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0 U.S. Birth Unworkable EDITOR'S NOTE: Thit it the IH of tttrM background dispatch on tSe birth control controversy. It reports on re March tlfcrlt to find now tech niques suitable (or use in under developed cotitriet. By LOUIS CASSELS United Press Intemetionol WASHINGTON UTI' - The standard contraceptive devices pi escribed by U. S. physicians are safe and effective. Dut they are not veil suited to muss use in underdeveloped countries where the "population explosion" is hav in its greatest impact. Kor years, researchers have Wen trying to develop a cheap, LOCAL Continued Fim Peso 1 bodies of seasoned enemy troops in the opening of a hedgerow who were caught by his squad's ac curate fire. Murricd at the time, Dame wood has resided here since 1!)40. tie and his wife have a son, Rog er, 20, a student at EOC. Remembers Bulge Francis E. (Ilonre) Snodgrass remembers the Bulge vividly, and he had a war souvenir for his memories in the form of shrapnel that put him in a hospital on New Year's Eve. . Company commander of a spe cial Military Police and recon unit when the Germans broke through in mid-December, Snod gsass says his outfit, then east of Aachen, received hurried orders to move south. "We were almost taken pris oners near Malmedy when a U.S. outfit, supposed to be on line, had pulled back. There we were, stuck far out," he said, lie re calls that he was in the lead ve hicle when he saw approaching Germans. Needless1 to say, his small outfit beat a hasty and strategic withdrawal. Snodgrass' MP and recon com ptiny had as its main mission the blocking of Infiltrating Ger man squads and platoons imper sonating American seldiers. Capture Prisoners "To do this, we had to set up roadblocks, locate mines, capture prisoners and duck the enemy," lie said. He also remembered that for an MP outfit, his was hard hit during the Bulge. Snodgrass, wounded by mortar lire on New Year's Eve. land. ed In a general hosoital back in Normandy where he had started cut during the invasion of Krance some six months before. He re joined his outfit at Itcmagcn Germany. During the most critical phases of early Bulge fighting, however. nis outiit had worked closely with the loth Armored and an air borne unit. His company made inc trench invasion at Utah ueach with the Kirst Amphibs ana participated in five cam paigns. A fust licutcnunt during the war, he now is a major in the Army Kcservcs after having work up as an infantry private at ine start of WWII. Having grown up in U Granite, Snodgrass was residing in Port land with his wife at the war's start and entered service from there. He returned here after the service and is now manager of the La Grande Chamber of Commerce. TO KEEP OLD FAITHFUL SAN FHANCISCO UPI Mr and. Mrs. Franklin Fleming, both blind, Wednesday said they would keep their 10 year-old Laborador retriever, Juno, even if an acci dent means the end of his use fulness as a seeing eye dog. Juno was hit by a bus on Tuesday and her left foreleg was almost severed. Veterinarian Dr. Ernest A. Siegel said "there is a chance, but not much of a chance, to save the leg." A BE . UE V- ...v.IIWIimiil IK5I Inflated prices on homes can cause increased insurance rales. We can cover ell your insurance needs in one policy. Complete protection at low cost. Your claim is handled locally, -and it receives the immediate atten tion of our office. BAUM INSURANCE AGENCY 10S Depot La Grande Control Practices In Other Countries safe, reliable "birth control pill which could be used in countries where widespread illiteracy, lack of sunitury facilities and native taboos preclude general accept a"ce cf standard contraceptives Several promising leads have been found. ; , One is a group of synthetic hormones called the IB-Norslcr-oids, which have been investi gated by Dr. John Hock, profes sor emeritus of gynecology at Harvard, and Dr. Gregory Pmcus. of tho Worcester I Muss. I Founda tion for KxKTlmentul Biology. Field trials in Puerto Rico aid Haiti since 1950 have Indicated that these compounds are highly effective in inhibiting ovulation land hence preventing pregnancy among women who lane one pill a day from the 5th to the '25th days of their menstrual cycles. No Permanent Sterility The tests so far have covered alMjut 1,000 "woman-years" of ex liericnce. Judging by the pre-med ication birth rate among the wom an concerned, there should have been at least 610 pregnancies in the groui? during this periou. Ac tually, there huve been only 18, and ' 17 of these occurred