Doctor answers on hernia injections and diaphragmatic repair
The doctor notes that injecting irritants into hernias was abandoned as unsafe about 25 years ago. Modern hernia repair uses visible surgical repair with better anesthetics and infection precautions. Diaphragmatic hernia treatment has improved with repair surgery and gastric freezing as experimental. Doriden is a habit forming drug needing close medical supervision.
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Sun lamp safety in daily use and eye risks
Q and A discusses ultraviolet sun lamp exposure. Daily use can help body needs if kept brief. ten minutes is enough. Hour or longer exposure risks eye irritation and potential retina damage or blindness, especially without shielding. General-interest questions mailed to Dr Wayne Brandstadt will be addressed in future columns.
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Dr. Brandstadt
Polly’s Pointers: Home hacks and quick fixes
A collection of reader tips from Dear Polly covering hat fit with velvet ribbon, improvised vacuum attachment using a funnel, simple child mirrors for bathroom grooming, roach control with borax, faster refrigerator defrost with salt water, and a six tier skirt hanger system for camp outfits. Readers are urged to send ideas for a silver dollar reward.
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Jump over calls and a snake in bridge bidding
Oswald Jacoby discusses the origin and use of the weak jump over call in bridge, comparing weak and intermediate versions. He analyzes a hand where West’s heart sequence as king of hearts leads to a loss, the diamond finesse fails, and South capitalizes by discarding a heart on dummy’s diamond.
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Bridge puzzle: bidding sequence and the next move
After a long bidding sequence North East South West Pass 29 Pass 39 Pass 4NT Pass 59 Pass 5NT Pass 69 Pass, South holds AaAITE AQI1098 KQI2 facing six hearts. If you want a sure profit pass or bid six no trump for 12 tricks. or gamble on seven hearts for potential great play. Tomorrow’s question asks what to do when partner rebids to three clubs over two hearts.
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Hollywood publishers merge to form coast to coast TV push
Dick Kleiner reports Leonard Stern and David Susskind merge Heyday Productions with Talent Associates creating a national operation. Their first venture is Broadway bound Mr Broadway with Craig Stevens, followed by The Outsider, plus plans for films plays and more TV. Stern and Susskind critique era networks chasing outrageous concepts over traditional family shows.
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Shihmen Reservoir stamps mark Taiwan project milestone
The Republic of China issues four stamps celebrating the Shihmen Reservoir dam completion in Taiwan. The project cost over 300 million dollars and will irrigate 142,800 acres, supply water to 340,000 people, and aid flood control for Taipei. First day ceremonies occur at Stratford, Rochester, Roswell, and New York City on set dates.
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Across and Down Puzzle Clues Revealed in The Austin Daily Herald
The page presents a cross word with clues for Across and Down entries. It includes definitions like Habituate Hemoglobin deficiency and Silent, plus entries such as Brazilian coin and Persian water wheel. The advertisement notes the newspaper cost is two dollars.
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