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Drug Test Methods
Come Into Spotlight
EDITORS NOTE The case
of the drug thalidomide, which
wai uied experimentally by doc
ton before it was found to cause
babies to be deformed, has fo
cused a spotlight on testing pro
cedures for new drugs. The fol
lowing dlspitch explores - these
procedures and the controversy
that surrounds them. .
By JERRY LANDAUER
Unite! Press International
WASHINGTON (UPI) - Thou
sands of Americana are involved
in the testing of new drugs, but
many of Uiem may never know it.
They are the human .beings
upon which all new drugs' must
be tested before they an b sold.
Before the drugs arejeni to 'se
lected doctors to give to their pi-
Senate To Probe
Work Shutdown
On Nuclear Subs
WASHINGTON fUPIi A Senate
subcommittee plans to: investigate
icuons wai may nave blocked set
tlement of the strike which halted
work on 11 nuclear submarines.
committee cherinleri th h.,inJdrug industry. Sen, Estes Kefau
fnr Mondavth. dav Wn,. snS ver, D-Tenn and a handful of
Idled workers vote on tentative constituents, plus some medi
agreement reached by union and caA authorities and government
tients as experiments, the drugi
are tested on animals. But, as
Food and Drug Administration
( FDA) official pointed out, "ani
mals don't answer all the ques
tions.
There is alwayi the possibility
that the answer to the human
tests may be tragedy. Officials
are praying that no tragedies be'
fall the thousands of persons who
may have been given the drug
thalidomide as an experiment
Thalidomide may cause
many as 5,000 babies in Europe
to be Dorn aeiormeo.
Not Sold In U.S.
The drug never went on sale in
thia-country. thanks to a- auspi.
cious FDA medical officer named
Dr. Frances Kelsey. But it was
tested on humans beings from
1959 until last December, when
Its U.S. maker warned doctors
not to give it to women of child'
bearing age.
So far there have been no re
ports of-deformed children born
to American women who received
the drug In the United States, al
thouih there have been cases in
volving mothers who got the drug
overseas. v
The thalidomide tragedy has
governments itws regulating the
management officials
Subcommittee Chairman John L.
McClellan. D-Ark.. did not aav ex
actly what the actions were which
he intends to investigate.
The government announced the
tentative settlement of the nine-
day strike Friday. Representatives
of the Electric Boat Division of
General Dynamics Corp. and the
New London, conn., Metal Trades
Council approved a three-year con
tract.
The strike had stopped work on
$1 billion worth of submarines at
Groton, Conn. General Dynamics
builds ' the Polaris missile-firing
submarines.
The trades council represents 11
striking unions,
Terms of the. agreement Were
not made public pending ratifica
tion by union members.
The unions struck July 18 over
what an official said were sick
pay and a dispute over how senior
ity should be counted in case of
layoffs.
On July 20, after two days of
fruitless negotiations, Labor Sec-
rotary Arthur J. Goldberg asked
that the talks be moved to Wash
ington.
The walkout forced the sched
uled Aug. 4 launching of the Po-
1HUBH jopunxaiv euvwraqns sijbi
ton to be delayed lnaenmieiy,
Roseburg Teachers
Complete Course
Three Roseburg teachers are
completing work this week on
courses taken at the University of
Oregon Summer Institute of Inter
national Music Education.
Miss Virginia Young, piano
teacher, Mrs. Robert Dishman,
vocal music Instructor in the Suth
erlin Junior High and high school
and Mrs. H. R. McTaggart, home
making teacher at Roseburg High
School, are enrolled in the work
shop In choral literature and inter
pretation and are studying impro
visation as a tool for music teach
ing. World famous guest lecturers for
the music workshops are Dr. Egon
Kraus, professor of music educa
tion at the Teacher Training In
stitute, Oldenburg, and Cesar Brcs
gen, professor of composition,
State Academy of Music, Salz
burg, Austria.
Rancher Gives Calves
To Buyers From Afar
Calves, and more calves,
many in fact that rancher E.
Wright of Melrose gives them
away.
It's hot quite that simple but
Wright docs indeed give a calf
away each month to tho buyer
who comes from the greatest dis
tance to mako a purchase.
Wright, in the calf-selling busi
ness for the last year makes bi
weekly trips to California for his
day-old stock and has buyers from
all over Ihe county. He keeps a
careful log of the distance travel
ed by each purchaser, and at the
end of the month presents the win
ner with a calf.
Winner for June ' was Jimmy
Smith, owner of - the Clara-Dot
Boat Shop in Elkton. The winner
Just announced for this month is
Ross Lent of Azalea.
