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1 PREGNANCY PLANNING
®ANO HEALTH
Mrs. Gloria Riggsbee •
Dour Mrs. Riggsbee:
I have two question! that
need answering desperately.
First, is the blood test you
take before getting married
the Wasserman Test - a test
for syphilis?
Also, if the premarital
blood test is given at the
health department and the wo
man lad syphilis, would they
let her know? Are the results
of the test always sent to the
girl regardless? These questions
are very important to me.
Thank you for your time.
Mrs. C. M.
Dear Mrs. C. M.:
Yea, the Wasserman Test,
which is the blood test re
quired before getting, married
in North Carolina, is a test
for syphilis. If this test is
positive, indicating that the
person has (or had in the past)
syphilis), then the person is
not notified. In other words,
if the test Is negative, you
will not hear from the health
department.
Dear Mrs. Gloria:
I went to the Health De-
HANDCRAFTS TO DO FOR "CREATIVE" YOU
H:il ik!
The very word conjures up
vivid and colorful images >'
sultry, exotic Java, where this
ancient art form has reached its
highest perfection. And now,
thanks to the trade winds of
American ingenuity- you can
create exciting Batik designs
light in your home!
It's easier than you think to
design fascinating wall decora
tions. Like a sunlit ocean, or a
cheerful cat that dances across
a speckled background of yel
low, orange, and red. Or a
laughing hippo, enjoying the
cool water of his multi-hued
river.
These arc just three of the
five "Batik Designs For Begin
ners" to be found in the 1971
edition of McCall's Annual of
Creative Handcrafts.
Of course, once you've cre
ated the Batik designs that
appeal to you most, you'll
want to complement them
with further examples of your
decorating know-how. Accord
ingly, "let the Annual be your
source for creative ideas," sug
gests editor, Nan Comstock.
HOW TO SAVE YOUR LIFE
Think about lire for a
moment. Not the friendly fin
al the hearth . . . but lite fire
that destroys possessions and
takes lives.
Every day there are over
6000 fires in the United Slates.
Most of them occur in the
home.
More tragically- a human be
ing is killed by fire every I.'l
minutes!
Be prepared. Know what to
do in case of fire in your home.
Remembering the following
points drawn up by the At
lantic Companies (Atlantic
Mutual Insurance Company
and Centennial Insurance Com
pany) could save the lives of
you and your family:
1. Plan an escape route in
case of fire and work out alter
nate routes in the event the
obvious one is blocked.
2. Hold fire drills. Train
your family, especially your
children, to respond auto
matically.
3. Get everyone out of the
house. Don't slop for your
possessions. They can be re
placed . . . lives cannot.
4. Always notify the fire de
partment. Give your address
clearly and slowly, if you use
an alarm box, slay near it lo
direel fire engines.
5. Have fire extinguishers
handy in strategic places and
know how to use them. They
will help control the flames
and aid your family's escape.
The Atlantic Companies say
that most common causes for
fires are:
partment to see If I were
pregnant. I am 33 years old
and have never been married.
My period usually stays on
seven days, but now it stays
on only two days. Could I be
pregnant? Please send an an
swer.
Miss S.
Dear Miss S.:
I cannot possible tell you
whether you are pregnant.
Only a pregnancy test or an
examination by a doctor can
give you the answer, so you
will have to rely on what the
Health Department tails you.
If you find you are not preg
nant, you still should have a
check-up by a doctor and ask
him why your periods have
changed from seven to two
days.
Since you think you might
be pregnant, I assume you are
engaging in sex. If you are not
pregnant, you should ask the
doctor about a good method
of birth control, such as birth
control pills or an IUD (like
the loop or the shield).
I can sum it all up by
saying you should see a doc
tor for prenatal care if you
Discover, for instance, the
fun and easy way to crochet a
giant bouquet of fantastic
flowers in garden fresh colors.
These springtime blossoms will
enhance living room, hallway,
or bedroom.
Or, tie lots of knots to create
beautiful, versatile macrame
styling—to grace your walls and
adorn your body.
