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o 0 'Hoppifoess Pill' Found To Be As Ha(b6&-(?orming as Sleep Pill Br DLC CNIfW UPI Ozidnco ; W York gJPI) Chemi cally the "happint pill" behaves inside the human body a cgreat deal like the gieepirg pill behaves, ) c cording to the newest Scien tific cffrrt in itTif0 s show deftnite- I &JLi' not the -hap- LXlIuiJ- Piness iU" Dio smitb habit-formiraj The question is no small wone because the '"happiness pill now is being piwscr ed in the millions, which means that untold ousands of peo ple are addicted to this drug if it is habit-forming. The newest scientific answer is that it is)n the same vay the sleeping pill is. The habit-formif?g sleeping pill is one or another of the barbituates. Tig? happiness pill," compared 3t the barbi turates by Dr. John A. Ewing and Thomas M. Haizlip of the UrQrersity of NortlPCarolina, is meprobamate which is bet ter known to the public by the trade names, "Miltown" and Zquanil." Ease- Off Slowly MepObamate is a useful drug and the purpose of the investigation was not o put up any red flags against its use, but rather to guide physi cians in using it in their pa ttsnts. Indeed, Wyeth Labora tories, Qiaks of "Equanil," supplied the meprobamate for the investigation. " . - . . - The scientists Advised phy sicians to build upomeproba mate doses from so small be ginning, ad -to take their patients off it by degrees rath er than abruptly. Thus, the "withdrawal symptoms which are the mark of drug addicticQ, can be avoided. Qhey said. The World Health Organi zation recently classified all tie tranquilizing drugs as "potentially habit - forming." To this : Ewing -and Haizlip added that "probably any drug that, offers, a sedative or a tranquilizing effeci can be habit forming,, th patient be coming psychologically de pendent "Upon a "sense of re laxation amfdWeiyjeing. Q'Of course," they added, 'it is clear that certain pa tients become dependent up on anyjjug, ven a non-active one, if the medication offers a suitable psychologic meaning to him. But at least the pclient does not face any problem of physiologic toler ance or wthdrawal reac ' tions." Has Decreasing Eff&ct As with the barbiturates, the body adjusts to the con tinuing presence of meproba mate in its cldmistry, arid so the same dose on, jay, the 20th day of taking, produces less effect than on the first The central nervous system accepts the chemically indue ed slow-down and when the chemical is withdrawn "there is a resurgence of electric ac tivity" and trouble, they rea soned. They experimented with 75 patients of the North Caro lina Mental hospital at Ra- leigh, who were divided into three groups of 25 each. One group was given a fairly heavydose of meprobamate daily for 40 days; a second group got half that dosage for the same length of time; the third was given identical ly appearing pills but these pills were chemical blanks At the end of 40 days, the patients getting meprobamate started getting the blanks. These are the conditions of science's classical "double blind test" whose results are supposed to be Unquestiona ble since no one knows what patients are getting ovhich kind of pills until it is all over. Of the patients who were on meprobamate, 44 had "withdrawal symptoms" when switched to the blank, which ranged from "mild" to "severe." ARIES Q 7-10.12-U 33-34-38 jgpOTS TAR GAXElC TAUtUS APR 2; t ' MAY 21 GEMINI MAY 22 t t M & IC "V 11-13-40-43 0-76-79-84 m CANCER JUNE 23 H,ul; J5.37-39-M 55-59-81-89; 4 no JULY 24 AUG 23 52-54-5644 78-83 VIRGO AUG. 24 SEPT. 22 V 6346-73 By CLAY R. POLLAN- JM Your DaHy Activity Guidt M If ArmrAinn ta ih Stnrt. 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NOV 22 C3-41 -47-49? 62-69-74 F SAGITTARIUS NOV. 23 DEC'. 22 m-53-58-61,C k57.80-82 Good ) Adverse UMA SEPT. 23J OCT. 23 2- 6- 9-254T1 CAPRICORN DEC 23 JAri 20 26-30-45Ql 160-71-72 AQUARIUS MN. 21 PEEL 19 4-14-16-22 C4-31-32-90 id PISCES FEB 20jjp MAR. 21 S 142-46-87 The Family Council Editor's note: The Family Council consists of a judge, a psychiatrist, three clergymen, a newspaper editor, a women's editor and two writers. Each article 's a summary ot an actual report. The Family Council does not give advice; it merely reports on problems that have been dealt 0ith by responsible agencies and counselor. Sandra K. They should n't laugh at my romance. Mrs. R. K. She drives everyone nuts. Bandra K.