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1 Register-Guard, Eugene, Ore. Jan. 1955 RICHLAND, Wash. (NEA) Want to live many years longer? Then you better move to this "atomic city." Because here in Itichland, where some 10,000 workers produce piutonium, the nuclear fuel in an atomic bomb, the death rate is only a little more than one-half that of the nation. "Healthiest city in the U. S.," Is the claim Richlandcrs were making as 1054 drew to an end. Ten years ago this city was built in the semi-arid wastelands of southeastern Washington to house workers of the secret Hanford Works. This modern city of 28,000 per- Faced With Problem Of Too CAIRO (!H The most funda mental problem facing Egypt now is over-population With the present population at 23,000,000, there are 1,500 chil dren born every day. The "rate of infant mortality has declined in recent years so that now only 180 of 1,500 die before reaching adolescence. The general death rate is less than 1,000 daily. ' Egyptian sociologists said It is practically impossible to increase production and national income to keep paco with the population growth. Educational and health programs barely meet the in crease, and production projects, including land reform and indus trialiiation, can never match it. They explained that this in crease of birth rate is due to the fellaheen (peasants) who form two-thirds of the population. To the fellah, a child is extra capital which costs nothing, be cause children start working as hands in the fields or servants, in houses as soon as they are old enough to walk, thus adding a bit more revenue to the family's income. To the fellah's wife, there is more security for her in con stantly producing children be cause her husband, under Mos lem law, can easily divorce her for lack of fertility. Sociologists put forward two lntcr-dependcnt solutions. The first is a country-wide program of obligatory education. This would have the double ef fect of depriving the fellah's chil dren of their value as immediate capital because of their being obliged to attend schools, as well as spreading education. The second is to outlaw poly gamy and restrict divorce. This, they pointed out, would result in strengthening the female's posi tion in the family as well as bet tcring the Egyptian family bonds sons is so healthy, in fact, thatl it has no undertaker. A number of morticians have expressed in terest in going into business here. But none of them have seen fit to establish a business here after analyzing the death rates. MORTAL COIL When a Richlandcr does shuffle off this mortal coil, often due to old age, he is served by a mor tician from a neighboring city. It must be admitted, however, that there are deaths from heart dis ease and cancer, like other cities in the U. S., but not as many per 1000 population. Richland's rate over a five-year period was z.a deaths per 100 persons, or slight ly more than half of the expected 4.2 death rate nationally. Are residents of this 10-ycar- old city younger than the aver age? They are not. Average age for men is 3B; women 34, or an average age of 36 'A years. This is same as the age averages for workers in chemical and allied industries, which arc usually used for comparison purposes. What s the answer then? Doc tors William D. Norwood, Philip A. Fugua and Ralph R. Sachs, who are among the 34 medics in Richland, attribute their citys healthfulncss to several ins. The main ono is, they a uniquely planned and integrated medical program. NO EPIDEMICS Richland is 10 years old; its medical program lias been oper ating 10 years. At first the du Pont Co. operated the city for the Army. In 1046 it was turned over to General Electric to operate lor the U. S. Atomic Energy Commis sion. In all that time mcnianas services consisted of public health, industrial medicine, hos pital, and for the first six years, general patient caro. The doctors say the fact that every worker is under a health program is the reason lew dis eases go undetected. The medics point out that their community's health planning, for which the worker pays, is the answer to pro ponents of socialized medicine. While the program is comprehen sive, it does not include any practices not recommended by recognized leaders in the field of public health. Richland has never had an epi demic of a major disease. It has only one hospital, with most of its 106 beds empty much of the time. So successful is the city's health program that persons liv ing in Richland, from birth to the age of 65, probably can expect to live about two years longer than the established national average. . I i ;. I I I. I J 3 m m '51 coliij- Tii a fru-Guarantee' M9nin9 pug ntu9 to L,, i y you ra reen I may i - ' S 0' -, u,.,.,.u r .u,iiTTnggiigpvoilJ "fiOOONKS NURSewHO.JMST 1 ' I BUT WHY GO f I CANT HELP i I OH.IGNTfT AWFUL CHEflP "TOO, FOR NeVER H0WE ONE- .TIME LL STOKE I til " " V.J- Jjyj I 7 LET'S SEE -.WE WANT TO K SUK "OU X 0 V 'Sjji YZZr r 1 ' I A BLOCK OUT OF IXflNNK-I've Jf GORGEOUS? J A FUR COAT-STILL, 1 NEVERIT'S ONLY aSX,3S I T7a SSS:X"r;VWATl V LOOK "OUR LOVELIEST SUPTOSE J fLKTO W CA fc8UWCTOF "J UJ I OUR WAY. Q1NI? JUST GOT TO SEE O 4 rTS AM AWFUL LOT A SILLY DREAM-BUT, KNOWS? I his is sour o?KVMrs,ncmaP should X ; we try the pink okgaxv with J f -f55itj z 1 I'MCOLD- itaqaim- Jj 1 FOR FOLKS LIKE US- ' OIPOLY" V- - luf n-SreuETHATaROOKSNO!!WANRE-lWEA,A U THE FUFFE0 SLEEVES HO IA fj ill"- ' Z TTTrTmS L f Zj 1 KjX, T?1" Bwnr, Atf " . yp 'SmiTES Atomic City Is Healthiest in the Nation 8fe 1OT T?k 1 j Ac H f It" A I -y?