Read on in the Annual, and
you'll find many other exciting
ways to have a ball with your
walls. Like making unique seed
pictures combined with suede
appliques. Or letting hubby get
in his creative licks with things
he can make out of ordinary
orange crates. A thistle plaque,
for one—roughly textured, yet
softly colored.
Do your own home decor
ating: upholster a chair with a
bright pomegranate pattern to
• Smoking in bed or failing
to extinguish cigarettes in ash
trays.
• Children playing with
matches.
• Defective heating equip
ment, unsafe chimneys, flues,
burners.
• Electric or gas heatvrs,
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oven and broiler doors too near
furniture, curtains or flam
mable fabrics.
• Faulty insulation and
wiring of home appliances or
appliances left improperly at
tended. Unsafe extension cords
and plugs, failure to ground
properly.
• Careless use of flammable
liquids and pressurized
containers.
• Untidy housekeeping: pil
ing up of rubbish in cellars and
allies; accumulation of oil and
paint rags.
If, despite these precautions,
you are caught in a fire, At
lantic recommends these
ad ions:
• Don't panic. Panic is the
great killer.
• Know what lo do. Slop
and recall your escape route.
• Never open a hot door. If
it is hot to touch, it is suicide
to open.
• Scream. Pound on walls to
awaken olher family members.
Escape llirough a window if
possible.
• Kooms opening on porch
or garage roofs make easier
escape hatches. Those that do
not should be equipped with
an anchored rope ladder. Even
blankets or sheets tied to-
an pregnant; and you should
see a doctor for an txaiilMk-,
tlon and preecription of a good
method of birth control 'M
you are not pregnant.
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Dear Mra. Riggsbee:
I would like to know where
and how to set up an appoint
ment for the . laparoeoopy
method of tying the tubes.
Abo, could you tell me If my
hospfralliation insurance will
pay anything on thie proce
dure?
Mrs. R.
Daw Mra. R.:
I am sending you the Infor
mation on the new procedure
tor tying a woman's tubee
called laparoeoopy. If you hare
Blue Cross-Blue Shield hospi
tal button , there is h good
chance that your policy will
pay part, If not all, of the
coets of this procedure. Re
gardless of what company you
have hoepitalizatlon with, you
should check with the local
office to find out what cover
age you may have.
You will find Information
on obtaining an appointment
with the doctor who does
laparoscopics on the last page
of the Information I am send
ing you. Let me know if you
have further questions.
For a copy of the informa
tion sheet on laparoscopy, or
for answers to your questions
about sex, pregnancy planning
or birth control, write: Mrs.
Gloria Riggsbee, 214 Cameron
Ave., Chapel Hill, 27514.
be worked by you in needle
point. Add interesting touches
to your decor with pillows.
You'll find more than five un
usual needlepoint pillow de
signs, including bargello, in a
variety-of color schemes?."**"'^
You ;Can even exercise,totTOoC
of your feminine wiles—by
JK dSmh.
practicing your sewing skills on
soft and huggable storybook
dolls. You'll find instructions
for seven of these little cuties
in the 16-page section of free
patterns.
Other sections in this Annual
of great ideas include Crafts for
Children, Embroidery, Papier
Mach6, Knitting, Pottery, and
Sewing, as well as Party Ideas.
On sale for a dollar at your
local newstand, .McCall's An
nual of Creative Handcrafts
was planned to inspire the
"creative" you. And it's
chock-full of exciting projects
you'll find easy to do.
gelher, then lied to a bed or
heavy piece of furniture can be
used to escape.
• Take short, shallow
breaths, cover your head, stay
close lo the wall going down
stairs. It is not fire, but inhala
tion of smoke and gases that
kills most of those losing their
lives in fires.
• If smoke is thick, crawl on
your hands and knees—there is
more oxygen and less smoke at
floor level.
• Close doors as you pass
through them to help keep
back heat and flames.
The Atlantic Companies say,
as do all firemen, "A good
home is one you can get out of
in case of fire."
Most deaths occur because
people have not made advance
plans on how to escape from
their home during a fire.
After a fire, listing and evalu
ating your possessions can be
come a bewildering task. Every
homeowner should have suffi
cient insurance—at least HO per
cent of the current replace
ment value of building and
household contents—and an
itemized inventory.
