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Garfield* 1 HAK/e SOML BAP NEWS, OARFIELR I RAN OUT OF VOOR FMJOWITt CAT fOOQ Peanuts By Jim Davis OPie CHEWEPOP VOUR SCRATCHING POST ANP FRANK LEFT MARCIA FOR STEPHANIE HUH SURVIVE jtm c*vte> NORTHWEST HERALD Section B Wednesday. Stpttmbtr II, itM P*W,J ASTRO GRAPH B y B e n i n r B f d f 0 % o I , N f w s p a p f r E n t e i p r i * ? A ^ ^ o i l a t i o n One old hope will be realized HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT THAT MAYBE L! YOU'RE A LOON ? *gr THEY SAY A LOON HAS A CALL THAT 15 VA6UELY F0REB0PIN6... 9-'B © 1965 Urwtwd Feature Syndicate,inc By Charles M. Schulz HA-OO-OO-OO... TOO F0REB0PIN6! i^N^ cfouf •Birthday The Born Loser By Arl Sansoni FRANKLH.I FELT BETTER Ac00 BteKIUTHB 30s ^ ALLIHAP TOFEARWte FEARIK&F. ©H95byN£A mc Sept. 18,1985 One of your old hopes will be realized In the year ahead. It's something you have spent a lot of time developing. Your past efforts were not in vain. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Bonds will be strengthened today with one you've had trouble getting through to previously Understanding will replace animosity. Major changes are ahead for Virgos in the coming year. Send for your Astro- Graph predictions today. Mail $1 to As- tro-Graph, c/o this newspaper. Box 1046, Cincinnati. OH 45201. Be sure to state your zodiac sign. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 29) Conditions will start brightening today and a responsi­ bility that has concerned you will be alle­ viated. This will be brought about through unusual circumstances. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-NovJ2) Dealing to­ day with people whose track records are familiar to you will work out well. Con­ versely. you might not ba lucky with those about whom you know little SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 29-Oee. 21) Today you possess qualities associates may lack This could mean that you can achieve objectives and goals they can't. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. It) Your words have great impact on others to­ day. Listeners may not be in agreement with everything you say, but they'll be in accord with your most important points. AOUARIU8 (Jan. tO-Feb. IS) Condi­ tions in general look rather promising for you today. Through the benevolence of another) you might share In some­ thing you pidn't earn. PISCES (Feb 20-March 20) II you're negotiating today, let the other party es­ tablish the terms. This person may offer you a better deal than the one you would propose. ARMS (March 21-April 19) Something in which you're presently involved has hidden benefits. As these are revealed today, you will be motivated to work harder. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Social con­ tacts you make today could play signifi­ cant roles in your future affairs. It's im­ portant to make a good impression. GCNHNI (May 21-June 20) You're apt to be in a bit of a serious mood today and this can ba to your advantage. Dedicate your efforts to accomplishing something meaningful. CANCKR (June 21-July 22) You're good today at managing difficult situations for others. However, you might not use these same abilities in handling personal affairs.« LEO (July 29-Aug. 22) Go slowly today In your financial dealings or commercial ventures. All will work to your satisfac­ tion, provided you are patient. HEALTH Nobody is immune to AIDS virus irank and Ernest By Bob Thaves PfvCHiargy AN IPfNTITY CftlfiS? . WHO JAY/? THAvcs By Johnny Hart DEAR DR. LAMB: Could you please answer these few questions for me about AIDS? I am writing for my cousin who Is gay and would ap­ preciate It very much. If homosexuals build up their Im­ mune systems with antibodies, would they be protected from AIDS? If homosexuals used condoms for protection, would they be safe from AIDS? Homosexuality has been going on ever since man was put on earth. Why has the disease AIDS just come into ex­ istence, or at least into the United States? DEAR READER: At present tnere is no way a person can build up his or her immunity to the AIDS virus. The virus itself destroys the effectiveness of the immune system. But now that the virus has,been identified, that is a big step toward developing a vaccine that can prevent AIDS. Hopefully that will happen. The virus that causes AIDS is ^con- tageous, but there is no evidenceUhat you can be inoculated with the AIDS virus unless it gets inside the bloodstream. That route is why people get AIDS from contaminated blood transfusions or from blood com­ ponents. That Is also why victims get the AIDS virus from needle injections for drugs. And it is why the passive partner in a sexual relationship gets AIDS. The rec­ tum is very vascular and Is one route used to give medicines to people, by a suppository. The use of a condom would provide a barrier that could help but I wouldn't want to guarantee