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The Daily's 4th annual Turkey

wards

IN. HONOR of the rapidly approaching
Thanksgiving holiday, The Daily presents
the Fourth Annual Turkey Awards. Our panel
of fowl experts have judged turkeys from all
over the world, and chosen the best in each of 20
categories. The winners are...
The "We Have Ways Of Making You Talk"
Turkey goes to Monroe County Judge James
"Machine Gun" Kelley for ruling that the
c Township Twenty had to reveal their mayoral
'ballots.
r' The "Why Think When You Can Type"
Turkey is awarded to Detroit Free Press col-
umnist Bob Talbert, for driving us out of our
minds EVERY moanin'.
The "Bert Lance High Finance" Turkey be-
longs to the Tenants Union, which had an un-
disclosed amount of money embezzled from its
general escrow account.
The "Funny, You Don't Look Jewish" Tur-
?key goes -to Anwar el-Sadat for his trip to
Israel, and the "I'd Walk A Mile For A Camel"
Turkey to Menahem Begin for saying he's go to
g Egypt to tell Barbara Walters that he and An-
war like each other.
The "Earl Butz Civil Rights" Turkey is
claimed by Allan Bakke for his valiant attem-
pts to reverse centuries of discrimination
through affirmative action programs.
The "What They Don't Know Won't Hurt
Them" turkey was won jointly by former City
Accountant Marc Levin and the brokerage firm
of Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner and Smith, for
the time and care they took investing our tax.
dollars.
The "You Never Get My Best Side" Turkey
R is awarded to the ABC cameraman's favorite,
Woody Hayes.
The "A Government As Good As Its People"
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Turkey to presidential press secretary Jody
Powell, who tried to smear Sen. Charles Percy
all over the state of Illinois - and then said it
was all a big mistake and he was sorry.
The "Moral Equivalent Of War" Turkey to
President Jimmy Carter, who surrendered
without a shot when Congress attacked his
energy program.
The "I'd Rather Fight Than Switch" Turkey
to state Rep. Rosetta Ferguson who hit Rep.
Perry Bullard with an ashtray when he sold her
some bad stuff.
The "Anyone For Basketball" Turkey to the
Kent State University administration for refus-
ing to stop the gym construction.
The "Sympathize-Empathize" Turkey to
South African Justice Minister James Kruger
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who suggested that late black leader Stephen
Biko's head injuries might have been self-in-
flicted saying: "I, too have often thought of
banging my head against a wall."
The "It's What's Up Front That Counts"
Turkey to the three University students who
posed for Playboy.
The "Marsupial Justice" Turkey to the jury
in the VA nurses trial.
The "I Want To See My Smiling Face On
The Cover Of The Rolling Stone ... But I'll Set-
tle For Newsweek" Turkey to Billy Carter for
the most successful media blitz this side of his
brother's.
The "Yves St. Laurent" Turkey for exper-
tise in fashion designing goes to former
Wisconsin Judge Archie Simonson for declar-
ing that women invite sexual assault by
wearing provacative clothing.
The "Everything You Always Wanted To
Know About Sex, But Were Afraid Your Kids
Would Find Out" Turkey lands in the lap of
Councilman Lou Belcher for his proposed porn
ordinance which acknowledges "a person of
one sex (providing) personal services for a
person of the other sex on an individual basis in
a closed room" as long as it doesn't happen
within 1,500 feet of schools, churches and child
care centers.
The "I Like Oranges But I'm No Fruit"
Turkey will be found on Anita Bryant's holiday
table tomorrow in honor of her long-winded
campaign against homosexuals.
The "Away In A Manger No Sheep Did He
Lay" Turkey to Hustler publisher Larry Flynt
for announcing that his pornography magazine
is going religious, adding: "If we do deal with
sex it'll be promoting a healthy attitude toward
sex rather than a perverted one."

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rIWE ial
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Health Service Handbook

Vol. LXXXVIII, no. 66

420 Maynard Sf., Ann Arbor, MI 48109
News Phone: 764-0552

Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan
Israeli and Arab students
should discuss the issues

QUESTION: What causes hali-
tosis and what can be done about
it?
ANSWER: Take heart - bad
breath is better than no breath at
all. Seriously though, almost
everyone has an offensive breath
odor at one time or another but if
it is persistent it may be a medi-
cal or dental disorder that needs
lWoking into. However, our assist-
ant Medical Director, Dr. Paul
Durkee, has found, particularly
in the college age group, that it is
very often either an irrational
worry on the part of the patient
which is unjustified, or comes
from a partner's perception that
the person smells different from
him/her. As we have been saying
in a number of our columns, there
are different body types with dif-
ferent chemistries. If we weren't
in the habit of wearing perfumes,
we would probably be able to dis-
tinguish and appreciate people by
their unique natural smells as
well as appearance. The adver-

