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NVoshi) Daily News Sundny, August Opinion Gold does more than glitter AFTER THE BRAWL WAS OVER By TKHHY KIKKPATRICK AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) Gold does more than glitter. It's used in electronic circuitry and for dental work. And not long ago it was highly regarded as a hedge against inflation. Depending on how they use it, gold buyers were either pleased or anxious this past week when its price dropped to its lowest point in years. The five major dealers in London set their common price at $104.20 an ounce Friday afternoon, the lowest afternoon fixing since late 1973.

Since 1973, gold had climbed to nearly $200 an ounce, before dropping again. Gold dealers offer several reasons for the latest decline. Voice of the Reader Dear Editor: Would you please place a small item in your paper about a lonely prisoner who wants mail cause mail call is the lonely hour for me. Thank you very much. (s) Mr.

Marcus Mike Taylor 141-628 P.O. Box 787 Lucasville, Ohio-15648 Dear Sir: I am looking for information concerning a Methodist circuit rider, Moses E. Banks, who lived in Newton County in the 1830'sandl840's. I know he lived in Benton township in 1840, but had died by 1850, according to that census. His widow had moved to Van Buren township (near Capp's Creek) according to the 1850 census, as had their children.

I would like to know what newspaper in your county would have been most likely to have carried the obituary of Mr. Banks, or any other information concerning him or his family. Also, where would the files of that newspaper be located now, and is there anyone in that area that does searching of this type and their fees. I am enclosing a stamped, addressed envelope for your reply. Thank you so very much.

Sincerely, (s) Sharon L. Koontz 312 Walnut Sedan, Kansas 67361 the chief one being the scheduled Sept. 15 auction of 780,000 ounces by the International Monetary Fund. The IMF intends to auction some 25 million ounces over four years, partly to finance low-interest loans to 60 developing nations. One auction was held in June and another in July.

The auctions will increase the supply of available gold, thus tending to push down the price. There was speculation in Europe that major Swiss banks will not participate in the coming auction, but the banks denied it. One dealer said there was talk that the Soviet Union was unloading a lot of gold on the market, although this could not be confirmed. In that setting, a study by the economics department of Citi- bank, the nation's second largest bank, projects a drop in private demand. "Since the economic recovery that is now under way in most countries will likely continue for the next year, gold will lose some of its allure as an investment in comparison with other assets, especially investments in the stock markets," Citibank says.

"Gold was an inflation hedge in the early 1970s, when inflation rates were high, going higher, and extremely volatile. "But now, with inflation on the wane and confidence growing that it will ultimately stabilize at low levels, the tables have turned." The study projects that the world supply of gold will rise from 1,125 metric tons last year to 1,400 metric tons this year, due to more selling by the Soviet Union and central banks. A metric ton is about 2,200 pounds. Demand will rise from 1,125 tons last year to 1,250 tons this year, Citibank projects. Industrial buyers for jewelry, dentistry and electronics will buy more because of the low price, but private buyers are expected to purchase 165 tons less.

Presidents have usurped war power Oldster airs a growing sex problem expected. It is rare before the 40s. For further reading, including the matter of surgery, see my booklet on the prostate. By George C. Thosteson, M.D.

Dear Dr. Thosteson: I'm a regular reader of your column. Some of the very intimate things you discuss would curl your hair. Well, here's one to curl your toes. In this day of liberated sex and all the freedoms society accepts today, we hear of the "terrible teens," but how about the "sizzling seniors," who are without mates and who don't want to marry yet find themselves in the mood for love? How do you feel? And what is the modern medical theory on self-release? Is it neurotic or wrong? I've never seen this This analysis of supply and discussed in your column.

Yet situation? M.H. demand leads the bank to set a in talking with other oldsters There is growing evidence Dear Dr. Thosteson: My 26- year-old daughter has not had her period for five months. She has been away from home three years at school, where she ate so little that she dropped from her normal 130 pounds to 103. She is an introverted person and tends to be emotional.

She has had tests for hypoglycemia. Ruling out pregnancy and hypoglycemia, could you explain the struation). It does not seem, from your letter, that she was trying to lose weight for cosmetic reasons. Her nervous condition is typical in cases of anorexia nervosa (food aversion). It is common among young, single women, and is accompanied by absence of menstruation.

I suggest she receive attention soon. Anorexia nervosa sometimes requires hospitalization. Often the words gross and net are used in reference to weight. Gross weight counts carrier and contents. Net weight refers only to contents.

possible price range of $60 to $120 an ounce. On Sept. 15, 1962, the United States and Britain agreed to increase their joint research and development of weapons. The United 9States named nine new astronauts on Sept. 17, 1962, including two civilians, four air force officers and three navy officers.

