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Chocolate creams in the sky Rat research: delight? Brown belt is champ By Jon Halvorsen Associated Press Writer 4 -it wavered: those who subscribe to the ancient theory of offering up calories on the altar of self-sacrifice and exercise deny us our new I pondered "A prophet is not recognized in his own But I slathered her biscuit with honey and tried to comfort her She worried on those who make much silver and gold on the abiding dream of others to reach the nirvana of size 14 deny Niazi in the pharmaceutical must have faith" I replied and sugared her strawberries i I i i W'- ''Ml I Wg PILOT Harbor Living Fri Aug 5 1977 A9 ')t4 -1 1 Kvt mS? Jm V'L I mAV? b7 jTi tdr i those who insist we must wash away our poundage in the River of Willpower call us blasphemous for finding such a simple path to the salvation of Pru whimpered I plopped sour cream on her blueberry blintz I said who have climbed the mountain of cottage cheese surely are entitled to reach the kingdom of chocolate creams in the sky" I submerged my own tremors of doubt in a stack of buckwheat cakes and philosophized my greatest philosophy: see how the great age of science rewards us for our patience and our sweet tenacity We know in our hearts within every fat body a thin one screams to be let out last we too can do our own With real cream in our coffee we welcomed the age of promiscuous poundage Mary Star of the School drill and High team Photo by Rob Brown vine Here Ruth Cruz left Sea flag members have been staging flag team captain and Pat-bake sales and selling tick- ty Torres drill team cap- NEWS ITEM Sarfaraz Niazi assistant professor of pharmacy at the University of Illinois said he has achieved weight control in rats and expects to begin trying to duplicate his success with patients in the next two years He says one group of animals was given the drug perfluorooctyl bromide daily and ate all it desired without weight gain If the same results are obtained in human adults Niazi estimated it could be the equivalent of losing five to seven pounds a week By Jane Glenn Haas Copley News Service My great and good friend Prudence Pen-nypacker barreled into my kitchen yesterday morning and sloshed chocolate syrup on my poached egg she crowed day of deliverance is at I replied handing her eight ounces of sinfully rich banana milk shake us toast Sarfaraz In his honor we silently quaffed 6000 calories Niazi has come among us in our own time to speak the great prophecy of every fatty: Lo you can have your cake and eat it too Through a combination of who knows and who cares what feeding rats ratty goodies and keeping them rattily svelte said Pru dabbing daintily at the milk shake on her chin good enough for rats will be good enough for I echoed the maple syrup will trickle the whipped cream will drip the real-thing soda pop will gurgle" We bent our heads over a plate of greasy bacon and hash-browned potatoes and gave thanks I murmured given our chance to be born again into the world of the skinny We have found salvation under our noses in the hot fudge sundae with the cherry on But then Pru grew doubtful her faith Community calendar APELACHI COUNCIL- There will be a regular business meeting of Apelachi Council Degree of Pocahontas at 8 pm Monday at Ulabrand Hall 1125 Gaffey St San Pedro Hazel Hargett will conduct the meeting in the absence of the Pocahontas Gladys Hamilton Plans will be made for the year and social events scheduled Mrs Hargett requests all members to attend Max Chavez will serve refreshments Mabel Marinkovich is to be contacted if any of the members are ill during the illness of the card chairman Mitzie Belcher who is in the hospital NAOMI Members of Naomi Council Degree of Pocahontas will meet at 8 pm Tuesday at Red Hall 543 Shepard St San Pedro Adeline Giacalone newly installed Pocahontas will conduct the meeting with her staff of officers Celia Hawkins and committee will be in charge of refreshments The South Bay Kiwis former American Airlines flight attendants and stewardesses will meet at 7:30 pm Tuesday at the home of Bonnie Wheaton 1548 Via Leon Palos Verdes Estates Susan Zink president will conduct the business meeting A program entitled Like to be a Flight Attendant will be presented by a panel of three flight attendants currently based in Los Angeles All former stewardesses are welcome to attend Reservations may be made by calling Mrs Wheaton at 541-5993 or co-hostess Sandra Costi at 377-3390 tain ready some cakes for a sale this weekend in front of a local market ets to raise funds to send the girls to a drill team camp later this month at UC Ir- vXotr- a oV-''eV SAT AUG Team members bake to raise camp fees LEWISTON Maine (AP) Pamela Wansker is the kind of woman who could give a mugger nightmares The attractive 23-year-old could not only defend herself but probably would leave the would-be attacker bruised and sorry The 5-foot-7 135-pound former schoolteacher is a skilled practitioner of karate something you can get excited about getting good she said and very good at it indeed Several weeks ago she placed first in her class in the Amateur Athletic Union National Karate Championships at Virginia Beach Va Miss went to the tournament hoping merely to be allowed to compete and found herself pitted against young women from across the