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Pafl» 2 NORTHWEST HERALD S*ctton B Friday, Stptmbf 27, 1W5 Advice Drug addicts are a menace to AIDS By Don Kirkman Scripps Howard News Service , Though almost three-quarters of the nation's AIDS victims are homosexual and bisexual men, drug addicts are a serious threat for spreading the deadly disease, a study by a York University research- - er warns. More than half of all heroin users in New York City have been infected by AIDS virus, most likely while sharing needles with other heroin addicts. Those infected with AIDS can suffer an all-out killer AIDS attack, the debilitating illness called AIDS Related Complex (ARC), or no symptoms at all. However, all three groups can spread the disease. Dr. Michael Marmor, a New York University epidemiologist, says a substantial number of New York's prostitutes are drug addicts and have traces of AIDS in their bloodstreams. Health Watch Plastic pins for mending broken bOnes have been developed in the Soviet Union and may be approved for use in the United States. Called "Bops" (for biocampatible orthopedic polymers), the plas­ tic pins have several advantages over metal: They bend and thus can be used to hold together curved bones; they can be easily cut to size with surgeons' scalpels; they screw in easily and melt away after a broken bone heals. If BOPS become widely used, they'll be the first major medical advance by communist scientists since Czech researchers developed contact lenses. • • • Cancer researchers have good news, for one-quarter of those who get the terrifying news that they have'chronic lymphocytic leukemia, a lethal blood disease. These people don't have the illness. A study headed by Dr. Tin Han of Roswell Park Memorial Institute, Buffalo, N.Y., shows physicians are confusing the deadly leukemia with a non-fatal illness called benign monoclonal B-cell lymphocytosis. Han said tests can determine which patients actually have the leukemia and which have the milder illness. Last year, about 1,700 Americans were misdiagnosed as lymphocytic leukemia victims. • • • Advice for dads: If one of your children went away to college for the first time this fall, don't telephone. Sit down and write your sprout an occasional letter. Colorado State University human development professor Jill Kreutzer says letters from dad are far more effective than the traditional Sunday phone calls. "Letters from dad are cherished and treasured. Letters from mom are important because they usually contain everyday family news, but dads seem to write different things and it's a nice type of support," she said. Other suggestions: -- Encourage your student to spend the first few weekends at school attending social functions instead of returning home. It speeds social adjustment. -- Let*your child act as tour guide when you visit campus. -- Give your child an allowance and some advice on how to manage money. -- Don't pressure your freshman to select an academic major. It takes a while for youngsters to know what they want to do in life. (Don Kirkman, science editor of Scripps Howard News Service, writes this column weekly.) - •••V itfn » iiv • ayjy M Baf m m \ Naming y our children: What's hot, what's not By Stephanie Salter San Francisco Examiner Want to name your kid something really unusual? Something he or she won't share with dozens of class­ mates between now and graduation day in 2018? How about William or Mary? Those names -- just plain, grand, old and good enough for a college -- were once prized by English-speak- ing parents. They are now relegated well below the Jeremies, Justins, Ambers and Stacies. Yes, William and Mary are even less popular than Joshua and Dawn. Dr. Catherine Cameron of the Be­ havioral Sciences Department at the University of La Verne in Southern California did a heck of a research project awhile back, gathering ma­ terial for a book she called "The Name Givers." A far cry from the checkout stand lists of names and derivations, "The Name Givers" must be the definitive work on why peop!e get the names they do. Children are named for religious reasons, out of revenge for being "afterthoughts," as a result of sib­ ling rivalry, because of Mama's love for "The Siegfried Idyll" or simply because Uncle Seymour has the money in the family. The book also examines how names can affect people's lives and suggests a host of ways to avoid choosing a burdensome name for a child. (Saying it aloud, surprisingly, is one trick many folks forget.) But tucked into all the information about the name givers are tables of the most popular girls' and boys' names today compared to their rankings in 1975,1950,1925 and 1900. The rise and fall and, in some cases, the mere existence of names is a telling reflection of the culture of this past century. Mary, for instance. After leading the pack as the name of choice for 50 years -- surviving the onset of air travel, television, color movies and two world wars -- Mary fell into a MCCUE DEARABBY 1*15 by Universal Pr«« Syndicalc By Abigail Van Buren Marines desire greetings from civilians DEAR ABBY: I am a male U.S. Marine, sta­ tioned in Okinawa. Japan. I read "Dear Abby" in the Pacific Stars and Stripes and consider you a personal friend. y Being stationed in a foreign country, far from family and friends, presents problems. Many servicemen drink more than they should out of boredom and loneliness. I try to keep busy with my work, lifting weights and reading, but the brightest spot in my day is when I get a letter from home--which is not very often. I live with a platoon of young Marines who are desperately waiting for mail from home. The folks back home seem to have forgotten us. Abby, please tell your readers who have a son, daughter, husband, wife, girlfriend or boyfriend in the service to please write. And if any of your readers want to correspond with a guy or a gal (there are women in the service here, too), they can write to me. 1 promise to distribute their letters to Marines who would appreciate a pen pal. Thank you, Abby. MEL IN OKINAWA DEAR MEL: Well, you asked for it. Readers, if you want a pen pal, write to: Operation Dear Abby, c/o Mel Hebert, HQ CO HQ BN (NBC), 3rd Marine Division, FPO San Francisco, Calif. 