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SECTION 1-PAGE I- National PLAINPEALER - WEDNESDAY. JULY 11.1S84 Prairie Home's anniversary Salt maligned as hypertension villian? passes quietly in Wobegon I <fty United Press International . ST. PAUL, Minn. -- A quiet day 4gt Lake Wobegon caused reveling jn the streets at the Minnesota i4tate capitol, and drew 3 million "people across the nation to their * radio sets. % The occasion was the 10th an­ niversary broadcast of Prairie Home Companion, set in the mythical Minnesota town of Lake Wobegon. ••'Soft-spoken Garrison Keillor, 42, created the show a decade ago on KSJN-FM, St. Paul, before 12 people in a college auditorium. To­ day the show is aired to 235 public radio stations and an estimated 3 million listeners plus 1,600 in the Qrpheum Theater. J* For the 10th anniversary Satur­ day, several thousand joined .Ifeillor and crew in a post-show Celebration on the state capitol 'mall, consuming bratwurst and ^flfeer and dancing in the street to njpolkas and ballads. The Night O'Rest orchestra and ^lorus provided an extra touch of class to the anniversary show as it presented a "commercial," with beautiful violins and a soprano singing, to the tune of "Lover, Come Back to Me." It went like this: "If you need worms, and lodg­ ing, too, ! "On easy terms, the place for you "Is at the highway sign pro­ claiming: "Art's Baits and Night of Rest." "It's been a quiet week in Lake Wobegon," Keillor said, opening his weekly monologue about folks in his mythical home town. The 10th anniversary of the show didn't stir up much excitement in Lake Wobegon, he said. "The town council did vote us a resolution, for which I am grateful... But it raised more questions than it answered. Like that line that said, 'Whereas a Prairie Home Companion has pro­ vided livelihood for some people that might have had problems otherwise,' is not ringing praise."* James Bond's car sells for $80,000 By United Press International NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. - rtfames Bond's legendary Aston Martin, minus the machine guns and ejector seat, has been sold at auction for $80,000. The Aston Martin DB5, slightly modified for 007's peculiar needs, still sports a functioning bullet­ p r o o f s c r e e n , m a c h i n e g u n mounts, and rotating license plates, said auctioneer Rick Cole who has sold other automotive legends such as the Batmobile and the Beatles' Bentley. After 65 years, soldier decorated By United Press International DELAND, Fla. - Nearly 66 years late, Pfc. Robert E. Lee Sr. was presented a Purple Heart for wounds suffered in Belgium 11 days before World War I ended. Lee. an Army machine-gunner, was hit in the shoulder by shrapnel Oct. 31, 1918. Sent to an English hospital to recuperate, he never bothered to apply for the medal, which is awarded to ser­ vicemen wounded in action. "I thanked the Lord I was home for Christmas," the 90-year-old Quitman, Ga , native said. Lee got the Purple Heart in a surprise ceremony Saturday after his family decided to apply for the medal. Rep. Bill Chappell, D-Fla., helped speed the verification pro­ cess and presented the declara­ tion. UMMER PERM SALE 20% off all regularly priced perms 20% off all retail shampoos JCPenney Start summer on a new wavelength' Perms include shampoo, shaping and styling. Some perms not recommended for bleached or frosted hair Sale priced thru July 21 st. 16-oz. or larger size bottle. Let our stylists helpyou select the one best-suited for your hair. Sale priced thru July 14th. Redken and Nexxus products are always available. Percentage off represents savings on regular prices. CHARGE IT. OPEN SUNDAYS. THE STYLING SALON Brickyard, ,'45 OiM Ford City, lib ! 63/6 Fo* Valley, bfi 1 6400 Golf Mill,299 0246 Joliet Mall. 4J9 1444 Lake hurst. 473 0340 Lincoln Mall. 481 2698 N. Riverside. 44/ 8793 Orland Square. j49 7390 Spring Hill Mall. 428-6988 Woodfield. 382 7454 Yorktown. b29 Z760 1984 J C Pe'inev C ."".pany Inc By Jan Ziegler UPI Science Writer WASHINGTON - First, salt was named the bad guy of high blood pressure. Now, some researchers say it's not salt that gives us hypertension but too little calcium, potassium and vitamins A and C. Who's right? As usual, both -- at least for the moment. A study from Oregon published in the journal Science disputed the theory that salt consumption is a major contributor to hypertension and said deficiencies of calcium, potassium and vitamins A and C were to blame. In the study, there were fewer cases of high blood pressure among many people who had higher salt consumption -- the op­ posite of what one would expect. Dr. David McCarron, who head­ ed the study, said many people could reduce their chances of high blood pressure or help treat the disease by consuming enough of the crucial four nutrients. Two officials of the American Heart Association said the calcium section of the study was intriguing and supported other research showing calcium may play an important role in regula­ tion of blood pressure. But the danger of the study, ac­ cording to heart association Presi­ dent Antonio M. Gotto, was that one could get the impression sodium was not important in maintaining blood pressure. Another weakness, said Dr. Virgil Brown, head of the heart association's nutrition committee, was that the amount of sodium consumed by study participants was underestimated by 50 to 75 percent. Brown said McCarron's team counted only sodium naturally present in food and ignored the sodium added in processing and at the table. "I think that I would completely