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DREW PEARSON Road Backward Nile. Using Albanian Bases For Influence EDITORIAL PAGE La Grande Observer Wednesday, June 3, 1959 - v. -' . "A Modern Newspaper With The Pioneer Spirit" z J. i in PUBLrSMED BT THB CltANDK PLm.l.SIIIN'O COM PA NT Robert W. Chandler. President M. McCUIUnd. Jr., Vies J-rcjident RILEY D. ALLEN GEORGE S. CHAIXIS . H. E. PHILBY ...i..:.. TOM HUMES .Publisher Adv. Director . Managing Editor -.Circulation Mgr. tfhere Are Chinks In Its Armor Cancer is a greater, threat, than ever because the population increases and more of us reach the older ages. where cancer strikes oftenest. Addinjc to our consciousness of the disease is better diagnosis, bettor understanding on the part of the medical profession and a growing alertness on the part of indivi duals. These are the views of Dr. John R. Heller, an internationally recognized authority on cancer, expressed during a recent interview for U. S. News & World Iteport. Dr. Heller outlined the areas in which treatment of cancer are making the greatest strides. Lower bowel cancers are yielding best to surgery, he said, and cancer of the thyroid now yields very well to surgery and other treatment. In. fact, the more common types of cancer excepting lung cancer are responding best to treatment. The chairman of the Cancer Control Commission of the Internationl Union Against Cancer doesn't foresee any im mediate cure for lung and stomach can cer in men and breast cancer in women. "I wish I could say (cures would be avail able) tomorrow or the next day, but I think, while the mortality rate probably will go down I hope steadily it won't go down fast," Dr. Heller said To help accelerate this downward trend chemical therapy programs are being developed. Some of these drugs "look to be very good", Dr. Heller ad mits, but people fighting cancer still don't have the ones they would like to have. A doctor attending the Spokane Can cer Symposium this week described one method of treating cancer by chemical means. s , Dr. Alton Ochsner, professor of sur gery at Tulane University described the treatment! he has used. A' portfon of the body is cut off from normal blood circu lation. A chemical agent and oxygen are circulated,' through the temporarily iso lated body section in place of blood. The chemical agent kills growing cells in cluding the cancer. Dr. Ochsner said the chemical treat ment jias been successful in cancer cases riot curable by older methods. He believes the greatest hope for a cancer cure lies,in the use of chemical or hor mone agents, particularly in cancers which tire widespread and cannot be cured by surgical removal or destroyed by radiation. I'hyikifiins attending the symposium were ield that evidence is piling up to indicate some cancers produce antibodies in animals. Dr. Warren Cole, president -elect of the American Cancer Society, said he is confident some sort of cancer immunization will be found for animals. "FrorrirtMe," ho added, "in many cases it is anort step to .vaccine for humans." These, reports provide encouraging testimony that while cancer is by no means cked as a deadly killer there are chinks-iQ its armor. Dr. Heller said that around tltt, turn of the century perhaps only one in 20 cancer patients were saved. The figure was reduced to one in four sixi'r eight years ago. Today medi cal science- is saving one in three and with the, tools now available "we should be able to save one out of two patients." An enlightened public, aware of the dnngersjgns and willing to submit to regular, checkups, can help further re duce thiffiatio. jStill In The Process Of Change Not since Franklin Roosevelt's has there been a state funeral such as the one last week, intended to show a na tion's respect for a man who served his country so extra ordinarily well. Yet at the Dulles' funeral service were no eul ogies by men in high places, nor even a sermon by a minister. This might seem a little strange con sidering MM Dulles' position in affairs of the church as well as the government. But that is the way he wanted it, and it is better that way. Many persons in just ordinary walks of life prefer that their funerals be of this kind, and of course in some churches, including Catholic and Kpiscopalian, fun erals customarjly do not include any mention of the deceased except in pray .ers. Omission of a eulogy can be construed as complimenting one whose good works are so well known that no mention of them need ite mnde, or, in other cases as an act of kindness" toward one whose good works are so scarce that no men tion of them could be made. In any event, we sense a trend in this country toward the simple funeral, going to the' other extreme from the exagger ated expressions of sorrow, including even the hiring of professional mourners, that characterized solemn rites of for mer times in other countries. It is sur prising how many families even want to keep" flowers from being sent to a fun eral, much to the dismay of the floral trade. ' -. - ... No one would say that human feelings about the departed are any less intense or that sorrow is any less acute. It is just that customs surrounding death are still in a process of change as they have been ever since the first man died. Barbs Some, people walk to reduce. Others are reduced to walking by the price of new cars. ' Peanuts serve as a substiluc for meat, but tlwre is no substitute for peanuts at the bait-game. Whotna person loses interest in put ting money into a savings account he loses interest. WASHINGTON. The fraternal land Greece, cn three sides. This conclave at Communist leaders! one reason its people still speak v.i :, h i,.ii,i!an original language, uncontami- Albania is, in my opinion, the mo.'