W HILE PRESIDENT Sadat was
making his historic bid for peace
in the Knesset this past weekend, Israeli
students at the University embarked
on their own ambitious attempt to es-
tablish a dialogue with the Arab stu-
dent community. The Israelis held an
open house at East Quad Sunday night,
in the hope that they and thecArabs
would finally have a forum in which to
exchange of views on Mideast prob-
lems might be achieved. To the dismay
and disappointment of the Israeli hosts,
no guests arrived.
Instead, a lone representative of
the campus chapter of The Organiza-
tion of Arab Students made a hasty
entrance and exit, taking just enough
time to hand out a scalding condemna-
tion of Sadat's visit to the Jewish state.
The actions of the Arab students in
this affair are both regrettable and
deserving of censure. When dealing
with the Middle East, an area that pre-
sents one of the world's most pressing
problems, any endeavor to create a
dialogue is to be applauded and en-
couraged. A rejection of that dialogue
serves only to hinder the possibility of
fachieving any form of a peaceful settle-

ment in this sensitive area.
Tp HE FACT THAT this incident oc-
cured in a university community,
an .intended marketplace for ideas,
makes it even more appalling. Regard-
less of the fact that Mideast leaders
may or may not concur on the time
and place to settle their differences,
students from those countries should
always embrace any occasion in which
rational discussion might take place.
The failure of the Arab students to
appear at the Israeli open house will
inevitably raise doubts in the student
community as to the Arab desires for
peace. Their appearance could only
have helped to improve a situation that,
until Sadat's visit, appeared to be rap-
idly deteriorating.
We sincerely hope that in the future,
all efforts to create a dialogue will be
met with equal enthusiasm by all par-
ties involved. Only in this way will Arab
and Israeli students be able to both
understand and resolve their national
differences. The realization remains
that if there can be no discussion in
Ann Arbor, what hope is there for any
agreement in Geneva?

tising media have created so
much worry about various body
odors that it often arouses undue
apprehension about both our-
selves and anyone who carries
smells different from our own.
Nonetheless, the following is a
list of some of the possible dental
and medical causes of halitosis:
Teeth - unpleasant odor may
be due to the accumulation of
plaque (collection of tiny food
particles) which cannot always
be dislodged with ordinary brush-
ing. Infected pockets of tissue
around the teeth or an abscessed
tooth are even more certain sour-
ces of mouth odor.
Tongue - many people can
have a coated tongue laden with
foul smelling food particles. Nor-
mally the tongue will be cleaned
by saliva and eating but this is
not always the case. So, if the
tongue 'is coated, brushing it will
not hurt it and might, in fact, im-
prove your sense of taste.
Infected sinuses, tonsils, ade-
noids or even lungs - like any
chronic infection in the mouth,

these can lead to bad odors as the
breath passes over the areas and
out the mouth. SOmetimes en-
larged adenoids obstruct the
nasal passage and cause mouth
breathing which in turn leads to
dryness and coated tongue.
Digestive system -- ordinarily,
the esophagus (the tube from the
mouth to the stomach) is empty,
but in some people there may be
a pocket called a diverticulum
which can trap food. This food,
mixed with saliva trapped in the
pocket, can have a foul odor. A
related disorder called the com-
mon hiatal hernia, may have a
similar effect. A small portion of
the stomach slides through the
opening in the diaphragm and
may cause some of the contents
to flow back into the lower
esophagus. The odors of the
stomach under this condition will
waft upward and join the breath.
Alcohol, garlic, onion and other
spices - the volatile components
are carried by the blood stream
to the. lungs and breathed out
when you exhale.

Severe dieting - on a strongly
restricted carbohydrate diet, the
body forms excess amounts of
acetone because the chemical
balance is disturbed. It is carried
to the lungs like alcohol com-
ponents (even smells like them)
and is breathed out. Incidentally,
a diabetic out of control also for-
ms excess acetone and is often
mistaken for drunk when in a
coma prelude.
Liver and other diseases -
these may also impart vapors to
the lungs. A number of medicines
and drugs do the same. Mouth
washes have a very temporary
masking action and are not
harmful but will, of course, not
cure the halitosis if there is really
a physical cause.
Please send all health related
questions to:
Health Educators
U-M Health Service
Division of Office of
Student Services
207 Fletcher
Ann Arbor, MI 48109


