Daily News from New York, New York • 191

AtlfJ LAflDZHS WHO. Old lovers wherever you are the GI wrote the following ditty: Socks received. Some fit! I use one for a helmet And one for a mitt I must say, dear lady, You've done your bit. But where in the hell Did you learn to knit? Buster in Bismarck Hello, Buster: I plead guilty as charged But, happily, the damage was limited. I knit only one pair of socks and then turned in my needles.

WILLIAM LAFORCE JR. DAILY NEWS Dear Ann: Last month I became the private secretary to the president of a well-known national company. The Mika Walker, 7, writes, to amazement of friends Anna Ochoa (left) and Katy Ewald at Goldwater Memorial Hospital, Roosevelt Island. iirst day I took his dictation I was amazed. He rattled off three letters filled with hostile accusations and PvEAR ANN: The letter signed I 01 "Him and Her," about an uncle who had fathered twins at 78, interested me.

I do not believe "Unc" needed help with his project and with good reason. While doing genealogical research learn about my ancestors, I uncovered some fascinating information. An ancestor, Thomas Purchase, was born in 1577. He married in 1657 at 80. His bride, Elizabeth Andrews, was 24.

Their first child, Thomas, was born in 1658. Their second child, Jane, was born in 1660. Two years later, 1662, a daughter, Elizabeth, came into the world. Sarah followed in 1666. Their last child was a boy, Abraham, born in 1669.

Thomas Purchase Sr. died May 11, 1678, at 101. He was survived by his wife, Elizabeth, who was 45. The children were 20, 18, 16, 12 and 9.. They, proved it is never too late to start a family.

Proud of My Ancestors Dear Proud: I wish I could come up with a snappy rejoinder, but alas, I am stunned by the astonishing virility of Uncle Thomas. I wonder if Aunt Liz knew when she married that she was getting a most unusual Purchase! Dear Ann: I laughed when I read your comments about how you knitted a pair of socks for the American Red insults. I typed the letters and presented them for his signature the following morning. He said, "Oh, those! Tear them up. I just needed to let off Paralysis no handicap for girl, 7 steam." By BELLA ENGLISH He has done this several times since, and I think it is quite remarkable.

What a wonderful way to get anger out of one's system without damaging a relationship. If you think this letter has value, feel free to print it, but please delete the name of the city. The company is well-known, and my boss's identity could be easily pinpointed. In many ways, Mika Walker is a typical first-grader. She loves Miss Piggy, teacher and the color yellow.

But she hates homework. "It's not too much fun," the 7-year-old said. Especially when you must painstakingly write by holding a pencil in your mouth. But if the numbers and letters are a bit wobbly, Mika's determination is not. "I love school," she whispers.

When Mika was 18 months old, life as a normal, bouncy toddler ended and a new one began. She was involved in an Very Anonymous Please Dear Very: If all hostile letters bright little girl needed to be challenged in a regular classroom environment and, after a court battle, Mika went to school for the first time this fall. SCHOOL OFFICIALS at first believed that Mika should be in a special education class. But her counselor and friends at Goldwater wanted her in a more normal setting and appealed Mika's case. Finally, the state commissioner of education decreed that Mika should be mainstreamed into a regular classroom.

Mika is believed to be the first child on a respirator who attends regular classes in a city public school Intermediate School 217 on Roosevelt Island. "The expectations for kids in special education are not as great as they are for kids in the said Marilyn Saviola, Mika's vocational rehabilitation counselor and godmother. were put in a drawer for 24 hours, at Cross to help the war effort, and your supervisor suggested that you could better serve your country by knitting for the Germans. You must be the person to whom least 75 would never be mailed, and everyone would be better off. Thanks for writing.

accident while riding in her grandfather's car and was paralyzed from the neck down. She will be on a respirator for the rest of her life. YCUn STARS By JOYCE JILLSON For four years, Mika has lived in Goldwater Memorial Hospital, on a Today's Birthday Artistry, your creative imagination, technological ward with other severely disabled children. But staffers quickly saw that the quest for a raise. Nervousness ends when you are completely prepared.