.t significant move made in the 'cold' war of nerves for some time. It's probably as important as the threats on Berlin though the two go hand-in-hand. What it means is that Nikita Khrushchev is ready to parcel out his large store of intermediate lanae ballistic missiles to the satellite countries, including Red China, if we set up NATO missile bases in western Europe. Khruschchev is spending 12 days in Albania, which under most circumstances would be a very boring visit. I have walked or ridden horseback over much of Northern Albania, also lived on the Montenegrin-Albanian border for almost two years. How s man as busy and restless as Khrushchev could keep occupied there for 12 days is hard to un destand. This is real self-sacrifice. Albania is about the size of Delaware, has only three or four movie theatres, no golf courses, and Knrusncnev couia visit every corner, of the country' in a week. Eisenhower spent one day and a half cementing relations witR our most ' important southern neighbor at the luxury play ground of Acapulco where there is plenty of fascinating diversion. Khrushchev is spending 12 days in a country with few toilet facil ities, very little electricity, where the only diversions are coffee. conversation, and trigger-happy tribal warfare. Can Back Up Bluff His reason may well be bluff. However, Khrushchev has the power to carry out his bluff. He has approximately 750 lRBM's able to fire 700 to 1,800 miles. In conrast we have about 48. That means that the missile ba ses we are esiaoiisnnig in iiuiy and England can fire only about 20 missiles each. After that, they're out? of ammunition. In contrast, Khrushchev can take Russia's 730 IRBM's and parcel them out rather generously between Albania, East Germany, Bulgaria and China, so that each will have considerably more mis siles than we can supply Italy and Etigland. This alarming possibility is one of the factors which prompted Jack Anderson's and my book UA Second-class Power?" Its also one reason why the present Armv-Air Force row over mis siles Is-'so disturbing ' Wc still don't know the type of missile we want to build. Meanwhile, every single report m me pentagon, wunoui excep tion, shows that Russia is well ahead of us in missiles, and has the capacity to stay ahead. Secre tary of Defense McElroy admit ted this when he told the sena tors that the United States had no plans for catching up with Rus sia in the race tor intercontinen tal ballistic missiles. Trigger-Happy Albanians Albania is a natural fortress. Its high mountains protect it from its neighbors, Yugoslavia nsted by either the Slavs or the liomans. Albanians are of three religious faiths, Mohammedan. Roman Cath olic and Greek Orthodox and in '.he eid days were torn by bitter differences. There were also tri bal differences. You'could trav el through some parts of Albania safely only by swearing blood brotherhood or "Bosa" with the local tribal chieftain. Then if anyone molested you, he killed them. And you had to do the same for him if the occasion de manded. 1 once picked up a wounded Al banian in a field where he had been plowing. He had been shot through the leg, arm, and ribs in a feudal gun duel. The Ameri can doctor to whom I drove him had to cut off his arm. He refus ed to take an anesthetic. Is Khrushchev Bluffing? American diplomats have be lieved that Khrushchev in the past has not been anxious to dis tribute Russian missiles among the satellites. Some of the satel lites, among them the Albanians, are inclined to be trigger-happy. Olh'T Russian partners, especial ly the Red Chinese, have been nutieinK Moscow for power, and missiles in their hands would in crease their power. Moscow wants to remain supreme. American intelligence also in dicates that the Kremlin has been genuinely worried over what might happen if atomic weapons got into the hands of too many aovernments. However, the Chinese Defense Minister. Marshal Peng Teh-huai is now in Albania confering with Khru.shehcv. It has the earmarks oi a bluff, but Khrushchev has the power to carry out his bluff if Gromyko decsn't get his way at Geneva. Note Missiles based in -Albania would not be aimed at near-by Greece and Italy, which are too close, but at U. S. bases in Spain and North Africa. At Tripoli. North Africa, the U. S. Air Force has the biggest base in the world outside Dayton, Ohio. One missile could put it out of business. I 1 ... M II I I ' "" 'J" " If- r- - . "- Jt- ' -?'J 3 . , ' I.-- ..