European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 25, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse                              A newfangled Miracle by William h. Gorishek up staff writer poisonous snakes strike 3,000persons a year in Costa Rica. Of those treated in hospitals 10 per Cen die. Most of the rest lose an Arm or leg. But Costa Picans have a new Savior maj. Herschel h. Flowers the . Army s leading authority on poisonous snakes and Developer of a Universal snakebite serum Suero . There Are two types of serum. On neutralizes the effect of All poisonous snakebites except the Coral Snake. Theother is extremely potent against Coral venom. After months of experimenting in producing and perfecting the serum the first 1,000 bottles Are being distribute to hospitals throughout Costa Rica. The ultimate goal is to distribute bottles to maj. Herschel h. Flowers extracting venom from Snake is a Savior to Costa Rica s bitten. Every Hospital police station school an Hamlet so that no one is More than two hours away from the life saving  200 vials of. Coral Antitoxin Are expected to be needed each year Flower said. First reports of treatment with the serum Are beginning to trickle Back to san Jose. Of those treated within a few hours after the bite none has died or lost a limb. Most were completely cure within a few Days Flowers said. Or. Mario Pacheco Cartin assistant director of the san Jose san Juan de Dios Hospital and Costa Rica Best authority on treatment of Snake bite called the results  saved the life of a 10-year-old girl with the Coral serum. Had she been bitten a year ago she would have died or. Cartin said. Treated with the serum she left the hos Pital after five Days As though nothing had  under the serum producing program the snakes Are now feeding the hands they bite. Farmers throughout the Jungles Are catching snakes and Selling them to Flowers who needs an Ever in. Creasing number to make his serums. He pays $5 for a three foot Coral Snake six foot Fer de Lance draws $7, and a Large Bushmaster up to $15.in several communities Snake Hunting has become an economic venture i Penhurst residents earned Over $3,000 last year catching snakes Flowers  serum program is sponsored by . Aid the Costa rican ministry of health and the University of Costa Rica. Until now the snakebite victim had to know what Snake bit him before the proper antidote could be  mexican serum is effective against Fer de Lance and Rattlesnake but no against the Bushmaster. Another serum cures Bushmaster but not Fer de Lance poisoning. With the new serum identification snot necessary except for the Coral Snake Flowers said and Only an Esti mated two per cent of All poisonous snakebites Are made by Coral snakes which have a distinctive bite. They strike and hang on rather than with draw like most poisonous snakes. Flowers said the antivenom is so effective administrators of the program plan to distribute it to other Centra american countries and eventually to Export it to the United states when License is granted. Dear Ann Landers the letter from the woman who was mad at the jewelry store because of the letter they wrote remind ing her that they had car ried her longer than he Mother prompts me to write my first letter to newspaper. I work in a collection office arid am one of those terrible people who writes those ugly letters and Maiu s those insulting phone Calls. We Are willing to make allowances for illness and accidents and unexpected trips out of the City. We even expect people to have a lapse of memory occasionally. We operate on the theory that most people Are honest and  i have been in this line of work however 1 have Learned plenty. 1 have had peo ple swear at me Over the phone Call me unprintable names and hang up on me he Page 14 cause i called to remind the that they Haven t paid a Bill. When we Send people out tothe House they sometimes hide and refuse to come to the  act As if we Are trying to persecute them or take something away from them. Please print my letter Anklet some of America s dead beats see How they look in the eyes of others. Disgusted dear Gus i second the motion. And now May i add a comment life would be a lot less complicated if people would Stop buying things Theydon t need at prices they can t afford to impress people who Don t give a darn. Dear Ann Landers you column has hit me Between the eyes on More than one occasion but never quite so hard As last week. You told the wife who complained because her husband was a to sports nut that everybody is nutty in one Way or another. You even said your own husband was a workout. Then you counselled the woman to consider herself Lucky she was t married to a Girlie  i have news for you. My husband is not a Girlie nut but i wish he were i could fight that. He s a  How does a wife Deal with a Man who loves to bewitch the boys it can be a card game Pool Bowling fish ing Hunting soccer handball anything where men get to Gether. If there s no buddy activity he can go to hell just sit in a bar and talk to the bartender. If you can come up with a solution to this you Are a Genius. Thank  by the boys dear bested offhand i Cantli Ink of a few things a wife can do for her husband that the boys can t. She can give him a feeling of Pride and importance in a Way that the boys never can. If More wives would listen to themselves talk to their husbands when they Walkin at night they might get a clue As to Why the Guy would rather be elsewhere. 