96602. You may not hear from Mel, but 1*11 bet you hear from another lonesome Marine. Readers and Mel, please keep me posted! DEAR ABBY: A long-time friend, whom I love dearly, is due to come soon for her annual two-week visit. In the past, we have learned to live with each other's idiosyncrasies in order to preserve our friendship, but something occurred on her last stay that I don't think I can put up with again. I love cats, and wish I had a dozen, but I have on­ ly one, "Whiskers," whom I adore. My friend (I'll call her Carolyn) hates cats. On her last visit, I %aw her actually kick Whiskers out of her way. , After I had told her that Whiskers was not allowed to go outside because coyotes had kill­ ed several small pets in my neighborhood, she deliberately left my back door wide open several times! I was so shocked by Carolyn's behavior, I couldn't even confront her about it J feel guilty letting her come again, because I really don't want her here knowing she might abuse Whiskers while my back is turned. Worse yet, leave the door open. How should I handle this sticky problem? WHISKERS' MAMA DEAR MAMA: Why pussyfoot around? Tell Carolyn that because of the behavior which you observed Concerning your pet, you cannot offer her the hospitality of your home. DEAR ABBY: My heart went out to that junior high school girl whose boyfriend kept pressuring her for sex. For some reason, guys who would never actually force themselves on girls see nothing wrong with begging, pleading or just sheer persistence to get a girl to change her mind. When I was 18, I gave in to such a person, even though I really didn't think it was right. Now I would tell a guy like that to get lost; but then I was young and "in love" and desperate to please him. I couldn't bear the thought that he had experienced sex with other girls, and thought if I had sex with him it would stop him from having it with anyone else. (It didn't.) He soon dropped me for another girl. So much unhappiness could have been avoided if I had stuck by my beliefs. I went on to marry a wonderful man and I don't dwell on the past. I consider myself lucky not to have gotten pregnant during that brief encounter. I was young and foolish. Please continue to tell young girls that virginity is precious, and can be given only once. I'm sorry I wasted mine. ANONYMOUS IN MILWAUKEE Florida woman pulls in $1 million jackpot LAS VEGAS, Nev. (UPI) - The second-largest slot jackpot in Las Vegas history -- $1 million -- was taken home by a car saleswoman from Florida, officials at the Fron­ tier Hotel-Casino said. Patricia Mason of Hallendale, Fla., played the $1 progressive slot machine for about 3 xk hours and invested $385 Tuesday before she lined up three 7s on the bottom line of the three-reel machine to win $1,023,631, according to Frontier publicity director Jim Seagrave. Seagrave Wednesday said the re­ sort delayed announcing the jackpot while state gaming authorities in­ vestigated and approved the giant jackpot, believed to be the second- largest slot jackpot in the city's history. Annette Barrios, a medical techni­ cian from Santa Ana, Calif., won $1,065,358 at Caesars Palace on Aug. 14,1983. Slot jackpots of more than $1 mil­ lion also have been awarded in casi­ nos in Northern Nevada and Atlantic City, N.J. Mason, 46, was asked what she intends to do with her winnings. "I have no intentions of quitting my job," Mason said. "I haven't really grasped the reality of it all yet. When I do, it will probably scare me to death. "The first thing I'll probably do is hire a financial consultant," she said. PLAY EDITION ADDITION P decline in the '70s and has dropped into 34th place among the Top 50 for newborn baby girls. Mary's male counterpart, Wil­ liam, which began the 1900s in sec­ ond place and was still the seventh favorite in 1950, is currently wallow­ ing in 3lst place -- only three spots ahead of Brandon, if you can imag­ ine that. Jennifer and Michael meanwhile have been riding high for the past decade. Jennifer wasn't even heard of in the Top 50 until it took over first place in 1975. The next most popular girls' names, Melissa and Kimberiy, weren't in the Top 50 be­ fore '75 either. Michael, at least, had begun ap­ pearing on birth certificates often enough to take over fourth place by 1950. On the boys' list, nine names now in vogue never made any of the previous Top 50 lists. (Brandon is, of course, one of them. Craig, Jesse and Kyle are some others.) The cur­ rent girls' list contains 19 first-tim­ ers, twice as many as the boys' list holds. (Amber is among them, with such associates as Jamie, Crystal, T i f f a n y , T a r a , A s h l e y a n d Courtney.) Some of the rises are fairly meteoric: Jason -- nowhere until 1975, then No. 2. Now No. 4. Nicholas -- unheard of until it slipped into 42nd in 1975. Now No. 26. Katie -- nonexistent until now. No. 4 Erin -- ignored until 1975, then 20th. Now 12th. Then there is slow but steady Na­ than -- 42nd in 1900, nowhere to be found until 1975, when it hit 34th place. Currently 27th. And there are the big losers like Kenneth. No.-18 in 1925; No. 49 to­ day. Or Sean -- from 20th to 40th since 1975. The most solid names Ms. Camer­ on found were John. James and Eliz­ abeth. Throughout the century, John and James have stayed in the Top 10. Elizabeth in the Top 13. GRAND PRIZE! A Fabulous trip for 2 8 Days/7 Nttes in HAWAI WEEKLY PRIZES: >100.00 SWEEPSTAKES QUESTIONS: Friday, September 27 1. Who is state senator from the 32nd districts? 2. What does Crystal Lake South Nigh School have this year that it hasn't had before? 3. Who had a 44 game hitting streak in 1978? 4. The U.S. Embassy in what city was destroyed in April 1983 S. Which National League ballpark has the outfield well covered iirivy? ENTER WEEKLY! Official Entry Blank, questions & answers in Saturdays Northwest HERALD! 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