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lTLJ-u TKi How St. Patrick's Day Should Be Celebrated Quick Takes Doctors frequently don't treat pain where It realty hurt says an article In Postgraduate Medicine magazine. According to researcher Jules Older, doctors treating patients complaining of pain may fall to recog nle serious psychological problems triggering the discomfort. For example, patients will often suffer from aches In the back, stomach or head to avoid unpleasant tasks: the pain Is real but is disguising other problems One danger of avoiding the root of the problem overprescnbing medication. What make workaholic bl-bth emecattve keep tbeir note to the fjetadstoeie? A new study says that for most business executives the motive is not money but love of their work.

Two-thirds of those surveyed said they would still work even If they were financially independent. If someone tells yo It's raining cats and dogs, watch oat! The Humane Society of the U.S. estimates that kittens and puppies are being bom at the rate of 2.000 to 3.500 an hour. Almost of the animals will be turned over to animal shelters, and 90 of those turned in will eventually be put to death for lack of adoptive homes. Rumor has It that Georgia Tech researchers have developed a device that cuts smoke from diesel truck and bus engines and makes them give off a fresh popcorn smell.

Who knows, with escalating bus fares, maybe bus drivers will start showing movies, too. "People go to the pub and 'drown the shamrock' to celebrate The holiday usual ly falls in the middle of Lent, so for 1 dav people are allowed to indulge in what they gave up." If you think the St. Patrick's Day meal of corned beef, cabbage and potatoes is traditional Irish fare. Golden says you're only half right: "Most Irishmen in the past could not afford corned beef. They would cook their cabbage and potatoes with scraps such as pig's cheek to flavor the broth for the Irish equivalent of soul food." And here's another surprise the color traditionally associated with St.

Patrick was not green but blue. Most Inshmen wouldn't recognize our St Patrick's Day celebrations says Sean Golden, an asst. prof, of English at Notre Dame. Golden, who hails from Ireland's County Mayo, says that many features of St. Patrick's Day festivities, such as parades, the "wearing of the green" and even (gulp') green beet, are strictly American inventions.

"In Ireland. St. Patrick's Day is a holy day of obligation." says Golden. "Everyone goes to mass wearing a sprig of shamrock, which is associated with St. Patrick, in their lapel.

After mass the religious part of the celebration is over, and it becomes the Irish equivalent of Mardi Gras. Model Trains In The Classroom Teachers across the country arc hoping Jitat learning will become child's play with the help of a new educational tool the model tram. The trains, which have been tested in several Calif, school districts, have raised achievement levels and improved class attendance, according to Dr. Marian Wagstaff. a developer of the program and a prof, emeritus of education at California State Univ.

(L A The trains are used to teach a variety of subjects, says Wagstaff. For example, fol-Jpwing the assembly instructions can help reading skills. In math classes students can compute the time it takes trains to go around different length tracks, the electnc bills of operating the trains and the size of products that can be earned in freight cars. Wagstaff says even the teachers are being won over by the trains: "At first they say. 'Oh.

I couldn't do Then once they get started working with the trains, they love it." Crime Stoppers Citizens are providing police with anonymous information in a new program set up in Albuquerque. N.M. and are being paid for it. In its first 16 months, information from a new program called Crime Stoppers has helped solve 364 felony cases, ranging from homicide to rape, and law-enforcement officials throughout the country are eager to start similar programs. Crime Stoppers was the brainchild of officer Greg MacAleese and his wife, Jo.

"It grew out of the cop's steady frustration when people wouldn't come forward with information." says MacAleese. "We tried to figure out how to motivate people." The MacAIeeses' solution was the privately funded Crime Stoppers' program in which citizens would receive a reward of up to $1,000 for information leading to a felony indictment. Anonymity is guaranteed by giving each caller a code number. If the information leads to an indictment, police print and broadcast the number so that the caller can collect the reward. BIRTHDAYS (all Pisces): Sunday -Liza Minnelli 32; James Taylor 30: Walter Schirra Jr.

55: Edward Albee 50. Monday Neil Sedaka 39; Sammy Kaye 68; Walter Annenberg 70. Tuesday Michael Caine 45. Frank Borman 50; Eugene Cernan 44; Quincy Jones 45. Wednesday Eddie Arnold 70; Sly Stone 34; Mike Love 37.

Thursday Daniel Moynihan 51; Mike Mansfield 75: Jerry Lewis 52; Pat Nixon 66. Friday Rudolf Nureyev 40; Mercedes McCam-bridge 60; John Sebastian 34. Saturday John Updike 46; George Plimpton 51 Charley Pride 40; Wilson Pickett 37. How To Overcome Shyness Do you dread parties because you're afraid of becoming tongue-tied? Do you hang onto a spouse or a friend all evening because you don't know how to approach new people? If so, you could enjoy meeting people more with the help of these suggestions, says Dr Edward C. Norman, a prof, of psychiatry and preventive medicine at Tulane Univ.

He says shyness is a habit based on previous experiences, but it can be broken. "Shy people are anxious about things that might happen," he says. "You can make yourself less anxious by preparing beforehand for different situations." Another way of overcoming shyness, says Norman, is to develop confidence about your ability to function socially. If you succeed in striking up a conversation with a new co-worker or neighbor, you'll be more confident at an important business or social event. "Recognize your own assets and limitations and try to do what feels comfortable." Norman says.

"If you're a person who always forgets punch lines, don't try to be a comedian." Bikers Beware Bicycle-riding is the cause of a growing number of accidents, particularly among children and teenagers, says the Health Insurance Inst. Last year there were 300,000 bicycle accidents in the U.S.. including 38 deaths. One way to help protect your child is to make sure that his or her bicycle is the right size. A study by the Nat'l Safety Council found that children riding bicycles that were too large for them were involved in significantly more accidents than children riding bicycles of the proper size.

Also watch out for gravel and slippery or uneven road surfaces, which were singled out as major factors in bicycle accidents. BIRTHDAY PEOPLE: Pat Nixon and Michael Caine FAMILY WEEKLY The Newspaper Magazine President end Publisher Morton Frank Executive V.P.-Sales Director Patrick M. Unskey Executive Editor, Scott DeGarmo up Roberta Collins: Production Helens Weitzner; Planning, Michael Montemurro P. Ad Manager, Gerald S. Wroe; Assoc Eastern Richard K.

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March 12. 1978 Cover Photo by Marcia Transworld.