The Pocono Record from Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania • Page 7

Letter M. Alcohol and eart disease The Pocono Record, The Stroudsbirgs, Pa. Mar. 6, 1976 Jack O'Brian's New York's Voice of Broadway My husband had hurl two ago. HI It net in alcoholic, but hi certainly drinks mere Nun I think hi should.

Can you till mi If It good for a pinon who hn hid i hurt attack, or cin It be dangerous? Mrs. V. Penn. Dear Mrs. McN: For years, alcoholwas considered to be beneficial in some types of heart disease.

It was thought to be Today, experimental studies on animals have shown that this idea is not entirely valid. I seems a i i changes in the heart have resulted from the overuse of alcohol. A recent report in the Journal of the American Medical Association showed that "prolonged use of alcohol can produce cardio-myopathy (disorder or disease of the heart) with congestive heart failure." In addition, there are other, highly technical, unfavorable reactions in the heart muscle. The authors of this article advise physicians to be careful when allowing cardiac patients to ingest alcohol. Patients with evidence of severe myocardial (heart muscle) damage should never drink alcohol.

They say; "Patients with coronary artery disease should limit their intake of alcohol to ounces of 90 proof whiskey a day. "Physical activity should Ije limited for two hours after alcohol ingestion to permit metabolism to occur." Each case should, of course, be individually evaluated by the doctor. Even with his permission, moderation is the essence of safety. In tuning particularly, my btconw viry dry. It It hird to diicrlbi thi foiling because there li no Mln.

ttim any holp for this condition? Mr. T.H., R.I. Dear Mr. The first thing, of course, is; to be examined by an eye' specialist in order to rule out any basic underlying disease. Drugs, allergy, low-grade and diminished secretion of tears must be checked for a possible cause.

If none is found, then treatment with artificial tears may be helpful. These new preparations were created to closely resemble normal tears in mineral content. The condition of "dry eye" must be respected, for dry eyes seem to be more susceptible to infections and foreign bodies. Normally, tears act as a protection. DH.

LESTER COLEMAN has prepared a special booklet entitled "Alcoholism A Family Disease." It probes this grave problem and offers hopeful advice. For your copy, send 25 cents in coin and a large, self- addressed, stamped envelope to Lester L. Coieman, M.D. (Alcoholism booklet), P.O. Box 5178, Grand Central Station, New York City 10017.

Please mention the booklet by title. P.M. middle school announces honor roll SWIFTWATER-The honor Gordon Smoko, Todd Storm, roll for the first semester at the Kim a Pocono Mountain Middle School Wildrick, Michael Yacuboski is as follows: and Michael Yasenchock. Fifth grade: Daphne Allen. i grade: Gwendolyn Cheryl Benasutti, James Cal- Bush, William Cassidy, Martha laghan, Douglas Camplejohn.

Cegelka, Valerie Cerra a a a Caroline Colello, Susan Daven- Coburn, Ann Corson, Elizabeth ene Doll, Peggi Dunlap, Davis, Jonathan Demarest, i i a i a Charles Deubler, Michelle Greg Ford, Traci Difilippanlonio, Tanya Englert, a a Wendy Gross, i a Michelle James, Catherine Flanagan, Carolyn Hannon, Rehrbaum and Barry Keller. Cathleen Hannon, Robin Hooey, Tim Kresge and Coleen Lalley. MAls ebor LuehrS a Also Regina Landi, Michael Me a And Mader. Carolyn Mark, Brenda S'h it McGuirk, Marguerite Moyer, fl I IT Joseph Muldoon, Elizabeth ChTM i Plasser, James Roth, Kevin TMA Schlier, Karen Shaller, Kevin Sincavage, Christine Sipowicz, Alumni of ESSC to meet EAST, STROUDSBURG Seventh a Teresa Besecker, Cheryl Bullock, Angela Burawski, Esther Case, Frank Clark, Kenneth Davis, Michelle Eberts, Mark Evers, a i Hatchard, Linda Hawk, John Kehrbaum, Akerhi Keiper, Kim Lutz, Bonnie Mark and Susan Miller. Also Susan Pietracatella, Luzerne and Lackawanna Gina Rizzo, Michael Rohlfs, county area alumni, of East William Serisenig, Mark Smith, Stroudsburg State College will a a i Michael be meeting on Thursday, March Sundell, Angela Uguccioni, 25 at Aldino's Manor in Wilkes- Kristine Verdi, Lonnie Wagner Barre.