--.. r. "K Y xzr?.'rj j If t - - W;- V. ' i.A - 31 ,,- S ' y -'iff i s w RETIRES AFTER 37 YEARS Otto A. Schuck, right, is being presented with a gift on the occasion of his retirement after 37 years and one month of service with the East ern Oregon Branch Experiment Station at Union. Presenting the gift on behalf of the Oregon Agricultural Experiment Station is Dr. J. A. B. McArthur, superintendent of the station. LETTERS Maximum Iwtgth 300 words. No anonymous Ictttrs but true nam will be withheld on request. To The Editor: Nine months ago, my wife Nita, my two daughters, Julie and Linda, and I moved to La Grande with words to this effect ringing in our ears. "You won't like La Grande. It is a cold, unfriendly, reserved community. It will take you a long time to make friends." The purpose of this letter is two-fold. . First . . . nothing has ever been proven further Irom the truth than the statement that La Grande is unfriendly. We have never lived anywhere for such a short time and still felt ourselves such a part of the community itself. Living here has been a wonderful expert ence for us. This is because You . who are really La Grande, dis played such warmth and hos pitality. ' The second purpose of this letter is simply to say "Thank You" to everyone who has netpca make our stay here so pleasant. Sincerely, Clint Bellows formerly of 407 K Ave. La Grande, Oregon Now at Ontario, Oregon QUOTES FROM iTHE NEWS V,ALVESTON,r TeX A" Johd Sealy Hospital bulletin on the men tal Disturbance of Louisiana Gov. Earl K. Long, who was committed to (he institution by his family: "Acute disturbances of this gen eral nature are not uncommon and ordinarily a favorable out come can be expected." Schuck Retires From Service After 37 Years On April 30, 1959, Otto A. Schuck retired from service with the Eastern Oregon Branch Ex periment Station, Union, Oregon Schuck started work at the East ern Oregon Branch Experiment Station on April 3, 1922. He has worked continuously for 37 years and one month at the Union Sta tion. During this period Schuck has seen many changes in the re search programs and facilities at the Eastern Oregon Branch Ex periment Station. Over the years ne has also worked with many employees and under several superintendents. Schuck was employed In 1922, as the dairy herdsman. Later he was the swine herdsman, sheep feeder-and irrigator. He has been an untiring, versatile and consci entious employee. Schuck states the most striking change at the Experiment Station during his time of employment was the change over from horse-powered machinery to, tractors, combines and hay balers. Fellow employees of the Oregon Agricultural Experiment Station presented Schuck on retirement with an automatic fly-reel. Since Schuck is an ardent fisherman,1 it is hoped in retirement he will find more time to pursue his favorite pastime Alexander Hamilton was the first secretary of the Treasury under the Constitution. i. WASHINGTON Teamsters President James R. Hoffa. on what his union would do if Con gress passed a labor reform bill this year: ' "The Teamsters would comply with any law passed by Congress, reserving the right to work within the framework of that law to their best advantage.'' WASHINGTON Sen. George D. Aikei iR-Vt.) on an adminis tration -backed move defeated in the Senate to slash 150-million dollars from I960 soil conserva tion payments: "I'm willing to balance the bud get by taking it tmoney for the conservation subsidies) out of for eign aid. H I have to choose. I'll vote for the United States." Art Exhibit Opens In Pierce Library The Spring art show, exhibiting works produced by Eastern Ore gon College students opens this week in the Pierce Library gal lery. Included are drawings, prints. both wood blocks and lithographs, produced on the department press; paintings, and commercial design, including mass produced greeting cards and posters, origi nal children's books, cover de sifcns, and art education projects. The exhibition, open to the pub lic, is scheduled 8 a.m.- S p.m. and 7-10 p.m.. Monday through Fri day; and 8 a m. 12, Saturday. WASHINGTON The State De partment, accusing the Interna tional Olympic Committee of bow ing to Communist pressure in oust ing Nationalist China from mem bership and opening the door for admission of Red China: "This is a political and dis criminatory attitude, which has no place in the world of sports." Tapered FURNITURE LEGS Hickory legs complete with hardware fittings IN 10 SIZES FROM 4" TO 28" LENGTHS . These are iust what the home shop buildergi has been look-9 ing for. Good 195 MILLER'S CABINET SHOP Greenwood A Jefferson , ON Mi A" JOINTER Reg. Price $3?.8o SPECIAL I SALE PRICE I Once you use this smooth-cutting Jointer youll wonder how you ever got along without it Makes rough surfaces velvety smooth in seconds. Planes, rab bets, bevels, edges fast and ac curately. Cutting capacity: 516" deep. 21 Vs" table. A tremendous bargain. Ask for No. 9350. INDUSTRIAL IIACHQIERY 1410 Adams WO 3-4423. Thinning Done In Area Forests Thinning of 600 acres of young Ponderosa Pine in the La Grande District of the U. S. Forest Ser vice has been carried out during the past winter, according to a Forest Service announcement. The