Human Product
May Aid Fight
On Heart Deaths
By JOSEPH L. MYLF.R
United Press Staff Correppondent
a WASHINGTON (UP) Sub-
. stances manufactured in the bodies
of young women may give science
a powerful weapon against death
irom heart attacks and strokes.
, This was suggested today in a
report to the second World' Con
gress 01 cardiology by Drs. Ruth
Pick, Jeremiah Stamler and Louis
N. Katz of Michael Reese Hospi
tal, Chicago.
A major cause of strokes and
f heart attacks is fatty degeneration
of the arteries to which science
has given the jaw-breaking name
"atherosclerosis."-
Americans have the highest death
rate in tne world .irom heart at
tacks and strokes. The Chicago
doctors sought and found a clue in
the American diet. It is especially
rich in fats. This may lead to
atherosclerosis which in turn tends
to put a fatal strain on the body's
chemistry and organs.
- But this process, the Chicagoans
found, can be prevented and even
reversed. One way is to cut down
the fatal intake.' Another may be
to administer substances produced
In the bodies of women "in their ,
reproductive years.
Sex Hormones Used
These substances are female sex
hormones known as estrogens. Ex
perimental work with estrogens
grew out of the discovery "that
women in their reproductive years
are remarkably iree irom iaiiy ae
generation of the arteries." -
"Administering estrogens to ani
mals in whom atherosclerosis had
been produced experimentally,"
the scientists reported, "caused
the fatty deposits in their coronary
arteries to disappear."
These substances are now being
tested on human beings. Tne un
cago doctors said' "The results to
date are promising." They added,
however, that "A definitive answer
will not be forthcoming for another
two to five years."
Other doctors reported success
ful "tailoring operations", on the
heart itself, substitution of plastic
balls for damaged heart valves, a
new "direct" way of operating on
"blue babies," and . grafting of
veins to bypass arterial , obstruc
tions. .
Valve Damage- Repaired
Prs. Laurence B. Willis and
Dwight E. Harken of Boston told
of 500 operations to relieve mitral
stenosis. In this malady, a valve
on the left side of the heart may
be shrunk by rheumatic fever to
as little as one-fourth of its original
size, choking off the normal flow
of blood.
. Dr. Ellis and Harken restored
the valve opening by surgery to
its original size. And in the vast
majority of patients, including
inose near death, the operation
"produced dramatic improve
ment." Dr. C. A. Hufnagel of Washing-
ton, D. C, reported success in sub
stitution of a plastic ball for aortic
valves damaged by rheumatic
heart diseases. As a result of the
bouncing plastic pellet, 24 of Huf
nagel's patients, who might other
wise be dead, are now "living and
improved."
4A the Bead Bulletin. Tuesday, September 14. 1954
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FAILURE TO SUCCESS
When it gave its first public
performance in 1900, the opera
Madame Butterfly" was pro
nounced an absolute failure. A
later performance, in 1904, estab
lished it as a huge success.
STARBOARD LIST "Rendezvous in the Rain" is the name
given this umbrella manufactured in Frankfurt, Germany. The
opsidea creation cups to tne right just enough for the man to
hold end gives the lady a large cover so she can keep dry.
SNAILSHEIX
The shell of a snail is an ex
ample of a curve known as the
logarithmetic spiral. No matter
now much tne tree end ol sucn
a curve is lengthened, the whole
always retains the same shape.
The glass snake of New Mexico
really is a legless lizard.
New Viet Nam Crisis Could Cost
Country's Emperor His Throne
Crude petroleum is the prin
cipal mineral product of Texas.
Natural gas rates second and
natural gas liquids third.
By CHARLES M. MCANN
United Press Staff Correspondent
The new political crisis in the
Indochinesc state ol Viet Nam
could cause playboy Emperor Bao
Dal his throne.
Underlying it is the feeling of
powerful elements in Viet Nam,
including the army, that the pres
ent government is not doing enough
to keep the Viet Minn Commu
nists from taking over all of Indo
china.
Dynamic young Gen. Nguyen
Van Hinh, chief of staff of the
army, is the leader ol these ele
ments.