and Bret Wallingford. This dinner meeting, the first Eighth grade: Robin Beers, of its kind ever called by the Amy Blakeslee, Bobette Case, college Alumni Association, Linda Cassidy, Brenda Decker, will serve as an organizational Janet Duran, Debbie Flac- meeting for alumni of the col- cavento, Steven' Horvath, lege in this area to form a Cynthia Jones, Randall Kice, regional alumni chapter. Coor- Mark a Sandy dinating this unique session are Luehrs, Keli Lyons, John Mc- Dr. Lester J. Bowers and Dr.

Crea, William Meinweiser and Richard H. Luce, alumnae of Jody Miller, the institution and members of Also Patricia Neiring, Reesa the administrative staff there. O'Boyle, Jackie Price, Scott Those in attendance at.the a a meeting will discuss and plan Reisenwitz, Larry Robinson, the i a i of a Rulapaugh, Nick "cluster" group of East Slamon, Tim Sanborn, Kurt Stroudsburg State College Schroeder, Mary Shimko, alumni in the area with the pos- Gracy Spencer, Jeff Thomas, sibility of having this group John Wallingford, Ross Wai- meet annually or semi-annually lingford, Wendy Walter, Walter in the area. College President Waltz and Susan Youry. Darrell Holmes as well as another 10 present or past faculty members of the college will be in attendance at the evening dinner meeting.

Holmes will brief Cancer note HOUSTON (UPI) The American Cancer Society says 93,000 people will be stricken remarks following dinner, and with lung cancer in 1976 and Alumni Association President 84,000 will die from the dis- Lewis J. Davies will then dis- ease. The Cancer Society said cuss the possibilities of this by the end of 1975, 100,000 region becoming the first Americans had lung cancer "cluster" of the Alumni As- and only about 10 per cent of sociation. them can be saved because it The Alumni "Association of usually is detected too late, the college serves to provide a The society said although method of communication smoking is known as'the major between the institution and its cause of th'e disease, the alumni as well as to promote number of smokers has slight- tire enrichment and growth of ly increased since 1971. In 1965, the i i i All a i nearly 43 per cent of the total become automatic members of adult population was smoking, the association upon grandua- but it dropped to 36 per cent by lion from the college.

1971. NEW YORK Col. James Wilson is 78 and head of "The Forty Plus Club" which was formed in the Depression crunch of 1938 to help the proliferating army of executives laid off in swarms from top jobs. Col. Wilson got into the.

Forty Plus scene a few years ago after he'd enjoyed a fine career as a WW I Army pilot, between wars was a top advertising agency executive, a WW II Army retread, during the Korean War mayor of Seoul, Korea. Then he was out of work at an age often conceded as a proper time to go; but not by Jim Wilson. The colonel was safe financially but chairman of the bored after a few weeks in the geriatric doldrums. So he went to Forty Plus to investigate a possible job. He took the customary briefings more to heart than any future executive job, and decided to stay right there and help operate the project without pay! He knows all about getting jobs for unemployed business treats its over-retirement agers; not so terribly, we assured him.

Such a's, he asked, and we ticked off a list of the limelighted elders who in any other business long ago would have been put out to asphalted pasture. Including: John f. Royal, who will bo next 4lh of July, a Boston-born Yankoo Doodle Dandy indeed. Mr. Royal wat a Boston nowipapor oditor, bocamo faiclnatod by' vaude- vlllo, switched to its ixocutlvo ranks, was sont to Cleveland to optn thi Palaco vaudeville Thtattr, stayod on for its groat two-a-days and leaped in at tho start of tho radio ora.

