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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Deschutes County, Or.) 1917-1963 | View Entire Issue (April 13, 1955)
THE BEND BULLETIN Mid CENTRAL OREGON PBESS An Independent Newspaper Robert W. Chandler, Editor and Publisher Pill F. Brogan, Associate Editor Member, Audit Bureau of Circulations Entered w Second CUu Metier, Januerr 6, 1917 at the Port Office at Bend, Ore- son under Act of March I, 18W. 4 The Bend Bulletin, Wednesday, April 13, 195S "I Have a Little Shadow Dr. Jonas B. Salk Results of the Salk anti-polio research possibly was the poorest kept secret of the decade. But, nevertheless, the official word that the vaccine is safe and effective was great news. It was news that will be further dramatized in the weeks ahead, and in the years to come. Most important tip that the vaccine was found effec tive was the setting of April 12 as the date when the re search findings were to be made public. That date coin cided with the 10th anniversary of the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt. It was President Roosevelt who dramatized the nation-wide fight against polio. Certainly the anniversary of his death would not be the time to announce that the vaccine was worthless. There were also other tips and news leaks pointing to the success of the vaccine. Throughout the country ar rangements were made for the administration of the vac cine, and in each community health leaders in charge care fully used "ifs" obviously to carry out the element of uncertainty until the final word came from Ann Arbor. Mich. Dramatically that word came Tuesday, April 12, 191)5. "The Vaccine Works" was the headline the an nouncement wrote. The American Medical Association hailed the results of the polio research as "one of the greatest events in the history of medicine." Tests revealed that the vaccine proved from 80 to 90 per cent effective. Among the 460,000 children who ao tually received the vaccine, only one died. This child suc cumbed after a tonsillectomy performed two days aftei rie received the second shot in a series of three. One of the most significant items in the long and com plex report dealing with data obtained in the vaccinations was the showing that the vaccine is particularly effective, 80 to 90 per cent, against the paralytic or fatal type of polio. And strangely enough, it proved least effective against the non-paralytic typo, the least to be, feareo , among the three types of polio viruses. Some of the premature news releases were unfortu nate. They indicated that the new vaccine had proved 100 per cent effective. '. Medicine never has had a vaccine which is 100 pa tent effective. ; This has been attributed to the fact that there is a small "freakish" group of persons who either are unable iu iimiiuiacLure aiiu-oouics in inetr moodsiream, or wiiose . body chemistry makes them poor anti-body producers. Smallpox vaccine is one of the most effective of any known. It gives immunity to 95 per cent or more. Yellow fever vaccine is even more effective. ; Yes, Tuesday, April 12, 1955, was a great day in the ;history of medicine. Hut even long after the day and the jyear are forgotten, the name of the creator of anti-polio 'vaccine w ill be remembered. He is Dr. Jonas E. Salk. I: - sit 'shVJ urn AW, --t-R. L. STtVENSON . . J VIA. I I VMS J T Tuft SLlCfrr Lighting Map Made for City A map showing' the location of street lights within the city has been prepared and submitted to City Manager Walter T. Thomp son by the Pacific Power .and Ught company. The map was prepared to aid the city in planning the extension of street lighting. " Estimates for extending the down-town lighting system along Greenwood and Franklin are cur rently being prepared by the pow er company for presentation to the city oommission. Budgeted -for this year is 5U0 for improvement of me city's street lighting system. Question of extending street lichts along major arteries Into the down-town streets has been raised at several recent city com mission meetings. Discussed has been the exten sion of lights along Greenwood from Bond to the underpass and along Franklin from Bond to E. 3rd. The power company is expected to complete the preparation of esti mates on extending the "white way" along the streets designat cd in time for the next commis sion meeting, scheduled for April 20. Geology Groups Plan Joint Trip Members of the Geological So ciety of the Oregon Country and the Salem Geology society plan a joint trip into this part of the state over the Fourth of July holi days, with the Fort Rock basin their objective. To scout camping spots end areas to be visited, Murray Miller of Oreeon City. GSOC member, is in the Bend area this week, guest ol Mr. and Mrs. Chester Lvons. Members of the comDineo group