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MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAYJUNE 13, 1955
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SOVIET CHILDREN HAIL NEHRU Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru Heft) is greeted
by a group of Russian schoolgirls in Moscow. Ludmila Butuzova places a kerchief
around Nehru's neck as a gift from the young Pioneers as others applaud. ...
Pressure for Use of Drugs To Relieve
High Blood Pressure Declared Growing
By DELOS SMITH
United Press Science Editor
New York (U.R) The pres
sure on doctors to use drugs for
high blood pressure is high and
getting higher, an outstanding
specialist said. In his opinion it's
a shame because the best way
to treat , high blood pressure is
with diet or not to treat it at
all.
The pressure comes from the
drug manufacturers and it
"raises the problem of profes
sional huckstering for the hyper
tension patient and more particu
larly for his medical advisers,"
said Dr. Robert Sterling Palmer",
assistant clinical professor of
medicine at Harvard University.
Of "the multitude of blood-pressure-lowering
drugs ... 38
preparations in more than a doz
en colors and shades have come
to my attentio n," he said.
"Equally colorful brochures ancq
advertisements present the man
ufacturers' attractive claims for
the various drugs, which may
be listed as a composite thera
peutic triumph."
High Pressure Methods
The high pressure selling of
the medical profession begins
with advertising in medical jour
nals, with scientific conferences
sponsored by pharmaceutical
houses, with closed-circuit tele
vision programs and "through
public press releases or special
articles."
"The sale itself," continued
Palmer, "is left to personable
callers, the detail men with their
samples, their brochures, their
succinct and informative words.'
What supplied "the potent urge'
behind all this effort, he con
tinued, are the "15,000,000
Americans with hypertension. If
not 80 to 90 per cent but only
half to two thirds should use
four hypotensive tablets daily
at $5 per 100, the annual value
of this market would be $500 to
$750,000,000."
All the pressure has resulted
in "a regrettable decrease in the
use of diet in general, and the
rice-fruit-sugar diet in particu
lar," he said. He found diet
highly effective" even in grade
four malignant hypertension,
which is the highest classifica
tion and for this grade he
"usually" combined diet with a
hypotensive drug.
Results in Trend
It has also resulted in a trend
among physicians to prescribe
drugs for patients whose blood
pressure is not much above the studies of excretions of the in-
so-called "normal. These nor
mals" established by "insurance
actuarial study benefit the insur
ance companies and harms some
patients if one regards anything
above their standard as disease."
As for himself, he said in a
"review and commentary" for
the New England Journal of
Medicine, "the blood pressure
level by itself is not an obliga
tory indication for treatment,
especially by hypotensive
drugs.
"The unanswered problems"
of what causes high blood pres
sure still are unanswered. He
found hope for answers in
ternal glands, particularly the
adrenals.
In criticizing the drug makers,
also "remember that the drug
companies investigate for - the
medical profession and discard
many unsafe drugs, that they
also manufacture and market
items auxiliary to health, that
they aid research and, above all,
that they must make a profit
to serve physicians and their
patients."
Sheppard Lawyers
In One Last Try
Cleveland (U.R) Attorneys
for Dr. Samuel H. Sheppard
made one last try for a new trial
today for the 31-year-old osteo
path in oral arguments before
the court of appeals.
Sheppard has remained in his
cell at the Cuyahoga county jail
since his second-degree murder
conviction last December after
a nine-week trial. He was sen
tenced to a life term in the Ohio
State Penitentiary with eligi
bility for parole after 10 years.
The time spent in the Cuya
hoga county jail does not count
toward the sentence.
Several appeals made previ
ously for Dr. Sheppard have
failed. Today's appeal was based
on a defense claim that new evi
dence indicates someone else
killed Sheppard's wife, Marilyn.
It is an appeal of .a decision by
Common Pleas Judge Edward
Blythin who rejected the origin
al new evidence.
Conference Approves
Car Shortage Study
Eugene (U.R) An emergency
conference here has approved
Gov. Paul Patterson's plan to
set up a committee to investi
gate the current shortage of
railroad boxcars in Oregon.
The governor made the pro
posal to some 300 delegates from
railroads, grain, lumber, cattle
and seed industries and labor
groups.
The governor's proposed com
mittee would be composed of
representatives of all industries
effected by the shortage.
James Corbett, Southern Pa
cific executive, said railroads
had made a poor guess about
1955 business volume, but were
attempting to alleviate car short
ages.
Army Handbook Designee!
To Cut Through Red Tape
Washington (U.R) The Army
today got out a neat little hand
book designed to help its people
wade through the tangle of mil
itary red tape.