country in the advanced black belt division of kumite freestyle sparring She won all four of her matches of the others I was competing against were black belts (the highest distinction in karate)" she said But both she and her final opponent in the championship match were only brown belts shows you how much a black belt Miss Wansker an avid skier and swimmer who was captain of the tennis team at Bates College here has been practicing karate for two years at the Golden Fist Karate School in Lewiston Her instructor John Jenkins himself a black belt said: quite strong She can throw someone 250 pounds over her back in a At the AAU tournament she also won the Maine AAU women's championship last year Miss Wansker relied on her favorite maneuver a in which she twists her opponent around and gives him or her a quick chop around the midsection But contestants were judged primarily on technique and were not supposed to land heavy blows throw kicks and punches to show you have control not supposed to touch the face at she said Nonetheless she suffered a cut lip and bruised cheek in one match and still sports a large ugly bruise beneath her elbow where a man kicked her in a recent workout happens all the time really" she shrugged of the time not Miss Wansker who taught science this past year at a nearby high school but plans to enroll in medical school in Kansas City enjoys karate primarily because of the and the feeling of self-confidence mentally and physically" it brings her She got into a family argument" over whether it was for a woman to practice karate "I explained be glad one day when something happens and able to defend That settled it" Hoping to raise $1200 by Aug 20 a group of San Pedro girls have been busy baking cakes and selling tickets this summer members of the Mary Star of the Sea High School drill team and they want to attend a four-day drill team camp at the University of California at Irvine It costs $70 per girl Cash prizes and a Mary Star theme custom lamp will be awarded Aug 12 Tickets may be obtained from team members Bake sales are conducted on weekends at local markets ifiUMfill But numbers are growing Businesswomen run into problems traveling alone WrflK -v I'dined camor slM'O' amII I in Ston- frnrn liar" ic 3 'o Cxa G'lvC f-f dS 000 Instructions fren on ill mcrotin onns HRC re-elects Mrs Beavers i her male companion to get off the plane far behind him because his wife was picking him up at the airport The subject of heterosexual business travel can prove both unsettling and educational One vice president at a New York corporation recalls being rejected for a job because she suggested to the male manager that they travel together told him one of the best ways to accomplish things and to get to know him would be for me to travel with him" He turned dead white she says never asked me back for a second Despite their trepidations and there are many women concede that traveling has its good points clearly a way to learn about people and other cities In some fields it's an absolute necessity But many simply enjoy it Besides travel is a part of of they say and easier taking to the road than it was years ago Model REM7600 me but it was uncomfortable to explain why I was she notes Some restaurants simply refuse to seat unescorted women Consequently many businesswomen find room service a if less desirable alternative when traveling alone Lodging accommodations can also prove embarras-ing if not problematic for the traveling woman One tells of checking sans suitcase into a hotel whose unsavory reputation was unknown to her The clerk her By the time she got to her room she felt "pretty upset" Later a friendly cab driver told her the hotel was frequented by prostitutes Some other women worry about accepting rides or sharing taxis with strangers One New York woman returning from a business trip and pressed for time shared a cab at the airport with a well-dressed sophisticated man hesitated but he seemed trustworthy He turned out to be a manager for a major corporation and a good contact But" she confides not sure if I'd do it again" Businesswomen sometimes travel with male clients or associates which can cause discomfort for both parties the article says One newcomer to business travel was asked by Travelers of all stripes suffer their share of problems but women are more vulnerable simply because of their gender Yet as they gain a stronger foothold in business more of them are traveling reports Industry Week magazine Indeed women now are bona fide members of the set taking over 20 per cent of all business trips annually estimates the US Travel Data Center in Washington But businesswomen confront obstacles that their male colleagues never dreamed of One female executive suffered the kind of experience which at the time appalled" her but which she can now recount with humor I couldn't open my hotel room door a man in the hall offered to help He opened the door all right but refused to return my key and asked to come in for a drink There was a struggle I grabbed the key and slammed the door" Granted such incidents don't happen often but women fear the possibility says Industry Week why many keep a low profile in hotel lobbies bars and restaurants One female executive remembers a time she was dining alone in a 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