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Herald & Lantern 18 lanuary '84

I know that most readers are aware that 1964 is an election year. We are' already being beseiged by the build-up for the New Hampshire primary, and the candidates are beginning to fill our ears with political rhetoric. If you have trouble classifying some of the speeches, I ran across.a chart by Michael . Marien of the Educational Research Center at Syracuse University that I'd like to share with you, to help you through those long and involved arguments with friends and relations . of the relative merits'of the speech makers. If the candidate presents the view that we have a “slim chance of surviving our chaos and obsolescence and proposes sweeping reforms, world* government and national planning", his ideological position can be termed the Horrified Humanist. If the candidate bemoans our “troubled times" and recommends "more money and programs", his position could be labeled the Languishing Liberal. IF THE CANDIDATE

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does not speak out on any major, issue and spouts various platitudes to avoid offending other policy proposers. you have a Middling Moderate. If a candidate decries “crime, centralization and our crumbling civilization while proposing law, order, soap, hair cuts, Truth andMorality”, the candidate m«ay be termed a Counteracting. Conservative. If the candidate maintains our society is “getting REDder all the time” and proposes .that we “wave flags and stockpile arms (public and private)”, his ideological position may be , described as Rabid Rightist. If the candidate presents the view that government is being “dominated by pointyheaded psuedointellectuals arid recommends that we throw the briefcases into the Potomac and restore common sense", that position may be described as a Primative Populist. Someone who describes our current condition as "garrison state" and pro-

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poses "‘a peaceable kingdom" can he termed the Passionate Pacifist. The Radical Romantic will decry our “cancered civilization and propose small experimental communities" to alleviate our problems THE RUMBLING Revolutionary will loudly, declaim our present situation is “repressive, racist, imperialist, capitalist and establishment” while maintaining our‘only future lines in confronting and destroying the System (details to be worked out later)”. And lastly the Apocalyptic Revolutionary who claims “.Armageddon is coming to our sinful world” and whose proposal ' is to be saved. Now that 1 have armed you the reader with some ironic and humorous comments to sling at those halfbaked arguments, I wish to mention seriously the problems in labeling. What makes the above descriptions humorous is that like most humor it is-' stereotypical and ’exaggerated, and. just as you would not seriously, categorize the major presidential candidates by

using this chart for voting neither should you categorize reading materials by labeling them. Hopefully, if the librarians Selecting material for the Cape May County Library have done their job properly, everyone of the above positions will be found in materials on the shelves and they will not be labeled in any way that would prejudice or segregate them froth other similar materials ^Ath opposing viewpoints. The United States and the American Library Association oppose any ‘ means which predisposes people's attitudes towards library materials, believing rather that the path of knowledge is open and personal judgment and enlightenment result from freedom of exploration. IT IS MUCH easier to argue with a position you find untenable, when you have read the major tenets of that position so you can present an informed argu-„-ment and not be reduced to slinging labels and' rhetoric. Most people arewilling to listen to informed

npininns and thft> .Consider the information gathered. If pacifist, revolutionary, and humanist materials are represented at the library, consider that you can be sure that the liberal, conservative, and populist

viewpoint will also surely be represented. So do not use the above descriptions of policy makers in any way other than in jest. Be aware .of journalists., newscasters, and relatives who label and predispose .your viewpoint.

H.S. Press Contest on

Young journalists from New Jersey high schools are invited tc enter editorials, news and feature stories and photos in the 1964 High School Press Contest, sponsored by the New Jersey Press Women. All entries must be the work 6f high school students and must have been published in a high school newspaper between Feb. l. 1963 and Jan. 3L. J964. First place.entries in each of the four categories (editorial, news, feature writing and Chamber Meet STONE HARBOR - The Avalon Chamber of Commerce will have a dinner meeting 7 p m. tomorrow at Tredi-Jo's Italian Restaurant, 206 97th St. For reservations, call 967-5341.

feature photos) will be entered in the National Federation of Press Women n a ti o n a 1 competition. Entries .must be. postmarked by Feb. 1 and. sent to: Mrs. Skip Gladue, NJPW High School Con test. College of Saint Elizabeth, Convent Station, NJ 07961. Rabies Clinic

TUCKAHOE - Township of Upper will bold a rabies chnic for dogs and cats oft Jan. 21, according to Dog Warden Robert Vassallo Residents may bring dogs between l and 4 p in. and cats between 3 and 4 p.m. The clinic will be held at the Township Garage adjacent to Township Hall on Mt Pleasant Road

by Dr. Robert C. Bellman

Many Cape May County residents recall when- the possible diagnosis of "consumption" struck fear into one’s heart. Better known today as “tuberculosis,’’ this still serious disease is now treatable through the advances of moderq n\pdicine. Like many parts of our preventive medicine program, however, TB requires early detection and treatment to save lives and obtain best results. Tuberculosis is caused by a bacteria. It is generally transmitted through the air or through cow’s milk. Since the advebt of pasteurization, milk has been removed as a primary factor in this country TB has several stages. Initially, the body’s natural defenses will attempt to kill off the bacteria. This may be totally successful, or the body will choose a second strategy, that of walling off the bacteria within layer of tissue in the lung. Some bacteria may escape this defense and enter the bloodstream, to be caught and walled off in another portion of the body. Danger lies in the fact that the walled off bacteria are alive and can break free should the host become malnourished, ill or weakened. Symplons during this initial stage are either non-existent or iafluenza-like. % THE SECOND stage usually involves the lungs, although other organs to which the bacteria have spread can be -involved. Bacteria that have escaped may cause damage to the lungs. A dry cough is ^tomonly seen with TB, bringing up of blood or pus-filled mucus, as well. Breathing may become difficult and painful. Spread of the diseases to others generally occurs through droplets containing bacteria which are coughed up by infected individuals nod then inhaled by those surrounding them. . Distinguishing tuberculosis from other lung and infectious disorder^, will

generally involve a chest X-ray arid a special ’PPD" skin test, in this test an extract of the TB bacteria is injected under the skin and after 48 hours the doctor checks for your body’s reaction. A positive reaction means you have been infected at some point with TB,. but the skin test doesn't tell whether the disease is active. A lab culture of mucus coughed up or a biopsy of an area suspicious on X-ray can help to make a definitive diagnosis. Unlike in the terrifying .times past, many drugs have been developed to treat tuberculosis. Prompt treatment can usually arrest the disease. Although early detection is important to limit lung and other bodily damage.-ff you have a history of TB, be sure to include this in your verbal medical history. Because of the Ability of this disease to remain quiet for years, it can cause medical pro- . blems later in life. . At greater risk in the population are veterans and immigrants from Vietnam, diabetics, alcoholics, malnourished ^individuals, the elderly, those who have hag a subtotal gastrectomy (partial stomach removal) and those taking steriod or cancer drugs. The course of TB <in be rapid in these groups, so the mention of tuberculosis exposure can be vital to your doctor’s evaluations. Active disease can present with a very sick, weakened picture of a patient losing weight. Accompanying this sketch can be (ever, chills, cough, sputum production, shortoess of breath and pain while breathing. Health Watch is a public education project of the Cape May County Unit of the New Jersey Division of the American Cancer Society. To comment oo Health Watch, write to American Cancer Society, 15 S. Delsea Dr., Rio Grande.

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