project insures better rees for future sawtimber growth. Som? 400 trees in each acre, judged to be the best in the area, were marked by foresters with yellow plastic strips, and thinning crews cut out the remaining stems. Selection is made on the basis of size, vigor and spacing. An area of too many trees is a poor producer, the Forest Service says, because the size-growth of individual stems is too slow. Nat ural thinning results in great loss through an increase of too small timber. Removing the poorest trees leaves soil moisture for bet ter stems. According to the Forest Service announcement, the increased use of the thinning practice has been made possible with the develop ment of adequate power equip ment. . - PROPOSES CANCER "CRASH" WASHINGTON (UPI) Rep. Steven V. Carter (D-Iowa) has proposed a 500 million dollar "crash program" to find ' the causes and cures of cancer, heart disease and other ailments. Cart er, who has been treated for can cer himself, said an estimated 26 million persons now living in this country will die of that disease alone "if we do not push back the barriers of the unknown." NEW HOPE FOR... PARALYSIS VICTIMS Through Hew Discoveries! AMAZING RESULTS AT SPEARS' The discoveries and developments made at Spears' Chiropractic Hospital for the treatment of most diseases are bringing relief to many suffer ers who believed they were doomed to invalidism. Thousands of patients from every state in the Union and several foreign countries enter Spears Hospital each year. Though no claims are made for cures, many patients proclaim their re suits as miraculous. Only nature cures and all a doctor can do is assist jn this great work. Because about 90 of our patients reach us after having been given up or declared incurable elsewhere, naturally some of them arrive too late for com plete relief, but a majority go home well satisfied and happy. Chiropractic treatment gets at the cause of disease instead of being just a palliative measure. For further information, see your local Chiro practor and write Spears Chiropractic Hospital for free documented proof of results in scores of different diseases. Also send names of friends to whom you want us to send our Literature. 1; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY Musculw Dystrophy is a paralysis re sulting Irom disturbances of the nerves allowing an infiltration-ol fatty tissue in the muscles which in advanced cases may bring about total paralysis. Paral ysis, begins in the legs, gradually spreads upward unless arrestment can be obtained. CEREBRAL PALSY MUSCULAR ATROPHY - t Muscular Atrophy results from the disturbances in the front part Of tbt spinal cord and usually begins with atrophy or wasting of the small muscles of the hands. Later it may extend tt other muscles. MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS Multiple Sclerosis results from Im pairment or inv spinii rwvBi, lpmai tv r ....i b.i l..: cord and the brain. It is brought about iiiv ii.iiic icicuifli raisr means uiwn . T. i . paralysis It is no resotr of in and ' mJn Th predominant ont paralysis, ii is no respecter oi sex ana '. .. . . ...,... M inl. ki.h. ts... ... j...... . .:. circulatory a ...... ... . Tie vrjtj frftm t)nt. u most cases originate prenatally, during oirm or irom tnree to six months alter condition. Although some cases experience cer tain degrees of flaccid paralysis, most victims of Cerebral Palsy are spastic. The spasticity is sometimes local but more often affects the voluntary muscles of the entire body. Many cases have varying degrees of epileptoid con vulsions. The minds of some are af fected while others have near normal mentality. There are seldom two cases alike or affected to the same degree. injury appears to be the most predom- known M terioscletosii. inant cause of Cerebral Palsy. Many of nerves and spinal cord, resulting m circulatory and nutritional disturbances. me age onset varies irom twenty w forty years and the instance is higher in women than men. It is estimated there are approximately 250,000 cases in the United States. CEREIRAl HCMORRHAK OR STROKES Paralysis from hemorrhages within the brain, -commonly known as strokes, are most frequently associated wrtfl high blood pressure, such as hyper tension and hardening of the arteries. the cases are associated with skull distortion of one type or another, caus ing pressure on the brain. Through our research, we have developed new types f treatment fer such conditien. POLIOMYELITIS Paralysis resulting from Poliomyelitis affects the front part of the spinal . cord Hi tlx spinal type of paralysis and the base of the brain m the cerebral type. AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS -Amyotrophic lateral Sclerosis is a rapidly progressive paralysis resulting from involvement of the brain stem located at the base of the skull. There are many causes for this condition, neck injuries among which stay important role. Early symptoms of these conditions are paralysis of the hands and arms. As the disease advances, lief muscles, swallowing and breathing: become- affected. 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