- I am a girl of 16 and I am very much in love with a boy a little older. We have been dating steadily fcr several months now. I'm not like a lot of teen agers. I don't talk about mar riage because I know I'm too young. I don't plan to get married until I'm ut least 18 and maybe not then. Just the same, I'm truly in love now and think I shouldn't be made Father of 13 Dies As Tractor Overturns Hillsboro (UPI) Victor J. Vanderzanden, 55, father of 13 children, was killed near here Thursday when his trac tor overturned and crushed hlTashington County Sheriff R. H. Busch said the Cornel ius man waO fillfng in a hoi-, low in somo pasture land when the Occident "occurred. With him t the time was a son, Allen, 17. In addition to his children, 10 of whom live ot home, sur vivors include his wife, Agnes. ' o ' The Department of the Agriculture says that if Amer ican farmers were farming now as they did in 1940, housewives would be paying $10 billion more annually for greeeries,- - - Three Entries Are Reported lo Police Three break and entries were reported to city police Wednesday and yesterday. Early yesterday the Pear Bowl cafe, 213 West Main st., was entered by a door from an alley, according to police. Both the safe and cash regis ter had been left unlocked and both were rifled. Reports show that 20 cents in - pennies, - food stuff, and cigarettes that were in the cafe were not taken. Wednesday morning Leota Marie Martin, 329 North Holly St., apartment 6, re ported to city police that the garage at her residence had been entered. Nothing was re ported stolen. William Casper Leuthold, 344 North Central ave., Med- ford, reported to city police Wednesday evening the theft of three suitcases and a port able typewriter from his resi dence. .. The items, taken sometime since June 9, were valued at $90. How entrance was made to the building was not dis covered, according to police reports. High Death Toll Predicted July 4 Chicago (UPI) The Na tional Safety Council fears the July 4 highway death toll may surpass that of the record Me morial Day week end just past. The council said Thursday it expected 45 million motor ists to take to the road this July 4. . It said the Memorial Day week end, in which 380 per sons died on the roadways, dramatically pointed up the need for drivers' extra alert ness during peak holiday traf fic periods. "The fourth, which comes during the peak of the three month vacation season, usual ly brings more deaths from traffic accidents than Memo rial Day," the council warned. 'Clean' H-Bomb Firing Due Aug. 22 Washignton (UPI) The United States plans to demon strate a "clean" H-bomb at the Eniwetok Proving Ground in the Pacific around Aug. .22. The explosion, given the code name "pinon," is de signed to show this country's progress in reducing radio active fallout. It will be car ried out before U.N. scientific observers and a small group of reporters. The Atomic Energy Com mission announced the Aug. 22 date Thursday. But the AEC said weather or technical difficulties could delay the schedule. About 55 per cent of American families own their homes, a higher percentage than ever before. a fool of because of it. My whole family, including my uncles and aunts, seem to think it's very, very funny. They call my boy friend "Knobby Knees" and "Baby Long Legs." He is a track star at our school and there's noth ing wrong with his legs. I am so miserable at home because of this. Mrs. R. K. Sandra's ro mances really drive everyone in the family nuts. We would n't pay any attention to them if she wasn't constantly call ing everyone's attention to herself and her boy friend. Her current boy friend got his. nickname because she kept a -picture of him in his. track outfit in front of her at the table. She kept saying, "Isn't he handsome?" So one of her uncles final ly said, "Well, I think ; his knees are kind of knobby ' besides, his legs are too long for his baby face." . We all had to bust "out laughing when that happened, but Sandra flew into a real temper tantrum and insulted her uncle. She refuses to apologize, and my brother is really hurt that she should be so fresh. The Council: Perhaps some day someone will invent s foolproof