Newspapers / The Charlotte Post (Charlotte, … / April 19, 1979, edition 1 / Page 11
Part of The Charlotte Post (Charlotte, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
PAGE APPOINTMENT Boris Brumit DeLaine was appointed by Lt. Governor Jimmy Green to serve as a Page in the North Carolina Senate during the week of April 2 • April 6. Boris' parents are Mr. & Mrs. B. B. DeLaine. The duties of Pages include working with members of the North Carolina Senate and the staff of the General Assembly. " Pages are assigned to the various committee meetings and assist in the Senate Chamber during sessions. Reasons To Have Headaches Headaches. Who doesn't have them, right? If the truth were known there are proba bly more reasons to have headaches than not to have them. For example, it's raining outside and the kids stayed home because it’s a holiday and while you were breaking up the latest in a series of all day fights you forgot about the oven and tonight's dinner has now taken on the appearance of soggy charcoal. You guessed it, the common tension headache. It is usually relieved by a couple of aspirin and a couple of quiet minutes. An extended vacation is op tional. Most headaches are nothing to worry about. However, if they come on suddenly with no apparent reason and persist for a couple of days, they should be investigated by your physician. If the headache is situated above one eye it is likely to be caused by sinusitis. If it comes on abruptly and is worsened by eye movements it might be due to eyestrain. Another, but less likely, possi bility is that it might be due to glaucoma, a serious disorder which increases the pressure | within the eyeball itself. Left' * untreated glaucoma can lead to blindness. Perhaps the most severe type of headache is the migraine. It is an intense headache and typically affects women more often, than men and tends to run in families. The migraine may last any where from several hours to a couple of days and may be accompanied by nausea and vomiting. If you suffer from migraines your physician may be able to prescribe medication to lessen the attack. It may or may not be comforting to know that most cases of migraine attacks tend to taper off and stop after 50 years of age MCPD Invites You To Try Family Camping Looking for an activity the whole family can enjoy? The Mecklenburg County Parks Department invites you to try camping. A parent-child camp-out will be held April 21-22 at McDowell Park on South 49. Activities will begin Satur day at 10 a.m. Guided nature hikes, free paddle boats, nature crafts for children, a campfire singalong and fish ing will be featured. The $4.00 sites will include electricity, water, grill, picnic areas and firewood. For $3.00, the site has everything but electricity, and the primitive t$&00 Sites 'have tents, wateg afld firewood only. For more information con tact McDowell Park at 588-1436. ' Keep your out-of-town friends informed on what’s happening in Charlotte by sending them a copy of the Charlotte Post each week. The cost is only $13.52 per year. inursaay. April iy. iyyy • j hk According To Dr. Oliver j Another Mysterious Bacterium Has Anneared? ' Although it hasn’t received the publicity of the deadly disease which struck in the summer of 1976, another mysterious bacterium has appeared-this one affecting people living in coastal areas of the Southeastern United States. And like the Legionnaire's disease, this bacterium is a killer. Thus far the bacterium has been found only in salt water Of those persons infected by this pathogen, a high percent age have died. Dr. James D. Oliver, a microbiologist at the Univer sity of North Carolina at Char lotte, is pioneering research on this newly discovered microorganism. He doesn't want to push the panic button for persons living or visiting coastal areas, but the evi dence suggests some caution should be taken. "There seem to be two ways humans can acquire the organism," said Dr. Oliver. "One is through a cut in the skin, and the other is through ingestion of contaminated sea foods." Once inside the body, the organism apparently pro duces a toxin that causes the water in the blood to be lost to the body tissues. "The blood develops a molasses consis tency which does not circu late.” said Dr. Oliver. The symptoms include swelling and decay of tissues, severe low blood pressure, shock and inflammation of the skin. The disease can be easily treated by current antibiotics, but the problem is identifying it in time. Dr. Oliver said hospital laboratories haven’t traditionally used salt in media employed in testing to identify bacteria. Without salt, the bacterium-which has been labeled lactose-positive Vibrio-dies quickly. Dr. Oliver said a few hospi tals in coastal areas are now using salt in their testing procedures Because the bac terium thrives in salt solu tions, it is thus easier to identify. The Center for Disease Control in Atlanta reported nearly 70 clinical cases of the disease from 1976 to 1978. In a report published early this year. Dr Paul Blake of the CDC’s micro-biology divi sion did a case history study on 39 persons infected by the disease. There is a strong indication that persons with a liver dysfunction are more susceptible to infection. There is also evidence that people are being infected by eating raw oysters which are con taminated with the bacterium Of the 39 cases in Dr. M. M. Blake s report, 24 were infect ed through ingestion, resulting in 11 deaths. Twenty-three of the 24 had some type of liver ailment, and 19 had eaten raw oysters just prior to their illness. Dr Oliver said the bacter ium can penetrate the skin through an opening as "slight as an ant bite " The CDC has done the only two case studies on this