Wright says he is having a lot
of fun with his calf-giving activi
ties and plans lo continue.
officials, believe Congress must
arm the FDA with more power to
deal with unproven drugs.
As drugs grow more potent, the
officials argue, they grow more
dangerous. And, they charge, the
present laws are too full of holes
to protect tho public.
21 Products Withdrawn
Since the summer of 1958, drug
manufacturers have been forced
to withdraw from the druggists'
shelves 21 of their products which
had proven to be dangerous. All
had met the necessary FDA reg
ulations.
Several of thesg drugs passed
by the FDA turned out to cause
such possible fatals maladies as
blood disease, liver damage and
hepatitis.
In order to get a drug on the
commercial market, a drug man
ufacturer first tests it on ani
mals. Then, if It passes that test,
the company sends it to a select
ed list of doctors who have agreed
to give it to their patients and
report back on the results.
There is no FDA regulation that
the doctors must inform their pa
tients that the drug thev are tak
ing is in tne experimental stage.
An ruA official said that In some
cases, it might be wise to tell
the patient this,
Then,, If the .company feels the
testa snow tne drug is worthwhile.
it suDimts a nil statement of its
qualities, with the results of the
experiments, to the FDA. There
Is no stipulation as to how long
the drug must be tested on ani
mals before being used on human
beings. . ' .
Can Appeal Decision
The application filed . with the
FDA Is considered automatically
approved unless the federal agen
cy, within 60 days, disapproves it
or orders further tests.
The drug manufacturer whose
new pill is rejected can appeal
the decision In court.
Kefauver submitted a sweeDine
drug reform bill that would re
peal the law allowing the drugs
to go on sale m 60 days without
specific approval, a law he claims
permitted many dangerous medi
cines to get on druggists' shelves
Dccausc of time pressures on the
r da.
"Under existing procedures it Is
the American people who unknow
ingly serve as guinea pigs for ex
periments by drug companies,"
Kefauver says.
But his bill was almost entire
ly rewrilton by tho Senate Judici
ary Committee, leaving out the
repeal of the 60-dny law, and tho
outlook for enactment of any bill
at all on Ihe subject becomes
dimmer with each passing day.
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QUEEN CANDIDATE Pat Henry, 19, is another Glide girl who is setting her cop for
the title in the Douglas County Fair. The 5-foot-2 brown-eyed beauty is a .1961 Glide
High School graduate. Her hobbies are sewing, bowling, water skiing, swirnming and
hiking. (Bob Leber photo). ,
Moose Governor To Address
State Convention In City
Judge Ralph D. Moore, general
governor of the Loyal Order of
Moose, will represent the Supreme
Lodge at the urogon Moose Asso
ciation annual convention, slated
Aug. 3-5 in Roseburg.
Judge Moore has served as gen
eral governor of Moose since 1951,
As the chief judiciary officer of
the Moose, Judge Moore interprets
the qeneral laws and established
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JUDGE RALPH D. MOORE
... Moose governor
policies and procedures of the
order for the more than 1900 lodges
In the Moose Fraternity.
Born in Iowa, the judge attended
Dos Moines public schools and
earned his law degree from the
Dcs Moines Collego of Law.
He entered general practice of
law In Des Moines, served five
years in the county attorney's of
fice and was in his seventh year
as judge of the Municipal Court
when he resigned to accept the
post of general governor with offi
cers at Moosehcart, 111.
Clara Thome
Funeral services are scheduled
Monday at 2:30 p.m. in Portland
for Clara Isahellc Thome, 82, who
died in a Roseburg hospital Thurs
day. The services will tnko place at
J. P. Flnlcy and Son chapel. Inter
ment will follow at tho Hoso City
Park Cemetery in Portland. Long
& Sliukle Memorial Chapel is in
chargo of local arrangements.
Mrs. Thome Is survived by two
daughters, Mrs. Lawrence (Marior
le) Thorpe of Hoschurg and Mrs.
George (Barbara) Stephens of New
York City, and eight grandchildren.
Mrs. Thome was a member of
Iho Sunnysido Methodist Church in
Portland. She had lived in Rose
burg for the past two years, com
ing here from Portland, where she
had lived for 50 years.
Trucks Using New
Washington Bridge
The Washington Ave. bridge re
ceived its baptism of traffic Fri
day. Approaches are being built
at each end of the bridge. The
west approach, hcing constructed
by the Oregon Highway Commis
sion, adjoins a new street con
nection between the bridge and
Harvard Ave. The new roadway
will transform a square turn to
a sweeping curve.