A record should be kept of
PfllljlQ
everything you own: descrip
tion, when and where pur
chased and the purchase price.
You will then be prepared for a
quick and fair settlement of
your fire losses.
There will be a million fires
in the next year and thousands
of lives will be lost. Be pre
pared,
Don't let it happen lo you!
Hairstyling - TH'& Kindness Way ,
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A today woman is a woman of many different moods. She
can change her look from gypsy to ethnic simply by chang
ing her costume, cosmetics and hairstyle. Luckily, today,
changing a hairdo is as simple as slipping into a new
outfit. With an instant hairsetter like Clairol's Kindness
Compact, a clued-up gal can give herself a completely
new coif in a matter of minutes. The gentle warmth from
the rollers will curl or wave straight hair, help straighten
overtight curly hair and add height and shape to an Afro.
For the best results use the heated rollers on hair that's
slightly damp, leave them in for eight to ten minutes, take
the rollers out and for curly styles leave the hair to cool
before brushing. For a straightening effect or styling an
Afro, brush the hair while it's still warm. The result-a
brand new hairdo-the Kindness way-the today way.
Two Rap Coverage ■
Of Visit to
NEW YORK - Two
members of the U.S, "ping
pong delegation" which recently
visited Red China expressed
some sharp criticisms of U.S.
press coverage of the story.
Tim Bogfcn, vice president of
the U.S. Table Tennis Associa
tion, and Jack Howard, captain
and coach of the American
ping-pong team, were asked in
a television interview what they
thought of Vice President Spiro
T. Agnew's comment that the
tour was a propaganda triumph
for Peking.
"A tot of the press reported
very aocurately, but a lot of
headlines were distorted..."
Howard said. "Almost every
body at some point was
paraphrased to give a different
gist, or was just plain imtrue."
He cited an Instance in which
he told a reporter that tie
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HEALTH & SCIENCE SHORTS
Hands that are not clean
enough have been implicated in
■'■'ff-lM'ge number of'bacterial in
fections, a professor of pediat
rics reported recently. Among
these infections are boils, styes,
impetigo, foodbome illness,
hepatitis and respiratory dis
eases.
The physician largely cred
ited simple but careful hand
washing with pHisoHex a
creamy nonsoap skin cleanser,
with helping to prevent and
control the spread of these in
fections.
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According to one authority,
excessive brushing can irritate
the scalp, and contribute to
breakage, split ends, and pre
mature loss of hair. "Twenty
or thirty strokes are more than
enough to distribute oil along
the hair shafts, remove tangles
and whisk away loose dirt,
dead cells, and hair spray resi
due," the beauty expert writes
in a health care magazine.
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Pediatricians treat more
colds than any other group of
physicians. Tbey recommend
that to avoid serious complica
HOW SAFE ARE ABORTIONS?
Without a single serious com
plication, more than 28,000
women have been placed for
safe, legal hospital abortions in
New York State by the Abor
tion Information Agency, ac
cording to a research report
recently issued by the agency.
Covering the first eight
months following New York
State's liberalization of its
abortion laws which went into
effect on July I, 1970, the
raport sums up the experience
•f AIA cooperating voluntary
and private general hospitals
where more women, it is esti
mated, have been treated for
abortion than in the entire
municipal hospital system of
the City of New York.
Minor complications were
present in only 6/10ths of one
percent (0.6%, averaged) of the
28,000 cases, AIA research
revealed.
"TTiis is one-fourth the re;
ported complication rate, both
major and minor, at the best of
the so-called free-standing pri
vate out-patient clinics
(2.3%)," said Sharon C. Peters,
AIA Executive Director, speak
ing in her office at 160 West
"thought there were many gMR
things about China'* but that mf
preferred the U.S. system. i!
When he saw the story la,
print, Howard said, all that was
mentioned in the headline or
the text was his comment about
China.
Bogan noted that most
members of the table tennis
team doubled as correspondents
for various media, without the
knowledge of China or the
training as newsmen that they
should have had.
"They treated us so nice
ly...that it was difficult to write
bad thinjjs," he said.