Hinh wants a strong, active anti-
Communist government. He does
not want Bao Dai to return home
from the French Riviera.
. Bab Dai lost a lot of pqpular
support because he sat out on the
sunny Riviera the tragic months
which brought the Geneva peace
agreement and left the Commu
nists in control of northern Viet
Nam.
Suspected Plot
Premier Ngo Dien Diem seems
to have suspected that Hinh was
plotting to overthrow the govern
ment and seize control of what
remains of Viet Nam.
Dispatches from Indochina indi
cate that Diem had good ground
tor nis suspicion.
in any event, Diem tried to fire
Hinh and exile him to France on
six months "study leave."
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Hinh refused to be fired and the
Viet Nam army of 270,000 men
supported him.
At present .Hinh remains at his
headquarters, guarded by troops
and tanks.
Diem is at his gleaming white
Gialam Palace, guarded by 800
members of the Viet Nam gen
darmerie.
Bao Dal named Diem premier
in June, during the Geneva con
ference, hoping he would be able
to unuy tne country.
Diem, like Bao Dai,, was in
France at the time. He had not
been in Indochina in four years
Hinh had been there, fighting the
Reds.
Diem's support comes largely
from the north, which the Com
munists now hold. Hinh has the
support of the army which he built
up and also of the powerlul re
ligious-political Bin'- Myen, cao
Dao and Hoa Hao sects, it is re
ported.
Forty-year old Hinh, a flying
ace for France in World War II,
is the son of former premier
"Tiger" Nguyen Van Tarn. He is
Viet Nam s outstanding soldier. He
offered personally to lead a Viet
namese force to try to relieve Dien
Bien Phu during the great siege
He has a boyish face but a firm
chin.
Both Hinh and Diem are honest,
widely respected men, bitterly anti-Communist.
It remains to be
seen which will Come out on top,
But there will be no reason for
surprise if Hinh emerges as a Viet
Nam "strong man. In that event
it is possible that Viet Nam may
become a regency under Bao Dai's
17-year old son, Prince Bao Long.
Attorney Says
Case Not Proved
SAN ANTONIO, Tex. (UP)-Cpl.
Claude Batchelor's civilian lawyer
says the Army has failed to prove
the soldier collaborated with his
Chinese Communist captors and
tattled on fellow POWs during 38
months in a North Korean prison
camp.
The Army completed its case
against the 22-year-old turnabout
POW Monday and the lawyer, Joel
Westbrook of San Antonio, said he
would ask for a directed verdict of
acquittal from the court-martial of
eight officers, all veterans of the
Korean war.
The final Army witness, former
private first class Wilburn C. Wat
son, 33, of Corinth, Miss., said at
least some of' the 20 Americans
who rejected repatriation and now
are In Red China were supposed to
be smuggled back into the United
states as Communist agitators.
Watson testified he was held with
the original group of 22 American
and one British "non-repats,"
which included Batchelor, because
he (Watson) pretended to collabor
ate with the Chinese.
' He said he was held with them
because he was carrying papers
when captured that identified him
as a former deputy sheriff, con
stable and marshal in Mississippi.
The Reds inferred from these he
was an American agent who had
allowed himself to 'be captured.
Although he had signed a "con
fession," Watson said he was
brought to trial in 1953 before the
23 non-retriates and five Chinese
Communist officers on charges of
being a spy.
SACK TRIAL OPEKS
PORTLAND im Trial of George
F. Sack, Portland apartment
house owner, for the first degree
murder of his wife, opened in
Multnomah County Circuit Court
yesterday vith four members of
the jury panel being chosen. Se
lection of the veniremen was ex
pected to continue today and to
Oregon Demos
Pleased at Upset
Win in Maine
MILWAUKIE. Ore. (01 Monroe
sweetland, Democratic national
committeeman and publisher of
the Milwaukie Review, today ex
pressed confidence in his party's
chances in the November elec
tions, on the basis of the upset
election of Democratic governor
Edmund S, Muskie in Maine.
Sweetland said Oregon could be
described as the "Maine, of the
West Coast" except that it was
even less staunchly Republican
than the New England state, which
yesterday elected its first Demo
cratic governor in 20 years.
