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Mew Chest At Sacred Clinic Operation Will Installation of new chest x-ray machinery was completed at Sa cred Heart hospital this week by General Electric technicians. All patients entering the hospi tal, and the public, may now get chest x-rays there, it was an nounced today by hospital offi cials and the Jackson County Public Health association. Routine chest x-rays for all patients was begun at the hospi tal this week, and the "out-patient" clinic, for doctors' refer rals, special groups and the pub lic, will be opened Thursday, March 24. Hours are 2 to 5 p.m. each Thursday. Christmas Seal Money Purchase of the equipment was made possible through the use of Christmas seal funds by the Public Health association. It is part of a survey program to locate previously unknown cases of tuberculosis, lung cancer, heart conditions and other chest ailments while they are still in the early stages and more easily cured. "I am most happy to have this service available at our hospi tal," Sister Reine, supervisor of Sacred Heart hospital stated to day. "It is an added protection our hospital can offer this com munity, our patients and em ployees." In Special Rooms The new equipment, which is a complete x-ray unit, is located in a room built especially for it by the hospital across from the admission desk on the first floor. Considerable remodeling was necessary by the hospital in or der to provide a convenient place for the unit. Those going to the "out-patient" clinic on Thursday may go in the hospi tal's new main entrance on the south side of the building. Park ing is also available there. Providence Guild of the Hos pital auxiliary is making plans for staffing the "out-patient" clinic as a volunteer public serv ice. Mrs. J. W. McDuffie, presi dent of the guild, will be in charge and' states there will be four volunteers on duty each New G-E Automatic Dishwasher guaranteed to wash dishes easier, faster, cleaner than by hand, OR WE'LL GIVE YOU YOUR MONEY BACK! Ask for a free MAIN STORE -115 EAST MAIN BARGAIN STORE - 303 S. Front X-Ray Unit Installed Heart; Out Thursday afternoon to keep charts and assist with x-ray operations. G. Meyer i3 to be the technician in charge. Culmination of Goal Installation of this machine, and the one at the Community hospital which opened in De cember, is the culmination of a goal toward which the Public Health association has been working for the past two years, according to Mrs. Chester Guches, association president, and Mrs. Jack Walker, case finding chairman. "We are deeply grateful for the fine cooperation we have received from the medical pro fession and the hospitals in mak- GROWING UP Actress Mar garet O'Brien, now 18, ap pears in Santa Monica court for approval on four con tracts that will keep her busy in movies and TV. Under California she may not nego tiate her own contract until she is 21. She expects to graduate from high school this June. Subject to terms oGD o OQBCD o CEDED GI33C3IGEB AUTOMATIC only 34 demonstration Authorized Dealer General Electric Appliances - Patiei nt Begin ing this program possible," Mrs. Guches stated, "for I know it is going to prevent tragedy in the lives of many Jackson county residents. In addition it will save many thousands of dollars for the taxpayers." Plan Campaign The association now plans an extensive campaign to urge all food-handlers in the county to have x-rays, according to Mrs. Walker. Letters will shortly be sent to all employers, urging that they make arrangements for their employees to come to the out-patient clinics. A chest x-ray is the best way of detecting tuberculosis in the early and middle stages. When the patient begins to cough and show outward symptoms, tuber culosis is in the advanced stage and much more difficult to cure. By this time, he has very likely spread his disease to others. Finds Other Ailments But tuberculosis isn't the only ailment which the chest x-ray detect. The x-rays show up heart enlargement. Any growth in the chest is disclosed, and in many cases it detects cancer of the lung. Many persons are alive today because the cancer was thus disclosed and an operation undertaken in time. The Heart association and the Cancer society both hold that chest x-rays are "worth their weight in gold." - SOC Named Test Center For Stenographers Ashland Southern Oregon college has been designated as one of the test centers in the United States for the 1955 cer tified public stenographers tests, according to Alwin Miller, SOC chairman of the business educa tion department. Secretaries in southern Ore gon interested in qualifying for these tests were urged to contact Miller at the college. Electronic developments have cut the costs of dictation equip ment per individual by two thirds in the past three years. of our written guarantee! DISHWASHER A DAY On A 2 Tear Contract 10 DM TRAM o G.E. Mobile Maid Conlesl Winners Will Be Announced Soon r Parched Colorado Welcomes Snow; Fires Still Rage By UNITED PRESS A March cold wave brought wet, life-giving snow' to dry Colorado wheat fields today, but only drizzles spattered three Southern states, where forest fires raged. The big cold front left Sheri dan, Wyo., under nine inches of snow and moved into Northern Colorado with nearly four inches the equivalent of an inch of moisture. The snows were a major boon to the wheat and sugar beet crops in the state, where lashing winds have stirred up dust clouds reminiscent of the 1930 "dust bowl" days. But in Georgia, Florida, and Alabama the weather failed to deliver enough rain to douse forest fires which have burned over about 185,000 acres of swamp and timber land. All fires in Georgia and Flor ida were contained within fire breaks early today and only one of them in Georgia on the west side of the Okefenokee National Forest was termed "out of con trol." The cold weather also brought shifting winds which threatened to end the precarious stalemate in the battle against the fires. There were no new rains in sight today and the winds laid a smoke pall over the lower Georgia seaboard. 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The local immigration office temporarily denied her applica tion for citizenship yesterday be cause she has not completed five years of uninterrupted residence in this country. Immigration records show the estranged wife of actor Tyronne i Power was absent from the United States from March 10, 1950, to May 16, 1951. She may refile May 17 this year. OFFER Never Be DOWN! Month Wednesday, March 16, 1955 been filed. Hundreds more were expected to be filed today. The uranium searchers ranged from grizzled miners who have spent a lifetime prospecting for metals to greenhorns who asked, "How do you tell a rattlesnake?" A crowd of 1000 jammed the street around the AEC office to see the map. Hundreds of men had, spent the night before the office in the hope of being the first in the tiny room where the map was on display. As soon as the map was avail able for inspection, the prospec tors copied the symbols on maps of their own. Some took flash pictures of it. 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