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Griffin Daily News Tuesday, June 26, 1973
Astronauts readjusting
to the Earth’s gravity
THOMAS G. BELDEN
UPI Space Writer
HOUSTON (UPI) - The chief
physician examining the Skylab
1 astronauts says the space trio
is readjusting to Earth’s
gravity but scheduled another
battery of medical tests today
to determine the effects of their
28 days in a weightless
condition.
Charles “Pete” Conrad, Jo
seph P. Kerwin and Paul J.
Weitz, down to the grind of
post flight work, also told
engineers about the mission,
highlighting the problems in the
giant space station and their
solutions.
Dr. W. Royce Hawkins, the
astronauts’ chief physician,
said the pilots are showing
continuous improvement in
readjusting to Earth after
prolonged weightlessness.
Conrad and Weitz were doing
fine only a few hours after
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splashdown Friday, but Kerwin
had problems with dizziness,
lightheadedness and nausea for
a number of hours. Kerwin, the
first U.S. space doctor, said on
his return to Houston he was fit
and "space is kind to people.”
Hawkins said the medical
tests, including riding a station
ary bicycle and lying in an iron
lung-like device to test the
muscular and cardiovascular
systems, would continue until
the astronauts returned to the
same work level as before the
28-day mission.
The crew also continued the
daily technical discussions,
detailing step-by-step the flight.
The debriefings concentrated on
the activation of Skylab and all
its systems and the irregulari
ties of the craft. The agenda
included a discussion of the sun
shade parasol the astronauts
erected over the space station
their second day in orbit.
The next team of astronauts
who are to visit Skylab late
next month for a 56-day stay
are to set up a different shade
over the parasol to protect the
station from the sun’s searing
rays. Engineers believe the
material on the parasol might
degrade before the end of the
next two flights to Skylab.
Flight controllers prepared
for the Skylab 2 flight of Alan
L. Bean, Owen K. Garriott and
Jack R. Lousma, running
Wallace doesn’t
give ‘healer’ credit
By BESSIE FORD
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (UPI)
— Gov. George C. Wallace says
he appreciates the efforts of a
purported psychic healer,
known only as “Mr. A.,” but he
declines to give the mysterious
healer credit for ridding him of
pain he has suffered since he
was shot in 1972.
Wallace’s office confirmed
Monday that the governor,
paralyzed from the waist down,
had met with “Mr. A.,” but his
staff said privately the National
Enquirer story describing the
visits and results were exag
gerated.
Wallace’s staff said he
acknowledged that “Mr. A.,”
and a surgeon, Dr. Dena L.
Smith, came by to see him.
“I was appreciative of them
coming by as many people
have come by to suggest
treatment and to have prayer
with me,” Wallace said through
his press secretary, Billy Joe
Camp. “I saw them and was
appreciative of their well
meaning and concern.”
The Enquirer said the 78-
year-old healer, who wanted to
remain anonymous to keep
CROMWELL ARRESTED
On June 18, 1540, Thomas
Cromwell, earl of Essex, was
arrested for treason, mainly
for his involvement in the
marriage of Anne of Cleves to
Henry VIII.
simulations Monday of the
launch and docking with the
space station.
Scientists, meanwhile, await
ed their first view of the more
than 30,000 pictures of the sun
and 14,000 photos of Earth
brought back by the Skylab 1
crew. The sun photos include
man’s first good lode at a solar
flare—an explosion on the sun—
without the screening of earth’s
atmosphere.
from being swamped with
treatment requests, said he was
“quite sure that, given time, I
can get the governor to walk
again.”
Except for exercising on
braces and crutches and
standing in a specially built
podium, Wallace has been
confined to a wheelchair since
the May 15, 1972, assassination
attempt as he campaigned in
the Maryland presidential
primary.
“Mr. A.” placed his fingers
of his right hand on the
governor’s abdominal area,
according to the newspaper,
and Mrs. Wallace said she saw
more color in her husband’s
face.
Wallace was quoted then as
saying “I feel I can breathe
more deeply now.” Then the
Enquirer said Wallace com
mented on the feeling in his
bullet-scarred abdomen “The
area is not as sensitive as it
was before.”
“Mr. A.” also placed his
fingers along the lower side of
the governor’s sides where
Wallace complained of periodic
burning pains, the Enquirer
said. “The pain in my flanks
seems to have eased,” he was
quoted as saying.
During the session the follow
ing morning, the Enquirer said
Wallace was able to pull in his
stomach muscles for the first
time since the shooting.
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Members of the State 4-H Board of directors elected at State
4-H Council meeting are (seated l-r) Lynn Sands, Daisy, vice
chairman; Danny Forehand, Cochran, chairman; Frank
Maddox, Madison, vice chairman; (standing) Rita Smith,
Jackson girl elected
at state 4-H meeting
The largest organized state
youth group in the nation chose
its leaders at the 40th annual
state 4-H Council Meeting at the
Rock Eagle 4-H Center near
Eatonton.
