No Increase Seen
In BPA Rates for
Ai Least 7 Years
Portland (U.R) A research
firm reported today after a sur
vey that there should be no in
crease in rates of the Bonneville
Power Administration for at
least seven years.
The nine-month survey was
conducted by Ford, Bacon &
Davis, Inc., a New York firm.
Comfortable Surplus
Researchers said BPA already
has a "comfortable surplus" and
the estimated revenues for- each
of the fiscal years 1956 through
1S63 exceed the cash payout re
quirements. Also recommended was reten
tion of the principle which al
lows the same rate structure in
all areas served by BPA and dis
continuation of a departure from
this. This is the special "at
site" rates to customers taking
delivery at the site of power
projects.
The firm also suggested elem
ination of a stipulation that all
"E-4" rate users buy at least
90 per cent of their power from
EPA to qualify for a low rate.
E-4 is the rate allowed purchas
ers of firm power for resale.
Special low cost rates for irri
gation also should be eliminated,
the report said.
Agreement Slated
An agreement with utility and
industrial customers should be
instituted which would average
out over five years excessive
costs of steam used in critical
power shortage periods, the re
port said. 5
Dr. William Pearl, BPA ad
ministrator, said streamlining of
EPA rate scheduled and struc
tures would "undoubtedly meet
some opposition" but that it was
hoped agreements would be ar
rived at which would eventually
benefit all customers.
Wednesday, November 9, 1958
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREB
Five Children Die
In Kentucky Blaze
Hazard, Ky. (U.R) Five
children burned to death Tues
day night when fire destroyed
their home here.
The fire was believed to have
started in the back of the home
near a heater.
The dead were listed as Ellen'
Kay, 14; Phyllis, 9, and Susan,
7, all daughters of Mr. and Mrs.
Justice Berkley, and two of Bent
ley, and two of Bentley's grand
children, Yvonne, 6, and Vickie,
4. Bentley is a former sheriff
of Perry county.
A neighbor first discovered
the fire and turned in the alarm,
but was not able to awaken the
children. He said the fire depart
ment, when it arrived, was un
able to help because of a lack
of water pressure.
ELECTRONIC device that
substitutes for eye and optic
nerve by stimulating visual
center of brain by electrical
impulses is patented by Dr.
Denman Shaw, Cincinnati, at
Albt. Einstein Medical Center,
Philadelphia. (International)
Kitchen Blender Ideal for Grinding Up Human Bones for Transplant Operations
By DELOS SMITH
United Press Science Editor
New York (U.R) A coffee
grinder didn't do. Nor did a
pencil sharpener. But the three
surgeons weren't discouraged.
They tried a kitchen blender
next and found it was ideal for
grinding up human bone for
transplanting in human bodies.
The American College of Sur
geons is informing surgeons
everywhere of this refinement
in the techniques of bone graft-
Judge Calls New
Panel of Jurors
For Abbott Trial
Mental Health Said
Aim of Guidance
Clinic in City
The advancement of mental
health in Jackson county is the
primary objective of the South
ern Oregon Child Guidance
clinic in . Medford, Miss Mary
Vandenburg told the Medford
Rotary club yesterday.
Miss Vandenburg, psychiatric
social worker with the clinic,
said its work is divided into
three parts, diagnostic service
for emotionally disturbed chil
dren; a consultation service for
professional groups such as
teachers, ministers and physi
cians, and an educational pro
gram, carried on through .Parent-Teacher
groups and those in
terested in aiding retarded children.
100 Cases Per Year
Since the clinic was establish
ed about two years ago, she said,
it has operated as a semi-private,
semi-public institution, and has
handled about 100 cases annual
ly. -She stated that as the com
munity's need for the clinic's
services grows, the clinic would
also grow to meet the demand.
It is now primarily devoted to
Jackson countv cases, although
non-residents are treated on a
fee basis.
She described methods of re
ferral and treatment, and dis
cussed the way in which Dr.
John Waterman, consulting psy
chiatrist, gains the confidence of
children by studying their han
dling of toys and games, and is
able to diagnose the cause of
their emotional trouble. His
findings are then given to the
parents and teachers involved
through a series of consultations,
she explained.
SOFT HEART
South Bend, Ind. (U.R) Who
says all traffic iudees have
hearts of stone? Faced by a sob
bing 81-year-old widow charged
with a violation after vears of
driving without an accident, the
i - r-l - '-..'(.' - - . LLIl. .1111.. A JLIOfc
couldn t fine you," he said.
OLD CHURCH
Cambridge. Wis. (U.R) The
oldest Scandinavian Methodist
Church in the world is located
in this south-central Wisconsin
town. It was built in 1851.
Arizonans Give Backing
To Charter Government
Phoenix, Ariz. (U.R) Fi
nal returns in the Phoenix city
election showed today that the
Charter Government committee
ticket had swept to victory for
the fourth straight year.
Jack Williams, radio execu
tive. was elected mayor with
12,687 votes.