among women who admitted "skipping" the pills for several days. The pills do ' not cause per manent sterility. A few days after women quit taking them, normal ovulation resumes. Some of the patients have reported un pleasant side effects nausea, headaches, cramps and irregular bleeding. The researchers believe these are primarily psychological in origin, and tend to disappear with continued use of the pills. Experiments In India A major drawback at present is cost about 55 cents per pill This problem might be solved through mass production. Another question is whether some adverse effect may result from long con tinued use of the pills. There has been no indication so far that such will happen, but only time Jet Speed King Tells Of Thrill LOS ANGELES U'Pl) The slim, sandy-haired pilot stood in the shadow of in Needle-nosed jet and smilingly said, "yes, sir, it was a real thrill." The real thrill was taking a Lockheed F-104 Sta'fightcr up into the sky for almost 20 miles a new world altitude mark' and the smiling pilot was Cant. Joe B. Jordin. 30, of Sweeney, Tex. Jordan flew tyi F-104 to Interna fional Airport here Tuesday to talk to the press about his rec ord flight staged the day before at Edward Air Force Base over the Southern California desert. His unofficial mark of 103.395.5 feet topped by 4,835 feet the alti tude of 98,560 feet reached by a Navy Phantom II F-411 just a week before. tartan's mark has been ap proved by the National Aeronau tics Assn, but to gain world rec ogiition it must get the sanction of the Federation Ac onaulique Internationale, in Paris. Air Force officials saw no. reason why it should not get international ap proval. Jordan, standing almost at at tention to his full height of five feel nine inches, remembered his Air Force buddies the main tenance crew and the planners as he politely answered questions of the press. "The glory is mine." he said earnestly, "but I'm just a mem ber of a real large team." HAPPY HIPPOS POUT KLIAISKTII. Soulh Af rica i UPI) Tranquilizer "bul lets" will be shot into the fleshy parts of hippopotami before trans porting them I. (too miles from Kruger National Park to Addo Game Preserve, a park spokes man re)ortcd today. I ABOUT; - imlWVi I in 1 1 llMMMlil "'I.-oV-...ijJsT Do You Know Thert art many kinds of fire Insurance? WO 3-2125 and careful testing can make sure. Another chemical compound known as Mer-25 is being invest! ;nted by scientists at the Koike feller Institute in New York. In stead of inhibiting ovulation, this '-omptKind acts in the fallopian tubes to prevent a fertilized eg'4 from descending normally to the womb. I' has worked extremely we'l in animal tests. Its thioreti cal advantage for human use would be that it need not be taken before sexual rela'ions; if taken within a day or two after- wa'ds it would cause what riughtj be described us a very early abor tion of the fertilized egg. A tjjird compound, extracted from common garden peas, has been tested by Dr. S. N. Sanyal of Calcutta, India, who claims that it is at least 50 per cent ef fective as a contraceptive. This pill has to lie taken only twice month. Western scientists who 4iave tested it have not been able to duplicate Dr. Sanyal's results. But the Indian government is con sidering mass field trials? Hesearehers alfco have tested a group of drugs called nilrofurans which inhibit sperm production in men Kesiilts to date indicate that they have side effects, including drastic loss of male potency, which would quickly alienate users. Itesearch is also attempting to make reliable the "rhythm sys tem of birth control approved by the Catholic church. This system dcends on avoiding sex relations during the period immediately be lore and alter ovulation. The only time when conception can take place. 72-Hour Period Although this "pregnable period' is relatively brief about 72 hours it is notoriously hard to pinpoint, and tends to shift un predictably as a result of Illness, emotion or exercise. Two lines of research are be ing pursued. One seeks a drug or compound which would "stabil ize' the time of ovulation. The other seeks a simple and reliable test which will tell when a wom an is preparing to ovulate. Some progress is reported on both problems, but neither has been fully solved so far. Very little money is being spent on birth control research. A few private foundations are supoorl-J ing a few scattered projects. The governments of the I'nited States and other major Western nations have shied away from the whole subject, fearing involvement ' in