Sporting luck makes you feel like a million. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Deviating from a plan is costly.

Provide emotional, if not financial, security for family memebers. Success with music. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).

Assume new duties, accept responsibilities and, positive people give you breaks. A partner may be jealous of a recent success. Quash rumors. FROM PAGE. THREE Aquarius (Jan.

20-Feb. 18). How you react to situations determines what loved ones do next Appear calm. Financial problems erode new love. You gain new clients through sports activities.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20). Incredible energy, reconciliations and business luck make this a time of action. Love with a friend of a relative. Attend family gatherings or entertain.

the Sinai Desert in the first days of the war. TWO YEARS later, Sadat named him vice president. Some saw the appointment as reflecting a determination by Sadat to move closer to the military. Mubarak was, and is, highly popular with his fellow officers. Sadat groomed Mubarak for the succession, telling him: "No one can foresee the future, and state secrets must not be known by one person alone." Sadat sent him on delicate diplomatic missions to Arab countries that were upset by Sadat's peace moves with Israel.

He put him in charge of Egypt's arms procurement program and its nuclear energy program. "Sadat used to brief him very thoroughly, even on his (private) sessions with other foreign leaders," Osama el Baz said. As a younger man, Mubarak may bring more energy to the job. While most Egyptians are taking a siesta, he plays squash every afternoon to keep fit Unlike many in the Middle East, he is known to be punctual in keeping appointments and a hard worker. Mubarak, despite the fact he was trained at the Frunze Military Academy near Moscow, the Soviet Union's West Point, apparently shares Sadat's deep dislike of the Russians.

projects and luck from past relation--ships make this a year of personal triumphs. In financial, legal and company matters justice comes to you in November. Spend October looking for new love, possibly an Aries or Scorpio. Aries (March 21-April 19). Behind-the-scenes activities make you feel betrayed, but don't make snap judgments.

Begin trips. Talk over dreams with marriage partner. Taurus (April 20-May 20). Subconsciously you are quietly progressing, although outward personal growth is slow. Tackle difficult projects; friends help out.

Platonic relationships turn romantic. Gemini (May 21-June 21). Someone you like has ignored you but is now anxious to make amends. Give people a second chance. Stop picking up the checks all the time.

Cancer (June 22-July 22). Consider bartering with neighbors to beat inflation. Stop waiting for a phone call; play hard to get in love. Seize an opportunity to enter a new social circle. Leo (July 23-Aug.

22). Recognize that others aren't as straightforward. Keep secrets. Expect uninvited guests. Protect a teen's reputation no matter what Be lenient with a current love.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept 22). Listen to a current love; the advice is invaluable. Take time to review personal goals. Others carry financial burdens if you just ask.

Luck from a new friend. Libra (Sept 23-Oct 23). You have admirers in high places. Let others know more about your personal life, particularly potential new loves. Fian-cial confusion ends; money isplenti-v Scorpio (Oct 24-Nov.

Rehearse presentations, speeches 0t accords and a continuation of the peace process with Israel. "In the short run, he will be an implementer of Sadat's policies and not an innovator," said a Western diplomat Osama el Baz, who, as Egypt's first undersecretary for foreign affairs, is close to Mubarak, said: "His frame of mind is identical to that of Sadat He believes in continuity. He does not believe in dramatic changes of policy, but in gradual evolution." Mubarak has a different style, calm and taciturn where Sadat was emotional and mercurial deliberate rather than flamboyant and not at all inclined to adopt Sadat's platform style of fatherly lecturing. Mubarak, 53, is nine years younger than Sadat and represents a new generation of Egyptian leadership. Both Nasser and Sadat were army officers from the late 1930s with dreams of overthrowing the monarchy that came true in 1952.

Mubarak belongs to the generation that came of age in the October 19J3 war with Israel. As air force commander at that time, he came to Sadat's attention by his success in organizing a surprise attack of BIORHYTHMS By BERNARD GITTELSON (for Oct. 11) a (A 2 PHYSICAL Critical: S. 17. 28, 40.

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