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The Emporia Gazette from Emporia, Kansas • Page 21

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Tuesday, May 3, 1977 Attend Pickers Convention Approximately 60 people from the Emporia area attended the sixth annual Kansas Old Time Fiddlers, Pickers and Singers Convention held in Arkansas City over the weekend. The Walnut Valley chapter of the statewide organization served as host. Trophies were awarded in the categories of fiddling, picking, singing and dance band. Trophy winners from the Flint Hills chapter were Maurice Fritz of Lost Springs, first place in Men's Open Singing; Scott Emley of Emporia, second place in Junior Fiddling; and Sheryl Niclson of Neosho Rapids, third place in Junior Picking. Flint Hills chapter officers who attended the convention were Lewis Moore of rural Emporia state director and chapter president and Mrs.

Lewis Moore, master of ceremonies. The chapter will be hbstforthe seventh annual convention in Emporia next year. The chapter is the largest in the state with approximately 130 members. The group meets the third Sunday of each month in the Cottonwood Falls school building. iV -ir -ir Hartford By Mrs.

Eldon Beemcr Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Beemer visited Mrs. C.J. Phillips and Randy of Tucson, who were guests of Mrs.

Clara Phillips of Emporia on Friday evening. Gayle Makin fell Saturday evening in her home and her right leg was broken. Mrs. Makin is employed by Iowa Beef Processors. Mr.

and Mrs. John O'Marra had as their guests on Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Anderson and children and Mr. and Mrs.

Rex Withers and family, all of and Mr. and Mrs. Chris Anderson of Burlington. Results of the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Tests have been returned to Hartford High School. The junior class took the tests which are used for vocational counseling by Brad Stecklein, counselor.

ft -ir Fellp.wship, Meals Activities Listed Tuesday: "America's Famous Gardens," by Mrs. Edmund Shupe Wednesday: "Nutrition Hints," by Home Economics Department of Emporia State University; visit with country singer Jimmy Driftwood. Thursday: preparation of crafts for sale at Flint Hills Mall on May 14. i Friday: Games. ft Pauiies Buy House Mr.

and Mrs. David Paulie have bought a house at 14 South Rural from Mr. and Mrs. Moran. The Paulics plan to move into the house soon.

Mr. Paulie is an employee of Iowa Beef Processors and Mrs. Paulic is a nurse at St. Mary's Hospital. The sale of the property was negotiated by Ralph VanSicklc Realty.

-fr -fr Cmdr. Robert E. Peary reached the North Pole on April 6, 1909. THE GAZETTE, EMPORIA, KANSAS Business Mirror. Page 7 Economist Warns of Capital Shortage By Stephen Fox NUMBER Vandals have destroyed the 13th, 14th and 15th trees planted in the mall on the east side of the 500 block of Commercial Street, according to Emporia City Manager V.A.

Basgall. The trees, three matched Bradford pears, apparently were 'run down" by a vandal on a motorcycle several nights ago, Mr. Basgall said. Each tree was valued at $50. The city will make at least one more attempt to establish trees in the planters, Mr.

Basgall said. Heal Thyself by Howard G. Smith. Much Vitamin A Dangerous Too Dear Howard: My wife recently started having severe headaches. Sometimes they got so bad that she had trouble seeing anything.

We thought she was having migraine headaches, so we went to see our doctor and he referred her to a The specialist put her the hospital the same day and kept her there for nearly a week. She got better ivhile they were miming all their tests, so the doctor started askmg her a lot oftpiesiions. She told liim that she had been taking several vitamin A capsules every day for.her acne, and he hit the ceiling. Frankly, we tliiiik lie was just upset because lie couldn't find out what ivas wrong with her when she got well by herself. What do y'mi think? H.A.A.

I think the specialist was short-tempered and correct. Vitamin A overdosage has been known to produce the symptoms you describe, which are in turn of a condition known as benign intracranial hypertension. Translated, it means increased pressure on the brain caused by something other than a tumor. As your wife would not be allowed to take vitamin A or anything else in the hospital without her doctor's approval, her problem would be expected to clear up on its own. It will also come back when she resumes taking the massive doses of vitamin A.

This time it could cause permanent blindness which will help her get over her concern about her complexion. Benign intracranial hypertension, mercifully known as BIH, is.more a collection of symptoms than a specific disease. It can have a number of causes, of which vitamin A overdosage is only one. I might add that the vitamin A may have helped you wife's complexion by accumulating in the oil glands where it will poison the bacteria that feed on the oil and cause acne. It also poisoned your wife.

Increased pressure on the brain can be caused by tumors, blockage of fluid-filled passages within the brain, brain infection, Reye's syndrome, lead or any of a variety of lesions within the brain. These must be excluded before a diagnosis of BIH can be made. I would presume that the specialist went ahead and completed his evaluation to rule out all causes other than the vitamin A. BIH has been found to be associated with more than two dozen different things, ranging from head injury to drug sensitivity. The first and most common symptoms are headache and disturbances of the vision, though the headache is often mild and may even be lacking in some patients.

Vision problems are always evident in varying degrees of severity. In some patients the vision may only be blurred, while in more severe cases the vision may be dimmed at brief intervals during the day. In still others there may be brief bouts of blindness. The intervals of vision dimming or temporary blindness mean that the patient's eyesight is' in immediate danger. These disturbances may occur many times during the day, especially when coughing or straining.

Except for this the patient may look and feel perfectly all right. The disorder is self-limited in most cases, which sometimes makes a diagnosis difficult- In your wife's case it cleared up when the cause was removed. In other patients it may last up to two years. Even when it clears up spontaneously, it can come back without warning if the original cause still exists. If your wife's problem returns, and you are absolutely certain that she is not taking vitamin you should consult the specialist without delay.