Letters to
PLO cartoon

The Daily

To The Daily:
As an American Jew and a
supporter of Israel, I was both of-
fended and outraged by a
recent editorial cartoon that de-
picted members of the Palestine
Liberation Organization (PLO)
playing cards in what appeared
to be a bomb shelter as Israeli
planes flew overhead. The cap-
tion read: "The Airplanes? ... Re-
lax! That's just the Israeli pilots
on their way to bomb the refugee
camp down the road!" The obvi-
ous implication was that this was
not a strategic air strike aimed at
flushing out terrorists, but rather
just an effort to murder innocent
people.
This one-sided depiction
evidences an obvious un-
sophisticated comprehension of
the complexities involved in the
present mideast crisis. The pur-
pose of this letter is to prevent the
"other side" to what I consider to
be a most distasteful editorial.
The first point I would like to
be noted is that the Israeli air
strike in Southern Lebanon was
in retaliation for a series of
rocket attacks on the peaceful
seaside town of Neharia, that
killed three innocent people. The
PLO claimed responsibility for
this ruthless attack. Where was
the editorial cartoon commenting
on this senseless destruction of
human life? There was none, of
course. The world never has and
never will cry out when Jewish
blood is spilled. When Israeli set-
tlements are attacked by Arab
terrorists one seldom sees action
at the United Nations, but when
Tcra~li nlinp~A trike tardet~s in

world. In the spring of 1974, I was
living on an Israeli kibbutz three
miles from Neharia which was
the target of the recent errorist
attack, and about 12 mikes from a
town named Maa t. Arab
terrorists surprised a group of
over 100 Israeli children who
were spending the night at a
school while on an outing. The
Israeli government negotiated
throughout the day for the
release. of these children.
Unable to come to terms, the
Israeli army was forced to storm
the school as the deadline the
terrorists had set up was about
to pass. The terrorists opened fire
with guns and grenades killing
and wounding as many as they
could before they themselves
were shot to death. It was a
horrid event that shocked the
conscience of civilized nations
until Israel retaliated for this
shameful spectacle a few days
later, with an air strike in
Lebanon. Suddenly people forgot
what had prompted the air strike,
and Israel wad condemned
throughout the world. From my
kibbutz high upon a hill I heard
the erie sound of ambulances
carrying those who were woun-
ded to the hospital in nearby
Neharia. One would have thought
that four savage wars in 25 years
would have hardened people to
accept this as an inevitable result
of their constant struggle for sur-
vival. Nevertheless, this was not
what happened. Somehow this
futileness of it all. Twenty-five
years had passed and still not -a
day had gone by when they could
sit back and not need to worry

ask what are the Israelis sup-
posed to do when yet another sen-
seless attack occurs? I cannot
condone the recent air strike
(many lives were lost), but I can-
not condemn it either-I can un-
derstand it. If the Israeli gover-
nment were to acquiesce in the
face of acts such as this, then
those perpetrating such acts
would only feel that they could
get awdy with them. You may
say that when Israel retaliates
this does not operate to deter
future incidents-it only leads to
a circular occurrence of sen-
seless bloodshed. In many in-
stances this is admittedly true.
Not long after Israel's retaliatory
raid into Lebanon some bombs
exploded in Jerusalem killing
more Israelis. I ask again where
was the editorial cartoon? Where
was the condemnation of the
world. Perhaps retaliation will
not stop future Arab attacks, but
I think that the alternative
(acquiescence) would only en-
courage them.
-Brad Shapiro
south africa
To The Daily:
I commend you on your editori-
al concerning the investment of
Daily-derived profits in South
Africa. I also commend the sim-
plicity of your answer toa very
complex question: withdrawal of
investments in order to bring
down the Vorster regime despite
the hardship this may cause to
the people all of us would like to
help.

publication of the newspaper.
Some would argue that this
would deprive students of much-
needed information, or deprive
Daily editors of career. oppor-
tunities. Your own editorial,
however, answers these
legitimate concerns adequately:
"We recognize the sincerity of
these arguments but we find
them groundless.. . If [South
African blacks] are willing to
bear hardship for a chance at
'freedom, we owe them the chan-
ce."
Indeed, the ringing final
paragraph of your editorial
might be used in connection with
my suggestion: "If [the editors of
the Daily] would 'decide that
apartheid is utterly evil and
should end, they could go a long
way toward bringing it tumbling
down. We urge [ourselves], in the
strongest terms possible, to make
that decision and act upon it im-
mediately."
Question: Is the detern ination
of appropriate behavior in the
face of recognized evil a little
more complicated than, your
editorial righteously makes it
appear, or will the Daily editors
be true to their convictions?
-James A. Martin
Professor of Law

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