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E. The problem you discuss is not an uncommon one. It is a growing one, too, as more and more wives lose their husbands at younger ages. Unfortunately, these women find it difficult to find new mates, even if they desire remarriage. Why? Because the available men usually have wives who in turn survive them.

And so it goes. Your term "self-release" is a euphemism for masturbation, but it can be an appropriate one. My only comment on that is that it is not inherently harmful, and I personally would not frown on it. It is a highly personal matter and is, and always will a matter of the most individual choice. I only comment on your letter because I do get so much mail on the matter.

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(April 20-May 20): 21) issues come sud(Jen The cookie may crumble to critical tensionSi yet abruptly. Be sensible as you don deserve drastic encounter shifting condi- corrective effort tions and help others. Be prompt, no matter how trivial the appointment. Dear Dr. Thosteson: I am having trouble urinating.

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BURMESE PROVERB 1976 King Fe.lurci Syndjolc. Inc.) said I had a "median bar" in my urinary tract, but did not think it was bad enough for surgery. That was five months ago. I am 48 and in reasonably good health. What should I do? Mr.L.F.

After five months you are due for an appointment to see whether this prostate obstruction is becoming worse. One of the consequences could be increased retention of urine in the bladder. Surgery is usually the ultimate answer, The term "median bar" refers to an obstruction caused by enlargement of the central (median) lobe of the prostate gland. There are two other lobes, one on each side of the median. Enlargement of the median is most troublesome, for through this runs the urethra (you-REE-thra), the tube from the bladder.

This would cause a severe obstruction. There are steps you can take to help yourself. Avoid alcoholic beverages and long auto trips. Massage and hot tub baths usually relieve any discomfort. Non-surgical methods like these can often control mild enlargements, but, as I mentioned above, surgery is more often the real answer.

At 48, you are at an age when some enlargement might be tiemini (May 21-June 20): You may have to work despite custom and your lifestyle. If not, be more a spec- can manage with a more natural course. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19); Social activity suffers from impulsive changes of attitude, misunderstanding.

Don't plan until quite late, tator than a participant, a get perspective on learn something about hu- the day's events, man nature. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. Since friends are act- a bit standoffish, think Cancer Don't be your own welding. Look aren't the one who causes exe clse ou trouble.

Sports, light exer- from the ht an le Leo (July 23-Auf. 22): Your impulse is well meant, but the timing is off. It's not so much what happens as how the individual is assis- After a hectic week, you need leisure to unwind. That's not as easy as it sounds. Some people still want to squabble.

Find a quiet spot away from all. ROBINSON-DAVIS YOUR nmiimeirnuins DEALER Brook i. Colloflt 4S1-4111 (Copyright, 1976, By United Feature Syndicate) By Jack Anderson WASHINGTON Throughout U.S. history, Presidents have distorted and twisted and perverted the con- stituional right given only to Congress to send Americans into battle. Article section II, is clear.

It is not diluted by qualifications or ambiguities. It says: "Congress shall have the power to declare Yet more often than not, American Presidents have usurped the war-making authority. They have deceived Congress or simply have ignored Congress. Presidents hold such tight control over diplomatic and military activities, as well as what the public is told about them, that they can manipulate events to create public hostility and, step by step, to commit the nation to a point where war is inevitable. It happened in bygone days when wars were swashbuckling affairs.

The war against Mexico, it now appears, was deliberately provoked. And the Spaniards may not have sunk the battleship Maine after all; thus the Spanish-American War may have been a dreadful mistake. It has happened in our time, with nuclear missiles ready to fire. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F.

Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard M. Nixon, each in his turn, brought the nation perilously close to nuclear war. Eisenhower actually approved plans to use nuclear weapons against mainland China in case of a Communist attack on two insignificant, offshore islands. It could happen again over a contrived incident, say, in Korea, Panama, Rhodesia or the Middle East.

The world could blunder its way into a situation that could develop into a war of incredible magnitude. In his memoirs, Ulysses S. Grant wrote about the American acts of provocation before the outbreak of war with Mexico in 1845. "The presence of the United States troops on the edge of the disputed territory furthest from Mexican settlements," he said, "was not sufficient to provoke hostilities. We were sent to provoke a fight, but it was essential Mexico should commence it.