plan to spend a day in the Fort , Service, Inc. tH'ttifcWW " .;-m- Edson in Washington Congressional Score Cara By I'M 'Kit KI1SON NKA WiisliiiiKtiin Correswnident WASHINGTON (N'EAt Hero is the score card for Kith Con gress activity after three months, or half of the first session, ac enrding In Hep. Omar Burleson (P., Tex ): Nearly 7000 bills have been in cut individuals living many miles from each other. "Obviously such writers are tools of high pressure operators who themselves .should be too smart to resort to such methods," says Representative Wilson. He cites one example that fooled mm completely, heveral weeks a- tioduced; 178 reports have lieeiiio he heard from one of his con filed: 12 bills have become law about Q) roll calls have been tak en: 511 new lobbyists have been registered. "The Congress is taking a few days' recess for Master. Perhaps stiluenls with whom he hail cor responded over the years on number of matters. The letter was answered and the requested infor mation supplied. Imagine my chagrin and Rock basin, inspecting not only the formation that gives the basin its name, but the Hole in - the- Ground, Moffatt butte and other landmarks. There is a possibility that the group will swing south int othe Summer lake-Albert lake region, to view the spectacular fault-block mountains and trace the shore lines of old lakes. A United Nations survey shows , the life expectancy of a Norwe gian girl is 72.65 years highest in the world. LOWES OIL BURNER SERVICE PHONE. 181 i You Don't $ow Piawonls Check IktotTacU fir iiw trfiTV'j Letters To the Editor: On behalf of the While Buffalo staff, I would like to thank you for your recent editorial concern ing our paper. Such encourage ments are an important factor in the continued success of any pub lication. I hope that the White Buffalo, as a school paper, may someday enjoy the popularity and esteem that The Bend Bulletin holds as Central Oregon's only daily. Sincerely, JERRY RAMSEY Editor. Madras White Buffalo Madras,' Oregon April 11, 195.) din ing this bn-allier and during 1 noyance when, a few davs later, man's recent votes. "Enjoy your 1 received an identically worded Is' "lc w,,e silm "'rseiy. us A Ghost Ship Passes The state Senate, states a news item from Salem, sounded the death knell of the Battleship Oregon conimis sion when it voted down a bill to appropriate .7,500 for .continuance of the project. War, not the senate, sounded the death knell. lhiit vns clone when the proud battleship of the Spanish-American war was stripped of its superstructure. its guns and its equipment, and the hull was towed west wurd over the Pacific. There it still rests, a rusting hull at Guam. There was an effort to continue the memory of the Oregon by displaying its souvenirs and its relics in an old building in eastsitle Portland. True, it was a museum, but certainly it was not a battleship. Now relics from the Spanish-American war and even the Civil war displayed in the old building are expected to be consolidated with the Oregon Historical socielv. ' Such a move will he proper. Certainly any effort to perpetuate on land the uhost of a battleship that served ;in throo wars, and is now turning to rust in salty spray, ; would be out of place. till' lime whifh hnlds a lvlitfinus siHiiifii-ance fnr millions of people, nu'inlu-rs of Cin;',ivKs may lake in invenlory of themselves . . . It is an ensy matter to lake an jii- venlory of the accomplishments of I he Congress. Hut it is not an easy mutter to take an inventory of one's self," Sni. Nnrrfs Co! ton iJi., N. II.) aspects thai members of C'on- ;ress are so loaded with S'eial j tliey deserved." briefings and advice that they All connressmon keep a pretty sometimes ignore plain common dose eye on their mail from home, letter from another const it up: who lives several counties re moved from the first. I am sure Ihey won? not acquainted," re ports the lloosicr Congressman. What did hu do alvout it? "I did just what anyone would do," explains Representative Wil son. "I sent thorn identically-worded answers. It was no more than Quotable Quotes in They kept offering me contracts with gimmicks 'them. I'm a ballplayer, not a gambler. If 1 wanted gamble I'd go to Las Vegas. Uobby Avila, Indian , ond baseman. If Communist China would like to open diplomatic relations with Japan to recognize Nationalist China we would be very willing to open negotiations. Prime Min ister Ichiro llatoyama, Japan. There is going to be a prolonged struggle betwe en the Communist and free worlds, but it will be waged on social. ideological grounds, Author from this experience, it Ui t inn in a hurry, Sen. political, economic am! Louis rischcr. If I have learned anything is that you can't write tax legi-. Harry K Pyrd (D.