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CHURCH RUN LOCALLY BY NATIVES
Pope John Taking Colonial
Flavor Out Of The Church
By DANIEL F. CILMORE
UPI Staff Writer
Vatican city iti roi
John XX111. with an eye on na
tionalist surges in Africa aid
elsewhere, is quietly taking the
"colonial flavor" out of part of
Catholic Church administration
abroad.
There is no thought of relaxing
any of the ties to liome or of
the supreme authority of the
Pope.
The idea is to have the Roman
Catholic Church in each country
run locally by natives of that
country in Africa by the Afri
cans and not by Italians, Ameri
cans, French or other nationali
ties. All this will take time. But the
increasing number of appoint
ments by Pope John of native
bishops a::d auxiliaries and the
erection of new dioceses in for
mer mission territory shows that
DREW PEARSON SAYS:
Socialized Medicine Worry
Is Behind Polio Epidemics
WASHINGTON The American
public Isn't being told the whole
story about the shocking rise of
polio which caught the nation
with a Salk vaccine shortage in
many areas.
Officially the U. S. public
heath service explains the situa
tion by saying that "community"
inoculation drives, spurred by
the rising incidence of polio, have
drained off vaccine supplies.
However, what the people are
n't being told is that the alarm
ing increase of tha crippling dis
ease, plus the vaccine shortage,
might have been avoided, or at
least lessened, if many local
medical societies had nut blink
ed mass Salk vaccina immtiniza
tion.
One of the worst outbreaks of
polio this year occurred in Des
Moines, Iowa, where two years
ego the Iowa State Medical So
ciety went on record auainsl
"mass immunization . . . without
(doctor) fees fur administration."
In oth'T words, the Iowa Med
Ital Society wanted lowans to go
to the office of each individual
doctor and pay a $4 or $5 fee
for each Salk vaccine shot, rath
er than have the shots adminis
tered on a mass, cut-rat? basis by
nurses under the supervision of
a doctor.
It is a well known fact that
many people, especially lower
bracket families, will not go to a
doctors office to be inoculated
against polio or any other dis
cos;. A similar situation occurred in
Washington, IJ. C., in 1957, when
the District of Columbia Medical
Society balked at supplying med
ical supervision for the anti-polio
Inoculation of 1,000 capitol em
ployees. They claimed it was
"tocialized medicine." The Navy
department finally had to provide
an attending physician
Dr. LcRoy llurney, director of
the U.S. Public Health Service
when interviewed last week on
NBC, did not reveal that the op
position of medical groups to
mass Salk vaccine immunization
so-call"d socialized medicine
was the chief reason for the' cur
rent polio epidemic. And NBC
did not press him. In fact, com
mentator Morgan Beatty stated
that Salk vaccine shots have been
free which was anything but
the case in most cities until the
present emergency.
However, public health' doctors
working under Burney are less
discreet. They are emphatic that
had the medical societies of all
states cooperated in mass inocu
lation programs, instead of cry
ing about "socialized medicine,"
tlere would be no polio enide
mic today. Also, with planned
mass inoculations, the supply of
Silk vaccine would be more
closely stabilized to demand,
since manufacturers can then
gauge the market.
Note: Not all doctors oppose
mass vaccination. In some states
notably North Carolina, local
medical groups enthusiastically
endorsed the idea. .
Revival Of Youth Corps
Two senators who came to
Washington during the first year
of the New Deal, 2fi years ago
lined up last week on opposite
which they both voted as fresh
Kin congressmen.
They are: S--n. Everett Dirk-
sen of Illinois, now Republican
leader of the Seate, and Sen
Jennings Randolph, West Virgi
nia Democrat. The question on
which they once agreed, now dif
lercd, was youth conservation
i amps.
Randolph, more than any oth
er senator, is given credit for
piloting the Youth Conservation
hill through the Senate hy a nar
row 47-45. Sen. Hubert Humphrey
of Minnesota introduced the bill
with Randolph among the co-
sponsors, and battled for its pas
scge. But when it came to the
legislative footwork, he gives
credit to the senator from West
Virginia for getting a favorable
vole.
Randolph quietly went from
senator to senator making sure
lie had the margin to win. He
knew it would be close. Almost
every licpuulican was lined up
against the hill, which provided
or a revival of Roosevelt's Civ
ilian Conservation Corps to get
youngsters off the city streets
ind at the same time preserve
natural resources. But Repuhli
ci.ns claimed it increased the
budget.
Dirksen, the Republican lead
ei, told Randolph: Your bill is
a dead duck. We've got the votes
to beat it."
'You and I voted for the old
C'CC bill when we first came to
congress under the New Deal
Randolph argued, "I'm sorry that
alter a quarter of a century you
can't do so again.'
"I ve learned some things in
the interim," Dirksen replied.
"But in 1!)37," Randolph remind
ed him, "You voted for tnc etc
Camps again. This is pro-people
legislation which deserves your
support.