Trucks carrying fill material
previously had to cross Oak Ave.
hrtdgo to reach tho cast approach
being built by the city of Rose
burg. But by Friday the grading
and filling at the west end had
progressed lo Ihe point that
ramp permitted loaded trucks to
reach the bridge. They shuttled
from end to end with dirt and
gravel (or the city's fill.
The new Washington Ave. bridge
and the old Oak Ave. structure
will be made one way when all
connections arc completed later
this year.
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AUGUST tS-19 ROSEBURG
Cohabitation Charge
Nets 90 Days In Jail
Peggy Mario Lovell, also known
as Peggy Marie Thrasher, 20,
Sutlierlin, has been committed to
the Douglas County jail for 90 days
and fined $50 by Sutlierlin Muni
cipal Court. The charge was lewd
cohabitation.
James Stanley Garrett, 19, Sutli
erlin, is booked at the county jail
as a Navy deserter and is being
held for authorities.
PROFESSIONAL COURTESY
LONDON (UPI)-A newspaper
has reported this exchange be
tween two law clerks:
"You're a public servant and
I'm a public servant, So don't
talk lo me as if I were a mem
ber of the public."
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Judge Moore joined Des Moines
Moose Lodge No. 849 in 1938 and
is now a life member of that lodge.
He served his lodge as treasurer
and trustee and is a past governor.
In addition, Judge Moore was
state ritual chairman, state mem
bership chairman and president of
the Iowa Moose Association. He
also served as chairman of the Na
tional Ritual Committee. He is a
member of the Century Division of
the 21 Club and has been awarded
the Pilgrim Degree of Merit.
Damascus Little
World's Fair In
Financial Straits
DAMASCUS (UPI) The Da
mascus Little World's Fair Is In
real financial trouble.
Fair officials say they need
some help immediately.
Garland Wiley of Portland, the
president of the exposition, said
at a press conference here Fri
day that the non-profit cor
poration which runs the fair it
565,000 in the red.
."Our .backs , are against-" the
wall and we need help, immediate
neip, financially and morally," ha
said.
Wiley said the fair would ha
forced to close "nerhaos Imme.
diately" unless the corporation
could come up with between $50,
000 and $65,000.
He added that four oersoni In.
eluding himself faced personal
bankruptcy if the exposition collapsed.
The fair, a small scale version
of the Seattle World's Fair,
opened at this small Portland
area community June 2.
Wiley said that four other cities
two of them outside of Oregon
had offered to take the fair but
he added "we want to stay here."
ne am not name the cities.
He listed several reason for
the financial dilema of his orga
nisation; a rainy opening, high
priced talent and high-priced
money lenders.
"It's up to the people of the
metropolitan area of Portland
whether or not they want this fair
for their entertainment," Wiley
said.
In 1959, Damascus staged its
own centennial show to rival the
Oregon Centennial in Portland
and drew more than a million
persons.
Local Man Arrested
On Bad Check Count
City police report the arrest of
Floyd Eric Finn, 6-t, of 921 W.
Stanton St., to face a charge of
writing a not-sufficient-fund check
for $s. He has been booked at the
Douglas County jail.
The check was passed at The
Time Shop, owned by Miles Heagy,
at 715 SK Rose St., dated June 29
and made out on the Roseburg
branch of the U. S. National Bank.
It was learned, police said, that
Finn has several unhonored checks
out. He recently was on probation
for forgery and was taken off pro
bation June 25, police report.
Estelle Wallace
Funeral services for Kstelle Mae
Wallace, 7t, who died Thursday at
a Roseburg hospital following a
prolonged illness will be held at
Wilson's Chapel of the Roses Mon
day at 1 p.m.
The Rev. Robert Hem pel of the
First Church of the Nazarcne will
officiate. Private committal serv
ice will follow at the Roseburg
Memorial Gardens,
Mrs. Wallace was born Nov. 28,
1M7, in Bcllsville, Ohio. She had
lived in the Roseburg arPa for the
past 19 years, moving heTe from
Uis Angeles, Calif.
Her husband, Harry, preceded
her in death in 1961, Mrs. Wallace
was a member of the Naiarene
Church of Roseburg.
Mrs. Wallace is survived by one
daughter, Mrs. Edgar Tanner of
Roseburg; one sister. Mrs. Annie
l.lllard of Ohio; two brothers, Em
metA'owell of Bcllsville, Ohio, and
Zcnas Powell of Bathesda, Ohio;
three grandchildren and four greatgrandchildren.
