Levelland Daily Sun-News (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 63, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 27, 1967 Page: 2 of 8
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PAGE 2-LEVEL LAND DAILY SUN NEWS WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27. IM7
Sheinwold
On
Bridge
“A trick saved is a trick
earned/* a certain kind of part-
ner hastens to tell you. “Early
to tod and early to pass shows
if a player really has class,” he
intones. Today's hand brought
forth another appropriate brid-
ge proverb.
South dealer
Neither tide vulnerable
NORTH
A A Q 9 8
Q 9 4
0 Q62
* J J4
WEST EAST
♦43 ♦ 62
V K 8 6 5 9 73
O A J 9 J
♦ A Q 6
0 8743
♦ 109 8 7 2
SOUTH
A KJ 10 7 3
A J 102
O K 10
A K3
South
West North East
• A
Double Redouble 2 A
Pass
Pass 2 A Pass
4 A
All Pass
Opening lead — A3
South drew two rounds of
trumps and tried the heart fin*
esse. West refused the first
heart but took the second and
led back a third heart. South
thereupon led the ace of hearts,
discarding the deuce of dia-
monds from dummy.
When declarer next led the
ten of diamonds, West was alert
enough to step up with the ace
at diamonds and return a dia-
mond, crashing the queen and
king together. • ■
Dummy sadly announced: “A
fool and his discard are soon
parted.” Quite right, of course,
South had to give up two club
Wicks and was therefore down
One. *
PREMATURE DISCARD
South made his mistake when
he discarded prematurely on the
ace of hearts. He should lead
the ten of diamonds before lead-
ing the fourth round of hearts.
If West steps ig> with the ace
of diamonds, South will later
take the king of diamonds and
get to dummy with a trump to
discard a club on the queen of
diamonds.
To avoid this West must play
the jack of diamonds on South's
DPI Predjctioas
ED&OHS—In A—
rias of UPI year-end reports;
todafc What do Texas' newspa-
per and broadcast editors think
will happen in Texas In 1968?
By WILLIAM CLAYTON
United Press international
The Texas School Book De-
pository will be one of the
state’s top tourist stops of 1968
. . . liquor-by-the drink will be a
big Texas political issue...and
John Tower will be the next
governor of Texas. These were
predictions by editors respond-
ing to a United Press Interna-
tional poll at the close of 1967.
Predictions for the political
world leaned mostly to the is-
sues'of state finances, liquor-by
foe-drink, and control of the
Democratic party on a state
level.
Most replies from the editors
mentioned state taxes and fi-
nancing in some form or anoth-
er as a chief 1968 election is-
sue. Several spoke of the politi-
cal tug-of - war between Sen.
Ra]ph , Yarborough and Gov.
John Connally and the influence
of President Johnson on Texas
politics.
ten. Dummy wins with the queen
at diamonds, and South gets to
Ms hand with a trump to cash
the ace of hearts. Now is toe
time to get rid of dummy's
deuce at diamonds.
South leads the king of dia-
monds to put West into the lead,
and West has no safe return.
If West returns a diamond,
dummy ruffs while South dis-
cards a club. If West, instead,
leads clubs, South gets a trick
with the king of clubs.
DAILY QUESTION
As dealer, you hold: S-4 3,
H-K 8 6 5, D-A J 9 5, C-A Q 6.
What do you say?
ANSWER: Bid one diamond.
The hand is worth an opening
bid, but it is wise to avoid an
opening bid in a very weak four-
card major suit. If partner
cannot respond in hearts you can
afford to ignore the heart suit. ■
CASUALTY AND THEFT
LOSS ARE TAX DEDUCTIBLE
COLLEGE STATION— Tax-
payers who .suffered losses
from theft or casualties, such
as hurricane, flood, storm,fire
automobile accident, shipwreck
lightning, airplane crash and
freezing, may be able to claim
their losses as an income tax
deduction, reports James Mall-
ett. Extension farm manage-
ment specialist at Texas A&M
University.
