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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 31, 1978)
Watching the River Flow By STEVE DODGE Of the Emerald Type, n. Pestilent bits of metal suspected of destroying civiliza tion and enlightenment despite their obvious agency in this in comparable dictionary. Ambrose Bierce, The Devil’s Dictionary If Ambrose Bierce hadn't dis appeared into Mexico in 1913, he probably would have had a few similar words for television. But since he wasn’t around we’ll have to settle for other forms of feed back: In a survey conducted by the San Francisco Examiner, the Tickle deodorant commercial was was rated the worst in the country, followed by Pepto-Bismol’s “dis gustingly distorted acid indiges tion sufferers.” Other “winners” in the Examiner’s “most-hated com mercials” letter poll were: Geritol, Clorox and its spokesman who tears clothes in half, Schlitz beer for its ads “threatening to kill you if you don't drink Schlitz” and Char min bathroom tissue’s “Mr. Whip ple” series. Also mentioned were the Suc rets commercial in which the man wakes up his wife to complain he has a cold, and in case you didn’t guess, the Wisk series on "ring around the collar.” jjc * * * * * * Not to be outdone, the Christ ian Science Monitor, which de spite the name is not a religious newspaper, ran a poll of its own. The Monitor poll, however, con cerned TV shows. Experts in various fields and readers were asked to comment on TV programming. The results showed that teachers liked “Wel come Back Kotter” (ABC) and that police officers liked Barney Miller” (ABC) and "Police Story” (CBS). The shows that received the most criticism were “Baretta” (ABC) and “Soap” (ABC), fol lowed by “Good Times" (CBS) and “ What’s Happening” (ABC). The experts agreed that series television on the three networks was mainly a group of stereotypes interrupted by commercials featur ing the same stereotypes. 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The top six were, in order; God, the Iowa Highway Patrol, financial institutions, the medical profes sion, hospitals and organized re ligion. The poll also revealed lowans have more confidence in grocery stores than in the FBI. * * * * * * * Johnny Carson had a few “true stories” to relate the other night. “A man in Buffalo,” he said, “walked into a department store with money glued on his face and demanded a ski mask." And speaking of the recent burning of 8 tons of marijuana in the City of Eugene’s steam heat system: “95 percent of the resi dents in the city’s nursing homes recorded rock albums that night.” * * * * * * * When Oregon Gov. Bob Straub journeyed to the Mexican province of Sonora recently, the Mexican governor asueu rum nuw to increase tourism there. According to a close friend, Straub noted the abundant litter in the province and recommended the Oregon Bottle bill. Straub is reportedly sending the Mexican governor information on the bill. * * * * * * * The Japanese have introduced a record player that uses a laser beam instead of a needle, and doesn't wear out records, accord ing to the Associated Press. A small laser gun on the turnta ble casts a beam on a 12-inch wide silvery disc rotating 1,800 times a minute. Characteristics of the disk's 54,000 grooves are turned into sound that is reproduced through speakers. A regular poly vinyl disk is used on the player. *4c * * * * * It had been so long (Six years) since the Grateful Dead visited Eugene that their road manager called the University Main Desk in the EMU for information on hotel accomodations and how to get to campus from the airport. Health official says ] inoculation beats flu WASHINGTON (AP) — The risks from dying of influenza are 1,000 times greater than the risks of dying from vaccination, a gov ernment health official said Mon day. Dr. William Foege, director of the Center for Disease Control (CDC), made the assertion to a panel of experts considering whether to recommend a mass inoculation campaign against the Russian flu. The new flu strain broke out in Cheyenne, Wyo., re cently and is expected to spread later this winter or next winter. Foege sought to allay the fears raised by the problem-plagued swine flu inoculation campaign of 1976. The swine flu inoculation cam paign in 1976 came to a rapid halt after some persons who were in oculated contracted Guillain Barre Syndrome, a paralyzing disease that can lead to death. The swine flu epidemic never oc curred. Although considered relatively mild, the Russian flu has spread rapidly among children in the Soviet Union and elsewhere in Europe and Asia. It struck more EACH WEEK! • TUESDAY ARABIAN NIGHT! • WEDNESDAY PERSIAN NIGHT! Authentically prepared dishes by our Persian Chef K. A. Feizix. Eugene’s newest and tastiest dining facility. Sunday Brunch from 8:00 A M. until 2:00 P.M. Call 485-3444 for reservations ACROSS FROM WILLIAMS' BAKERY ON FRANKLIN than 30 percent of children 14 and younger in Leningrad in recent weeks, according to reports re layed by U.S. health researchers who visited Moscow last week. Russian flu is an A-type flu strain similar to viruses that caused outbreaks of flu around the world from 1947 to 1950. Fif teen states currently report wide spread outbreaks of the more familiar A-Victoria and A-Texas flu, which also occurred last winter. Americans between ages 24 and 50 are considered to have some immunity to the Russian flu, while children and young adults are the prime targets. Federal health officials said persons over 50 also are in the high-risk groups, particularly because the elderly run the highest risk of serious ill ness or death from theJIu. Although one drug-maker is preparing to start production of a Russian flu vaccine, the vaccine won’t be ready for at least two months, when the current flu sea son will be drawing to a close. Federal health officials decided last year that the increased risk of Guillain-Barre was likely to occur with any influenza vaccination. The risk is up to 12 times greater for several weeks after the shot. But the syndrome also occurs naturally among people who are not vaccinated. The CDC found that half the 1,100 cases of the syndrome reported nationwide from October 1976 through January 1977 involved persons who did not get swine flu shots. About 550 persons, half from each group, died. Foege stressed that the risks from inoculation were relatively small, roughly one in two million, or 0.5 per million. That is less than the 0.59 deaths per million caused by lightning each year, he said. Foege said six to nine cases of the syndrome occur naturally in each million persons annually. With vaccination, the number is four per million among persons aged 18 to 24, but 10 per million for those over 50. The over-all death rate is 5 percent of those who contract the syndrome, but it is 12.5 percent for those 65 or older.
