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FOURTEEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Monday, November 14, 1955 I 4 & HAM H-rt-' n TEEN-AGERS KILLED AT CROSSING Wreckage is scattered along the right of way at PlatOj Minn., after six teen-agers, four boys and two girls, were killed when their car was struck by passing tram at crossing in back ground. Parts of the wreckage were' found 200 yards from the tracks. Polio Foundation To Help Train Many Badly-Needed Therapists New York America is short thousands of experts in the work of restoring human bodies disabled by polio and of repair ing the lives which this disease has blighted. "The shortage of trained per sonnel is almost unbelievable, according to Dr. Catherine Wor thingham, director of the pro fessional education division of the National Foundation for In fantile Paralysis. . Revealing that there is not one fully qualified physical therapist per hospital in the United States, not to mention the need of other programs and agencies, she added that: Need Ahead of Trained Workers "We have been combatting the shortage for years with the March of Dimes funds, but high polio incidence in every year since 1947, plus expanding pro grams of care for other disabil ities, has kept the need ahead of us. "Today we have in the United States some 7,300. physical ther apists. We need 12,440. We have about 3,700 occupational thera pists. We need 9,520. Our med ical social workers number about 3,300. We need 12,160. We have 1,149 rehabilitation coun selors. We need 1,500. And in addition, the shortage of some 50.000 nurses aggravates the problem of providing the care that is required for maximum recovery of the country's polio patients." To help meet these needs next year. Dr. Worthingham said, 'a minimum of $2,300,000 will be required from funds received in the 1956 campaign of the March of Dimes which takes place in January. Fellowships Included The program includes $1,580, 000 in fellowships to doctors, research workers and teachers, and in scholarships to medical social workers and physical therapists. The National Foundation, she pointed out, has granted 5,511 scholarships and fellowships in the past 17 years, of which 4,022 were for periods of one or more years. It has provided training for more than one-third of all qualified physical therapists av aiable today. The 1956 program also in cludes funds for grants of $400,- 000 to medical and professional schools which teach rehabilita tion techniques. Another $250,000 is earmark ed to assist professional assoc iations in improving standards and practice and to step up re cruitment of students. Lilerature To Be Prepared A total of $70,000 has been allocated for the preparation and distribution of scientific lit erature, exhibits and films in basic science, research, diagnos is and treatment of polio. "The American people will not be satisfied with a partial job in the care of polio patients" Dr. Worthingham said. "First, attentiop had to be directed to saving lives, then to salvaging of every physical ability for the patient. Now we must not only do these things but realize more and more the human val ues involved and try to help those patients back into a life of opportunity for schooling, jobs. and active participation in com munity living. This is a task which requires as much or even more skill in organization and devotion to purpose than the job which was limited to the at tack on the disease and the phy sical after-effects of paralysis." uotes From the News Sentry Accidenfly Kills Self With Gun Agana, " Guam (U.R) A Tuc son, Ariz., Marine on sentry duty here accidentally shot and killed himself while using his .45 caliber pistol to open a soft drink bottle, authorities disclos ed today. A spokesman for the Marines said Pfc. Bob Fred Paris, 18, of Tucson, died almost instantly Friday when a bullet from his own gun struck him in the juglar vein. Paris was on sentry duty at the naval base here when the accident occurred. The spokes man said the Marine apparently attempted to remove the bottle's cap by inserting it between the receiver and the barrel of the gun. 'The gun discharged, kill ing the youth. , SANTA CLAUS ARRIVES New Orleans U.R) Santa Claus arrived here over the week-end preceded by a six float parade and a Dixieland jazz band that cut loose with off - beat "Jingle Bells." The Christmas parade in 75-degree weather was part of the "shop early" promotion of a depart ment store. By UNITED PRESS New York U.S. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., on his announcement that the United States will not oppose United Na tions membership for four Soviet satellites: . "To refrain from preventing the entrance of satellites into, the United Nations does not mean approval of their present systems of government, nor does it condone the violations of human rights in which these governments have persistently engaged." Buenos Aires Maj. Gen. Eduardo Lonardi on his resignation as provisional president of Argentina: "I inform the people that it is not true that I resigned ... or that my health had anything to do with my withdrawal from government house. All this has happened only by decision of the armer forces." ' London A woman quoted in a London newspaper article on 'Virgin" mothers on