religious controversy. We Are Dealers For SAFETY ALL-HEATHER 1 More safe mileagel X Quieter ride less squeal on turns! We Carry Winter TIME ON MY HANDSjr-The ring's the thing for telling time as evidenced by this new Idea in male fashion. Insignia rings engineered to carry quality watches were displayed in Geneva, Switzerland. BB's Hubby Is Discharged PARIS (UPI) Brigitte Bardot no longer is at war with the army. She won her battle with the brass over just who her husband, aclor Jacques Chrjirier, should come home to at night his army buddies or Brigitte. Young C harrier was back in Brigitte's arms, adjudged "unfit" to serve as a draftee. Val de Grace Aroy Hospital said Monday night L harrier was discharged Sunday alter scleral weeks of treatment for "nerves." A servant in the Charrier apartment said today no one was home but it was apparent the couple was there, locked away from the prying world. Miss Bai&t, who married her handsome co-star of "Babette Goes To WSr" last spring expects her first child in February. Her condition, along with the rigors of army life, was believed to. have caused Charrier to coSBc down wit'i a "case of nerves" hours after he reported for army duty ip southern France. It aidn t help matters when CharriLr was greeted by the ner ve-Jangling sight of hundreds of near nude pictures of his wife on the barracks walls. After his nervous collapse, Char rier was hospitalized briefly then sent home to Brigitte. Application ly Awe AavHCV Is EiseWioel An application from Hand Ford Sales, Inc., La Grande, for en dorsement cf a state business lic ense as a wrecker of motor ve hicles for I960 has been granted by the La Grande city commis sion. The application was approv ed by Chief of Police Oliver) E Reeve. Fill 1x Up Ihrfaj Its GRAND OPENING f RICHFIELD TRIANGLE SERVICE . TIKIS DOrrT WAIT! Trade the unusiwf miles inyour present tires for the EXTRA VALUE of.. .Much greater skid protection! Treads In All Sizes! Tl II. . ine new All-Nylon Cord Laud Music Concert At N. Powder NORTH POWER (Special) A large group of people turned out for the recent annual music concert at the Powder Valley gym. The music department is under the direction cf Howard Manners. Mr. and Mrs. Bud Hansen and boys o' Bates, spent two days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs Henry McClure and family. The Wa Du-Kee photography club held a meeting recently in Powder schoolhouse. There were 11 members present, life club leader is Mrs. Lenore Isaac. Officers Elected TheQlub members elected of ficers for their coming club year. They are: president, Ann Nice; vice president. Walter Osterloh; secretary, Linda Young; news reporter, Lee Flowers; yell queen, gonna Murdoch. uiona uray and namy rsaniz are to bring refreshments, Wal ter Osterloh, Lee Flower and Gloria Gray will bring games for the next meeting which will be held tonight at the schoolhouse. Mary Jo Bodewig, Muddy Creek, visited all day recently with Barbara Erwin. u Birthday Party O mere was a small surprise birthday party held in the honor of Mrs. Suae HSatt at her home recently. Guests were Mr. and Mrs. E. Sloan, and Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. Keith Simonis, Mr. and Bill Nice. Mrs. Hiatt and her guests also went to the Keith Simonis home where everyone listened to the music of Keith and Vickie Simonis. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hale and family, Vale, visited recently with bis aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Crees, and family. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Nice spent the weekend with the Walker family in Kennewick. Wash. Mrs. Walker is the daughter of the Nices. Powens and Shaws moved around 500 head of cattle out of the Ilock Creek territory up aDove La Grande recently. LicettW Fe For Card, Pool Tablet Unified City commissioners have pass ed Ordinance 1933 unifying the license fees for card and pool tables in the city. r . The fee was established at $50 per table for both card and pool tables. License fees are collect ed annually by the city. Under Th Itw towuaxApnator raESTOn Lomt 2 Big Days! Friday and Saturday DEC. Grand Gift' Award 0 PORTABLE SEW MAGIC Electric Sewing Machine . Free Fruit Cake with each purchase of 10 Gallons Gasoline, Lube Job Or Oil Change! Drive In! Richfield Triangle Service 4th and Spring Triangle RICHFIELD BORON CASOLINB . . . RICHLUBI OILS WE GIVE S.4H. GREEN STAMPS ' Observer, La Grind, Orev Market Quotations By United Prots PORTLAND LIVESTOCK PORTLAND (L'Pli-iL'SDA Weekly livestock: Cattle 2073; fed