"For the first time, we Demo
crats find ourselves in complete
agreement with Vice President
Richard Nixon, , who predicted
Sunday that 'As Maine goes ' is
still a good slogan, and so will
go the nation in November."
"Oregonians will await with in
trest one more major preview of
the political tides, when Alaska
goes to the polls early in Octo
ber," Sweetland said. "If Maine
can go, so can Oregon," he add
ed. ,
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HOMEBODY Pretty Jeanne
Crain, popular movie star, has
been chosen ."Miss National
Home Week" by the National
Association of Home Builders
in Washington, D. C. She will
preside over the nationwide
celebration from Sept. 19-28.
Jeanne was chosen on the basis
of her homemaklng talents. .
NO LOOKOUT, SIGNAL
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (UP)-Author-ities
investigating a collision Mon
day at the corner of Lookout and
Signal decided the drivers appar
ently failed to do either.
Bulletin Want Ads get results.
STANFORD UNIVERSITY
Calif, dn Stanford scientists, now
moving into their brand - new
$200,000 microwave laboratory
are. preparing to launch construc
tion of still another atom-smasher,
to be known as the Mark IV.
Laboratory Director Edward L.
Ginzton said the new atom-smasher,
scientifically known as an elec
tron linear accelerator, will con
tribute to medical and biological
investigations. It also will further
development of still larger and
better atom-smashers.
The Mark IV's forerunner, the
Mark in, will continue to operate
in the older building known as the
High Energy Physics Laboratory,
now under the direction of Prof.
W. K. H. Panofsky.
Both laboratories together com
prise the W. W. Hansen Labora
tories of Physics. They were nam
ed for the late William Webster
Hansen, pioneering Stanford phy
sicist who founded the university's
large microwave laboratory.
The bulk of the new laboratory's
work is government-sponsored. In
particular, the U. S. Energy Com
mission is supporting the Mark
IV and larger accelerator studies.
The Office of Naval Research is
sponsoring , the klystron work,
while the medical accelerator
studies ahe under American Can
cer Society and U. S. Public Serv
ice sponsorship. . .
ACCIDENT ACCOUNTIN GS
Nearly 10 per cent of traffic
accidents are due to careless
or improper signals being given
by motorists, or to complete fail
ure to indicate intention to stop,
turn, or slow down.
Whiie, Negro Children Mix
To End Capital Segregation
By CHARLOTTE O. MOULTON
WASHINGTON (UP)-The Cap
ital's 98,000 school children, Negro
and white alike, have passed .the
years first test with flying colors.
Monday their broadmlndedness
and -courtesy was measured in a
way that would give pause to many
an adult. It was the first day of
school, but a first day different
irom any they had experienced be-
tore.
: For the first time white and Ne
gro children did not separate at
the school house door. They en
tered together and sat down in
the same classrooms. Some white
children had Negro teachers and
yice versa. Negro and white boys
signed ud lor the same football
.teams. In a day or two, when
full sessions start, they'll all be
eating in the same lunch rooms,
regardless of race, i
Integration Is taking place here
over a one-year period. Children
who were in school last year for
the most part returned to the same
schools. But about 9,500 first-graders
and newcomers were registered
in accordance with new residence
boundaries. In addition, about 3.000
Negro students were transferred
out. of overcrowded schools into
white schools with low enrollment.
A few Negroes who had to travel
unduly long distances were, also
re-assigned..
Some people said there ' were
also re-assigned.
borne people said there were
bound' to be disturbances when
youngsters who have alwavs been
racially separated' are brought to-
getner. io the authorities dis
patched a Doliceman to each
school.
All the police could find to do
was direct traffic. Washington
scnooi cnuaren, Irom kindergarten
through high school, got a straight
A in their first course in inter-'
racial living. , V-
Not that everybody was content
with the new situation.
."They stare so," one white girl
said of Negro students in her high
school class.
"I wonder what we'll do about
dances," another said. "Will they,
go to. our proms"
"They seemed very nice today
but I'm not sure it will last," a
companion put in. "The ruckus will
come when the police aren't here."
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