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6- Friday, Juno 24, 1977 Friday Features 's alcoholism may damage unborn child rier into the baby's brain, causing neurological problems. He says there are drugs which do not do this, but he does not know of one which could be used in place of alcohol. Dr, Beguin says research underway now will attempt to determine exactly how much a woman must drink before her baby will suffer from Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. Mother By SHERRIE MARSHALL Special to the Tribune Suppose a pregnant woman enters a hospital to have her baby. The baby Is bom with certain deformities: small head, clef palate, tack of motor control, heart defects, malformed limbs and joints and genital abnormalities.

Later. It appears that the child's growth Is retarded, both physically and mentally. The child's IQ hovers somewhere between 50 and 83, probably averaging out to 63. Chances are the child Is a victim of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, a condition found in babies whose mothers are alcoholics. Dr.

Everett A. Beguin a prenatal specialist at Lutheran Hospital, says the symptons described above could be caused by other conditions, but they occur most frequently in the babies of mothers who drink heavily while pregnant. Dr. Beguin spoke Thursday to a group of counselors and others who work with alcoholics and the problem of alcoholism in the La Crosse area. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome is the subject of a great deal of research being conducted by various organi2ations throughout the United States, according to Dr.

Beguin and Dr. Mary Vasques, executive director of the Coulee Council on Alcoholism. Dr. Vasques, who organized Thursday's meeting in the Occupational Rehabilitation Center. 2700 Commerce says the latest research released practically tells the pregnant for questions concerning alcohol consumption, but the forms are no fool proof method of identifying the alcoholic mother.

Dr. Beguin says that often the alcoholic doesn't know how much she drinks. He says In his own practice, he raises his eyebrows when a patient lists too many drinks a day. He advises them that an occasional drink won't hurt, but the daily cocktail or two "Is probably not a good idea." Fetal Alcohol Syndrome can be detected before a baby Is bom, according to Dr, Beguin. He says the baby just stops growing In the mother's uterus.

However, Dr. Beguin says he thinks the alcoholic mother comes in for prenatal care later than most pregnant mothers, He says, too, that there Is really no special prenatal treatment given to mothers who drink. Dr. Beguin says one problem doctors face Is whether or not to tell a woman two or three months pregnat all the symptons with which her baby could be bom. He says another problem doctors face during the later stages of pregnancy is whether the baby would be better off outside the mother's body.

Dr. Beguin says the best thing to do for a pregnant woman who is an alcoholic is to get Iter help tor her drinking problem. Asked If there was an alcohol substitute for women who find it impossible to give up alcohol, Dr. Beguin said he knew of none. He says alcohol can pass across the placenta protecting the baby and get through the blood-brain bar cuss a subject such as Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Are there babies bom In the La Crosse area who suffer from this condition? According to Dr.

Beguin and other counselors at the meeting, La Crosse does not have a problem with babies who are bom with this condition. There was only one reported case of a baby born with the condition at St. Francis Hospital. However. Dr.

Beguin and Dr. Vasques say the potential Is there. Dr. Vasques says that alcoholism is a problem in the La Crosse area. She and others at the meeting say there are many women of child-bearing age who should be warned of the possibility that their children could suffer If the mothers drink too much white pregnant.

One counselor reported that several women who are heavy drinkers had already come in to her for pregnancy tests, afraid that if they were pregnant their drinking may have harmed thair unborn children. Just how much alcohol a pregnant woman must consume before her baby will be affected is not known, according to Dr. Beguin. "We know there is a problem with strong abuse," Dr. Beguin said.

He said the best thing to do if avoid alcohol consumption as much as possible, if not totally. Dr. Beguin says a major problem with trying to detect alcoholic mothers is that women will not always be truthful about how much alcohol they consume. He says medical forms, which must be filled out by pregnant women, provide However, he says you cannot use human subjects in this type of research for fear of harming their babies. And, Dr.