A 106-page pamphlet, it is
called "Index of Blank Forms"
and, of course, it has a number,
310-2.
vThe booklet is trimly divided
into halves, the first part listing
by number the thousands of
forms that most any Army man
has to deal with, the second half
listing the forms by title.
Uses D.D. 388
For example, take the iceman
:
km
WOWS THE POWs Brook
lyn's Terry King is placed be
hind bars after being chosen
"Miss P-O-W" in New York.
The Copacabana dancer was
selected to reign over the 8th
Annual Convention of the Ex
Prisoners of War in New
York's Hotel Governor Clin
ton. '
He looks under foor service and
finds that he uses D. D. 388
which is an "ice issue slip."
But also he must enter an "ab
stract of ice issues and sales"
The D. D. is important. It
means Defense Department. The
D.D. 201, the booklet explains
is a reserve officer's payroll and
mileage voucher, quite different
from D.A. 201 which is an Army
man's personnel record. D. A.
means Department of the Army.
Suppose you want an inter
view. The request goes on D.D.
510. Referral, presumably up
the chain of command, goes on
D.D. 359. And then there is the
interview and evaluation card,
D.D. 237. After it's all over,
there may well be D.D. 96, dis
position form.
The Army said at the begining
of the book that it was to be a
guide for the "conduct of of
ficial business," not a guide to
overstocking storerooms with
"unneeded forms."
Labels Have Numbers
Not only forms have their
own private number in the
Army. Take labels. A "radition
hazard" label is known as num
ber 15 while a "radiation warn
ing" label is known as number
26.
About the only form that has
no number at all is the applica
tion for admission to the United
States Soldiers' Home.
Some forms still carry the
prefix W. D. with their num
bers. That means War Depart
ment, which there has not been
one of since the unification act
vas passed in 1947.
But printed forms last a long
time.
North Park Entrance
To Open on June 15
Crater Lake National park
will officially begin the summer
season with the opening of the
North entrance road June 15, ac
cording to Thomas J. Williams,
park superintendent.
Rim road, which encircles the
crater, will not be clear until
somewhat later, but lodging, din
ing, transportation, and other
park facilities will be in full op
eration. Trails to the lake and
to Sinnot Memorial inside the
crater will be opened as soon as
snow conditions permit.
Superintendent Williams
stated a change in snow removal
procedure and several weeks of
favorable weather have made
possible an earlier opening
Seed Hue for SmtOay ffeettffse' i
at noon Saturday.
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NARROW MINDED
Chicago (U.R) Mayor
Richard Daley said it would be
okay for city hall secretaries to
accompany their bosses on a
Civil Defence evacuation - test
even though government girls
in Washington could not do so.
Washington wives reportedly
had something to do with the
ban.
The Baltic sea Is said to be
less salty than the ocean.
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FIRE DESTROYS PLANT
Klamath Falls (U.R) A
pumice block plant about threa
miles north of here was almost
totally destroyed by fire Satur
day. Loss was estimated at $30,
000. The main plant, which in
cludes mixer and block-making
machinery, was described as a
total loss. Cause of the fire was
not known.
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Truman To Speak
Af UN Meeting
In San Francisco
Portland, Ore. (U.R) Former
President Harry T. Truman was
en route home today to prepare
for his next major public ap
pearance a speech at the 10th
anniversary meeting of the Unit
ed Nations in San Francisco.
Mr. Truman, chipper as ever,
left Portland last night after a
whirlwind' two-day visit to the
Rose Festival and a speech to
Oregon Democrats.
While Mr. Truman was in
Portland, U.N. Secretary General
Dag Hammerskjold announced
that the former president has
agreed to address the UN at a
special night meeting on June
24.
Dulles' Invitation Declined
Mr. Truman accepted the invi
tation from the UN secretary
general after turning down an
invitation from U. S. Secretary
of State John Foster Dulles. He
explained previously he thought
the invitation should come from
the UN itself rather than a par
ticipating nation.
The UN was organized in San
Francisco shortly after Mr. Tru
man assumed the presidency in
1945. He flew here to address
the closing session then.
Mr. Truman declined yester
day to comment on his forthcom
ing UN speech.
Warns Democrats
Mr. Truman appeared in the
Rose Parade Saturday before
425,000 spectators. That night,
he warned 800 Democrats in a
nationally broadcast "give-'em-hell"
speech against allowing
private industry to gain control
of atomic energy development.
He also charged that President
Eisenhower is being "used" in a
campaign against public power.
Departing from his prepared
text, he said:
"If you don't watch out, that
gang is going to take that (atomic
power development) over and
exploit it, too."
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