Dirksen remained unmoved,
was confid -nt he had the votes
to block his old colleague. But
when the votes were counted,
the freshman senator from West
Virginia had outmaneuvered the
veteran Republican leader from
Illinois.
KhrusHchev Visit
Admiral Rickover wants to
take Premier Khrushchev for a
ride in an atomic submarine. If
Khrushchev's not interested, he's
in favor of a special demonstra
tion voyage for a Russian naval
aide. Rickover learned while in
Kussia that the Soviet navy is,
having problem's building its
first atomic submarine, and he
tigures a ride in ons of Ameri
ca's atomic subs would be an eye
opener . . . President Eisenhow
er will do a lot of homework to
prepare for Khrushchev. Special
briefings have been arranged to
acquaint him in detail not only
with the cold war but even about
Ihc nation's economy. Vice Presi
dent Nixon has warned Ike that
Khrushchev can spout statistics,
facts, and figures to prove his
claim that the United States is
slipping economically. So Ike us
now boning up on the U.S.A. as
never before. The briefing will
constitute the most intensive
study the President has ever un
dcrtaken for a single assign
ment. His relaxation over west-
sides of the same measure for erns is out for the time being.
the Vatican is hastening a pro
gram which has been in progress
for centuries. The late Pope i'ius
XII alone appointed more than a
score of African bishops.
"Colonial" Protonco Flit
The new and old worlds on
either side of the Atlantic have
their own cardinals, hierarchy,
local priests, universities aid
seminaries.
But a vast part of the world,
including almost the entire con
tinent of Africa, is still "colonial"
church administration in the
sense that in these areas there
is no local native hierarchy or di
oceses. "Foreigners," regardless of
their good intentions, run the
church locally in these regions.
Some 50.000.000 of the world's
half billion Catholics live in areas
with no local hierarchy, or with
a native church leadership still in
the incipient stage.
The driving power behind this
"colonial office" is Gregory Pe
ter Cardinal Agagianian, the ener
getic Armenian patriarch who
was listed by many as a prime
Papal candidate after the death
last year of Pius XII.
Cardinal's Job Paradoxical
Poie John was elected, but he
has delegated extremely impor
tant church work to Cardinal
Agagianian.
Cardinal Agagianian has a par
adoxical job.
He is actually moving to abol
ish his own massive organization.
It will not happen in his time,
but the impetus is there to re
move gradually the "mission"
label from lurgc areas of the
world and leave them in the
hands of local dioceses run by
native priests and bishops, and,
if possible, by native Cardinals.
The church moves slowly, but
it is as sensitive to changing
moods in the world as any for
cigh office.
QUOTES FROM
THE NEWS
United Press International
WASHINGTON - President
Eisenhower, on proclaiming Ha
waii the 501 h state:
"We know she is ready to do
her part and make this union a
stronger nation than it was before."
INDEPENDENCE. Mo. For
mer President Harry Truman, on
Vice President Richard Nixon's
visit to Russia:
"If he did handle himself well,
it will be the first time."'
PINE BLUFF, Ark. Associ
ate Justice Jim Johnson of the
Arkansas Supreme Court, calling
on a state-wide segregationist ral
ly to prevent integration of the
Dollarway School District:
"I'm not going to stand here
and tell you what needs to be
done. We are depending on you
You know what needs to be done,
and we know you will see the
heritage that needs to be passed
on to your children will be."
HOLLYWOOD Jimmy Duran
te, on learning that the Smithson
ian Institute in Washington, D.C.,
won't accept a plaster cast of his
nose:
"My nose ain't never been
snubbed before."
RADIO TELEPHONE BILL
WASHINGTON UPI The Sen
ate has adopted and sent to the
House a measure that would im
pose $100 fines for improper use
of radio telephones. The bill, re
quested by the Interstate Com
merce Commission, is aimed
chiefly against small boat radio
broadcasts. The commission re
ported 371 rule violations includ
ing misuse of distress frequencies
by small boats last year.
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MOUSE EATER Mrs. Florence Hill, 67, of Denver, Co'.o
rado, who swallowed a live mouse, clowns by preparing to
swallow a mousetrap to go along with the mouse. Mrs.
Hill, awakened by her pet dog Boots' growl, had opened
her mouth to scream. The mouse jumped in. She has
been deluged with telephone calls and mail from people
wanting to know if the story was true.
ITALIAN BEAUTY SEXIER
THAN LOAD OF LINGERIE
By VERNON SCOTT
UPI Staff Writer
HOLLYWOOD I UPI) Shades
of pizza and pasta fazool, wait'll
you televiewers clamp your weary
eyes on Movietown's newest Ital
ian import a lollapalooza named
Luciana Paluzzi.
The first European beauty
brought Mo Hollywood expressly
for a TV scries, Luciana is sexier
than a trainload of lingerie.
