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PAGE FOUR—Sapulpa (OkU.) Herald, Tuesday, July 20, 1993
Steve James
First Hair
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Editorial
Trial by disaster
From drenched crops to broken levees to flooded base-
ments, life along the Mississippi River Valley is difficult at
best, desperate at worst. And experts say more storms may be
brewing. Yet Midwesterners took some comfort from Presi-
dent Clinton’s remarks Thursday when he vowed to ask
Congress to approve emergency federal disaster aid.
Clinton, who spoke from Tokyo while at his first economic
summit meeting, was right to momentarily halt the proceed-
ings and make Midwest flooding a top priority.
Clinton’s first natural disaster also is a test of the effective-
ness of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which
proved woefully inept at establishing an effective disaster-
relief system to deal with Hurricane Andrew. Clinton
appointed James Lee Witt, formerly his Arkansan emergency
services coordinator, as the agency’s director in April. The
suspicion of politics interfering with the government’s disas-
ter response efforts was a major criticism of FEMA. But Witt
can prove that his agency isn’t a dumping ground for inexper-
ienced appointees-
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Some folks in Iowa thought they
found a way to plug the dikes and
asked Roseanne Ban- to come back
home.
Walter’s delayed an early inmate
release to give their lawyers a chance
to hide.
Oklahoma’s prisons are so full, it’s
almost a crime.
Jogging is good for the heart and the
shoe makers.
Preachers are into cross training.
Farming along the Mississippi is
done with motorboats now.
Opinion
L. M. Boyd
I’m sure I’m not the only one who’s tired of hearing about the First Hair.
Bill and Hillary Clinton’s, that is.
Seems like ever since the Rodham Clintons got elected, all we hear is the
“who, what, where, when and why” of First Hairstyling:
— Who cuts the First Hair.
— What it costs to get a First Haircut.
— Where the First Hair is cut (at Los Angeles airports, for example).
— When First Haircuts are given (it seems almost daily).
— Why so many planes were delayed when Bill got his infamous haircut in
L.A.
If the Clinton’s weren’t so protective of their daughter and cat, we’d
probably be receiving daily updates on Chelsea’s and Socks’ haircuts, too.
Don’t the national media have more to do than tell us about First Hair-
cuts? Don’t we, as media consumers, have more to do than pay attention to
such stories?
I'm hoping a lot of bald people run for president in 1996 — maybe that
way we can spare ourselves from the pain and agony of First Haircut
stories.
Other stories — stories which need to be told — arc being cast aside in
favor of First Haircut schlock. I’d hale to think the Clintons were getting
their hair cut so often in an effort to obfuscate the media, but it’s worth a
thought.
For example, one story that’s been swept under the rug is Hillary’s
“adoption” of a space alien baby.
The only publication that has so far dared to investigate this adoption is
The Weekly World News, by far the most interesting — if not entirely
believable — supermarket tabloid available today.
A recent cover showed Hillary with this alien baby in her arms. Mrs.
Clinton looked strangely content with this pointy-eared babe in her arms —
wonder if she’s done this before?
In recent issues, The Weekly World News has broken major stories on
horses with human faces, infant Titanic survivors found alive and the
second death of Elvis Presley.
I’m sure the “mainstream” media would have broken these stories first
— if they hadn’t been so busy covering all those First Haircuts.
Steve James is city editor of The Sapulpa Daily Herald. Opinions
expressed in this column arc his own.
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m.umttmtm rippiflooding, those folks will have a
double disaster.
Jay. D. Hair
Scientist is attacked
Dr. Herbert L Necdleman is one
of the nation's top researchers in un
covering the poisonous effects even
small quantities of lead have on ehil
dren.
His work was instrumental in re-
moving lead from gasoline in the
1970s and pointed the way to more
recent government actions to combat
lead exposure for young and old alike
His professional career has met the
highest standard of science serving
the public interest. Literally him
dreds of thousands and perhaps mil-
lions of children will have healthier
lives because of him.
But for the last two and a half
years. Necdleman has been under
attack. Accusers arose with charges
of scientific misconduct His reputa
lion was placed under a cloud He
was distracted from Ins research and
spent tens of thousands of dollars de
fending himself
He has paid the price for taking on
the lead industry
It all begun 20 years ago when
Necdleman. today a professor ol child
psycHfiUfy and pediatrics at the Uni
versity of Pittsburgh School of Med
icine. published a brief article in a
scientific journal He hypothesized
Chuck Stone
that measuring the lead content in
children's teeth might prove to be an
excellent indicator for the total lead
burden carried in their bodies after
exposure had ended.
In 1979 this speculation produced
a seminal report Necdleman and his
research colleagues published in the
New England Journal of Medicine.
Based on a survey of Boston area
schoolchildren, the research found
direct evidence that low lead levels
caused both mental and emotional
impairment
As part of the survey, teachers
evaluated the children’s classroom
work without knowing in advance
anything about what their lead levels
were.
As Necdleman and other re
searchers intensified their work, an
increasingly disturbing picture
emerged. The body, in effect, mistakes
lead for calcium where it attaches to
and disrupts enzymes that are essen
tial to the normal function of brain and
other cells.
In both I he 1940s and the I9(50s. the
lead industry attacked the work of ear
tier researchers who raised questions
about the health ellect of their prod
net Needleman's turn came in 1991
Two researchers, each of whom had
either received funding for their work
from the lead industry or hud been
paid to testify in civil lawsuits on
behalf of the industry, questioned
whether Necdleman had committed
scientific misconduct by adjusting the
data in the 1979 report to predeter
mine the outcome.