disregard the sodium data in that paper. It did not have a good method of measuring sodium in­ take," said Brown, who is also a professor of medicine at Mt. Sinai School of Medicine. \ Final punishment awaits 1,202 By United Press International WASHINGTON - There were 1,202 inmates on death rows in the nation's prisons at the end of 1983, a 13 percent increase over the previous year, and all have been convicted of murder, the Justice Department reports. The rate of executions, which resumed in 1977, accelerated last year, and the pace quickened even more in the first half of 1984, the department's Bureau of Justice Statistics said. There were five executions in 1983, against just two in 1982, and nine more people had been put to death by June 20 this year. "This increase in the pace of ex­ ecutions came as many inmates on death row neared the end of a series of appeals and as the courts became increasingly reluctant to sanction a lengthy appeals pro­ cess," the bureau said in a bulletin, "Capital Punishment 1983." ! The annual survey of the death penalty, which was reinstated by the Supreme Court in 1972, offered these statistics: •The 1983 year-end death row population was 1,202, up from 1,063 at the end of 1982. •During the year, five people were executed -- one each in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Lou- siana and Mississippi -- and 252 were sentenced to death. •All inmates facing execution at the end of 1983 had been convicted of murder. •In addition to those executed, 108 others left death row last year: the sentences of 60 were vacated, the convictions of 28 were over­ turned, 11 had their sentences commuted, five died of natural causes, three committed suicide, and one was killed while trying to escape. •Electrocution is the most com­ mon method of execution, permit­ ted in 18 states. Lethal injection is the method in 13 states, although seven of them allow an alternate method. The gas chamber is per­ mitted in eight states, hanging in four and the firing squad in two. •There were 690 whites on death row in 1983, 500 blacks, 72 Hispanics, seven American In­ dians and five Asians. Slate News Economic development is the state's cure-all By Bick Pearson UPI Illinois Political Editor SPRINGFIELD -- Gov. James R. Thompson sounded almost like a doctor in a traveling medicine show during the spring legislative session, peddling an elixer known as "economic development" as a cure for recessionary ills. Speaking to the various groups that a chief executive must ad­ dress during the spring lobbying season, Thompson sold himself as a "jobs governor" with economic development as his "No. 1 priori­ ty." Improving the state's business climate would, Thompson said, re­ tain current businesses, entice new businesses to locate in Illinois and increase the number of jobs. That, in turn, would lead to more tax dollars for social services. Regardless of the sales pitch, it was business' turn to be the big winner in the Legislature this year after seeing labor make gains, such as collective bargaining rights for most public employees, the year before. Tops on the business agenda in the past session was a major alteration in Illinois' workers compensation laws -- long a ma­ jor complaint of big business in a state that was, and is, in desperate need of economic growth. Talks throughout the spring eventually led to changes in the law and limits on award benefits that should save business about $40 million per year. In exchange for the reforms, labor received expedited workers' Earn current Daily Interest Income on your 4 AO/Q* idle funds: IU immediate Withdrawal Without Interest Penalty Daily Edward O. Jones Er Co. 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Lot INTERIOR DESIGN 5644 W. DIVERSE Y _ Call (312) 889-5800 For Appointment (no obligation) chicaoo,ii«0639 . y compensation claim hearings before an enlarged Illinois In­ dustrial Commission -- very little return for an invasion by business of one of labor's strongest bas­ tions. Businesses also are likely to save money under a comprehen­ sive health cost control strategy adopted by the Legislature. If hospital charges can be brought under control, businesses who pro- vrde employer-paid health benefits to workers can breath a sigh of relief. In a year when increased p r e s s u r e w a s p l a c e d o n lawmakers to deal with the issue of waste disposal, business wasn't dumped on. Instead of legislation b e i n g e n a c t e d t o c h a r g e businesses generating waste a disposal fee, Thompson announc­ ed a major cleanup program fui ed through another revenue source. Business also will likely see some runoff effect of the major tourism promotion package that lawmakers approved as part of a McCormick Place expansion and 1992 Chicago World's Fair funding package. "Many of the actions of this General Assembly -- which I will approve as the bills come to me -- advance the economic welfare of the people of Illinois," Thompson said in an end of session wrap up of the Legislature's handiwork. "It was a darn good session for Illinois business and that means it was a darn good session for the working men and working women of Illinois." Business now has been given a legislative version of what is need-* ed to spur growth. Knowingly or appears that business tl4iti§Rfnfitided the burden of be­ ing the cure-all for Illinois' pro­ blems. Princess in school UPI photo Britain's Princess Anne watches as a teacher demonstrates nutrition with the use of puppets in a child day-care center. 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