formula for handl ing teen - agers in love, but until then families must just play it by ear. Girls and boys like Sandra appear to want to be teased just enough. They want their romances to have publicity and recognition from adults They don't really expect to be taken seriously because they have a sneaking suspi cion they aren't serious themselves. In the back of their minds xney Know tney are experi menting with their own feel ings and dramatizing to see how it sounds. Opposition to the romance, often expressed in the form of teasing, is grist for the mill. It adds another dramatic dimension to feelings that are often waning even while the moon-struck lover is sighing over her picture. Ignore the sighs and they become a moan, a lamentation. Com ment on the sighs and receive a shower of abuse in return. In Sandra's case, we think the family ought to lay off Knobby Knees" at this time but Sandra must be told in no uncertain terms that she is expected to treat her uncle and other members of her family with" respect, even when they hurt her feelings. Her mother might remind her that her feelings about a boy are a personal matter and if she doesn't want a public opinion on them she shouldn't advertise them to the world. (Copyright 1958, General Features Corp.) NO WELCOME MAT Auburn, N. Y. (UPI) Po liceman Clarence Batter re turned to headquarters and telephoned a dog confinement order after he failed to de liver the order in person. It seems the dog involved in the confinement order bit Batter as he tried to reach the house where the animal's . master lived. Is That So? Br EUGENI BURNS Ranger-Naturalist Alexandria Since the days of the Pharoahs, the parasitic kite has been the leading scavenger of the country, a position that he continues to hold despite the improvements of the 20th Century. I had a graphic example of MAIL TRIBUNE, M.dforJ, Ortten, Friday, June 10, 19lt this today when we passed a dead dog lying beside the road near one of the villages of the delta. The first of the large buzzardlike birds was arriving. When we passed by again, three and a half hours later, there was little left but the skeleton. Except for two of the kites that had taken to a nearby tree, the others had gone aloft again where I could see some of them, circling slowly in their continual quest for food. Though I have often watched the kites of our southern states, I continued to watch these for several minutes. Their flight is so easy, it is quite understand able why Pliny said that man got the idea for the rudder from the way the kite steers with its tail. f And since kites were the scavengers of England until the English decided a little over 100 years ago that something should be done with garbage and carrion be sides throwing it in the street, it is quite understandable why we speak of the toy tradition ally flown in March as kites. The flight of the toy is so like the effortless flight of the bird. Predominantly Brown The Egyptian kite is pre dominantly a dark brown bird. Perched, they are about two feet long. Wing - borne, they spread five feet from tip: to tip. Though spoken of as an "unclean bird" because of its disgusting diet, as well as the sloppy nests it builds,' its repu tation is not wholly deserved. Many an Egyptian has seen them washing themselves. Furthermore, some natural ists report that in relation to their size, there are probably fewer parasites on them than on the swallows and swifts of Egypt which are said to be crawling with them. As for the nests, one that I saw, though made of twigs and sticks, seemed to be sloppily put together with some old rags and even a kit of newspaper. No doubt it was strong enough, but it certain ly wasn't attractive like the nests of so many birds. (Released by McClure Newspaper Syndicate) Free: By special arrange ment with the editors of the Encyclopedia Americana, my panel of judges will award each week to the reader who sends me the best true-life na ture adventure, the best na ture observation, or the best question on nature and wild life, a complete 30-volume set of this world - famous refer ence work in a handsome Sealcraft binding. Each week new submissions will be con sidered. Sorry, I simply can't answer your many friendly letters. 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