Newspaper columns began appeal-
ing in some of the nation's more con
servative newspapers about a possible
lead hoax perpetrated by Necdleman
A top level public relations firm was
hired to open up a "lead hot line” to
get out the industry's spin on the
story.
The ferocity of the attack has been
exceeded only bv its presumption of
public gullibility. An Environmental
Protection Agency Committee that
scrutinized Needleman's data was
unanimous "in finding them imiscon
duct charges* groundless," according
lo the chair of the panel. Dr Morton
Lippman.
The relationship between low lead
levels and both mental and emotion
al damage has been documented since
1979 in at least 17 other studies in this
country. Great Britain. Scotland. Den
mark. Italy. Greece. Germany and
New Zealand
^^Ruling is tragedy
After 34 years of being a parent, I
realize the truth of a sentiment Paul
wrote in his letter to the Hebrews:
"Thou are a priest forever."
We are parents forever Some of
our children cut the umbilical chord
after they finish school Others con
tinue to live at home, either because
they prefer the creature comforts of
their parents' house or because they
can t afford to live on their own
Whatever the time duration, par
enthood is still one of the loveliest
joys you will ever experience in life.
That’s why my heart went out to
two parents. Jan and Roberta
DeBoer. A couple of weeks ago. the
courts ordered them to give up a 2
year old girl. Jessica, whom they had
raised since she was born
Both the Iowa and Michigan courts
agree that Jessica's biological pat-
ents, Cara and Daniel Schmidt of
Iowa, had a higher legal right to her
existence, even though the DeBoers
of Michigan had raised Jessica since
her birth
Cara Schmidt signed adoption
papers for Jessica when the girl was
born in 1991. At the time she wasn't
married For two years, the DeBoers
tried to adopt Jessica. And for two
years, the courts gave them the stan
dard judicial run around (Extended
waiting periods are normal in U S
adoption cases.)
After Cara married, her husband.
Daniel, decided that they should re
claim Jessica. They filed suit and the
Michigan Supreme Court ruled in
their favor.
It's hard to believe that a supreme
court would stoop to such sophistry.
Frequently, the courts have tap-
danced around “the law” after a pros-
ecuting attorney has plea bargained
a lesser sentence. And at times a
judge's ideological predilections have
been factored into his ruling.
Suppose Jessica had lived 16 years
with the DeBoers, but had never been
adopted. Would the courts seriously
contend that the child should be re
turned to the biological parents, even
though those parents had not seen or
related to the child in any way for 16
years?
Would the courts order a child re-
turned to her biological parents if they
were demonstrably unfit or if they
have a record of chronic child abuse?
The questions answer themselves.
Because the DeBoers had demon-
strated good faith by persistently
trying to adopt Jessica, both the Iowa
and Michigan courts should have
taken those efforts into consideration.
I don't know what King Solomon
would have done, but I am convinced
that the DeBoers were treated shab
bily and unfairly by the courts
Street Talk How do you feel about a state lottery?
Out of
Africa
Q. I’m still waiting to find out
where Southerners got the nickname
“Cooler.”
A. From the slaves. Who so called
the slow. “Kuta" in West Africa
meant “turtle.”
According lo the historical foot-
notes, South American headhunters
have ransomed kidnap victims for
packages of chewing gum.
Spanish moss isn’t a parasite. It
draws its nourishment from the air. it
catches the rain and lets it drip slowly
down to the roots of the tree that
supports it. That’s dandy for the tree.
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Q. Are kangaroos carnivorous?
A. Some were. Once.
FAST FOOD
First item routinely sold by fast
food purveyors was Fish and chips,
it’s believed. English peddlers at the
outset of the Industrial Revolution
dispensed same, wrapped in news-
papers, near factory doors. German
sausage stands opened up about then,
too. But the fish-and-chippers claim
seniority.
Q. Did Shakespeare smoke?
A. So it’s believed. Ben Jonson
and Sir Francis Bacon did, that’s
known.
Q. If an attacking cheetah goes for
the neck, but doesn’t draw blood,
how...?
A. It kills by suffocating.
The tunc of “Hark! The Herald
Angels Sing” was taken from a
Mendelssohn cantata in praise of the
printing press.
BRAIN
Medical scholars say they don’t
know the capacity of the human
brain. So how do they back up their
widely publicized claim that the brain
usually works at about 15 percent of
capacity? Can you explain it?
Curious that Italy — renowned
since antiquity for its marble — now
imports marble from Taiwan.
Pepper, if properly dried, will keep
its flavor for 10 years, the Malays
say.
That cosmetic first used by most
girls is nail polish.
Orangutans, too, have unique fing-
erprints.
SHOWING OFF
Q. Nothing in my dictionary says
“chandelicring" means “showing
ofT”...?
A. Oldtimey fad talk. Sometimes
said of a couple who danced overlong
in the center of the ballroom floor
under the chandelier.
Q. Wasn’t the original Frankens-
tein the first horror movie filmed in
this country?
A. “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” was.
In 1908.
Debate goes on over whether an
electric fan cools the air. Experts say
it doesn’t. Friction of it’s motor and
blade heat the air, in fact. For further
study: See “Evaporation on Skin,
cooling effects of.”
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I am all for a state lottery and I I do not care about lotteries of any
wish we had one. When I was in kind. I just don’t believe we need
California I played the lottery a lot. one.
One of my relatives won $80,000 in
a lottery. I feel that it would be
I love the lotteries and have woo
■nail amounts of money from them.
I am from New York and I have
pUyed the stale lottery a lot The
lottery has done a lot for the state of
New York such as help finance the
educational system. I think k would
bo good far Oklahoma.
Cecil Bean
Perauually, I do not care one way
or the other about the lottwy. It
might do tone good butlanoot
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