From your comments, he sounds like a who knows what he is doing. (Copyright, 1977, by Hownrd G. Smith) The Column of July is a monument dedicated to patriots killed in the French Revolution of 1830. It was erected in Paris in 1840 on the site of the old Bastille. AREA OF GAS OIL PRODUCTION AUCT COMPLETE LINE OF FARM AND RANCH EQUIPMENT NOWN A FERRELL RANCH AND FARM 800 ACRES MARION KANSAS LAND MA CH, NE RY FRIDAY, MAY 6, 1977- 11:30 A.M.CDST SELLER; JAY JOST.

LINCOLNVILLE, KANSAS FROM MARION, KANSAS Two (2) miles eost and one 0) mile north to Highwoy 150 77 Junction, then four (4) mites four (4) miles north AUCTION LOCATION! ond lfir 3 FROM UNCOLNVIUE, four (4) miles south, three and one-haH miles east, one (1) mile soulh, ond three mi east to ranch headquarters. Directional signs will be posted. SOO ACRES MARION COUNTY, KS. LAND FARM MACHINERY I in mtflKkn. I in 1 luiiic hirt, in LEGERE RUCTION REALTY, Inc.

AUCTIONEERS Atmtonl Auctioneer, Trf Hoefrwr. Kwwii Tilt Wilh Your "N.lionJIf ActtrJiud F.rm ii Kinm Phhitki KALTOrSNOTIt LUNCH Wmj. BE SERVED MENLO PARK, Calif. (AP) American industry could face a serious capital shortage in the next 10 years unless government spending is cut or business profitability improves, a senior economist at Stanford Research Institute says. "There's good potential for a serious problem," Don Baron said in an interview.

"We don't see the big problem as being on the'demand side it's on the savings side." Baron, 34, bases his views on a study of anticipated demand for capital investment "by all sectors of the economy in order to achieve a satisfactory or desirable level of economic growth," compared with "the likely volume of savings that will be available for capital expenditures." American businessmen may want to spend $50 billion more for capital goods in 1980 than they will be able to raise, Baron says. Capital expenditures are business outlays for new plants and equipment and also include housing construction. A shortage of capital investment funds could mean that industry will fall behind in modernizing its facilities and will not be able to expand production as rapidly as it would like. Capital investment funds come from personal and government savings and from earnings retained by corporations. Baron says that while personal savings have been quite high in recent years, the gain has been more than offset by deficit budgets on the part of government and relatively low profits for corporations.

"The major recent trends are a very substantial increase in the level of personal savings and a large decline in the level of government savings," he said. "In the business sector, there's been an equally substantial decline in business savings that have been completely a result of a decline in retained earnings." Baron says personal savings increased in the 19TOs because of "greater uncertainty not only on inflation but also on unemployment which has caused people to sock away more money than they would normally." Personal savings during the 1960s were equal to about 4.5 per cent of the Gross National Product, the total value of all goods and services produced by the American economy, Baron says, and grew to about 6 per cent in 1975. However, the economist thinks the rate is beginning to go back down. "There's very little reason on a historical basis to believe that people will continue to save at the current high levels," he said. "The 6 per cent is really much higher than normal, so we can't expect that level to maintain itself." At the same time, says Baron, earnings retained by corporations have been declining for the past decade.

"Companies are not retaining more because basic profitability has been much less," he said. "Their gross profits have been good over the last four to five years, but when adjusted for inflation, they've been going down." Net corporate profits after inflation were about 4 per cent of the Gross National Product in 1965, Baron said, dropping to 2 per cent by 1970 and now running about 1.5 per cent. The decrease in net profits present business with a two- sided problem, Baron believes. "For the business sector, the decline implies that in order to meet its capital needs, business has to turn increasingly to external financing," he saici. "The need to seek external funds means internal profitability is not all it should- he and that makes companies less worthy in the eyes of potential lenders." Like the public, the federal government can either be a net, savor, which means having a surplus budget, or a "dis-sav- er," moaning having deficit budgets in which the government spends more than it collects in taxes.

When this occurs, the federal government is forced to borrow the difference' in the public debt markets by issuing government securities for which it is paid in cash. Since the federal government commonly utilizes deficit budgets and personal savings are expected to decline, sees trouble ahead for business. "In a situation where the over-all pool of savings is likely to be insufficient and the government is a major borrower because of large deficits, business in effect becomes a second-class borrower and will have considerable difficulty in obtaining all Hie funds it needs at acceptable terms," he Wednesday Night SPAGHETTI SPECIAL This Wednesday, bring the whole family to Leonida's where you can relax and enjoy our famous spaghetti dinners. For less than the price of a movie, you'll enjoy a generous serving of fresh spaghetti topped with genuine Italian meat sauce and served with parmesan cheese, your choice of salad, garlic toastettes. All For Only 1.99 In The Ramada Inn 1839 Merchant 342-8850 That's Every Wednesday Night From 5 P.M.

to 10 P.M. at Leonida's Where Dinner Is Always A Special Occasion. "Emporia's Standard of Excellence In Fine Dining" JAY JOST, Uncobivifa, Kwtuu DOWNTOWN EMPORIA'S "CARNIVAL DAYS" Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, May 4-5-6-7 SPECIALS Just in time for Mother's Day Get her an attractive and comfortable swive! rocker in smart, traditional styling with softly padded rolled arms and reversible cushion of 4 inch Imperial foam and dacron wrapped. These rockers are covered in attractive and durable nylon velvet in colors of brown, green, rust, goid, blue or red. Regularly $221, but through a special purchase, are priced at $179.

Swivel Rockers Regular $221.00 179 SALE You Save 42.00 Crawford Furniture Co Downtown 606-608 Commercial.

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