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The Times Record. Tuesday, November 2,1976 Horoscope THE TRUBLE SHOOTERS Marshal NiT By t. LITTLE PEOPLE'S PUZZLE By BERNICE BEDE OSOL For Wednesday Some of the finer things of uour can De urs i ear as a result of your labors. You might find a change of jobs in order. ARIES (March 21 April 19) Don't become involved with people whose ideas are not on a par with yours today.

Lesser types can cause serious problems. TAURUS (April 20 May You should not attempt to make major changes in your work habits or procedures today. You're only kidding yourself about potential gains. GEMINI (May June 20) You're the one who will suffer if you ignore a valued friend in order to pay attention to someone you met only recently. CANCER (June 21 July 22) Those lofty goals could turn out to be only pipe dreams.

Best you get back to reality, Don't rock the boat. LEO (July 23 Aug. 22) Believe only half of what you hear today, even if the information comes from a pal. What is said has little basis in fact, unfortunately. VIRGO (Aug.

23 Sept. 22) Don't squander your money today on things you think you need for your home. Later, you'll find they weren't really necessary. LIBRA (Sept. 23 Oct.

23) You could react more out of emotion than logic today. Take care it doesn't have an adverse effect on someone i you a a relationship. SCORPIO (Oct. 24 Nov. 22) Get your work done early.

Later, there will be disruptive conditions. Procrastination will really put you behind the 8 ball. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23 Dec. 21) It might be difficult, to understand why others can't see your point of view.

NANCY Could be because it's too narrow and self serving. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 Jan. 19) Though your inner voice might be talking loudly, it's not necessarily practical. Don't be surprised if family, opposition arises.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 Feb. 19) Think twice before you say anything in the presence of friends today, even if it's a light occasion. Extricating your foot from your mouth isn't easy. PISCES (Feb.

20 March 20) Your grandiose schemes look good on paper, but they can cost you plenty if you don't a i feasibility. tf-2. I CANt! MV HORSE HAS THE STORAGE SPACE iN TnE MOJ5E 50 lOt'Rc TO OJT THAT OKAY? By Ernie Busfimiffer Interior Decorating By I FERNANDEZ How do you make a small, boxy room lacking in detail seem interesting and important? With the i you choose and with the way you place it. A room recently designed by Gerda Clark of Abraham and Straus in Brooklyn, N.Y. is a sparkling case in point.

The room she was faced with had little going for it. Not only was it small and low- ceilinged; it had no fireplace, it had uninteresting windows the kind of banality one finds so often in high-rises designed with little or no planning going into making the layouts as charming as possible. She chose furniture that would provide the character, detail, charm and flavor that the room so sorely lacked. Designer Clark is well aware that the i would have to establish some kind of focal point around which the rest of the room would be designed much the way a fireplace serves to i a a i arrangement. To add warmth and a more personalized ambience, she first covered all the walls with suedecloth, chosen in the same chocolate brown color used for the carpeting.

Then she selected wall units with open shelves of burled walnut and cabinet doors of burlerf walnut or smoked glass. She chose three of these wall units which were then butted together to compose a most impressive, not to mention capacious, storage arrangement. This sleek and handsome cabinet wall was then utilized as the focal point for the rest of the room's furnishings. These included a pair of THE GIRLS loose-pillow-back loveseats covered in a jumbo-scaled floral print an outline- quilted chintz in an appealing combination of rust and rose. One loveseat was placed to face the storage units, the other loveseat was set at right angles to the i loveseat and the storage wall.

Facing the second loveseat on the opposite wall, across from the cabinets, is a pair of swivel chairs, covered in a rich velvet fabric of the same chocolate brown tone as the carpeting. The room has also been designed for comfort. The loose pillow design of the loveseats affords the ultimate in curling up and relaxing. The i a i a provide comfortable seating and they move and turn. A large glass and brass coffee table is in a traditional design.

Accessories and paintings are both contemporary and antique. The flavor of this eclectic mix also enhances the individuality of the interior. Fun With Facts LOVE AND WAR Here's another observation by the eminent Love and War. expert Madame Dariaux: "Flight is more a masculine than a feminine reflex. Even among animals, a female will face a danger that threatens her young while a male will prudently scamper off to seek shelter.

Women prefer to discuss a problem frankly, even if there's a risk of a painful scene, whereas men dread it so much that they disappear beforehand." In sports, men tend to get injured mostly in football, wrestling and basketball. In that order. Women, though. are likely to be hurt mostly in basketball, field hockey, softball and gymnastics. By Franklin 11-2 "I want ever) thing-a gentleman I dated in college 4(1 ago is coming for a visit and I a to make him sorry he didn't propose." THESE ARE THE ONLY I COMFORTABLE SHOES I'VE GOT BUT WE HAVE TO GO I CANT GO TO THE SCHOOL DANCE- --MY FEET HURT AND ALL MY SHOES FEEL TOO TIGHT By Brant Parker and Johnny Hart HAVE SEIZED THE STAGECOACH AHV PEMAND AL.L- HUNPPEPS THEY TO THE LOT TUMBIEWEEDS NOW, WHEW YOU MEET ROVER, MY USIN PAPER ALL MY CHANE NOW.

