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Bacteria-Infested
Blood Kills Student
In Laboratory Test
Seattle U.K Bewildered
scientists at the Universiy of
Washington were attempting to
discover Monday how bacteria
contaminated blood used in an
experimental injection and
killed an 18-year-old Seattle Uni
versity honor student.
The victim was James S. Lee
dom of Seattle, who died Sunday
following an injection made
Thursday by doctors seeking bet
ter ways to preserve blood.
Naw Methods Sought
The experiment was intended
to find new methods of giving
different fractions of blood to
wounded soldiers on the battle
field. Dr. Robert H. Williams,
head of the Washington'i depart
ment of medicine, said.
Blood containing a possible
preservative was injected into
Leedom, Finch said. First, how
ever, the blood used in the injection-was
tested to make sure
it was free of bacteria and then
was refrigerated, he added.
"By some phenomenon, some
bacteria, probably saprophyte,
was able to grow while the blood
was at a freezing temperature
but didn't grow at body temper
ature," Finch said. "That's the
only way we can explain it."
Noncompalible Type Feared
He added that after Leedom
received the fatal injection, it
was believed the youth probably
had received a noncompatible
type of blood, but tests proved
this was not so.
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the doctor's said. "Either Doctor
Finch or I would gladly take part
in the same tests right now," Dr.
Williams said. ' .
The bacteria was not conta
gious, they said.
Demonstrators Battle
In Downtown Rome
Rome (U.PJ Police riot
squads and students demonstrat
ing against the United States,
Britain and Russia battled with
clubs and stones in downtown
Rome Monday.
Police detained at least 20
students, and 10 police were
hurt by flying stones in a clash
in one sector where between
3,000 and 4,000 demonstrators
gathered.
The students, most of them
neofascists, demanded the re
turn of Trieste to Italy. They
chanted Fascist hymns and gave
the Fascist salute in front of the
parliament building.
The police riot squads were
ordered out when a big crowd in
front of the Basilica of St. Mary
Major peppered traffic police
with stones. The police sprayed
the students with red dye in or
der to identify the participants.
The Easter Seal campaign is
conducted simultaneously in all
48 states, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto
Rico and Washington, D. C. to
raise funds for crippled children:
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Medford Business
People Hold Card
Firm Franchises
Portland Franchises for
operation of the National Credit
Card system have been signed
which will put the system into
action from coast to coast by this
summer, E. L. Mays, president.
said today.
A group of Medford business
men, headed by Larry Neely,
realtor, who has been named di
rector of public relations for the
travelers' credit . system, has
handled most of the franchises.
Neely himself will direct oper
ations in Utah, Nevada and Ari
zona, as well as serving as pub
lic relations director.
Mrs. Marjorie Barnes, Med
ford apartment house owner,
will hold the franchise in Louis
iana, Arkansas and Mississippi.
Others from Medford are Leland
Wilson, who will take over
South Dakota, Iowa and Nebras
ka; Larry Schade, Minnesota;
Andrew Lund, Montana, North
Dakota and Idaho, and J. W.
Wickman, Texas. Arrangements
for franchises in Wisconsin,
Michigan and Florida have been
made but names of principles
have been withheld until the
agreements are completed.
The firm is extending the use
of credit cards similar to those
used by gasoline companies to
the field of service establish
ments, hotels, motels, restau
rants and others. Mays said that
there are already more than
1,500 member firms in the 11
western states, and some 65,000
card holders.
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fun when Caryn Dale Karmazin,
22 months - old, wore her toidy
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Fun, that is, until it got stuck. A
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CHURCH HONEYED UP
Durand, Mich. (U.PJ There's
something sweet about the First
Methodist church here. Bees
through the years have deposit
ed an estimated ton of honey in
side its walls. Because plaster
and sheathing would have to be
torn out to remove the honey,
it hasn't been disturbed.
The first real coke oven in this
country is believed to have been
built in Connellsville, Pa., by a
foundry owner.
Article Mentions
Brandau, Kooser
Jackson county's weather-control
pilots. Harvey Brandau and
Eugene Kooser, are mentioned
in an article about cloud seeding
and other phases of weather con
trol which appears in the April
edition of Astounding Science
Fiction magazine, now on news
stands. The article, which is a factural
account distinct from the maga
zines fiction department, was
written by Roscoe Fleming, and
deals with experiments of vari
ous types in scattered parts of
the country.
The article points out that
Brandau and Kooser's work was
in 1949 and 1950, and that "For
these two years in succession,
the fruit escaped hail-damage,
something that hadn't happened
in more than 40 previous years
of commercial production.
ControTersy Told
The article also discussed the
controversy which has arisen
here around the cloud-seeding
experiments. "Seeding under
whatever auspices will "never
please everyone. 'it said. Farm
ers near the Rogue orchards
stormed that the overseeding de
prived them of rain for their
crops."
Fleming's artcle also said
". . . one at least of the big air
line companies is financing con
tinued experiments into dissi
pating low-lying clouds and
fogs over airports,"presumably
a reference to the work don last
year by Brandau and Kooser for
United Air lines.
Easter Seal contributions,
large and small, join with others
to make possible hundreds of
services for crippled children.
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Exchange Student
Hurl While Skiing
Denver (U.PJ Pretty Leyna
Ericckson. 20, an exchange stu
dent at Colorado University in
Boulder, Colo., from Stockholm,
Sweden, was recuperating at her
sorority house Monday from a
skiing accident in which it was
feared she had broken her neck.
Miss Ericckson went to Win
ter Park. Colo., Sunday to try
the popular ski area, but her
skis tangled and she plunged
head first into the not-so-soft
snow.
After hours of x-rays, examin
ation and observation at Denver
General hospital, it was reported
Miss Ericckson suffered only a
mild concussion.
Two Men Arrested
On Theft Suspicion
Ashland Ashland's Police
Chief Vern Smith was en route
to Roseburg this morning to pick
up two men suspected of stealing ,
a golf bag and seven clubs Sat- j
urday night from .a car owned j
by Robert Pritchard, 733 Siski-
you boulevard, Ashland.
State police said the men were !
arrested in Roseburg last night
when investigating officers felt
they "didn't look like men who
would play golf."
The men who were arrested
are Vic Clarence Ebbert, 46, :
Klamath Falls, and Albert Daw
son Smith, 35, Central Valley,
Cal.
Topsham, Me. U.P.) This
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truck, the first new piece of fire
apparatus since it purchased a!
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Loaded Pistol
Serves as Toy
Portland (U.R) Portland
Policeman John Caldwell Mon
day told about a loaded .32 cal
ibre automatic pistol that serv
ed as the plaything for a group
of Portland children three days
before it was discovered.
Caldwell said the gun, fully
loaded, was found in some bush
es in the southeast district sev
eral days ago by an elderly
woman. She apparently thought
it was a toy and gave it to her
granddaughter. After that, the
weapon was passed around from
child to child for three days,
Caldwell reported.
Yesterday, 12-year-old Gene
Fosdick saw some youngsters
playing with the gun. He took it
away from them and turned it
over to the officer.
In the three days, the gun was
never fired.
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