Sheriff's Office
Probes Assault
The sheriff's office is investiga
ting an assault with a dangerous
weapon on John S. Simmons of
Ht. 1, Box 87 A Sutherlin Thurs
day night. '
Simmons was assaulted in a
Sutherlin tavern by a drinking
companion, according to the re
port of sheriff's deputies. He has
been taken to a Eugene Hospital
wnere ne underwent surgery by a
specialist on his nose.
He reportedly was struck by a
sharp instrument ithe nature of
which has not been-determined on
the side of the nose on a path
with his right eye, the instrument
entering the bone of the nose
bridge.
Simmons and his alleged assail
ant were standing at the bar when
a brief argument ensued. He told
officers the other man said: "So
you want to fight about it." He
said he sensed trouble and started
to leave. When he turned from the
bar he said he was struck and
knocked to the floor.
He was treated by a local physi
cian, then taken to Eugene. Po
lice are continuing their investigation.
2 Major Bean
Fields Ready
The two major bean fields In
North. Douglas County will be
ready for picking Monday.
Owners Lewis Johnsrud and
James Lhamon report many pick
ers are needed, starting at S a.m.
Monday,'
Johnsrud'!, field ia located on
Highway 38 west of Drain, and
Lhamon's is on Highway 99 south
of Drain.
The beans from Johnsrud's 18-
acre field and Lhamon's 20-acre
field are processed in Salem.
A new field this year, which has
not yet called for pickers, is that
of Silas Keener of Curtin. He has
planted 10 acres. Picking there is
not expected to start untu Aug. iu.
State To Spring
Surprise Witnesses
In Estes Inquiry
AMARILLO. Tex. (UPI) -Tex
as Atty. Gen. Will Wilson said he
will spring several "surprise wit
nesses" today at the state court
oi inquiry into the business af
fairs of BUiie Sol Estes.
The third day of testimony in
the court of inquiry resumes at
11 a.m. EDT. Wilson aaid Friday
night that he expects to wind up
the hearing today by recalling
several witnesses and questioning
several other persona "who could
be called surprise witnesses.
"They (the witnesses) have
knowledge of Commercial Solv
ents and some of its transactions '
Wilson said.
Commercial Solvents Corp., Is a
New 1 York chemical , company
wnicn supplied estes witn ferti
lizer and lent him, large amount!
oi money.
Wilson, who returned to Am a
rillo Friday from his father'i fu
neral in Dallas, said "we should
be through around noon."
An indicted associate of Estes
testified Friday that the farm fi
nancier bragged about spending
$100,000 a year in Washington
and once said he was going to
give Lyndon Johnson an interest
in a grain storage bin.
Coleman D. McSpadden of Lub
bock, the associate, said that Es
tes told him he was going to
build a 10-million-bushel grain
storage bin at Hereford, Tex.,
and give a V interest to Vice
President Lyndon Johnson.
McSnadden. president of Su
perior Manufacturing Co. of Am
arillo, told the court of inquiry
that Estes said he spent $100,000
a year on a "situation" in Wash
ington but never explained what
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Camas Valley Sets
High School Signup
Camas Valley High School regis
tration is scheduled Aug. 27, ac
cording to Mrs. Dave Thursh, cor
respondent. Supt. O. J. Monger says regis
tration will take place between the
hours of 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. School
starts Aug. .29.
Monger stated he expects a slight
increase in enrollment this year.
Two new teachers have been add
ed to the staff, Monger said. They
are Mrs. Lloyd Pope, who will
teach the sixth, seventh and eighth
grades; and Mrs. Dorothy Math
eny, who will have the third and
fourth grades. Mrs. Matheny for
merly taught in the Medford school
system.
Capsule Found On Beach
Bears Radioactive Seal
TILLAMOOK (UPI) A small
capsule bearing the seal of t h e
Atomic Energy Commission and
marked "radioactive" was found
on a beach west of here Friday
afternoon.
The AEC at Hanford, Wash.,
immediately announced It was
sending a man to pick up the con
tainer. He was scheduled to leave
Hanford at t a.m. today.
The discovery was made at
Oceanside, west of Tillamook, by
Jerry Land, a 13-year-old Salem
boy. As soon as he saw the word
"radioactive" Jerry left it alone
and called the Coast Guard at
Garibaldi.
Launch Failure
Error Is Traced
WASHINGTON (UPI)-A human
error has been eiven as the rea
son for the unsuccessful launching
last Sunday of a space probe of
Venus.