OSS, FAMEP EPITOK, KEEP IN MINP HE WAS ONCE PEANEP WITH A COMPDSIN. STICK PY AN IRATE PRESSMAN, WHICH SORTA SCATTEKEP HIS TYPE, 50 TO SPEAK miMNG- fAE STAND IN THIS CIRCLE- TO STAY CLEAN TILL OUR COWAN THE SMITH FAMILY WILL YOU WATCH THE MILK ANP TELL ME WHEN IT Sr. GO AHEAUO FOR PETE'S 6AKE. I THINK I VOTE ELECTION 1 LOOKS LIKE A UIHT TURNOUT, BUT I EE A LOT. trf O' OLP FRIBNP.

THEV What is a nebula? Win The New Book of Knowledge (20 volumes). Send your questions, name, age, address to "TELL ME WHY!" care of this paper. INCLUDE ZIP CODE. In case of duplicate questions, the author will decide the winner. Today's winner is: A I A I 14, Orem, Utah.

By A. LEOKUM The word nebula (plural, nebulae 1 in Latin means "mist" or "cloud." The name nebula was given long ago to certain objects in the heavens i a cloudlike when they were seen with the first small telescopes. Today astronomers usually divide the nebulae into two main classes, the galactic and the extra galactic nebulae. The galactic nebulae are found in or near the Milky Way, also known as the Galaxy. Extra galactic nebulae are those which are seen as being outside the Milky Way and Galaxy.

The galactic nebulae are made of dust and gas. Some of them are round or elliptical and have a definite outline. There are i nebulae which are irregular in shape and are probably great clouds of thin gases. The most famous of these is the Orion nebula. It can be seen without a telescope.

The distance across this nebula is so great that it would take light ten years to pass from one side to the other. There are probably millions of nebulae that exist in the vast space outside the Milky Way. They have different shapes, but most of them are spirals. They are made up of a large number of stars, big clouds gas, and great tracts of dust. Of all the spiral nebulae, the nearest to the earth is the Andromeda nebula.

It is the largest and brightest nebula that is known. It gives out about 1.500,000,000 times as much light as our sun. It is believed that our own Galaxy, to which belong the solar system and all the stars that can be seen without a telescope, is probably a nebula like others that we know of. FUN TIME The Riddle Box 1. What did the paper say to the pencil? 2.

What is easy to get into and hard to get out of? 3. What did the wallpaper say to the wall? ANSWERS 1. Write on! 2. Trouble. 3.

From now on we'll stick together. THE TRICK BOX Draw a circle and put in the lines as shown, leaving out the numbers. Challenge your friend to place the numbers 1 to 10 at the end of the lines in such a way that any two numbers that are side by side will add up to the same sum as the two numbers at the opposite ends. How to do it is shown. Answer to yesterday's Word Puzzle: Mark, Park, Part, Past, Pest.

Wtii the New Book of Knowledge Yearbook. Send your riddles, jokes, to: "RIDDLES, JOKES; TELL ME WHY!" INCLUDE ZIP CODE. Today's winner Is: A A Columbus, Ohio. Animal World By DR. FRANK MILLER DEAR DR.

MILLER: I've fixed up an aquarium which Is 20 inches long for my garter snake, El Lopo. Is that long enough? The other thing is, I spray leaves for his flrlnking water like I used to do for my lizard. Is that best, or is a drinking cup? A.N. A A aquarium's long enough IF El Lopo's short enough. Figure his home should, be at least one and a half times his length (and halt his length wide).

As far as fluids are concerned, spraying leaves is all right for a lizardjbut El Lopo would do better with a more concentrated quantity. What he'd really prefer would be a bathtub big enough for complete immersion on occasion, rather than a puny drinking cup. DEAR DR. MILLER: If your canary has a black toe, does It mean anything? I never noticed that he had It before, but I looked real close and he sure does now. P.T.

DEAR P.T.: Odds are thai black toe means real trouble for your tiny bird. It's not uncommon for canaries to develop foot circulatory problems, in the toes in particular. The end result is probably gradual loss of circulation starting with the tip and extending back up the toe to its base. Progressive darkening of the skin usually indicates increased loss of circulation. Rarely can a black toe be salvaged.

Intensive treatment is often required if the other toes (and the bird) are to be saved. Consequently, a darkening toe on a caged bird usually indicates a dangerous, potentially progressive circulatory problem which, If Ignored, may eventually become fatal. DEAR DR. MILLER: Was just given Hamburger, a nine month old part dog and part German shepherd. Some say a choke collar Is dangerous, others say If you put It on right It's OK.

Could It help me train Hamburger? L.T. DEAR L.T.: A choke collar when properly used, (that is, to help communicate to the dog what is desired not as a choking tool) is an important piece of training equipment. It can, if improperly used, actually become a "choke" collar, but if so that's the fault of the trainer on the other end of the leash. Don't blame the collar. When it is worn properly, it hangs loosely around the neck whenever tension from the leash is relieved.

If the choke collar remains snug around the neck when there is no leash tens i i a backwards and should be removed and replaced correctly,.