By GLENN STACKHOUSE
United Press Staff Writer
Oakland, Calif. (U.R) Su
perior Judge Charles Wade
Snook called another panel of
prospective jurors today in the
kidnap-murder trial of Burton
W. Abbott. '
As the trial went into its third
day, 19 members of the original
panel of 55 had been excused,
two on peremptory challenges
and 17 for cause. A tentative
jury of seven men and five wom
en was in the box.
However, the composition of
the jury was sure to be changed
in view of the fact that the de
fense and prosecution each had
19 challenges left.
65 Jury Prospects
Judge Snook ordered 65 pros
pective jurors from the court of
Superior Judge Chris B. Fox
to be on hand this morning.
Abbott, 27, a tubercular ac
counting student, is accused of
kidnapping and murdering 14
kidnaping and murdering 14
Berkeley last April. Some of her
personal effects were found in
the basement of Abbott's Alame
da home last July. A few days
later, her body was found in a
shallow grave near his mountain
cabin.
Abbott, who was calm and at
ease when the trial got under
way Monday, appeared nervous
and tense yesterday. He sharp
ly, denied reports that he was
"amazed" to learn that he could
be convicted on circumstantial
evidence alone.
Defendant Chews Gum
The reports said he had dis
cussed this in Alameda county
jail with jailers and fellow pris
oners. "I don't remember any such
discussion," he snapped.
The slender defendant chew
ed gum rapidly during the after
noon session yesterday. He lis
tened with heightened interest
as his attorneys asked prospec
tive jurors their attitude toward
circumstantial evidence. His
glasses went on and came off
frequently.-
At the end of the session
which went an hour and a half
overtime he appeared fatigued
as he was led away to a dinner
of stuffed bell peppers, diced
beets and jello.
Judge Snook indicated he may
order night sessions in order to
get a jury chosen as quickly as
possible.
ing which was worked out by
Drs. Norman Rosenberg, Ru
dolph Reich, and Malcolm
Brahms of Cleveland. It seems
to make the most difficult hu
man repairs much easier.
You might think a bone taken
from one part of your body and
grafted to a bone in another
part, fuses to it and becomes a
permanent part of it. That isn't
so. The old bone grows through
and around the transplanted
into yours.
The Bones
The outside layers of bone
are dense and hard they're
"cortical" bone. The inside is
softer and under a microscope
you can see that it is latticed,
like a sponge. That is "cancel
lous" bone. Surgeons long ago
found that transplants of cancel
lous bone were absorbed into
old bone much faster than corti
cal bone the old bone grew
through all the lattice work.
Then it was discovered that
the more of the area of the new
bone which was presented to old
bone, the faster the old bone
grew around it. That led to re
ducing the bone to be trans
planted into flakes and chips
But "the surgical production of
these chips with or without a ;
bone mill is tedious and the
chips are large," the Cleveland
surgeonspomted out.
The Method
So they set to work to reduce
bone to smaller pieces by some
easy method. They found that
the "bone saw and coffee grind
er produce fine particles of bone
but generated too much heat
and burned the bone. A pencil
sharpener mounted on a firm
base produced good particles of
bone but was tedious and waste
ful of bone because the "stubs"
had to be discarded."
Then one of them thought of
the kitchen blender which has
come into common use for the
concoction of fancy dishes and
drinks. It is no more than a set
of rapidly spinning blades at the
geons sterilized tne container,
put in some bone chips, added a
sterile saline solution to - keep
bottom of a container. The sur-1 the bone cool, and turned on the
motor. In ten minutes the bona
had been ground into bits con
siderably smaller than the grain
of uncooked rice.
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FAMILY NIGHT
With
78.2 Per Cent of OSC
Students Married
Corvallis (U.R) Out of 4500
male students at Oregon State
College, more than 1000 are
married, the registrar's office
reported today.
Total percentage of married
students at the school was 18.2.
Only 103 of the 1650 women
students are married. The num
ber of married freshman men
is twice that of a year ago.
DR. VINCENT BENNETT
AT
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
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Special Music by Church Choir Song Leader Bob Cochran
Thursday is Ladies' Night
Nursery Provided Message for all
WHERE VISITORS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME
Killing potato vines three to
four weeks before harvest im
proves the shipping qualities of
most varieties.
HIGHWAYS CLEAR
Salem '(U.R) Pavements re
mained clear of snow on all Ore
gon routes today, the State High
way department advised motorists.
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Rangers Plan Party
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Rogue Rangers held a meeting
Jast night at which they made
plans lor a potluck dinner No
vember 11 for parents of mem
bers. Last event of the Rangers was
a Halloween party at Bingham
hall. Miss Barbara Lickess won
first prize for the prettiest cos
tume and Craig Wright won a
prize for the most unusual cos
tume. Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Bates were
awarded a prize for the best cos
tumes worn by parents.
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Mr. and Mrs. Dunbar Carpen
ter, Foothills road, have re
turned from San Francisco and
Carmel, Calif., where they visit
ed briefly with Mr. and Mrs.
Leonard Carpenter, formerly of
Medford. They were in San
Francisco when the latter couple
returned home from a cruise to
the Orient, and motored south
to Carmel with the returning
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