Be- 1 guin says, he would be doubtful of any research using rats, mice and monkeys. because the findings would not necessarily carry over to humans. This is the first meeting to discuss the problems of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, according to Dr. Vasquez. She says that although there is no probem wtih the condition in the La Dr.

Mary Vasques Crosse area, people must be made much more sensitive to an issue which is drawing nation- Dr. Everett Beguin Jr. woman not to drink at alt. An Associated Press story reports that the government has recently issued a warning telling women that taking more than two drinks a day while pregnant may cause their babies to be deformed or retarded. And the problem is serious enough that some people have proposed terminating the pregnancies of mothers who drink heavily, if they are in the early stages of pregnancy, acording to Dr.

Beguin. The curious might wonder why a group of people in the La Crosse area would meet to dis She says It is Important to alert people in the La Crorse area to forthcoming research on both a planning and educational basis. Compulsive cleaner spoils room of messy daughter Ann Landers (7 Old uniforms are disguising modern cops DETROIT (AP) They look like actors in an old "Keystone Hops flick, but the three men strolling the battered downtown streets of Detroit are real, live policemen. Passersby did doubletakes this week as the city's police department unveiled its new- est public relations gimmick officers dressed in authentic old-fashioned uniforms, cir- ca 1910. The three officers hammed it up as they walked their downtown beat wearing high-domed helmets and long, navy blue tunics trimmed with big brass but-, Ions.

"I was a little baby when ipolice dressed like that in the -old days, one elderly wom- an told the officers. The walkie-talkie radios and regulation service re-' volvers hanging from their brass-buckled belts remind- ed observers that these were cops the 1977 variety. Police officials said the new-old uniforms are meant to make the officers seem more approachable and friendly. I way. Please tell me what to do.

I worry a lot that my whole life is ruined. DESPERATE Dear The trauma resulting from a sexual assault can create life-long problems unless something is done to help the victim overcome feelings of shame and anxiety. You should have had counseling immediately. There are now Rape Crisis Centers in many cities. They offer precisely the kind of help you need.

There are other agencies that counsel psychologically disturbed people who can't Contact Community Referral Service (phone book) or your county or state mental health group. The Salvation Army and YWCA also provide excellent counseling services. Get going. Youre two years late. Dear Ann Landers: I'm so mad I could scream.

Please print this letter for all mothers who feel they simply must clean the bedrooms of their grown children. I am 20, female and pay $80 a month for room and board. When I'm not working I'm usually out. I'm not the neatest person in the world and my room does get messy but if it doesnt bother me, why should it bother my mother? I keep telling her to keep the door closed and stay out of there. Every Sunday I clean it thoroughly.

My mother is a neurotic "Crazy Clean." She also likes to rearrange furniture. I almost broke my neck when I went to lie down where my bed used to be. A few days ago my sister needed a pocket-book for school. I dumped the contents out of mine into a paper sack, gave it to her and got out my new one. It was late so I didn't put the paper bag in a drawer just left it on the floor, next to my dresser.

The next day I looked for the bag and couldn't find it. I had a hunch what had happened but waited till I cooled off before I asked. Sure enough my mother had thrown it out, "Thought it was garbage. In that garbage was my address book, poems I had written, letters, receipts, reminder notes things I'll never be able to replace. What can I do about this? CRAZY LADY'S DAUGHTER Dear Daughter: Your mother is a compulsive cleaner, so telling her to stay out of your room won't help.

Buy a key and use it. After the recent disaster Ill bet you wont get much flak. Dear Ann Landqrs: Two years ago, when I was almost 14, I was sexually assaulted. That horrible nightmare is never completely out of my mind. Whenever a guy his arm around me I get turned off.

I just cant stand to be touched. Do you think maybe I just havent met the right guy yet? No one knows of the terrible thing that happened to me and I'd prefer to keep it this AP Wirephoto Dear Ann: It's time somebody wrote and told you what great things a spanking can do for a wife who behaves like a child. I speak from experience. My wife was 17 when we married. She couldn't cook, wouldnt clean house or' sew a button on a shirt.