It would be foolproof. We really don't know how long the AIDS virus has been around. It is believed that it came to the United States from Zaire, Africa, where AIDS affects 12 percent of the population and affects an equal number of men and women. Blood plasma obtained there and sold in the United States may be the way It got here, rather than from sexual habits. Since the population here and in other developed countries had not been previously exposed to AIDS, there was little natural resistance to the disease. It will kill as many people as the 'Jnited States lost In 10 years of the Vietnam War in just a few years unless means to prevent and treat it are available. I'm sure your cousin will want to read The Health Letter 25-8 on the im­ mune system and ^AIDS which 1 am sending you. Others who want this issue can send 75 cents with a long, stamped, self-addressed envelope for it to me in care of this newspaper, P.O. 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DEAR READER: No one knows what causes this strange disease. It is not thought to be caused by an infec­ tious agent. Pain and stiffness of the In­ volved muscles Is characteristic. It usually does not strike until after age 50. There may be an associated ab­ normal gene. Happily, it does respond well to steroids. The dose required is really small. After the initial treatment, a small dose that does not cause side ef­ fects can be continued. In time It is usually possible to discontinue the steroid medication, but that may take a year or more. If she Just has un­ complicated polymyalgia rheumatlca, she should not have any permanent disability. BARBS mJLDVT IT 6£ KJKC 0/£RSOX ims A t AUMR y "THEN COULD ALL LEAD OUR OUU LIV€S WITHOUT MOWS E£fUG EXPLAINED TO, INSTRUCTED. GOIDCD. AMD BILLED...AMD PUT OK) HOLD... AMD VJHI PL ASHED... AMD LITIGATED YEAH.. By Dave Graue / WE'RE 1 JRWAY f "YA.RD/ J lley Oop® WE MUST BE ( 6REEDLIES...??) 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BRIDGE *RDd 5 Encounters 6 Bank payment (abbr.) 7 Cooks (meat) 8 Package 10 Small island 11 Yellowish 12 Cover 14 Hastens 17 Footballc division 23 In present condition (2 wds.) 24 Leslie Caron role 26 S-shsped molding 27 Court hearing 29 Waterless (comp. wd.) * " "HiWMIWfc The very latest home Industry: fill* ing out the sweepstakes forms that come in moat every iqail. Of course life still offers chal­ lenges. Have you ever tried to stuff a too-big squooeh of toothpaste back into the tube? Q & A 33 Alger -- 34 Dopes 35 Begin (2 wds.) 36' South African antelope 38 Torn 39 Total 40 College official 43 Repeat 49 Basketball group (abbr.) 60 Flow back 52 Air Traffic Control (abbr.) 53 Article 1. Dianne Feinstein is the mayor of what city? (a) Chicago (b) San Francisco (c) Los Angeles 2. The bear is a member of what fam­ ily in the animal kingdom? (a) Ursidae (b) Phocidae (c) Viverridae 3. What was the name of the book for which John F. Kennedy won the Pulit­ zer Prize? (a) "The Great Alliance" (b) "The Es­ sence of Decision" (c) "Profiles in Courage" ANSWER^ D 8 * iq I ' (NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE. AASN ) Harry's World By Jim Berry ( C H » 1 * > b y N E A I r u B y J a m * * J * * o b y N f w t p « p r r t n • e r p r I * « A » i O f . l « n O n Knee']erk finesses or Belter or Worse ' [ok, men--Hit THOSE SHOWERS f -ON~lHE DOUBLE-? GflSP% WHEEZE ' APlSP UH hAlCHREL 'P By Lynn Johnston YOU'RE SUPPOSED lolWEyooR OOTHESCfiBfi * South s luck seemed to have run out. He won the opening lead in dummy and played a club to his jack, but it lost to West's queen. He later played a club to his king, which lost to West's ace. Then he attacked the diamond suit. A diamond to the nine lost to the 10, and when he next played a diamond to the queen -- I'm sure you've got it figured out by now -- that card lost to the king. Every card was wrong and de­ clarer lost four tricks to go set in what was, in fact, a contract that could be made with absolute certainty. It's fine to take iinesses when there's nothing better to do, but a su­ perior approach is to force the oppo­ nents to lead your suits for you De­ clarer should win the opening lead with the ace of spades, play a heart to the ace and trump a heart A spade is now led to the king and another heart trumped. Both the dummy and declar­ er's hand are now exhausted of hearts. The defenders have no more trumps left, and it is easy now for South to just play a low club from Jiis hand. If East wins and plays a diamond, declarer puts in the nine. That will end play West. If East wins and plays another club, South plays the jack and West is end played once again. NORTH • K Q « 4 2 9 M l • h i 2 • S3 WEMT RANT • J 10 • 8 V J 7 S 2 f K W > 0 4 3 • K 10 7 • J I 6 3 • A Q » 7 • 1 0 8 4 80UTH • A 9 7 ft 3 1' tl • A Q » •.K J ft 2 Vulnerable North-South Dealer: South RfMf Nartli East Seetb 1 • Pass 3 • PSM 4 • Pass Pass Pass Opening lead: 4 J