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Eureka Humboldt Standard from Eureka, California • Page 5

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To Your Good Health by JQSEPH 6. MOLNER, M.D. Unemployment Drop Stiffens Resistance On Jobless Pay a i 'UD Last Tcndcnu.v (u Heart Disease Ma.v lie Inherited Or. Alolncr: How often should one have a check-up to a sure 'the heart is all richly Are I li symptoms that belong- only to heart trouble? If one is very nervous and tlia heart occasionally beats loo and the. muscles around 'the heart twilch, a i a small ainouiit of discomfort, can you tell for sure that nerves are al fault or if something more serious is involved.

Can a bad heart be inherited? --C. Lots of lellers ask one or more of these questions! Strictly speaking there arc no symptoms--not Hie kind you can de- lect yourself--thai belong only to heart trouble. Some, however, are highly suggestive of it, but various heart tcsls (cardiograms, and others) can give you a positive answer. The crushing pain the breast bone the type that goes with coronary heart disease, and can be understood only by those who have experienced it is usually a clue to that form of disease. numerous other pains have nothing to do i it: they can be muscle pain, neuralgia, pleurisy, or others.

Shortness of breath is a common symptom, too, but it can he present with asthma, anemia, emphysema or other disease of the Swelling of the a is seen with the same, kind of heart disease, but- it may also be due to varicose veins, kidney or liver trouble. The "fast heart" and the related discomfort that you mention may originate in thyroid discrepancy, or excessive use of coffee or lea, or just from a state of anxiety. So how are you to know? As 1 said, the way to find out is In rcforl to some of Ihe more complicated tests. How Often C'hcckcd? This leads lo another question asked: How should the heart be checked? It depends. The obese person, the one with blood pressure, or the one who has had a i fever checked rather frequently.

Or, a a if some heart condition has been noted, and your doctor a lo keep tabs on it. On the other hand, the person in sound health who feels good will be well served by a general check-up every year or two. It's a good feeling to leave Ihe doctor's office with reassurance that everything well. Some a a apprehensive i i i a however, should be examined more often-- as frequently, 1 should say, as is necessary lo reassure themselves. As lo "inheriting a bad no.

There -is a thing as congenital heart disease, meaning that through some quirk of nature you are born with a 'law of some sort, just as you can be born with six toes or a cleft palate, but this is what said it was a quirk, not some- you inherited. Oilier than that, heart dis? ease is acquired Infections (as rheumatic fever, syphilitic infection; nutritional disorders such a heri-bcri, 1 a other diseases, common or uncommon) can indeed impair the heart. So can high blood pressure or hardening of the ar. cries, and a tendency to such as these latter ones may be inherited. The tendency, I repeat, may be inherited, but not the heart disease itself.

No, you do nol "inherit a bad learl." "Dear l)r. Moluer 1 read an article a restoring the memory of elderly people with injections of RNA and RNA. 1 would like your opinion." -Mrs. T. Nobody's opinion yet means anything.

This is an experimental matter. We'll all do jest lo ignore it until or if -it progresses lo any practical joinl. Note (o L. If -His child a has trachoma, it is a lighly infectious eye disease. It can be passed from one person to another, so close personal contact, or use of the same towel, should most cer- lainly be avoided.

Count your a i easy way! To receive a copy of a "The Calorie Chart," write me in care of newspaper, enclosing a long, self-addressed, stamped envelope and 5c in coin to cover handling. Slulner all reader mail, but regrets that, due to the tremendous volume received daily, he is unable lo answer individual letters. Readers' questions are incorporated in his column whenever pos- inomn sharp drop unemployment stiffened Republican resistance today to Democratic spending proposals and Senate Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson's jobless study plan. Senate GOP Leader Everett M.

Ulrkscii'. cited tho government report issued Monday showing that unemployment fell by 735,000 in April lo 3,627,000, the lowest point since December, 1957. Dirksen said the decline "obviously means diminished interest in selling up an uhein- ployment study commission" for long. or short term use. He said it "shows confidence in the country's business structure." But Assistant' Senate Democratic Leader- Mike Mansfield said.

need is still, there" for the Johnson study idea, except, thai if sliould now on a "continuing; long-term basis." Johnson's proposal, how bogged in house, for a report on unemployment in 60 days! 'Both Democrats and Republicans. applauded the falloff in Labor Secretary James Mitchell, in a i a i hailed the report as "very good news" but said still remain "valleys" of unemployment. The Democrats contend the seasonal improvement did not end the jobless problem in Eu.rekan Aboard Aircraft Carrier Atlantic Fleet (FHTNC) Thomas E. fireman, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs.

Edward E. Belair of '226 W. Pratt, Eureka, is serving aboard the attack aircraft carrier USS Independence operating with the Atlantic Fleet in the Caribbean. The newest of this country's attack carriers, the Independence sailed from Norfolk, April 24,. on her maiden training voyage, putting finishing touches on the already highly experienced jet pilots and airmen of Carrier Air Group Seven.

she will become an important part of this country's first line of defense, operat- sible, ing in far corners of the world. Peter Lorre Hit By Heart Attack Granada, (Spain)- urn -Poler Lorre, who has been making a moving picture here, suffered a heart attack Monday night but associates said it was not serious. A spokesman for the movie company said the actor's condition "improved considerably" today. It was not immediately certain, hovyever, whether Lorre would accompany the rest of the troupe to Malaga today. "It gave us a shock Monday night, but it seemed worse than il really was," the spokesman said.