1907, publishers newspaper Syndicate the stars and stripes Vitou stick a pin through the Little Shell s Hole give a slight a pull and out comes a Juicy Snail Portugal s popular appetizer. To be � in Lesb a. Claims to Seil a total of 4h tons of snails per month served in Little saucers and costing about 4 Centa " i have to Cook More than 500 pounds of snails a Day to serve customers the owner of a Snail hone up. Most Snail addicts a bartender explained Are patrons who can Tafford to Down their Beer with the More expensive seafood lobster costs around $15 a Pound in Portugal. This is twice a average Day s salary for a skilled worker. Snails Are now being cultivated by the thousands in wooden Box like nurseries. Some Are exported in cans to other european arte also exp red for decoration of dishes in first restaurants. Foud the to Way to Cook them says Ivo a a so n bar soak the snails for one hour and then i Wash an clean them thoroughly at least twice. And now comes the most difficult part the flavor. Be Foreng t 5? irl s0ume, Curry garlic and Nutmeg. When it is i add a dash of mint and  it tastes Good his customers agree. And it s  a weekend tour to the principality of Liechtenstein fourth smallest country in the world is scheduled to depart on oct 13 tuning from Wiesbaden Frankfurt Rhine main Heidelberg and Karlsruhe and will return oct 15.included is a visit to the world famous Art gallery in Vaduz. Lucaj Al Cut and an excursion to the Liechtenstein  tour Price is $26 and includes motor coach transportation one Harn and egg breakfast dinner overnight and Continental breakfast at a first class hotel tips taxes Entrance fees and guides a descriptive pamphlets should be available in the above mentioned departure Point service clubs. Wac London is Emigrant ships passengers and their voyages inca is the theme of an exhibition at Britain s National maritime museum Greenwich. Emphasized Are the hazards of 19th Century Emigrant sea travel inadequate food overcrowding and ship s fever being the chief dangers. Among the exhibits is a photograph of the Emigrant vessel Peter and Sarah a 50-foot ship built in 1818 also on display Are jars of Brown sugar Oatmeal Tea an biscuits an Emigrant s rations of the times Marlborough England up a pre roman Mound the largest of its kind in Europe has Long baffled British Archeo Logiste seeking to discover who built it and when and Why the Volcano shaped 130-foot High Hill will be explored in detail for three years by a team under the direction of Cardiff University prof. Richard Atkinson. Many experts believe the Mound is actually a huge Tomb dating Back to the Bronze age possibly containing the body of the builder of the famed stonehenge. Goren on Bridge North South vulnerable. East deals. North aa875 vq84 0 j963 East a k 10 4 3v973 a1059 3 2 a j962 vk65207 k10 8 5 South a okq842 a j7the bidding East southpaws 1 0 pass 2 it pass pass North 3nt West pass pass pass opening Lead five of East defended As if he was looking at All four hands when he uncovered the Only Lead to submerge South s three no Trump  opened the five of clubs and East played the nine South winning the trick with the Jack. Declarer led the King of Dia monds which was permitted to hold and followed with a Small Diamond to Dummy s Jack As West discarded the Deuce of hearts. East was in with the Ace of  reasoned that he had a reasonably accurate count of his partner s distribution. West s Lead of the five of club marked him with a maximum of four cards in that suit since every Tower spot was in sight. West had shown out on the Sec Ond Diamond which meant that he held eight cards in the major suits. It appeared Likely that West had four Spades and four hearts for if he had five hearts it was reasonable to assume that he would have led that suit originally in prefer ence to clubs. If West has four Spades then Declarer has Only one in which Case a Spade shift should prove effective for Tho defense. In order to cover the possibility that Declarer s Spade might be the Queen East re turned the King of Spades. South held off for two rounds an then put up Dummy s Ace. Since he had Only eight tricks at this Point one Spade one heart four diamonds and two clubs he led the Queen of hearts for a finesse. West won the trick with the King and cashed a Spade to Send Declarer Down to  East does not switch to a Spade when he it in with Thea e of diamonds South pastime to develop the fulfilling trick in hearts. Copyright 1967. The Chicago Tribune monday september 25, 1967