The amount of the taxdeduct-
ion is the loss in property
value, but is limited to its cost
or basis, and must be reduced
by the amount of insurance or
other compensation received or
expected to be received, he
says.
Proof of loss should be docu-
mented soon after the casualty
occurs, says Mallett. You
should be prepared to show:
1. Values before and after
casualty (pictures, appraisals
and signed statements by per-
sons familiar with the circum-
stances, before and after are
pertinent evidence);
2. Nature erf the casualty and
when it occurred;
3. The loss was the direct
result of the casualty;
4. The cost or other adjust-
ed basis of the property, evi-
denced by purchase contracts,
deed, etc. (improvements to the
property should be supported
fay cHMks, receipt*; etc.); —
5. Depreciation allowed or al-
lowable, if any;
6. The amount of insurance
or other compensation receiv-
ed; and
7. You were the owner of the
property.
Business or farm property
damaged or lost is deductible
as a business loss.
Each item of real or tangible
property damaged by casualty
or lost by theft is considered
separately in determining the
deductible business loss. No
deduction is allowed for the loss
of crops, livestock or produce
raised for sale. Costs of pro-
ducing these items and the cost
of livestock, crops or produce
purchased for resale are ordi-
nary business expenses and
therefore deductible.
. Deductible Casualty losses do
not include, (1) expenses inci-
dent to a casualty such as tem-
porary housing, travel, or mov-
ing expenses, (2) expenses in-
curred by reason of injury to
yourself or others, (3) loss thr-
ough misplacement of cash or
other property, and (4)damages
by rust or erosion.
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LEVELLAND HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR — Members of the LHS
Choral group as they performed during the Christmas con-
cert are shown above. The group will be participating in
the upcoming ItL competition during the next semester.
(PHOTO BY EDWARD SHUGART)
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GIs in Europe
Warned About
Commie Pen Pals
FRANKFURT, Germany United States. Such mass pro-
(UPXi — American GIs sta- duced mail is designed to dam-
tioned in Europe have been age morale, confuse and create
Dear Heloise;
For young parents on the go
like us who don't have those
fancy insulated bags or car
adapter bottle warmers, here’s
what to do:
Put your baby’s bottles in the
freezing compartment for five
minutes for an extra chill.
While chilling the bottles,
boil a large pan of water and
pour it in a vacuum bottle.
Get out a one-pound coffee can,
too.
Wrap baby’s bottles se-
parately in terry cloth dish to-
wels or haid towels, and se-
cure with a rubber band. When
feeding baby that towel is bet-
ter than a bib. It fits snzgly
beneath baby’s entn and around
his shoulders.
When feeding time comes a-
round use that coffee can as a
bottle warmer by pouring some
hot water in it and setting the
bottle down
water in
HOT and
the bottle closely. When the bot-
tle is warm, pour the w ater back
in the vacuum bottle to be used
over again for the next feeding.
Mrs. M.J. Griffin
Dear Heloise:
That nylon net again:
A tube of it pulled over a
terry cloth hand towel is just
great as a back scrubber.
It Is long enough to reach
for seesawing, and sure feels
good. I couldn’t do without
mine.
Grandma
pre-cut, the frozen pieces di-
vide easily for quick thawing.
Peggy Corliss
Dear Heloise:
Here’s a way to prevent blis-
ters and callouses from form-
ing when using shears for any
length of time (on dress
material or hedges).
Just put an adhesive bandage
over the area on your hands
where you EXPECT to be blis-
tered before starting the job.
Works wonders.
Mrs. Richardson
White Sands
Base To Move
To El Paso
Dear Heloise:
When melting oleo to pour in
pancake or waffle batter, I pnt
a little water in the pan when
I heat the margarine.
This prevents the m.nrgarlne
from browning and the water
just steams off.
Noia McCall
Agency located at White Sands
missile range in New Mexico,
will be moved to El Paso.