Just spoiled rotten, she was. I decided what the little brat needed was a good old-fashioned spanking so I put her right over my knee and let her have it. All it took was twice. Now she's a great little wife. Tell em, Annie.

KING. Dear King (Kong, Just because you married an immature child who responded to punishment befitting a five-year-old doesnt mean your approach is right. I feel sorry for you both. Keystone Kops? Standing next to an open trolley, walk the Washington Boulevard beat. From left the pol-three Detroit policemen model turn-of-the-century uni- icemen are: John Pietrzak, 27; Frank Nazar, 29; and forms that they and three other officers will wear as they Felix Kirk, 22.

Cousin Cheap likes his role Field Newspaper Syndicate Sedative sellers tace label Marian Christy WASHINGTON The White House interview comes to an abrupt halt somewhere in the middle of a question. Im sorry, apologizes the interviewee in a purring Georgia drawl. But Ive got to go and make a speech. The cornflower-blue eyes scan the reaction. "But Ill be back in an hour.

The man-of-the-hour bolting out of his office, just steps away from the Oval Office, is Hugh Carter the Presidents second cousin and controversial special assistant. Hes also a 34-year-old sophisticate in a vested suit a man who packed worms for bait in his fathers general store and went on to get changes could be made later. The daytime sedatives market is about $7 million a year and firms that make the drugs are expected to change their labels to keep their products on the market. Producers of Compoz already are gearing up advertising that moves away from promotion of daytime use and talks instead of a simple medication formulated for those occasional nights when simple nervous tension keeps you tossing and turning unable to fall asleep. The FDA will publish a tentative regulation outlawing the labeled daytime sedatives and ultimately plans to remove them from the market in the middle of next year.

Daytime sedatives contain antihistamines and the FDA commissioner said evidence shows that antihistamines have no distinct anti-anxiety effect other than a tendency to cause By JANET STAIHAR WASHINGTON (AP)-If you take a daytime sedative to help you keep your cool, don't get uptight about the planned government crackdown on nonprescription tranquilizers. Theyll probably still be available, but with a label that says they now are nighttime sedatives. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Don Kennedy announced this week that he plans to ban all nonprescription daytime sedatives because they cause dangerous drowsiness. But an FDA spokesman said shoppers will be able to buy the same products as long as they are not labeled daytime sedatives and not promoted as calmatives or medicine to relax daytime nervous tension. Users of these products run the risk of being drowsy during the day when they may be operating automobiles or other dan gerous machines and need to be alert, Kennedy said in explaining the decision.

Given this risk in the absence of any demonstrated medical benefit, there seems to be no justification for the continued marketing of these products, he added. The major daytime sedatives include Cope, Compoz, Miles Nervine, Tranqium and Quiet World. Consumers, of course, could use the newly labeled nighttime sleep aids during the day just as they have before. Were not removing the ingredients, explained FDA spokesman Wayne Pines. Were removing the claim from the labels.

Pines said that under current FDA thinking the brand names of the daytime sedative could still be used if they are labeled sleep aids. But he emphasized that another decision on the brand names of the products President instilled. Whenever you talk to Jimmy, he says, you get his undivided attention. It makes you feel good because he really hears what you have to say. I always try to do the same.

The endless listening, evaluating, changing of the White House from palace to paragon of efficiency, sometimes gets to Hugh. But hes got an antidote. He jogs after dark. Its a great way to release tensions and get the blood circulating," he says. The talk in and around the White House is that Hugh Carter Jr.

is more like the President than any of the other Carters. He even sounds like the man he emulates: I treat people the way I hope theyll treat me back. Im frank and honest. I visualize myself as a confident man whos capable of accomplishing what he sets out to accomplish. I like to strengthen my weaknesses and use my strengths to best advantage.