her reaction when her 'doctor told her she was pregnant in her ninth week of marriage: "I tried to explain to him that I was a virgin and had never been a wife to my husband, but he did not believe me." New Orleans Prison Guard Jimmie C. Simmons, reporting the escape of Russell Tongay, who was serving a term for man slaughter in the death of his aquatot daughter: "He may be sick but he sure can run." Washington '(U.R) Democratic National Chairman Paul 'M. Butler charging that the Eisenhower administration has broken its 1952 platform pledges: "They have not blamed the budget . . . they have increased rather than reduced the national debt. Furthermore, the recent examples of Republican misconduct make a mockery of the 1952 GOP platform." Detroit The father of haberdashery clerk Robert Joseph Good who was shot to death as a pre-dawn prowler: "I can't figure what he was doing out so late." Nobel Prize Winner Off for Stockholm Stanford, Calif. (U.R) Dr. Willis E. Lamb, 42-year-old co winner of the 1955 Nobel Prize for physics, left today on the first leg of his journey to Stock holm, Sweden, where he will receive his share of the award Dec. 10. The Stanford professor said he will stop first in Scotland to participate in a meeting of theoretical physicists at St. An drews. He was accompanied by his wife, Ursula. Lamb shares the Nobel Prize of $36,720 with Professor Poly karp Kusch of Columbia Uni versity. The Stanford physicist was awarded the honor for de velopment of the "Lamb Shift" theory in a study of, the hydro gen atom while engaged in re search at Columbia in 1947. American Dancer To Perform in Bangkok Manila, P. I. (U.R) Ameri can dancer Martha Graham said today she and her company will perform in Bangkok, Thailand, and 16 other major cities after their engagement here on a tour of Asia. Miss Graham and her troupe of 15 dancers arrived Sunday night from Tokyo, their first stop, and Seoul, Korea. They are presenting their modern dancing through the cooperation of the American National The ater and Academy. i 1 II 1 IS si WHY Save time and strain . . . yet spend no more Via United Air Lines!" P4irs. 3l4 hrs. Airport Terminal. In Medford call 3-3643 or on authorized travel agent. 1 II Gloria Swanson Not Much Impresed With Evening of Russian Ballet in Paris By GLORIA SWANSON Written For United Press Paris Off I went to what was advertised as "Le Ballet Soviet-ique-Moisseiev" (Russian ballet). Had it been advertised as an evening of folk dancing of any country, including Russia, I would have stayed home be cause I am in the middle of a good book. Naturally I thought I was going to see classic toe dancing and who wouldn't the word "ballet" meaning just that to most of us. When one has seen the Tiller girls of London, the Rockettes of New York, one is less impressed with most precision dancing of groups of choruses. Obviously the hysteria displayed in the large audience after each num ber by shouts of "bravo" and rhythmic applause was from people who either hadn't "been around" very much or were wearing pink-tinted glasses. The Partisans At the end of the first act there was one number, "The Partisans," that was fantastically interesting. The curtains parted and a man skimmed over the stage as if he were on unseen rollers or a scooter. This was a possibility, because his body, arms and legs were completely covered from neck to flock with a black cape of cardboard stiff ness, made of felt, I imagine. He gave the appearance of a large upside-down "V." Dior's passion for the alphabet look missed this one. Presently he was joined by at least 30 others, sim ilarly dressed except for a va riety of headgears. These glid ing black capes created a thrill ing effect as they wove a variety of patterns in and out of moving spotlights. The audience's excitement and murmurs of conjecture were only silenced when the climax was reached and the capes discarded. At last one could see that there was no means of propulsion oth er than their nimble feet. Though this could hardly be called a dance, it was at . least a relief and a novelty. Folk Dancing The rest of the program, es pecially the group "folk danc ing," I had, as a dutiful parent, seen many times at Tny daugh ter's boarding schools. The one step, monotonously repeated too often, a sort of thrusting ouf of the legs from a squatting position, called Cos sack dancing, I had also seen time and time again in night clubs after the first World War. The only difference being that then it was the White Russian who danced in foreign lands for his supper. Moisseiev, director general and choreographer, was not to be seen and oddly enough, there were no "dancing" stars! Among the 14 numbers of the program, l-only one was a solo and even he was dressed to represent two persons. Certainly individuality was out. Actors please take note! Son of Movie Actor Killed in Accident Geneva, N. L. (U.R) Michael S. McHugh, 20, son of veteran movie actor Frank McHugh, was killed Saturday night when his sports car overturned on a curve near here. McHugh "was a junior at Ho bart College. Police said a com panion, Carol Ann Redwood, of Albany, was slightly injured. College records listed the youth's birthplace as Los An geles. His'parents live Coe Cob, Conn. 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