The National Aeronautics and
Space Administration said Friday
that an improperly worked-out
equation was set into the elec
tronic computer serving as the
brains of the ground control sys
tem.
The Atlas-Agena B rocket and
the fantastically complicated Ve
nus probe on its nose were de
stroyed seconds after launch when
the vehicle veered off course.
NASA plans to launch another
Mariner probe of Venus, using
Identical equipment, about mid
August. NASA said study of data from
the Mariner I attempt showed
that the Atlas was responding cor
rectly to steering commands from
the ground. But an error in the
original "guidance equation"
made it impossible for the ground
control system to cope with a sit
uation which soon developed, the
agency said. '
The guidance equation consists
of basic trajectory and other in
formation fed before launch into
the electronic computer.
A NASA spokesman said "some
body did not properly program the
equipment" that is, the guidance
equation was wrong and the
computer was unable to get the
rocket back on course when it
suddenly veered hard left.
In blaming the failure on a hu
man error, NASA did not identify
the culpable individual. But in re
sponse to a question, it said that
Space Technology Laboratories of
Los Angeles was responsible for
providing the equation for the
flight.
Christian Womens Club
Will Hold Luncheon
Minnie Jane Johnston, national
representative of Christian Wom
en's Clubs, will be the guest speak
er at a luncheon of the Roseburg
Christian Women's Club set for
Wednesday, Aug, 1,
The luncheon will be held at
Ruth Bradley's Oak Tree Inn on
Page Rd. in Winchester at 12:15
p.m. Reservations must be made
by Monday, July 30, and may be
made by calling OR 3-5663 or OR
21110. Baby sitting will be avail
able at the First Presbyterian
Church.
A special feature on the program
will be a demonstration on hand
weaving by club members. Curt
Lowcn will provide special music.
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AT SEAFAIR in Seattle is Ronald A., Zimbelman, airrrian
apprentice in the U.S. Navy. He is among 20 Pacific
Northwest Navymen who arrived in Seattle Friday aboard
the Amphibious force flagship USS Estes which is par
ticipating in the Seafair. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Ivan
Zimbelman, he has just completed recruit training in
San Diego. He will be granted a two-week leave soon.
(U.S. Navy photo).
3 Are Indicted
By Grand Jury
The Douglas County Grand Jury
Friday returned three indictments
and two not-true bills. Indicted
were:
Harry O. Gill, 26, Myrtle Creek,
charged with burglary not in a
dwelling, in connection with the
June 24 burglary of John's Coun
try Store, owned by John Eckwall
and located on old Highway 99 be
tween Myrtle Creek and Tri City.
Alberta Bryant, 21, Eugene,
charged with obtaining money by
false pretenses and accused of
passing a $21.62 check at Safeway
Store in Roseburg May 31, of
which $20 allegedly was for cash
and $1.62 for merchandise.
Jasper Thomas Oshorn, 49, Win
ston, assault with a dangerous
waepon. He Is accused in the in
dictment of taking a knife from
his pocket and chasing Carmack
Jennings with It on July 16.
Not-true bills were returned in
favor of Walter Hazard Browning,
who had faced a charge of ob
taining money by false pretense
and Theodore L. Jones, Myrtle
Creek, who had been accused in
connection with the burglary of
Dave's 76 Service, owned by David
W. Cockrell at Myrtle Creek on
May 30.
Roseburg Troops Slate
75-Miltf Hike On Rogue
Boy Scout Ttood 114 members
will leave today on a 10-day hiking
trip that will take them from Gal-
ice to Gold Beach a distance of
approximately 75 miles.
The group will assemble at 3
p.m. today at the Westside Chris
tian Church, motoring from there
to Galice where it will start the
hike through the rough and moun
tainous terrain to the coast.
The boys have been busy most of
the day packing food and supplies
for the trip. Leader of Troop 114 is
Earl T. Clark.
Rape Suspect Is Bound
Over From Area Court
Max Morgan Williams has been
bound over to the Douglas County
Grand Jury from the Justice Court
of Warren DeLaVergne at Drain,
on a charge of rape. Williams is
free on his own recognizance.
Complaint was filed July 20 with
$3,000 bail set. The defendant re
quested a preliminary hearing
which was held at 2 p.m. July 23,
after which he was bound over to
the grand jury, after the justice de
termined "a crime had been com
mitted and there was sufficient
cause to believe the defendant guil
ty."
BANKRUPTCY FILED
Victor George Verbencoeur, for
mer operator of a Roseburg dry
cleaners, has filed for bankruptcy
in U. S. District Court in Portland.
He lists debts totaling $13,059.84.
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