Mediatrics Presents: THE AFRICAN QUEEN (John Huston, 1952) HUMPHREY BOGART won his only Academy Award for his portrayal of the hard drinking skipper of "The African Queen" who must face the hardships of the African tjungle with KATHERINE HEPBURN, the prim sister of a missionary. Fri, April 13 Nat Sci Aaud 7:00, 8:45, 10:30 -and- THE PAPER CHASE A story about a first year low student (TIMOTHY BOTTOMS) trying to do well academically and date his professor's daughter at the same time. By the end of the film, he learns a pretty important lesson about the grading system. Sat, April 14 Not Sci Aud 7:00 & 9:00 -ADMISSION $I.50- he Ann Arbor Film CooperVtive presents at MLB 3 SATURDAY, APRIL 14 EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF AND GOD AGAINST ALL (Werner Herzog, 1975) 7 & 9-MLB 3 A film concerned with madness and alienation, based on the legendary Kasper Houser story about a man who mysteriously appears in a German town with no memory of experience of life. The portrayal of Kasper by Bruno S., a psychotic with a similar case history, is as intense cis it is unconventional. The most popular film of the 1975 Cannes Film Festival. In German, with subtitles. Monday: TEA FOR TWO: Join Sinclair Freedom Rally CLAUDIA WEILL'S 1978 GIRLFRIENDS Klutzy but talented woman photographer and her arty coed friend share an apartment until the later decides to get married. MELANIE MAYRON, as the photographer, redecorates the place, changes her appeal, falls in love with her Rabbi and swears off free-lonch hackwork at weddings and Bar Mitzvahs. But will she make it? Not a studio film but the work of a dedicated few over a period of three years. The surprise critical success of 1978. With ELI WALLACH, in 35 MM 8 Color. SUN: Hitchcock's DIAL M FOR MURDER CINEMA GUILD TONIGHT AT OLD ARCH. AUD. CINE A G ILD 7:00 & 9:05 $1.50 Page 6-Saturday, April 14, 1979-The Michigan Daily EXPER TS ARGUE TREATMENT WORSE THAN DISEASE Cocaine may cure arthritis, KELSEYVILLE, Calif. (AP) - A country doctor says cocaine can relieve the pain and symptoms of crippling arthritis, but experts on the illness say the purported cure may be worse than the disease. Dr. Lowell Somers of this tiny Lake County com- munity 100 miles north of San Francisco told repor- ters he used cocaine and Darvon to successfully treat arthritis in 13 states. "GOD PROVIDED ME with this opportunity to give something to mankind. I am dedicated to seeing that it becomes public," Somers said. But Dr. John Decker, clinical director of the National Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases in Bethesda, Md., said he doubts the cocaine-Darvon combination had any effect on the sufferer's arthritis - except to reduce pain. "We get a cure a week for arthritis and this is in the same category," he said. "THERE ARE times when you have to give ar- thritis patients medicine to relieve pain, but physicians are constantly trying to make sure people don't become addicted to it. That can be a worse monkey on your back than joint pain," he added.' Cocaine, while not physically addictive, is con- sidered by experts to be pychologically addictive. It is also illegal except when used under a doctor's care. Darvon is a brand name for a mild prescription pain killer. The only pain-killing medications of real value against arthritis are those which also reduce the in- flammation in swollen joints. The most common treatment is large doses of aspirin,he said. However, cocainerand Darvon do not have an anti- inflammatory power, Decker said. SOMERS' UNORTHODOX treatment brought the physician under scrutiny by the state Board of Medical Quality Assurance, but no action was taken. Somers also was removed from the staff of a local hospital and had to close one of three offices due to a drop in the number of patients. doctor says meaningless," and added, "You should take'this with a large grain of salt." Somers, 40, said he discovered the treatment whent two of his cousins, who are identical twins, came to see him. One of them had a serious case of rheumatoid arthritis. THE ONLY difference in their lifestyles was that the healthy twin had been using cocaine in Los Angeles. He persuaded Somers to try the drug as a prescription. Somers, who said he was "reluctant to order the powder, as you can well imagine," made a solution of the cocaine and Darvon, dried it with a hair dryer, and gave it to the arthritic twin. Somers said he later discovered that the drug's powdered hydrochloride