-Va.) llio spin l is not conducive to passing game. Under It your qtiarieroacK, wim iiei mitely is not cxpeiulaiile, can get the treatment. Sid Clillman, new coach of Los An- J gelca Itams. !l 3 There ip no reason why young colored people should j consider themselves excluded from the priesthood and religious life. Archbishop Italian! J. Ctishing. sense. "The intcllcctuiil subtlety lint .'ihiHinds in Washington is enough In make your head swim," s,is Senaler Cetlon. Here are some of the examples lie (;ives: "I'cilleue nrnfess.irs lecture us tin tin' tuier ilislinclions of the philosophies of government. Iip loiuals Itrief us on the tlelicaln phases of world relations. Socinl- oi;isls iiislnul us on the causes of crime and delinquency and the psychnlnejenl background of race prejudice. "As for technical knowledge," adds Senator Collou in a ld'or !o his constilucnls, "if you could sit wilh us in connuitlee rooms UsIeniuL; lo scientists, military ex perls, and economists expound on e-er tiling from alomic enrrc,y to stockmai'kct, you wmild quick ly realize lhal while wo certainly need all the inlorniation we can i;et, too much exposure to tech nical knowledge can confuse (he law maker ami div ert him from the direct, simple reasoning ot com mon sense." The installation of milk vendinc machines in I lie Kepuhlican and Pemocratie cloakrooms of Con u'.rcss has uivcn Seci'ctaiy of ricultutv Kra Taft Kcnson a ho; lift. to "In those ver rooms. throii!:ii e- the e.irs. the piW'l.-ms of the id.i.ry mduslry luo Invn discussed uon thousands ot invasions." ie told the I'acllic l;i!r and Tool try A. m. at its Sail Lake Ci' convention 'Now t 'oiii'ssincn have the mcon.s oi atl c UiUk the dairy sur plus ptohlem through consumption as Well as lhi-oii.;h legislation." .isl iiicreiise of 'Tarrot Mail" h is he. ii isuvai inlo Ton- :;i c----:i ''Ml t'Miees, acc-MillIK lo Hep l-.aile Wilson (K . hid i Pal let mall consists of id.ailtealU worded letters written by dilfcr- hut sometimes it gels pretty dis couraging. Kep. .lames C. Wright, Jr., ID.. Tex. I reports that a member of the I.ono Slar state delegation got a telegram from a constituent who later than you think Another' Texan got a wire rom home demanding that the Con gressman do something to get the cowboys and Indians off television. After i Sell. Hubert Humphrey (D., Minn.) introduced a bill to abolish) the antiquated Electoral College voting system to rubber stamp the election of President and Vice-President, he got a post card from Hazel I. Danneckcr, of New Castle, Ind. 11 read Well, it isn't much of a college For it's never produced, to our knowWxIge, A good football team. And so it would seem didn't like one of the Congress-'It might just as well be abolished. ' Yachats. Oie Letters To the Editor: The Yachats Ladies club staged a splendid hobby show on Wed nesday, April 6th, showing the work of thirly-five exhibitors not bad for such a smll town! Carved leather, jigsaw puzzles, ceramics, oil paintings, embossed copper, agate jewelry, intricate needle work, and woodwork were includ ed in the all day show. There were several exhibits of woodwork. each reflecting the personality of its artisan: collectively they dem onstrated how different workers, with driftwood from the same beaches and similar tools and pro cesses, produce objects of indivi duality. Each weaves a part of himself into his work. But where were the rock col lections? This neck of the woods is peppered with them, but not one was in sight! Cakes and pies galore were there. One visitor from North Dakota was hcird to say to all and sundry, "Yachats has more top-notch bakers than any town I've visited; there are more scrumptious cakes and pies here than there are women in Yncbats." We were so taken with the show- that we forgot to check on wheth er the ladies had replaced the washroom mirror which was sold at a rummage sale a couple of weeks ago. Gel ready for another whack at those clams! A long stretch of really low tides is coming up, be ginning on Thursday, April 21st at 5: Ha a.m. and lasting through Thursday, April 2Sth. at 11:36 a.m eight days! The lowest of low tides will be 1.5 feet below mean low tide at 7:1.") Sunday morning. Bring your mackintosh for warmth we have shovels if you haven't and calch a clam if you can, j Swanie Press Sect-clary, Yachats Chamber of Com metre World's Finest Quality Diamond Rings Quality, determined by Color, Cut and Clarity, is the standard by which diamonds are judged. Keepsake Engagement Center Diamonds are blue-white gems, of modern cut and are flawless under 10-power magnification. A wide ranae of styles and oriees. For your absolute assurance of perfect quality, Keepsake Di amond Riniis are permanently registered and guaranteed per fect in writing by Keepsake, Good Housekeeping and this store. 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