Her black, snapping eyes, titian
hair and eye-woggling curves are
scheduled to unhorse video's two
biggest westerns, "Gunsmoke"
and "Have Gun. Will Travel." Her
new hour long show, "Five Fing
ers" will be pitted against the
oaters come Oct. 5.
"They arc the two top 'shows,
no?" She asked in a guiless
Palsano accent. "Then if we beat
them, we will be number one.
That's good.''
Not Nickname Type
Luciana she's not the kind of
girl you'd call Lucy originally
was to play a one-shot role of
slinsky European spy in the se
ries, but 20th Century-Fox pro
ducers took one look at the pilot
film and changed plans.
They increased the series to an
hour in length and gave her co
star billing along with David He
dison who portrays a U.S. coun
ter intelligence agent.
"I play David's girl friend, in
the European tradition," she ex
plained, adjusting the bodice of
her dress. "It is not said exactly
what our relationship is. But I
travel all over the world with him.
so I guess we will be the first
TV couple living in sin.
Hat pound Fiance
"Or do people in America dis
cuss such things?"
Only six months in these palm
tree climes. Luciana already has
nailed herself a fiance. He's ac
tor Brett Halsey.
"We plan to be married Jan
25th.'' the little cutie said.
Why that particular date?
"Because Brett's divorce
doesn't become final until the
24th. If we have enough time aft
er that we will go to Rome to
visit my parents. .But we are go
ing to make our home here in
Hollywood."
Luciana, who's not yet 21. was
a movie star in England. France,
Germany and Italy before com
ing to tinsel town for her TV se
ries. She's anxious to return to
movie-making.
Italian Girls Sexier
"This show is sold for 26
weeks," she smiled. "If it is a big
hit they will make another 13.
But I hope not. If they decide to
make more I will go out and have
a baby. After I'm married, of
course."
Luciana is genuinely dedicated
to uphold the tradition of such
other Italian lovelies as Gina Lo
lobrigida and Sophia Loren, whom
she greatly admires.
Grandma Sees
Oregon Coast
COOS BAY i UPI i seventy-one-
year old Mrs. bmma Ua'.ewooa.
the walking grandmother from
Gallipolis, Ohio, was greeted Fri
day by the Coos Bay Pirates.
She was about to board a plane
at the North Bend airport when
she was surprised by the color
fully dressed pirates. The pirates
presented her with a scarf, a
headdress and the sword of one
of the pirates. ,
Grandma flew to Medford where
she was the guest of Mayor John
Snyder, his wife, and his mother,
who hails from Mrs. Gatewood's
home town of Gallipolis.
She wound up a five-day visit
to the Oregon Coast, where she
was a guest of the Oregon Coast
Association. During net visit she
waded in the surf at Seaside,
traveled to Newport where she
piloted the U.S. Coast Gua'd's
new 52-foot rescue boat.
The next stops on her busy
agenda were here and Gold
Bench. While at Gold Beach she
fished for salmon and jok the
mail boat ride to Agness.
The Jaunt to the coast thus ful
filled her initial request when she
arrived in Oregon after walking
2200 miles from Missouri to Port
land for the Centennial.
Observer, La Grande, Ore., Sat., Aug. 22. 1959 Page 6
20 Month-Old Child
Drowns At Ashland
ASHLAND lUpi' A 20-month
old youngster toppled into an open
irrigation ditch near here Friday
and drowned. -
The victim was Mark Gail
Brewer, son of Mr. and .Mrs. Gail
S. Brewer Jr., of 1400 Ashland
Mine Road. Ashland. k
Police said the boy aoparently'
slipped and fell into the ditch
aliout a quarter of a mile from'
his home.
Efforts to revive him failed.
One Day Haircut Price
War Ended At Albany
ALBANY (UPI) A one -day
haircut price war came to an end
here Friday.
Union barbers, who had
trimmed the price of a haircut to
SI in a move to, force six other
shops to raise prices from $1.50
to $1.75. ended the price war.
STOCK CAR
RACES
In La Grande-Al The
J.C. Race Track
Union - Hot Laka Highway Next
To The Flamingo
SUNDAY; AUG. 23
Tim Trials .V:30 Races Start 2:30
Adults, $1.00 Children 6-12, 50c
No Dust Problem Trophy Dash
Car and Grandstand Seating
Food Concession Heat Dashes
Programs Available At The Track
A & B Main Events
SPECIAL EVENTS JC MEMBERS RACE
. AND POWDER PUFF DERBY.
BUY YOUR GRAND OL' OPRY
TICKETS FROM A JAYCEE MEMBER
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YESTERDAY Here's how ponderous Tonderosa ptnt logs
moved from Pacific Northwest forests in the 80s. Oxen pulled
wagona fitted with stccl-bandcd discs slued from huge trees.
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TODAY UP to SO tons of Ponderosa logs are carried on a
hutie, 10-foot-wide loggias trailer over private logging mads
ttti Bead, Ore, in an example of today's logging operation.
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