Theyll Do It Every Time
By Jimmy Hatlo
'New Look' Given Italian
Coin During Its Minting
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Rome (U.R) Italy's money is
getting a "ne(tlook," and there
' are suggestions to give it a new
"name, too.
Shiny, feather - light white
'metal coins are gradually re
tracing the naper notes that
have been in the pockets of
Italians since the war in var-
, lous stages of dirtiness and dis
integration. Sixty minting machines at the
state mint here are working at
full speed to turn) out new 50
and 100-lireeight and 16 U. S.
cents) coirrf1 and at the same
time continue production of one,
two, five and 10-lire coins.
A total 2,350,000,000 coins of
the four smaller denominations
must be produced to replace
paper money completely by the
December, 1956 deadline fixed
by law. Only 1,334,000,000 have
been turned out and are circulat
ing so far, with over one billion
coins still to be minted. -
The 50 and 100-lire coins
scheduled to number 100 mil
lion of each denomination
; must replace paper currency
. completely by the end of 1957.
None of these is yet in circula-
tion.
The new 50 and 100-lire
pieces, like the smaller denom
; lnations, are in a special inoxyd-
able, steel called acmonital (ac
ciaio monetario italiano or Ital
ian monetary- steel, first used
under Mussolini. They are so
light that you can carry them
In your pockets by the dozens
and hardly notice it.
16t Th Old Day
The 50 and 100-lire coins are
about one inch in diameter. Fig
ures in the front represent Min
erva, goddess of wisdom, with a
laurel tree, for the 50-lire coin,
and blacksmith Vulcanus, god of
craftsmanship, on the 100-lire
piece. On the rear, both coins
bear a woman's head, represent
ing the Italian republic.
Gradual elimination of the pa
per notes for the lower denomi
nations has helped improve the
domestic prestige of the Italian
lire, now one' of Europe's stablest
currencies, thanks to the deter
mined anti-inflation policies of
; post-war governments. But it is a
far cry from by-gone centuries
when one lire was worth a
' pound of silver lire comes from
"libbra," a pound or even from
100 years ago"1 when national
hero Giuseppe Garibaldi claimed
every Italian could live on two
lire a day.
The time at the turn of the
century when the lire was worth
more than its face value in gold
is like a half-forgotten dream.
During World War n and in the
immediate post-war years, with
their flood of Allied military
lire (AM-Lire), the lire dropped
to about one-sixtieth of its pre-war
value, and has stayed at that
'level ever since. Its exchange
rate is 625 to the dollar.
New Nam
The drop in the lira's purchas
ing .-ower has been more than
offset by raises in worker's in
come. But one unpleasant effect
.'of the devaluation is- that '.all
prices sound much higher than
they did before .the war. One,
two or five lire don't buy any
; thing any more. Chewing gum
costs ten lire, and a bus fare
is from 25 to 40 lirei . ...
' To eliminate the unpleasant
impression of high prices, some
experts are now suggesting one
simple change call 100 lire one
fiorino (florin), 1,000 lire 10 flor
ins, and so on. " ;
Tis, they contend, will nave
a healthy psychological effect,
making people feel that you can
- buy more for your money. It will
increase confidence in currency,
and stimulate savings.
Public response to the idea was
none too enthusiastic. A poll
conducted by the Doxa organiza
tion showed only six per cent of
Italians had heard about the sug
gestion. Well over half of them
had no opinion on the subject
and just did not care. Few felt
it would have any influence on
people's spending habits.
Supporters of the idea were
not discouraged. They pointed
out that the public's reaction to
thejiew small-denomination
coins was likewise negative. Most
Italians disliked the coins when
they first came out, and showed
it by smuggling thousands of
them to Switzerland where they
were used to make buttons.
But little by ;iittle people have
become appreciative,' and now
generally prefer coins to paper
notes. They feel the little metal
pieces at least are cleaner than
paper. Also, they are more use
ful than bits of paper to impress
the value of money on children.
Ashland-Talent
Fund Drive Opens
Ashland A drive to raise
$14,300 for the Ashland-Talent
Youth Activities council during
October, got under way here
Saturday.
Sports events, radio auctions,
food sales, dances, parties and
other fund raising activities have
been planned by civic groups,
drive, the Boy scouts, Girl
scouts, Campfire girls ,and
YMCA, have also planned events
to aid the drive in reaching its
goal.