The announcement was re-
leased Tuesday by the Army
department through the office of
Texas U. S. Sen. Ralph Yarbo-
rough.
Yarborough said several fa:-
tors influenced the decision to
move the agency including
availability of qualified techni-
cal personnel in El Paso, the
need for air travel facilities,
and ready support of nvlitary
personnel and training facili-
ties at Ft. Bliss,
The move would begin in Jan-
uary and take several weeks as
the General Services Adminis-
tration looks for housing for 100
of the agency’s 300 emp'oyes.
Most of toe em;,loyes already
live in El Paso.
Health Hints.
Walking on Ice
In the event you fall and
sustain a broken bone, you are apt
to experience pain, swelling, in-
flammation and numbness. The de-
gree of these • symptoms will vary
according to the location and $e-
' verity of the break.
Exercise extreme caution
when walking on slick or icy pave-
ment. A bad spill may do more
than shatter your dignity. It may
shatter a bone. Older persons are
expccially prone to accidents of this
kind and are advised to remain
indoors on particularly bad days.
When you do go out choose the
clearest route possible and wear
protective footwear with non-skid
soles. Women, inparticular, should
select functional lootwear.
y-KAY
ROOM
Dear Heloise:
Most mothers like to save
their childrens’ report cards
and photos, etc. But these
things will clutter up drawers,
get mixed up or may become
lost just lying around the house.
Why not buy a scrap book or
some heavy paper that won’t
yellow, and has loose leafholes
so you can tie it together with
a cord or ribbn. Make SURE
you can add more sheets if
needed.
On the first page write your
child’s name and history. On
the following pages put the birth
record, then the report cards,
pictures, certificates, greeting
cards, school poems, clippings,
etc.
You can use photo mountings
or tape to stick these on.
The oooks can be kept up to
date for many years and any-
time you want to look some-
thing up you know right where
to go.
This is especially nice for
large families. Each child’s
record of events are all or-
ganized and kept in order.
Karen
near Heloise;
My favorite method of clam>
ing a small article after repair-
ing it with glue, is to use a
snap clothespin.
Helpflil
For
Mj float i
By DR. CONNOR 0. COLE
Marriage Cauntalar
Be careful about excusing
yourself too quickly for your
own mistakes.
Could be th$t more than your
slip will be showing!
warned that their pen pals be-
hind the Iron Curtain may be.
espionage agents.
According to top Army and
Air Force officials in Germany,
pen pals — one of the service-
man's greatest morale boosters
—actually pose a serious threat
to military security.
Using such gimmicks as
lonely hearts clubs, stamp and
coin clubs and pen pals. East-
ern European espionage agen-
cies attempt to gain the con-
fidence of soldiers and airmen
as sources of information con-
cerning American troop and
equipment deployment.
Since contact is maintained
by mail, military intelligence
officials admit they have little
control over pen pals and
other unsolicited correspond-
pnts
US. postal regulations pro-
hibit the opening of first class
mail under any circumstances,
and unclaimed second and
third class mail may be opened
only after the serviceman
leaves Europe
The only source left is the
soldier or airman who. under
his own initiative, reports sus-
picious correspondence to his
unit intelligence officers
The majority of complaints
deal with the volume of junk
advertising and occasionally
with pornography.
Lack of complaints about
subversive correspondence in-
dicates the unawareness by
servicemen of the threat posed
by such mail, officials say.
A soldier usually receives a
letter saying he was mentioned
by a friend as being interested
in a pen pal mall chain.
Often the correspondent Is a
girl who wants to become bet-
ter acquainted with an Ameri-
can
The Questions
Usually, the "pen pal” asks
about the nature of the service-
man's unit, the type of equip-
ment it uses and the disposi-
tion of the unit in an alert.
Officials said the location of
U S. military units is not clas-
sified. but anything dealing
with their operation is security
sensitive.