"We didn't see China,"
Howard added. "We saw...very
small selected parts of Pek'ng,
Shanghai and two buildings in
Canton. That's what we were
commenting on."
tions such as otitis media (in
flammation of the middle ear),
childrencolds hot be ne
glected. A mild nose drop such
as Neo-Synephrine 1/8% (pedi
atric strength), or 1/4% for
Older children, is most often
recommended to keep nasal
passages free and eustachian
tubes open. Cold remedies
good for adults are often dan
gerous for an infant, and
should be checked out with a
physician.
♦ * ♦
A good dandruff shampoo is
most effective when it is used
properly. The maker of
pHisoDan, a shampoo that is
reported to leave an antibac
terial film on the scalp to help
prevent secondary scalp infec
tion, recommends the follow
ing for best results: Use two
teaspoonsful of the liquid,
working it into a lather for a
minute or two. Rinse, and
apply a second time, massaging
the liquid into the scalp. Leave
the suds on for 3 to 5 minutes.
Rinse hair and scalp thor
oughly. No rinses are needed
afterward.
86th Street in New York City.
"Because such clinics have an
unacceptably high rate of com
plication, both major and mi
nor, we refer women only to
fully licensed and accredited
voluntary and private general
hospitals, where Board cer
tified obstetricians and gyne
cologists perform abortions
with Board certified anesthesi
ologists attending. A point
somehow overlooked is that, in
the case of a routine D & C
(dilatation and curettage) pro
cedure, where a pregnancy is
not involved, 'no physician
would think of informing the
operation anywhere except in a
hospital operating roiftn. We
see no for Ips* precau
tion in (He e.W""of an
abortion."
Findings of the New York
based agency, which has found
it necessary to have 30 to 40
women available day and night
to answer its telephone, (212)
873-6650, are reported in a '
new edition of "A Need Ful
filled", a 20-page booklet
issued by the Abortion Infor
mation Agency free as a public •
service
H To Assist
Educators in
Regaining Jobs
, WINSTON-SALEM - A
drive to identify black educa
tors unemployed or under
employed due to action as
sociated with public school
desegregation and to help
them regain positions com
parable with their training and
abilities, either wtthin*or out
side the education field, has
been underway for. several
weeks by the Winston-Salem
Urban League, according to its
Executive Director, Samuel
D. Harvey.
Coordinated by the Na
tional Urban League's South
ern Regional Office in Atlanta,
the program offers all princi
pals, administrators, and teach
ers displaced or demoted the
opportunity to register with
both the local and nationwide
Urban League "Skills Bank,"
Civil Service Commission, and
with the Manpower Adminis
tration/ U. S. Department of
Labor. Those parsons desiring
or willing to move to other
communities should particular
ly be interested in this pro
gram which offers contact
with many employers across
the country in all occupa
tional categories.
The Urban League is also
seeking Information on those
minority educators not cur
rently unemployed or seeking
employment who have been
adversely affected by recent,
racially motivated dismissals,
demotions, or job elimina
tions. The date from both
sources will be utilized to com
pile a solid estimate of the
substantial personal suffering
and wasted talent resulting
from the discriminatory acts
of public school boards and
officials.
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formation gathered in eight
states wID provide the bait
for tougher governmental ac
tion to halt the dlmiaaal and
downgrading of Hack teachers
and for more direct ustatance
to unemployed teachers and
their families.
All persons in North Caro
lina who have lost jobs in the
public schools through con
solidation or similar action
related to desegregation, or
who know of those persona so
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Youth is great . . . full of enthusiasm and
energy. But take a tip from an "over 30."
All the enthusiasm and energy in the world
won't produce "a better world" . . . without'
capital in the bank to back it.
Save now for what you want in the better
world of tomorrow.
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affected are orfrt to rental"
8. D. Harvey, at the Whmoa-
Salem Urban I sagas, flO
Coliseum Drive, Telephone
725-6614, immediately.
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Mported mterday.
Clarence C. JCag, chief BU
den County deputy, said the la
cident during which "quite i
few" jbotgun blast* were flied
into a group of men by aa aa
knowa assailant was still under
investigation.
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