form, the kind most com- monly sold illegally on the street, does not affect ar- thritis. But he said that the alkaloid form, sniffed or taken orally, was a different story. "It relieved the pain," Somers said, "and I thought that's all there was to it. But two weeks later the symptoms were also diminishing." A spokesperson at the Atlanta said Somers' Arthritis Foundation in results were "almost r ud 1 r F I TONITE ONLY! CINEMA li Angell Hall, Aud "A" 7:00 & 9:00 $1.50 -0 L" ,-TA P" Based on an actual event, AHW recreates the un- deniable and irreversible beginning of a new era- the birth of rock and roll. It is 1959; a cultural revolution is happening in America. CHURCK BERRY, JERRY LEE LEWIS and BUDDY HOLLY have taken over the record charts. Elvis reigns as King. And Alan Freed (TIM McINTIRE), the controversial NY disc jockey who made it all happen over the radio, is planning the first anniversary Rock and Roll show at the Brooklyn Paramount Theatre. In spite of a plot by the local DA to close the show, the audience is treated to the pulsating rock and roll of Chuck Berry performing "Sweet Little Sixteen," Jerry Lee Lewis bringing the house down with "Great Ball of Fire," and rocking musical numbers by screaming Joy Hawkins and the Chesterfields. ."Rock and Roll is here to stay!" With Loraine Newman. (91 m). Plus Short--THE HECKLING HARE (1941)-Tex Avery directed this, his fourth and last caroon featuring Bugs Bunny (whom Avery created). SUN.-HARDER THEY COME I r t Psych dept. delays release of Project Outreach revisions L- . I BY JOHN SINKEVICS Although the Psychology Depar- tment's Undergraduate Committee had planned to complete its draft for revision of Project Outreach yesterday, Committee Chairman Tony Morris said the report will not be released until next week. The revisions in Outreach were prompted by the Literary College's (LSA) Executive Committee's decision two weeks ago to set aside Teaching Assistant (TA) allocations for the program until specific changes in its teaching structure and credit arrangements are made. The LSA committee asked the Psychology Department to increase the number of faculty supervisors in Outreach, and also recommended the total number of credits a student may take in the program, 12, be reduced. MORRIS SAID the release of the report is being delayed in order to cir- culate it to persons in the department for additional comment. "My guess is we'll give the final report to the Psychology Department's Executive Committee for review by the ,middle of next week," said Morris. "I think the draft we have right now represents the direction in which we're headed." Et RIVER NIGER By Joseph A. Walker Featurig EL WNKER Wed. April II- Sat. April 14-8PM. Sun. April15.2 PM Power Center e 1 Morris would not comment on details of the report, but he indicated earlier that his committee might decide not to recommend an increase in faculty supervision of the program. The Undergraduate Committee's report must first be submitted to the Psychology Department's Executive Committee for approval before it is sent before the LSA Executive Committee for final judgement. Garbage can fire results in S. Quad evacuation Y By KEVIN ROSEBOROUGH A fire in three garbage cans on South Quad's fifth floor resulted in the evacuation of the entire building early yesterday morning. South Quad Building Director Mary Bewley said the fire - confined to a garbage storage room on the 700 corridor - was discovered by a resident. The resident pulled a fire alarm and the building was evacuated. No injuries were reported. THE FIRE WAS extinguished by seventh loor Resident Advisor (RA) Tom Bundt. "I was going to get a coke," said Bundt, "when I saw a lot of smoke. I went down the hall, where there hap- pens to be a fire station, grabbed an ex- tinguisher, and went down two floors. "I found the fire, which seemed to be going pretty good - smoke went all the way up to the eighth floor. I put it out with the chemical fire extinguisher," said Bundt, a Literary College senior., The cause of the blaze hasn't yet been determined, said Bewley, although ar- son has not been eliminated as 'a possibility. A purposely set fire caused an estimated $30,000 in damage at Bur- sley Hall last month. Heavy smoke from the fire causesi enough damage to require eventu4l repainting in the corridor Bewley said. "But residents of the floor were able to return to their rooms after the fire, she added. 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