Tho latt General David Sarnoff, who had lust become head of tho Radio Corporation of America, was brilliant also in finding the correct expert for the proper lob; he wanted John Royal to run NBC's national programs and bought the Cleveland radio station to lure Mr. Royal to New York. The rest was radio, and TV, history. John Royal innovated a i a everything in network radio back when NBC; wholly owned RCA subsidiary, literally ruled the airwaves. He brought his news training to an instantly expanded NBC News and took it to the top of the world's broadcasting journalism.

He innovated international newscasts, lured a working crew from newspaper city rooms and raided overseas staffs; of dollars to NBC's triumphant advantage. Gen. Sarnoff had envisioned broadcast radio simply as a shrewd gimmick to help sell RCA radios as a promotion device alone; he didn't then envision NBC becoming rich and fascinating by itself; he still believed in the superiority of vaudevalle, the theater, opera, cabaret diversions, sports, general news, but at first had ignored radio's ultimately transcendent triumphs. But John Royal knew where the radio mikes were going as so they went: to every facet of show business, the first huge radio spectaculars, broadcast versions of the classics and popular Bdwy. plays; when TV came along, lots earlier than most today now suspect, Royal plunged NBC into television.

Using Mike Jacobs as his promoter, Mr. Royal programmed Paul Berlenbach prizefighting an opponent in 1937 from the stage of Capitol Theater; Mike, farsighted as John Royal, ultimately "owned" as promoter a kid fighter named Joe Louis; and the promoter who thus owned the heavyweight champ ruled Madison Square Garden and virtually the entire fight game. Mr. Royal presented "Susan and God" on TV in the '30s, pointed NBC TV cameras at N.Y. baseball games before sponsors could afford the commercials.

Football games were televised, the major public and entertainment events were his meat, the 1939 World's Fair was its pioneer cynosure, a canny target for NBC cameras while the few other stations were trying to figure how to join NBC at the ground floor. Manhattan College played St. Bonaventure in 1939 NBC-TV was there, for a handful of TV sets with five-inch tubes. John Ward threatened to jump off the Gotham Hotel ledge in 1938 and Mr. Royal had NBC point one stationary TV camera out its then 5th Avenue headquarters and catch the entire eight-hour drama; John Ward jumped to his death a little after 9 p.m.

and John Royal was there. a i A Toscanini to conduct a new NBC Symphony from 1937 on over radio, Mr. Royal coaxed Tosci into TV simply by ordering cameras into Carnegie Hall, pointing them at the colorfully dramatic maestro, a fascinating show by himself. The triumphs rolled on and so did John F. Royal, He retired at RCA-NBC's prescribed age -and beat the rules by a year when somehow, oddly, NBC couldn't prove his age because his records were missing from the files.

tut Mr. fteyal'i creativity didn't miss ever. He ttayed on after it to become NBC's valued senior consultant, as he remains at a malor assemblyllne of brilliant memos bearing advice and suggestions more than tolerated they're sought. Other energetic showbiz geezers we brought to Col. Jim Wilson's attention: Lowell Thomas still broadcasting nightly over CBS radio, still skiing at 84, intending to do both until he's 100; he skied last Max 85, producer of 40 of (he most distinguished plays and musicals in Bdwy.

history, still an active adviser to film companies on plays and players. The late i i star Thomas Meighan's brother Jim, push- ing and we're not sure from which side, an insurance executive with vast showbiz connec- tivns still actively supporting him us lavishly as his handsome brother once enjoyed. Morris Ernst, the old (85) civil libertarian lawyer who fought literary and theatrical censorship successfully, advised Presidents back to Herbert Hoover, still highly useful in dozens of spheres. Uur It." nmnaneom 20S Enjoy Tour Favorite Cocktail and the finest GOURMET DINING in the Poconos Fri.ftSit.S Sun. 1 to For Information Reservitions (717)992-4969 woodturner A top-quality free-standing fireplaces stoves from Norway Denmark Germany Minnesota Liaison Farm 717-563-1263 R.D.

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