European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 27, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 18 the stars and stripes modern economic goad times and the shortened workweek have inspired growing of men and women to forsake their easy desks and work benches and become weekend few regardless of skill or expenses have escaped the notice of this enthusiastic the weekend athlete dashes out to buy expensive join sports and Stock up on books and just As he usually ignores the hazards the sport in the chances of injury increase with the number of hours the weekend athlete spends in sedentary pursuits the rest of the Muscles Are out of breath is endurance yet the weekend sportsman expects his or her body to function like that of a seasoned statistics on sports injuries suggest one consequence of this the con Sumer product safety commission reports that in 1975 the sports and related sports equipment producing the greatest number of injuries requiring Hospital emergency room in order of descending Magni were april 1977 by my Hall football basketball swings slides and related playground Snow fish and even apparently benign sports like bowl Golf and billiards Are not medical journal articles add another dimension to the weekend ath letes potential for there one encounters Tennis Joe Namath ruptured Achilles tendons and Snow Mobile Bike riders get spoke Badminton players get socked in the Eye by the marksmen come Down with firearm recoil i in addition to the usual Frac Tures and a Peculiar ailment known As gamekeepers the leather strap atop the ski pole handle causes a thumb Liga ment to waterspouts injuries Range from surfers nodules swollen areas on the Chest or knee to speedboat propeller to a Host of water skiing including an extremely forceful Douch enema when a water skier sits Down in the water while being Lowed along at 40 Miles per up clunkers people who enjoy crawling around on their stomachs inside caves risk not Only scratched legs and but rabies from infected bats which inhabit if there is a completely Safe sport yet the medical literature dogs not mention yet the risks should not be allowed to outweigh the health benefits of participating in some simple precautions can minimize particularly before the weekend athlete takes up a new have a Complete medical examination beforehand to be sure you Are healthy enough for the sport acquaint yourself with the safety rules and potential risks of the sport preconditioning exercises take instruction in the sport itself introduce yourself to the sport gradual on the first do not ski or play Tennis Tor six future columns will Deal with hazards of specific As Well As with heat injuries and dehydration which affect All  Art Buchwald Washington i walked into my sons room As he was stretched nut on his bed watching a basketball game on i id Luce to talk to you about the american remember when i told you a few years ago that someday you would have everything you Ever wanted in thanks to the Ameri can dream he and Ive been counting on it Ever i just heard president Carter talk about Energy on to and he said no one can count on the a american dream any its a whole new Ball and were going to have to make sacrifices and give up Many things that weve gotten used Why dad my son because were were using up Energy faster than it can be were wasteful people who Haven Given a thought to the but were he i its hard to believe americans would do anything but in turns out even America is running out of fuel much faster than we Ever dreamed we no one Ever thought it would happen to the Good 1 dont know How to Tell you but when you become successful and achieve the wherewithal to enjoy the fruits of your you will probably not be Able to buy a Large my son bit his lip to keep from but you promised he i know 1 promised you a Cadillac but it int my fault i cant Deli this despite its Power and can no longer afford the luxury of Gas guzzlers that Only get 12 Miles to the youre going to have to be satisfied with a Small car which Detroit will have to make if we Are to survive As a viable and free How Small he wanted to very i told but that int someday youre going to get married and have a wife and i remember you telling me my son and you said that if i worked hard and i could have a heated swim you can still trave the but by then i doubt if you can install the heated swimming the next thing youre going to Tell me is that when i grown up there wont be electric Golf carts and ill have to walk the entire 18 it could come to f though the president didst mention anything about electric Golf there is a that our Homes will be colder in the Winter and hotter in the and you May have to give up electrical appliances such As can you mean in going to have to open up cans manually it can be i assured what about my stereo set he you could be limited to four what kind of american dream is that when each person can have Only four speakers its not the american anyone has known in the but our sur Vival depends on and whether anyone likes it or not were going to have to give up the things we hold Dearest to us like snowmobiles and lighted Tennis courts and throwaway god knows Ive worked and scraped so you could have everything you wanted in but it just want meant to do you think any one of us Ever imagined that someday our children would have to take a bus a bus he i was saving that for  today crossword 25 19 427 across i scorch s Public vehicle 8 engendered 12 Frog Genus is harem room ii wine form is greedily eager is and not 17 defense 18 Faith 20 word with toe or up 22 in Madrid 23 soak flax 24 immature Flowers Al adhesive friction 32 most of panic a Container Triode 35 correction 38 once More 39 anger 40 employ 42 baseballs Stan 45 Large arteries 41 dismounted Black Gold 52 heard at the met 53 word in Mark 54 bad 55 Mountain Lake of without 57 French marshal 58 fencing sword Down 1 crustacean i possess 3 Dye indigo 4 needed in 5 part of the wedding scene 6 fuss 7 poet s headgear 9 a return Force solution time 26 10 crafted 11 Portal 19 overhead railway 21 part of a curve 24 Legal profession 25 one u separation 28 in Spain 29 yearly 30 crude Metal 31 the present 36 an Eye disorder 37 red or dead 38 charge with Gas 41 therefore 42 West and Murray 43 biblical 421 answer to yesterdays 44 Cut of meat 46 snare 47 River in France 48 rational 51 Island Onn ers dear Ann my husbands Mother lives a considerable Dis Tance from she comes to visit once a year and never More than a i enjoy her we get along its my husband pm writing about when his Mother arrives he becomes a totally different this year it was worse than he came Home late falling Down j fights with us son or his in Plain Lan he behaved just his Mother asked me How i stand it i hate to Tell her he Only behaves that Way when Shes Ive begged and pleaded with him not to drink like a fish when his Mother he always promises to stay sober next time but for some mysterious reason he has to get liquored up when Shes whats the matter with him anyway what can i do to help Diane dear you dont have to be a psychiatrist to figure this one your husband is suffering from unresolved coat ice involving his when she appears on the scene be just cant handle so he turns to booze to Anes Thetie himself and so avoids a Beadon if your husband wants to find out whats bugging hell go or some once the problem is identified be can work on resolving i Hope he does be cause Mother problems Mani fest themselves in Many areas of males dear Ann May i add a few pointers for those who want to help the handicapped i have observed several kind folks attempting to help a Blind person Cross the when they grab an Arm or an it throws the unlighted individual off the Best approach is to let him take your second suggestion when a handicapped person who is accompanied by an attendant or Friend asks for do not address your reply to the other this is galling to the handicapped individual who May be As Alert or intelligent As you or he is made to feel unable to speak for him self or simply not these Are psychological but to the handicapped they Are As vital As ramps or ele please get the message dear i Voois your letter has helped educate millions As one who is Vita by interested in i thank toe 1 dear Ann in menopausal an seeing a i married my present husband in 1968 and have cheated on him several suddenly i have come to my i realize Bow Lucky i am to have him and have decided never to cheat on him 1 i confess Good person and Joves me a in sure hed be very upset if he in hed probably kick me out my shrink cant help me so in turning to dear my advice to to keep your Mouth shot Yoi want to get kicked oat Hare get another ii your pre sent one was any Good you  be writing to cowl fit id Emir paths