the examiner Monday Feb 20 1918 15 ataglanoe Jeff Strudwick son of Mr and Mrs Alf Strudwick of 233 In nisfil St poses with Wayne King of the Barrie Flyers of the Ontario Hockey Association Senior League Jeff was one 170 hockey players from the Royal Canadian Legion Minor Hockey League to receive participation trophies at the leagues awards dinner Tuesday the trophies Examiner Photo King helped present Pierre Proulx head of federal studies on bilingual air communications says the tests could have been completed if group of Frenchlanguage controllers had not boycotted them Pro ulx said in an interview last week the tests were four months behind because of shortage of air traffic con trollers in Montreal Photo Eating with one hand isnt so easy but John Peacock 10 found his hot meat pie so good he was able to manage Meat pies hot dogs coffee and hot chocolate were available to cold skiers at the recent Thornton Lions Family Ski Days John is an Examiner carrier in Thom ton but says his buddy is doing his route for him until he recovers from separated arm in jured during hockey game Examiner Photo THE QUIZ The doctor says Prudent use of xrays By THOSTESON MD Dear Dr Thosteson read recently where you said xrays are not dangerous It has been universally proven that ionizing radiation causes cancer Wh in the world would you tel someone it is not dangerous The scientific world is trying to inform people about this Now look what you have done You have set progress back couple of yearsJMS cannot follow your reasoning To understand mine talk to someone whose life has been saved because of diagnosis made possible by an xray You might also consider the fact that the incidence of cancer has not increased markedly over the decades following the introduction of rays According to your view it should have Modern techniques reduce scattering of xrays Xrays deserve the cautious respect of the medical profes sion and are not to be used friv olously For brief period they were even being used as means of measuring feet for shoe sizes Todays more pru cbnt use of xrays is to be com mended but lets keep the mat ter in perspective Dear Dr Thosteson What do you think of person taking hydrochloricacid tablets to speed up digestion Friends of mine take two after every meal and regard it as cureall for all sorts of ailments Can it cause ulcersMrs FH Whats their big hurry Isnt life speeded up enough without trying to accelerate digestion In the first place this is figment of your friends imagination Unless there is deficiency of hydrochloric acid in the stomach determined by chem ical analysis there is enough being produced naturally to take care of digestion Your surmise about ulcers is correct One factor in ulcer for mation is excessive gastric acid which the tablets might oduce Unprescribed frivo ous use of seemingly harmless substances can have rebound effects in the stomach and elsewhere Dear Dr Thosteson have been told have chloasma on my face thought it was due to aging plus too much sun Now learn it is due to the birth toontroi pill which have been taking for years am 43 Short of stopping the pills is there anything can do to get rid of thiSMrs AC Theres no medicine to counter this effect which is found in some women using the contraceptive pills It is more common or more noticeable among women who live in the sunnier climates Shielding your face from the sun may reduce the darkening and creams can mask the splot chiness Other than that nothing Women who get this mask of pregnancy during regnancy can expect the same effect from the pills Dear Dr Thosteson Drplain in clear language please just what coronary embolism meansMrs HS coronary embolism is wandering blood clot that travels through an artery serving the heart eventually becoming lodged in narrowed section If that happens blood supply is cut off and coronary thrombosis occursa heart at tack If this occurs in an artery serving the brain it is called cerebral embolism which re sults in what is called stroke Oswald Jacoby and Alan Sontag Hand calls for review queen and another heart NORTH to 1062 K9 7532 EAST 73 VJ95 611074 ¢A1094 220A Vulnerable Both Dealer West West North East Pass Pass Pass Pass Pass Pass Pass Pass Opening lead By Oswald Jacoby and Alan Sontag Jim In the code word ARCH the stands for Review the bidding As de clarer you get information about the play from passes as well as ids Oswald South takes his ace of hearts and leads trump West wins with the ace and continues with the South wits and has lost two tricks Jim The success of the contract depends on the club suit If East holds both ace and queen South cant go wrong If West holds both those cards South cant do anything How about if each defender holds one Oswald That is where the review of the bidding comes in handy West has dealt and passed and has shown up with the ace of spades and kingqueen of hearts If he also held the ace of clubs he would have opened the bidding Instead West had passed as dealer Jim So when South leads the club from dummy and East plays low South is going to go up with his king and wrap up the game and rubber askng Canadian reader wants to know if we always re spond to partners opening club bid Decidedly not We cer tainly pass with balanced hand and less than six high card points and might even pass with six if our hand was most unattractive AStIOG raph Bernice Bede Osol Feb 21 1978 You can move rapidly ahead this coming year if you keep one thing uppermost in mind Pick goals you know you can achieve with the experience and mental equipment y0u pos sess PISCES Feb20March 20 Use sharp or dangerous tools with the utmost care today Make sure those around you do the same Save your time off for an enjoyable vacation ARIES March 21Aprll 19 Find Winthrop IF you WERE 50er ON THICS DATE AND vourz NAME re wareunaware private place to pursue favorite hobby today Its fine time to do things that are low key safe and sane TAURUS April 20May 20 Oc casionally we all have 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