Stuttering: a curable handicap by Dr Martin F Schwartz
A New York University researcher reports a 95 percent success rate with a treatment for stuttering. The method focuses on relaxing the vocal chords and a controlled air flow to ease pronunciation. The hard part, he says, is removing fear of certain words.
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Treating Stuttering With Lamyx Method and Family Steps
Martin promotes a breathy voice technique usable by any stutterer, with a two day workshop and ongoing cassette practice. Costs run about 1 000 to 1 200 dollars for a child over 12 years and about 1 500 for most adults, with lamyx spasm often covered by insurance. Parents can help by reducing refined sugar and stress, speaking softly, and avoiding interrupting. hotline and book details provided.
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National Center For Stuttering Inc
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Salt labeling debate grows as Congress weighs sodium rules
Congressional members Neal Smith and Albert Gore Jr push a bill to require sodium content on foods amid industry opposition and FDA volunteer labeling efforts. Hearings warn hypertension links to salt. FDA aims for voluntary nutrition labeling with potential mandatory action if progress stalls.
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Iowa
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Tennessee
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Paper-training dogs easy? A Bombeck humor column
Erma Bombeck riffs on a six year old dog stuck to paper, a halfhearted housebreaking promise, and a long run of indoor life. She notes the dog’s ignorance of nature, a costly dog door, and a TV habit while joking about the dog ordering from a boutique via The New York Times book section.
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Erma Bombeck
N.Y
Dog Authority
New York Times
Driver watched game on dashboard TV while speeding
Houston man Paul Rembrand, 21, was cited for 72 mph on I-10 in Louisiana while a TV showing a Dallas Cowboys game sat on his dashboard. He paid $89.75 in fines and, after five days in jail, a district judge freed him for lack of license and the prior confinement.
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Calcasieu Parish
Sex education seen as cure for teen pregnancy
Dear Ann Landers answer urges dialogue with teens, argues teen pregnancy stems from lack of sex education and access to information. Notes many teens become sexually active young and that schools teach sex education in under ten percent of public schools, advocating parental involvement and nonjudgmental guidance.
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Sherman
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