-. ffi 'i'f? M THRU TH5 AlUEYf ' i ll 1 I OR SKS HOlNS t Iplf f 3 ft same as the age averages for inuustriai, huuu bialib at Kicniana, wasn, is promo ea . . j in mon in ly DUiituns uisinuuieu 10 wurKurs anu lamuius in mo t "atomic city." Residents can expect longer life than average. Wt&W- . lltW SCREHE 1 K&XL XWXti VWVKtt, -W&? JMOSC H 1 1 Hicr a Mrkjmi T 4 it trie tuc XJf 68 i should be GerriNGl mind.pu. b fy . Kgipl Sp-yVv san j ' aj-JtfSfi 1 1 lg ' P p ( I AH,BlH"RL---rX0fW5Qft?jV -- J l-WEM VPVSttOCSe.i ,n , , i l i I w 1 l.n,-l . . I ilSi4it.ilr,,;,.nijnl .L THREE BABIES A DAY is average born at Richland's Kadlec Hospital. Since 1044, nioro than 7.000 babies have been born with out a single maternal death in city said to be healthiest in U.S. DR. JORDAN SAYS Insulin, Science Improve Outlook for Diabetes. Victim Not so many years ago almost i million people with diabetes who all victims of severe diabetes ei- do not know they have it and ther died of the disease or from I therefore are not receiving the complications which at that time j benefits of modern treatment, and Just One Confusion After Another Here DuliOlS (Rois), 111. np The dateline is not a mistake because this little southern Illinois town is known by both names. Tile historical, geographical and state highway - department-sign name of the town is DuBois. The Illinois Central Railroad depot carries the name ltois because 10 VOU'd uai i iMivuum, and passengers and baggagemen kept getting confused. Now motorists who see DuBois Campus Namesakes Really Quite Different AKRON, O. (IP When you holler for "Tat Roman" around the University of Akron, better qualify it. There arc two Pat Romans. a freshman, but that's only the1 mhwav si?n a;d Bois on beginning. :,hc do'"'1 arc nfuscd. Freshman Roman is a football i tackle. Sophomore Roman should be more completely identified as Tatricia Ann Roman. could not be prevented. Today, thanks to the discovery of insulin and better knowledge of how to treat the disease, the outlook is much better. But there are still problems: there are believed to be nearly a Qs & As human nature being what it is, there are far too many diabetic patients who do not follow direc tions and are therefore taking chances with their lives. CURIOUS DISEASE Diabetes is a curious disease. Heredity and excess fat play a part in its development but the exact cause still remains to be discovered. The place where the trouble originates is in the pan creas, which is a small gland ly- r i. fin. i..i.,j v, vri, mg in uio upper poruon oi ine aD- stiU in'the main port' of entry for:?0"- This land' am"S other e I functions, normally produces a A No. After 62 years, the world's busiest immigration sta tion has been closed. Q What is the name of the new fruit said to be the richest available source of vitamin C Till TO fiEnrftNl R!DE. So far as either iro not related. knows they BEWARE or IMITATIONS LOOK FOR THI HAPPY mm DOG WPPI TOPS IN QUALITY! LOW IN PRICE HOMER LIVES VP TO NAME CRAWFORD NOTCH, N.H. (IP Homer became homesick. He was one of two beavers who chewed through their wooden enclosure in Crawford Notch State Park and swam to freedom via inlets of water which run through the cage. Arthur Boucher, the park manager, said he found Hen rietta waiting outsid the cage. She was recaptured. A conservation officer, George Hamilton, who had live-trapped the beavers, was told about Momer and he said, "I'm afraid that's the last you'll see of th-t fellow." But a few days later Homer was spotted vailing outside Henrietta's nes cage. It took Boucher 10 minutes to obtain the cage keys, and Homer was still waiting when he park manager returned to put the mates together again. hormone which is emptied into the blood and is known as insulin. Insulin is necessary to enable the tissues to burn and use sugar; if it is absent or deficient in quan tity some of the sugar will spill over into the urine. The body thus A-The acerola. also known' as'do? not,.gct en0URh nou.r'!.hraent ... d: ?. -!. . nnA .-i ! nd wast ing ma y occur if it goes ! Indian cherry, which contains. 5 more than 85 times as much vita The principal aim of the attack min C as fresh orange juice. The on diabetes is to improve the use tree grows scmiwild in the Car- of the sugar and prevent its wast ribbean islands. aSe through the urine. One meth od ot noing mis is Dy eaung toons TO ADOPT k. Bfcgy NOW. SHED TRU&r AW80PV WHO SAID HE'D HELP HER1. BUT YOD COULD K UP. DR.GKQTON i which do not contain much starch es or sucars. In mild cases this !may be enough. Q Which is the driest slate ini the Union? A Nevada, with an annual av erage rainfall over the last 64 BEARS WATCHING years, of 8 60 inches. ' It should be mentioned too that the severity of the diabetes may Q When was airmail sei l change from time to time so that ice inaugurated between the it is necessary to alter the treat United States and Canada? I ment. Also, a diet hich is satis A In 1920, between Seattle; factory at one time may have to and Victoria. be chanced later. j On correspondent ask whether Q Did the famous evangelist, one can say "once a diabetic, al Billy Sunday,-actual play on ajway a diabetic." It is probably Ejji-! R BUT I POtf T LIKE THE I uWERj BUT POWCWk SE6,EM P T KftOWW Mf;U COteW,lfZ, T WS WW 5EEk.Br WM A.Wfj 50 EA'3CX,l Jr.- r.r.r I l A .it, x,s.'rujim.rcu.nAj rxL tjcnmxr L BMW Aral irn nn t ITm i nm'mm i r igil CEPT FER.SOME TlM TO PATwH a few KNOT AM KAT MOLES TnfcT AIM T AlHINtI T5 PIX THIUi'-.A IVITH CM TH' R AKJCH.' 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