Organizations operating by
mail are difficult to investigate,
especially if they are located in
Communist countries
Since there is no such thing
as an innocent pen pal in the
Communist sectors, according
to officials, pen pal correspond-
ence is discouraged
Servicemen also are being
harassed by mail sent by sub-
versive organizations In the
dissension among U.8. service-
men.
Subversive mall originating
in the United States is investi-
gated by the Federal Bureau of
Investigation.
Military officials said the re-
cent Supreme Court decision
throwing out the convictions of
three distributors of pornogra-
phy is expected to result in in-
creased pornographic mail
aimed at servicemen in Europe.
However, distributors now
are requesting the serviceman
to return the correspondence if
he is not interested
FISHERMEN KIDNAPPED
SEOUL (UPI)—The South
Korean government will protect
its fishermen working in waters
near the North-South demarca-
tion line with added patrol boats
and reconnaissance planes a
spokesman said Tuesday. The
announcement followed a
Christmas Day kidnaping by
North Koreans of five fishing
boats and 30 fishermen. The
spokesman said 39 boats and
339 men have been kidnapped
this year.
STOMACH TROUBIES
MIDDLESBROUGH, England
(U Pi)—A gastroenteritis eplde-
mic among hospitalized babies
in northern England took its
10th victim late Monday, an
eight-m, nth-old boy. Twenty-
nine infants are suffering from
the stomach disease In three
hospitals. Four are in serious
condition.
ICF BLOCKS DANUBE
BELGRADE (UPI) — The
Dnnube River is blocked to
navigation by a 6-mile ice
barrier 100 miles east of
Belgrade, the Yugoslav news
agency reported Tuesday. Two
Romanian ice-breakers have
attempted to cut a route
through the ice which is as deep
as 26 feet in some places, the
agency said.
DOUBLE COI LEION
MIESB^CH, Germany (UPI)
—A bus carrying skiers from
Munich to a Bavarian resort
skidded off an icy roai near
Miesbach and struck a tree
Tuesday, injuring 23 persons,
three seriously. Twenty-five
minutes later, a head-on auto
collision in the sama area
injured six children and five
adults.
Single Bedroom
for Happy Marriage
By Abigail Van Buren
I r IMJ bv Cfticaro Triboiw N Y News SriW . Im I
DEAR ABBY 1 plan to be married soon, and my problem
is my future wife. She dropped a bomb on me while we were
apartment hunting She wants to sleep in separate bedrooms'
She said she got the idea from one of those women on the
radio who gives advice on how to stay happily married. iB>
the way. this woman is divorced.) This radio woman said that
separate bedrooms will keep a marriage "romantic.'' because
then a couple would be together only when they really felt like-
it.
Abby. 1 think the idea of separate bedrooms for newly we
is absolutely ridiculous If two people love each other.
•id want to be as dose as possible, wouldn they ’ 1 111
' ,ny girl would listen to you. so if you agree with me. please
print my letter with your reply GROOM TO BE
DEAR GROOM: The only reason for married people lo
sleep in separate bedrooms is | AI If one of them has an
infretious disease. | BI If one. or the other has some very
disturbing habit, sueh as walking, talking, or grinding his teeth
in his sleep. Or if hr is a chronic heavy snorer.
if neither you nor your bride-to-be qualifies for any of the
aforementioned groups, tell your lady that all the separation
any healthy marriage requires can be had in a large double
bed.
DEAR ABBY: We know a couple whose 14-year-old son still
has "sitters." Now Abby. this boy is large for his age and his
voice has already changed, and he's certainly old enough to
stay by himself. We simply do not understand it
It's true, he's an only child, but they live in an apartment
building, so it's not as tho they're leaving him all alone out in
the wilderness.
His parents are a little embarrassed about it and say they
wish he'd start staying home alone at night, but he kicks up
such a fuss, they call a "sitter." All their friends are laughing
behind their backs Are we crazy? Are they? Or is their son’
CLOSE FRIENDS
DEAR FRIENDS: Send me some snapshots of some of the
"sitters" and I'll tell you who's crazy.