"It. was very doubtful whether Congress would declare war; but if Mexico should attack our troops, the Executive prosecute the contest with vigor. Once initiated, there were but few public men who would have the courage to oppose it." Fifty-three years later, the American battleship Maine exploded while it lay at anchor in Havana's harbor. Cuba was then held by the Spanish, and the warship had sailed into the harbor as a power play. After 266 Americans lost their lives in the explosion, a Navy court of inquiry quickly decided the ship had been destroyed by a mine.

America rallied to the battlecry of "Remember the Maine," and the United States declared war on Spain. Now a meticulous study by Admiral Hyman Rickover indicates that the war was probably predicated on a falsehood. According to Rickover's research: "There was no evidence that a mine destroyed the Main." What probably happened, explains Rickover, was a "spontaneous combustion" fire in one of the Maine's coal bunkers. In the past quarter-century, Presidents have waged war without troubling to seek congressional approval. Harry S.

Truman didn't ask the permission of Congress before ordering 157,000 Americans to fight in the ugly inconclusive war in Korea. Eisenhower acted without congressional consent when he sent battle-ready Marines and paratroopers to Beirut in 1957 to shore up a beleaguered Lebanese government. The following year, the Chinese Communists rained artillery fire on two outcroppings of rock barely visible on any map: Quemoy and Matsu. The Pentagon assumed the Communists were softening up the hunks of rock for an imminent invasion. This led to some urgent contingency planning.

According to secret documents we have uncovered, the military brass wanted to use tactical nuclear weapons to destroy China's underground munitions dumps and gun emplacements. The Pentagon, therefore, falsely informed the White House that the available Air Force planes had no bomb racks that could accommodate conventional bombs powerful enough to knock out the underground installations. Misled by this, President Eisenhower approved plans to use nuclear weapons against the mainland. But wisely, he kept his own finger on the nuclear button. "The Quemoy- Matsu crisis, meanwhile, happily simmered down.

Loaded with common sense Dear Ann Landers: I've just read one more letter to you about a retired couple. "She" complains because "he" tags along, stands outside closed doors and pesters her to death. I wonder how many women, if they were retired from their homes, could find meaningful work in their husband's office or shop. Wouldn't THEY follow him around the house, peeping over his shoulder, trying to find a place for themselves? Couples should work out an agreement BEFORE they retire. They should plan to share the household chores, and I don't mean just the garbage.

Schedule marketing, laundry, window washing, etc. Retirement isn't all trips to the museums and excursions. It is a whole lot of togetherness 24 hours a day. And that's a heap o' living together, honey. Not There Yet, But I Have Plans Dear Not There Yet: When YOU get there, I'll bet you'll handle it better than most.

Thanks for a letter loaded with common sense. won't be able to say I'm one of those nuts who uses soap daily. Reader Dear Slam: It may be that a deodorant DOES give your husband a rash. This is not uncommon. But there are several hypo-allergenic deodorants he could use.

All he need do is ask for one at the drugstore. Every person man, woman, and child should bathe or shower every morning or night. Tell him there are hypo-allergenic soaps on the market, too. In fact, go out and buy some as a favor to yourself as well as to him. Dear Miss Landers: Every now and then you include this subject in one of your columns, and I would greatly appreciate your doing so again.

This concerns personal habits of cleanliness. My husband has always refused to use a deodorant. He claims it gives him a rash. This from a Ph.D.! I don't need advice on what to do because I intend to move into another bedroom shortly. But I would like to be able to wave your column under his nose when I issue my ultimatum because he claims I'm being unreasonable.

So, will you please state in your column what you consider the normal amount of bathing? This goat that I'm married to Dear Ann Landers: I'm 14 and going with a guy 16. (I look older and he looks younger, so it works out neat.) My parents are so strict it's a crime. Friday night, I told Mom we were going to the movies. At the last minute we decided to go to Vic's house and play a few records. His folks were at church and no one was home.

We weren't there more than 20 minutes when the doorbell rang. It was my dad. He grabbed me by the arm and pulled me out of the house. I was so embarrassed I'd like to have died. I told Dad it was cruddy of him to follow me like a common criminal.

He said he hadn't followed me, just happened to be passing by Vic's house and spotted Mom's car (which I had borrowed). Now I'm grounded for two weeks. We didn't do anything wrong, Ann. Please stick up for me. Guilty Dear Not: Sorry, chicken.

You had no business going to Vic's house when you told your parents you were going to'a movie. A change of plans should always be reported BEFORE someone finds out. In my opinion you got off easy. i The Neosho Daily News Published by The Neosho Publishing Company Ruth B. Bush, President Kenneth W.

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