Hugh Carter Jr. says there are no plans in his future to run for public office. I am, he says, very interested in small business. When I graduated from college, I had 11 or 12 firm job offers. Eventually I will operate my own succesful business.

But right now theres a flood of work in the White House. And Im having great input." United Feature Syndicate Inc. a masters degree from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School. This Carter, an efficiency expert handpicked by Jimmy to run a tight White House ship, has a staff of 200 and is the presidential liaison with the Secret Service. What is making a name for Hugh Carter Jr.

in Washington and everywhere is the fact that hes the man who erased from the budget $12,000 worth of leased limousines, 250 television sets, 175 AM-FM radios and $50,000 worth of magazine and newspaper subscriptions from White House expenses. A lot of people think thats only the beginning. Sixty minutes later, thrifty Carter who is Washingtons newest in-demand bachelor bounds back to his desk. Without hesitation he picks up the conversation at the precise point it had stopped. The question was is how does he react to being dubbed Cousin Cheap by pompous staffers who resent being stripped of privileges? I am a frill-cutter, admits Carter from a broad smile that is pure Jimmy.

I am a businessman who is applying business techniques to the White House. Ive gotten into the business of cutting out. Cousin Cheap is just a name. I don't take it too seriously. Of course I prefer to be called by my own name.

Hugh Carter Jr. is the grandson of Alton Carter, brother of Earl Carter, the Presidents late father. The work ethic was a constant Carter example and constant Carter reminder. My grandfather preached hard work, says Carter. That was just the standard family lecture." Discipline and a degree of self-imposed frugality were other life lessons.

Carter, who just bought himself a condominium in Arlington, is hunting in antique shops for old brass items and old furniture to mix with modern pieces he already owns. He does his own grocery shopping and knows the current supermarket specials. His impeccable suits look like Blass-Beene-Brooks but theyre not. Carter buys wholesale from the Bowden Mfg. Bowden, and pays by check.

Carter says he is "so plugged into his White House job that he hasnt had time to hit Washingtons cocktail circuit or accept dinner invitations from hostesses who have women they'd like him to meet. I haven't been out with any woman in Washington, he says. "So far, I just havent had time for women. Hes a divorced man, his ex-wife being the former Joan Sam-uelson, with whom he maintains what he calls a "warm friendship. He says, "A string of things caused our marriage to fall apart.

We got married just out of college and, as time wore on, we just grew apart. It was a friendly separation. We didn't have any children. There is "someone in Atlanta Glenna Garrett, who works for American Airlines. She is a friend of mine, is all he'll say about her.

But he talks about his social needs. A man, he says, must fill his need for companionship. The need to communicate is always there. I like a woman with a fair amount of independence sem-iaggfessive but not all-aggressive. She has to be mentally stimulating.

If you can't share your thoughts with someone, theres nothing to share. It's an open secret that Hugh Carter worships Jimmy. Apparently, the bond of expressed affection is mutual. I've known Jimmy for a long time, he says. "He was my Sunday school teacher and Boy Scout leader.

Ive always idolized him. And I've idolized the fact that he never gets overly excited or overly depressed. We used to talk a lot about the importance of maintaining a steady emotional course. Last summer it became clear that Jimmy Carter was a strong presidential candidate getting stronger. Hugh agonized about whether or not to hit the campaign trail.

He had just been promoted to vice president of Atlanta's Harland a checkprinting firm, and his business career was, he says, "hot. Hugh sought Jimmy's opinion. "Jimmy gave it to me straight, he says. He summed it up in a few words: If it was me. I'd do it.

But it's best to make up your own mind was the advice I got. The President was just as straight when he offered Hugh his current White House post: "Jimmy made it very clear that I'd be treated just like another staff member not a relative. I told him I didn't expect anything different. That is our understanding. Hugh uses one basic trait the imxfi i Hugh Carter Jr.

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