type of bacteria. It was the CDC's first report on 38 cases in 1976 which got Dr. Oliver and one of his graduate students interested in the organism. As a project for his master’s degree, Mike Poole, now a third-year medical student at UNC-Chapel Hill, began re search on how this bacterium infected a variety of labora tory animals This study provided the first experimen tal data on the pathogenesis of the organism I Mice, hamsters and rabbits I were selected for the expert- j ment which was sponsored by i a grant from the Charlotte Mecklenburg Heart Associa ' tion Bacterial samples were ( obtained from the CDC and ^ placed in the drinking water of i the animals in a L'NCC labora- j tory Other animals were j injected with the bacteria Dr Oliver and Poole found j that the animals in some cases j died within a three-hour \ period after being infected. I one of the most rapid death j rates reported in this type of i research They also did surgery on j rats and rabbits, placing the ] organism in the intestinal N tract They plannee to reopen ' the incision 13 or 14 hours later ( to study how the organs had ( been affected, but the animals l kept dying before the time was ; up_ I ( 1979 ■ automatic H fm radio, S 1974 NOVA HATCHBACK COUPE V8 angina, auto 11 matlc tranamiaalon, powar ttaarlng, yaMowllnlah. black roof. ? B *1995 2 1974 CHEVROLET IMPALA 9 PASSENGER STA ■ TION WAGON Fully tqulppad, factory air conditioning, vaca ■ tion apodal. . *1996 > ■ 1977 DODGE MONACO BROUGHAM COUPE vs H angina, automatic tranamiaalon, powar ttaarlng, factory air oondl . ■ tlotting, wftna small, rad bucfcat aaata. *3296 m 1979 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO VS angina, auto SB malic tranamiaalon, powar ttaarlng, factory air conditioning, maroon ■ Solan with vinyl roof, Isttsr ttrsa. *4995 fl 1977 CHEVROLET CAMARO 9 Automatic tranamiaalon. ■ powar ttaarlng. factory air conditioning, 14,000 mMaa. Mrs naw. 1 1979 CHEVROLET MALIBU COUPE VI angina, auto M matlc tranamiaalon, powar ttaarlng, factory air conditioning. 11.000 ■ mMaa, aMvar biua Snlah. _ *3999 fl 1979 CHEVETTE 4 door, automatic traoamtaatori, radio. M hnatnr, factory air conditioning, fm radio, light groan flnlah, ■ 10,000 milaa. *3999 1077 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO V§ angina, auto matic transmission, powar staaring. power brakes, factory air conditioning, silver finish, rad Interior and accent stripes *3896 1077 PLYMOUTH VOLARE WAOON Automatic transmission, power steering, factory air conditioning, saddle tan finish with woodgram sides. *3896 1972 PLYMOUTH CUSTOM SUBURBAN WAOON Fully equipped, baby blue finish. *1296 1074 CHEVROLET EL CAMINO V8 engine, automatic transmission, power steering, factory air conditioning, light green and while 2 tone finish. *2986 1077 CHEVROLET NOVA 4 door. 8-oytedsrengine, automatic transmission, power steering, factory air oondt ttontng, firstborns finish. *9886 1075 VESA HATCHBACK Automate transmission. factory ak conditioning, power steering, low eOee *fS86 C HARLOTTE POST Page 11 ISterchi’s Proudly Presents The Magnificent Sound and Sight of MORSE Stereo and QUASAR Television! MORSE STUQIO SOUND CENTER • 8-Track Tape Player/ Recorder! • AM/FM Stereo Radio! • Built-in Deluxe Record Changer! • Multi-Speaker System! arsi It's like having a recording center right in your home! Features 8-track tape player/recorder, tape record your favorite tunes and it's fun for parties, AM/FM stereo radio, built-in deluxe record changer, multi-speaker system for full audio sound. See this great buy at Sterchi'sl 25" INSTAMATIC COLOR TV CONSOLE (Meat. Dug) .... — - Ask About Our 1-Yeer Romantic Mediterranean styled credenza with In Homs Service! concealed casters and pecan grain color. Fea tures 100% solid state service miser chassis with super module for easy in-home service. dynacolor system and low energy consumption. Controls and speakers out front. R«S- *799.95 _ _ _ m ■ ■ ■ iMaaf" am ■■ mi^ 13 SOLID STATE BLACK & WHITE (M«. D-0» PORTABLE T\/ A Quasar* Features controls and speakers out front. 100% solid state chassis. $1CQ95 17,500 volts of picture power, high gain video IF system and built in R $199 95 antennas. Carrying handle. 12 SOLID SI Alt UOLOK tM,M D*9‘ PORTABLE TV fiai-e &0' i A Quasar• Features in-line matrix picture tube with pre-focus lens. 100°<o solid state S*^C^£k95 service miser chassis, automatic fine tuning and private listening earphone. R«g. 9399 95 Controls and speaker out front. 3BIB! nUKIL CIU I tn IHIIUIfltlU I CENTER iNITH CART Includes AM/FM/FM stereo radio. built-in 8 track tape player, built-in deluxe record changer and 2 Duo- $^^Q95 cone' speakers Complete /vith I § handsome roll-ahout cart! Reg. <219.95 12 SOLID STATE BLACK/WHITE Mwr0«g.) PORTABLE TV ^nf - , gov Quasar, The personal TV that will blend with any decor. 100“fc solid state chassis. SQQ95 solid state VHF and UHF tuner. regulated power supply, controls pag f igg.gg and speak er out front. * 19 SOLID STATE COLOR TV/ (Mess □>«g) gaui *5°' A Quasar, Features lOCt solid state service Miser' chassis. advanced technology super module. Insta matic color tuning, m ime picture tube and low energy consumption. Controls and o7. an sound out frontl Features built-in 8-track tape recorder/ ___ player with advance memory system AM/ FM multi ple* radio. 3-speed changer. multi-speaker system, storage area, 2 Nag. 1441.1! microphones and 43-RPM adapter. USE STERCHI'S CREDIT WITH A PERSONAL TOUCH! 425 South Tryon St. 5943 South Boulevard _333-3751_ 525-3391 1213 B Roosevelt Blvd. Monroe, M.C.
The Charlotte Post (Charlotte, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
April 19, 1979, edition 1
11
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75