Permanent status for the Ac
tivities council has been assured
by the adoption of a constitu
tion. Membership in the organi
zation consists of one or more
representatives from each ser
vice organization and recipient
group.
Members at large are the drive
chairman Jor the current year,
representatives of the American
legion, Elks club, Ministerial as
sociation, Demolay, Parent
Teacher's association, and the
American Association of Univer
sity women.
Salk Plans Test
For New Version
Of Policf Vaccine
3 Pittsburgh (U.R) Dr. Jon
as E. Salk plans to conduct tests
on volunteer school children to
learn. whether a new version of
his vaccine will provide greater
immunity to polio.'
The University of Pittsburgh
scientist disclosed that ' labora
tory tests show that a new vac
cine appears more potent than
the anti-polio shots now being
administered to school children.
Dr. Salk announced, in an ar
ticle published in the Allegheny
County Medical Society's weekly
bulletin, that the vaccine to be
tested is basically the same' as
that now in use, but several dif
ferent strains have been devel
oped to bolster the vaccine's ab
ility to halt polio.
First Three Grades
He will ask Pittsburgh ischool
authorities for permission to
test the more powerful vaccines
in "certain selected schools,"
which will include kindergarten
pupils and children in ahe first
three grades.
"Our plan is to intiate the new
studies within the next few
weeks," he said.
It will be. the second time in
his. polio vaccine research that
Dr. Salk has called upon Pitts
burgh area school children for
help. Approximately 15,000 were
inoculated in the original tests,
which were the basis for a na
tionwide field trial. '
Results of the 1954 tests show
ed the vaccine was 80 to 90. per
cent effective in preventing par
alytic polio. Salk had been seek
ing a vaccine capable of produc
ing 100 per cent immunity, even
before the historic announce
ment of the first vaccine was
made at Ann Arbor, Mich., last
April 12.
Dead Polio Virus
Dr. Salk has indicated that
some of the preparations to be
tested contain strains of . dead
polio virus which differ from
those used in the licensed pro
duct. It was believed that Dr. Salk
may have developed a substi
tute for the Mahoney strain !
which some critics contend '
should have been removed from
the Salk vaccine because it was i
too dangerous for experiments, j
Marcola, Ore. (U.R) The
Mohawk Lumber Company mill
which employed about 100 men
in this eastern Lane county com
munity was closed Saturday.
The firm plans to continue woods
operations. An official said it
was impractical to continue mill
operations.
Battleground for
Hells Canyon Dam
Issue Spreads
Vancouver, Wash: (U.B
The Helle canyon battleground
extended farther downstream
on the Snake river - today after
public and private power forc
es clashed bver plans for devel
opment of two more damsites.0
a The Northwest Public Power
association, representing 99 mun
icipal and rural electric systems,
charged Saturday that private
construction of the Mountain
Sheep and Pleasant valley pro
jects, would aid creation of a
"power octupus."
License Sought
The Pacific Northwest Power
Co., composed of five private
utilities, has applied to the Fed
eral Power commission, for lic
enses toconstruct the two dams.
The two dams, aboutC65 miles
downstream from the controver
sial Hells canyon site, would
produce 1,000,000 kilowatt of
electric power.
Gus Norwood, associate exec
utive secretary oyhe Northwest
Public Power association, ' said
his group had filed a petition of
intervention with the F.PXI
against the private projects.
The association petition pro
poses construction of a federal
dam at the Nez Pearce site
downstream from Mountain
Sheep. The association said such
a federal dam would produce
1,980,000 kilowatts of electric
power and also store 4,800,000
acre feet of water.
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Controversy Spreads
The petition of intervention
also charges that ' the combina
tion of private utilities into the
Pacific Northwest Power Co.,
raises questions under laws per
taining to holding companies.
: The battle over the Mountain
Sheep and Pleasant Valley sites
spreads controversy ' over most
of the length of Hells canyon,
the deepest gorge in North Am
erica. Public and private pow
er forces have been fighting
since World War II over wheth
erethre loW-level private dams
or one high government dam
should develop the upper reach
es of the canyon. The FPC this
year gave a go-ahead to the Id
aho Power company fqr con
struction of two of its proposed
three low dams, but the deci
sion still is being fought by pub
lic power forces.
The average U. S. citizen will
eat four ' more pounds ' of meat
this year than in 1954, according!
to the U.S.' Department of "Agri
culture estimates.
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