DEAR ABBY: Got a kick out of the letter from the man
whose wife drove him nuts with her back-seat driving. I have
a cure for that: The next time his wife starts preparing din
ner. follow her into the kitchen, and when she bends down to
get the pan. grab her hand and shout "Careful, don't hurt
yourself!" (
When she slices the tomatoes yell, "Watch that blade!"
Stand right over her and tell her to be sure she doesn't do
anything wrong. And if she complains, tell her if she'll leave
you alone while you’re driving, you’ll leave her alone when
she’s cooking PAUL
Troubled? Write to Abby, Box 69700, Los Angeles, Cal.,
90069. For a personal reply, inclose a stamped, self-addressed
envelope.
Hate to write letters? Send SI to Abby, Box 69700, Los
Angeles, Cal., 90069, for Abby’s booklet. “How to Write Letters
for All Occasions.’’
f5sv'-
lf you suspect a break —
however slight —consult your phy-
sicign, and he will prescribe the
necessary tests.
W ISSUER MONTHLY IN THE INTISOT OF YOUR SOOO HEALTH
F* RT THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLUE SHIELD FLANS. tU
O ■ ■ — - 111
Dear Heloise:
There are only two of us at
home now, but we still like
homebaked pies.
When I bake pies for our
freezer, I cut them In slice*
before freezing. Then when I
want some, I just take out the
nuipber of pieces I need and
don’t have to thaw the whole
pie! Because they have been
t
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Hospital Costs
Up During 1967
Total cost per patient day in
Texas short term general hos-
pitals continues to run from
four to six per cent below the
national average in spite of an
approximate increase of 14 per
cent for the 12 months ending
Sept. 30, 1967.
This trend was noted by O.
Ray Hurst, Executive Direct*
or of the Austin-based Texas
Hospital Association, following
release this week of Hospital
Indicators covering the same
12-month period. Hospital Indi-
cators are statistical services
published monthly by the Am-
erican Hospital Association and
are composed of data compiled
from a statistical sampling of
representative hospitals throu-
ghout the nation.
The national average for total
patlent-per-day costs for the
year ending Sept. 30 was $55.82
an increase of $6.99 over the
previous year.
“Texas hospital costs,” Hurst
said, “averaged between $52
and $53 per patient day for the
same period. This is an increa-
se of about $6 a day over the
previous year.
“The American Hospital As-
sociation figures for the nation
as a whole reflected a 14.3
per cent Increase and Texas
hospital costs have risen in a
very similar manner,” Hurst
continued.
Additional increases for the
next year will follow a like pat-
tern, the Texas Hospital Asso-
ciation official believes. Prime
reason for the accelerated costs
is that of marked salary in-
creases— across the board—
which have been triggered by
extension of Federal minimum
wage legislation to cover hospi-
tal employees, scarcity of pro-
fessional and technically train-
ed personnel, and general in-
flationary trends which, inturn,
rec>jired higher wages to obtain
and retain adequate numbers of
personnel.
The requirement for periodic
pay raises wiU continue to force
hospital costs up until at least
1971, at which time the legally
required minimum of $1.60 an
hour is reached. The minimum
rate is now $1 an hour and in-
creases to $1.15 per hour in
February, 1968.
In a determined attempt to
slow the cost spiral, the Texas
Hospital Association and its 558
member hospitals have institut-
ed numerous programs to en-
courage savings in every facet
of hospital operations.
Included in these programs
are an aggressive recruiting
campaign to encourage students
to enter health related careers,
a shared computer program for
smaller hospitals, i
ment workshops and
to keep hospital I
abreast of a highly __
ever changing industry. In ad-
dition, administrators in the
Association’s 17 geographical
divisions are conluctii^
“brainstorming” sessions to
determine how they individually
or collectively can contain costs
at the lowest possible level
consistent with high quslity care
standards.
“Programs aimed at cost
containment In the hospital must
always be conducted with the full
realization that the highest pos-
sible totality of health care is the
major concern.
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