"He was given oxygen for a while, but he has slopped taking it now." areas of chronic distress. Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey (D-Miun.) called this "temporar improvement" which should not hinder proposals like his for creation of a youth conscrva lion corps. Mansfield tolci a reporter congress "should not operate on a spur-oMhe-momcnt basis but make long-term plans lo unemployment a conies with an increasing popu- latioji and automation." He stressed that more than a million new workers will enter: the picture next month when high schools and colleges dump graduates into the labor "This is a problem which now should be met with a continuing commission rr.thcr than with a 60-day one, because the problem is not temporary," Mansfield said.

Policeman Slashed With Razor.During Rock'n Roll Dance San Krancisco urn A special policeman was stabbed in the shoulder Sunday night at a rock and roll dance in Filhnore Auditorium here. Two police officers speeding to help were injured when their car crashed into another. The victim, Harold Love, 35, San Krancisco, was slashed with an eight-inch razor. He said he was bending over lo pick up a fallen dancer when he was stabbed. The dancer had been knocked down by a jealous sailor, Love said.

The dance was broken up but Love's assailant was not found. Officers Jasper Slarkie, 32, and Thomas Hurley, 28, were cut and bruised when their patrol car collided with another auto. The occupants of the other car, Fay Adams, and Tina Hodes, 40, San Francisco, received slight cuts. Troves'PillsOK; Pharmacist Dies Talavera De La Relna, Spain tufi Photographer Juan Antonio Diaz, 49, got a prescription from his doctor for quinine tablets, took one of the tablets and died. Pharmacist Jose Mendoza, 34, who made up the prescrip-' lion, swore to investigatingi police his pills could not have! killed Diaz.

To prove it he took' one himself. He died. Authorities ordered the rest! of pills shipped to a i for analysis. Brother Juniper Henderson, N. C.

dynamite blast early today climaxed a new outbreak of vio- cnce in a textile strike nearly six months old. Local officials asked for a i a guard troops restore order. explosion Khrushchev Says Russ May Cut Back Rocket Production London lira i a S. Khrushchev told i people that prospects for are good enough lo i about, cutting back Soviet rocket production in the near future, Tass News Agency reported today. Tass said the.Soviet premier made the comment in a speech al Kiev Monday in which he warned the West on the dangers of war and predicted an early summit conference.

Khrushchev claimed the only reason i a were spending money on arms was because the West was surrounding Soviet Union i rocket bases. Khrushchev said the Soviet Union was doing everything possible to achieve world peace and that Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko was prepared "to achieve positive results" at the foreign ministers' conference in Geneva. He said that if the foreign ministers' in i did nol prove a great success he expected a summit meeting to he "the next step." He said British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan advocated a summit meeting and President Eisenhower and French President Charles de Gaulle were in general agreement. "Yet all these leaders have UUMBOSDT STANDARD Tuaiday, May 12, 1959, Pane 5 At Nursery Climaxes Violence In Textile Strike one-slory building Harriet-Henderson' expressed themselves on this question cautiously a each one of Ihcm wishes to keep room to he said. "Of course not all the questions can be solved at single-meeting.

a solve all- the controversial or unsolved problems i wrecked a which the Mills had used as a nursery for children of women workers, there were no injuries. violence began Monday nighl when non-strikers the plants at the end of the second shift. They were greeted by a barrage of gunfire, bot- lles and rocks. Mayor Carroll Singleton and Vance County Sheriff E. A.

Coltrell appealed to Gov. Luther H. Hodges to call oul the National Guard. Hodges declined to act Monday night. An aide said the governor wanted to "get all possible informalion and look it over in the morning before acting." Hodges withdrew some 100 highway patrolmen from strike he would use tho National uard if there was more trouble which local officers' could not handle.

About 1,000 members I'cxlile Workers i of America (AFL-CIO) on strike Nov. 17 in a dispute over an arbitration clause whieh'the company a eliminated from its contract with the union. The first outbreak came Feb. 16 when the firm resumed limited operations. The second began April 20 Ihree days after a coriipromise agreement had apparently ended the strike.

The settlement broke down when it appeared that only a a of strikers would obtain jobs at Ihe plants. duty last week and promised ALABAMA'S SEGREGATION HILLS Montgomery, Ala. urn The Alabama legislature will consider at least 13 anti-integration bills at its spring session. The Rev. Martin Luther King, Negro integration leader here, has said efforts will be made next September to end segregation of schools in Montgomery.

Moscow Radio quoted.a Tass News Agency dispatch that described the seating arrangements worked out at the Geneva meeting' as a "great victory" for Russia. said the West had tried to restrict or eliminate participation in the conference by the German representatives. Tass r't the Soviet Union opposed this and "Ihe attempts to prevent the Germans from taking seals al the conference table failed." BOYCOTT INTEGRATED SCHOOL Kroul Royal, Va. urn When the courts toppled Virginia's "massive resistance" a against integration this winter, authorities reopened the spa-' cious Warren county high school here. But 800 white pupils have been boycotting the school, and its student body now consists of just 21 Negroes.

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1956-1967