The new top man in Georgia’s
157,430-member 4-H organiza
tion is Danny Forehand of
Cochran. He was elected from
42 candidates to serve as 1973-74
chairman of the State 4-H Board
Ah
DR. LAWRENCE E. LAMB
Pulmonary embolism
By Lawrence E. Lamb, M.D.
Dear Dr. Lamb — Last year
my brother died of a pulmon
ary embolism. We, the family,
are still uncertain about this
disease and his death. Two
weeks before his death he was
admitted to the hospital with
a case of pneumonia. He was
recovering from the pneumon
ia when the embolism oc
curred, and his sudden death
was the result. We should like
to know more about pulmon
ary embolism. What causes a
very healthy 28-year-old man
to die of such a disease? Also,
how can it go unnoticed by the
physician?
Dear Reader — I know
how distressed you must feel.
This is one of those diseases
which can strike out of the
blue when it s least expected
by the physician or the patient
and cause death even in
young, apparently healthy in
dividuals during a minor ill
ness or what might be consid
ered minor surgery.
The whole problem begins
with the formation of a blood
clot. The clot may form in the
veins in the legs, thighs, or
lower abdomen. If it s inside a
deep vein, it may not cause
any obvious findings. The clot
then breaks loose and follows
the circulation through the
progressively larger veins into
the right side of the heart,
then passes through the right
heart through the arteries to
the lungs. Because the arter
ies to the lungs progressively
branch into smaller and
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of Directors.
Forehand, a seven-year
member of 4-H and a current
North 4-H District president,
will take over as chairman of
the eight-member Board during
State 4-H Congress in August.
As a district winner in crop and
weed study, his main 4-H
project, he will also be com
peting for state project honors
at State Congress.
Can strike out of the blue
smaller arteries, the clot
lodges in the lungs. The clot
lodged in the lungs triggers
off powerful reflex responses
that are responsible for shock
and can cause irregularities of
the heart, complete collapse
of the circulation, and sudden
death.
Such an episode is more apt
to occur as a result of bed
rest. This is one reason why
surgeons often get their pa
tients out of bed as early as
possible after surgery. By
moving around, the circula
tion in the legs is improved
and this helps prevent clots.
Sometimes it s not possible
to get a patient out of bed.
particularly with illnesses
such as severe pneumonia or
if shock is present.
It's difficult to say why a
perfectly healthy person will
develop such a clot, other
than stagnant circulation that
develops from inactivity. It is
the nature of blood to tend to
clot, that's what keeps us
from bleeding to death, and
without activity the blood flow
is slowed and is conducive to
clotting
It's quite understandable
how a small clot can go unnot
iced by the physician. It just
may not present any real find
ings until suddenly the pul
monary embolism occurs
without warning. Relatives
often wonder just what went
wrong when an unexpected
death occurs, particularly in a
young, fairly healthy individu
al. Life is unpredictable and
Jackson; Lynn Harper, Ocilla; Ray Banks, Jonesboro; Lynn
Andrews, Toccoa, and Terry Yarbrough, Athens. They will
be installed for a year term at State 4-H Congress in Atlanta
in August
Elected to serve with Fore
hand as vice chairmen were
Lynn Sands of Daisy and Frank
Maddox of Madison. Other 1973-
74 directors are Terry Yar
brough, Athens; Lynn Harper,
Ocilla; Rita Smith, Jackson;
Ray Banks, Jonesboro, and
Lynn Andrews, Toccoa.
With the theme “4-H — Op
portunities Unlimited,” the
three-day meeting drew 700
sudden complications and ac
cidents do occur which no
doctor, no matter how capable
he is. can predict. Fortunately
the incidence of pulmonary
embolism is smaller today
Boy, 14,
injured
in fall
ATHENS, Ga. (UPI) - A Bo
gart youth fell from a sixth
floor window at the University
of Georgia Monday, seriously
injuring himself.
Alan Home, 14, the son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Home, was
taken to Athens General Hospi
tal for treatment but later was
transferred to Georgia Baptist
Hospital in Atlanta.
Officials described the boy’s
condition as “serious” and said
it was not clear how the mis
hap occurred. The boy was at
the university attending a high
school music workshop.
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Four-H delegates from 156
counties to elect new officers
and to set 4-H guidelines for the
coming year.
Highlighting activities was an
address from Leon Ellis, a
returned POW and former 4-H
member from Madison County.
The Air Force Captain appear
ed in uniform to receive a “4-H
Appreciation Award.”
than it used to be because of
the increased emphasis on
getting patients out of bed as
soon as their medical or surgi
cal condition permits. I hope
these comments will help you
to understand what happened,
and that you will be able to
accept this as an unexpected
accident of life, just as a sud
den fatal automobile accident
which could have occurred.
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in care of this newspaper, P.O. Box
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CARD OF THANKS
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn
Williams and family
wishes to express their
sincere thanks and
appreciation for their
many thoughtful, kind
words and many wishes
during the hour of
bereavement of their son
and brother, Anthony
(Deany) Williams.