he says mmtJ he is “100 percent better” than he was a year and a half ago He g credits his new to a Etde machine called a Dextrometer and a technique called home blood monitoring which he says have made a dramatic difference in his life When Kathy Pulchinski was 20 her diabetes began giving her serious problems “Everything started going” she remembers “My kidneys My eyes My blood pressure zoomed up” Today because of a new operation pioneered in Minnesota Kathy no longer has diabetes Eleanor Oneil 56 has struggled with a common complication of diabetes since 1965 “My toes began to tingle and my feet started to feel w O I well-bein- “One mom joke and I'll knock your block off? 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