steers and heif ers mostly 50c higher, cows 50c 1.00 up but bulls weak to 50c low- 34: gtod-choice 974-D85 lb. steers 26.50; good mostly 24,50-26: cutter utility 14-21; mixai good-choice heifers 24-24.25: cutter utility 14 20; utility cows rQstly 14 50-16; cutter-utility bulls 16.50-20. Calves 325: good-choice vcalert 28-32; . cull-utility 11-20. Hugs 2375; butchers mostly 25c lower at new low for year; 1 and 2 butchers 180-235 lb.V4-24.25: 1, 2 a'-J 3 lots 13-13.75; sows 300-550 lb. 9 50-12. Sheep 2285; slaughter lambs weak to 50c lower good choice wooled lambs 16 17, odd head head 17.25; good choice shorn lambs 15-16; good - choice feeder lambs 14-15.50; cull-good ewes S- 5.50. FrencB Songbird Ordered To Bd PARIS UPD Edith Plaf must spend 15 days resting in complete solitude if ever again she is to sing the haunting ballads of the Paris streets that won her world fame, her doctors said today. Miss Piaf. 45, collapsed for the fifth time in two weeks while (singing a concert date Monday against the wishes of her friends and doctors. Today doctors told her she must remain in the clinic for two weeks. Most of that time she will be under sedatives and alone in a darkened room fof rest and quiet are essential if she is to recover. Finds lotJy Of Wife Stuffed In Freow DONNA. Tex. (UPI) Harry Earl found the body of his wife doubled up in their deep freezer Wednesday. She had been missing for 36 hours. Justice of the Peace Jack Ver ser said he would have to wait for the body to thaw before an autopsy could be performed. Verser said there was no evi dence of violence, hut he added Mrs. Earl could not have got into the chest-type freezer by accident. Her body, clad in a bouse coat and, pajamas, was doubled up in one of the smaller freezer com partments. The first contract in U.S. history to build a Navy submarine was awa.ded to the John P. Holland Torpedo Boat Company on March 13, 1895. 18-1 Frl., Dec. is, 19$ p.9 International NEW YORK STOCKS NEW YORK UP1 Stocks firmed todav under the lead of electronic and special issues. Gains in the electronics ran to nearly J in Texas Instruments, more than 3 in Amuex. and more than 1 each in International Busi ness Machines an&Bvckinan. '"-Superior of California tucked on 17 in thr-soils where til' majority favored The upside. Steels backed away somewhat after the president of the steel- workers union advuyi his nego tiators to reject tne coinnanies laS offer no matter what It was steel. Youngstown and Bethlehem eased. Hupublic was firm. " The autos ere mixed. Stude- baker-Packard lost a half. Gen eral Motors and Chrysler tacked RM small fractions. American was unchanged. 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He is in the logging busi ness. Mis. Bill (arson and son, Bil ly, recently returned from a trip to Portland. While there, they visited with relatives. Kriincis Borland, Portland, pent the day with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Don O'Noil visi ted with Mr. and Mrs. Frill Lundgren. Many Visitors Visiting at the Lewis Green- oueh home recently were Mr. and Mrs. Henry hoeh, Palmer Junc tion, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Green- ough, taker, and Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Greenough and family. Mr. and Mrs. Krncst Easlcy have moved to town. Kosie Matheson recently re turned from Hillsboro, where she attended the funeral of her sis ter .losie Smith. Mrs. Henry Bennett spent the day with Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Slack. Portlend Petpl. Mr. anu Mrs. C. L. Dangerfield, Portland, have been visitingwith her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Smith. Recently ret unlet from Spo kane are Jr. and Mrs. Harold Carson. They visited in the home of their son, Mr. and Mrs. Ron ald Carson. Mr. and Mrs. Henry ThoMtstm, Weston, recently visirrj Mrs. Henry Bennett. Mr. and Xrs. Rene Meyers, Cotten Wood, Ida., recently visi ted in the home of her motksr, Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Slack. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Carson spent the day wit. sr ptreatg, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Rhodig. Mack Raid 441 Club View Movie Movies of Union County stocJt shows, parades and thjp County Fair were featured at the recent meeting of the Black Rkkfs 4-11 Horse club. A pot luck dinner was included in the evening's activities at the Pleasant Grove Grange Hall. Next meeting will be held Jan. 5 at 7:30 p.m. at the Greiner home. fj fneogemont King Qffp0iffyfy Adams 'i; 1 1 i i i n -i i j.ts