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~ r 1,~ 33 ~r'~r?s~`fiWC`+r' cit wa3L~A*3F s*~:;~~rv ~~it ~, ~ ~ Chiafi lustice Samuel~B. Ep- f= ~ Moderation in all tliings use, not abuse -0. k's stein in Superior Court harred ;questianing on whether smoke ~~a th'ink I find it more dithcult L'~e{,t ys ;can cause lung:caneer in a hear- Y, x~~ Y thnn most people to decide between what is good and'what _-~twwf~sk i~r ~ang:about alleged garbage h'urn- is bad. To me, there are endless areas,of gray between black ~ra~t ~"'a( r r ina in a C al uim a2 Township . .,.. •."_._ .,. --y...'_ ~ .Y. ts and white dump. !t~• •,•Th'e other day, I watched a r ?". `We could slay here for days ~ r large group of prosperous conventioneers about fortyish aom taking testimony on what causes " ~` log to breakfast in a hotel. It struck me what a good„cle lung - g cancer," be said in ovcr- ruling a defensrattempt to ques• ~, cut group they were„even at that'time of'morning. They were tion a witness on the point: 4~ att wellidressed and aggressive but welllmannered. But they .i ~- ~ : ~'The witnes.,, Dr. Robert E., ~.` t ;were all 10 toQ0 1b: overweight;,and most of them were smok- ~;:ing a cigaret'before breakfast. And breakfasf always included Fiald, attending, surgeon at St Francis Hospital bacom on sausage andieggs or pancakes. What's wrong with ~ I , Blue lsland. ca1 1~4 sU.lbisP l.thiok what- is wron8 with it rs that it represents , t 'and a lung ~ specialisA testifiad T'.. ~ Wedncsday he saw `smokaand "+?' wsNt,t rhdulgen¢e_ flames in the dump at 138th We have been jockeyed by tip- r i r" Sti and Ashland Feb. 5 6 7, 8 ~ C ~~hungry bellboys into being ashamed to carry even an over. ~,. 4 'and 9. nrght bag. There is something quixotic about someone who ~ c;Y•'r-.ta r,,~The smoke drifts toward the r s~~ troultl rather walk to a meeting than ride. A diink or two be- Q t~? hospitat, be sard and was in- ;~O -, t `tore lunch is a manly way to act. And then if ids a football )urious to the health of respira- }', r f~~aitNrnoon drinking is continued-especially if, your team totY patients t~ bses"or wins. This all adds up to abuse of fiquor, cigarets, G~ y,in t t Thr hearing is to determine food and muscles whether Charles H. Fritz, 14300 Tracy, Riverdale, owner, oof the There is another as ~~ t '~ pect of this f~ garbage dump, should be held ~' s^robteto`Ihere arrthosrwho feet bitterly about:food, cigaret in contem t of', cowru It will i r+ and liquor advertising. They would forbid' iL Remember our ~~ rcsume Fr dAy. experiences o' thirty years ago lwhen MI. Voistead forbade ~ Fritz was ordered by' Judge us something. JVe must learn to live with what was put on Epstein last Nov. 14 to refrain } this earth; prohibiting„or closing oneb eyes, will bringabout '~ .. from hurning, garbage in his , no reforms: To me, the answer is summed up by'moderation . dump'yardl. 3 (n all'things, but donlt miss anything:" +ar ~ An adult people mwt' learn to ,s _distinguish between moderation and abuse. It is the abuse that gets us into trouble. Two packs of cigarets a day to me =? ti,> is an abuse. Too much fat'or too many calories is an abuse. " f~; Drinking during most parts oRthe day'is an abuse. Doing no • . : . physical work is an abuse. _ sa The answer lies in disciplining -N + oneself, net, in forbidding. Ntake, up your own bag of disci+' o k r . plines. For ewmpte; /' smoke, but I do not smoke before lunch and I limit' myself to 10 cigarets' a day:, through a `' -'t" double,fitter- It's a calculated risk, but so are many of the other pleasant things of life. Ilwalk:to a meeting whenever I . am allowed to: I eat some fat but keep my total catories at a, reasonable level by detiberately, losing my, taste for certam . foods. So you see, mine is a life of calculated but pleasurable y i4 risks. I do not have to face the problem of giving up some 2 y. tF { ttiing. I doubt that the American public:wilt take to havrng 44 ~ ~ cigarets and fat forbiddenio themi but they may be persuada TTT edof~the virtues of moderation:-I1H.P. l