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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 6, 1955)
SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Tuesday, December 8, 1955 O Anti-Malaria Drive inladia Said Paying Off New (pelhi U.R) India's anti-malaria campaign should root out the country's most coiiwnon disease is another five years. By 1960 nearly 200,000,000 people will be freed from this scourge. The campaign, which has been mounted for the past two years, has protected 75,000,000 people in 28 states. These are the areas most affected by ma laria. For these states as many a3 162 units have been stationed under the national malaria con trol program. But owing to sup ply difficulties only 119 units are functioning. The requirements of the cam paign in terms of money, insec ticides and equipment are stir pendous. When all the 200 units one unit protects 1,000,000 people are in operation, more than 40,- 000 tons of DDT will have to be imported. The United States is expected to supply the bulk of this quantity under her aid pro gram. Slates Pay Half The DDT factory in India is expected to produce 700 tons of technical DDT. According to estimates of the CfoealthQ-ninistry, the campaign would cost about $62,651,820. The states' contribution . to this amount would be about half that. Discussions are being held with the ' planning commission on this allotment, and indica tions are that the commission will cut these estimates. In terms of equipment 14,400 O Qtirrup pumps, 7,200 hand pumps, 200 power sprayers and 1,000 vehicles0will be required. Malaria has not appeared in mjMyCfcf the states where the campaign has been in progress. In Bihar, parts of Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Madras, ende mic malarie has disappeared. Lower Cost Sought Spraying with DDT is the usual method and over 15,000, 000 houses have been dealt with. In endemic areas, spray ing is repeated a second time. Delhi, for instance0 has been completely rid of malaria. As (jlgainst the incidence of 120 per 1,000 a few years back, malaria cases have now dropped to 0.13 per 1,000. ... During the second five-year plan,, the planners hope to bring urban areas into the campaign which so far has been essential ly rural. The curative aspect of the dis ease will also be the responsibil ity of the national malaria con trol program. A number of mo tile dispensaries will go around tillages and towns treating ma laria patients. Special care will ctritivr. van in a potttvti. Julius, erand chamruon steer of Chicago's International Livestock Exposition, brings $16,125 after Howard Johnson (right), restaurant chain owner, volunteers to add weight of Jane Turner, 13, to transaction. She is sister of Nancy Turner 16, Champaign, 111., who raised 995-lb. steer. Jane weighs 80 lbs. (International) Army WilKontinue Trials for Civilians Washington (U.R) The Air Force and Army said today they will continue to court martial civilians accompanying the ser vices overseas despite a U. S. District Court ruling that such trials are unconstiutional. Federal Judge Edward A. Tamm recently declared uncon stitutional a section of the U. S. Code of Military Justice giving military courts authority over the families of servicemen and other civilians overseas. He handed down the ruling here in freeing Mrs. Clarice B. Cover, who was being held here for a second military trial on charges that she murdered her Air Force husband in England. The Air Force said it will as sume the disputed section of the military justice code "is consti tutional and binding until there is a decision to the contrary by a higher court." The Army said in answer to questions that it had adopted the same policy and so instructed its overseas command. Three-Year Probation Given for Embezzling- Portland (U.R) Three years probation was imposed on Mrs. Marjorie Ludy, 44, by U. S. Judge William East yesterday for embezzling $9;456 from a Cor vallis bank. Mrs. Ludy, former head book keeper at the Corvallis branch of the First National Bank of Portland, took the money over a four-year period. be taken of chronic cases. Efforts also are under way to bring down the cost of the pro gram by using other insecticides. The concept of malaria con trol also has undergone a con siderable change. From effec tive and efficient control, it is now the policy of the govern ment to shift the emphasis to complete eradication of the disease. Hells Canyon Objection Renewed Washington (U.R) The Na tional Hells Canyon Association asked the Federal Power Com mission again yesterday to set aside an order authorizing the Idaho Power Co. to build three dams in the Hells Canyon area. The association first filed a petition opposing the projects after the FPC approved con struction of the dams. Yesterday's petition was di rected at a later FPC order ap proving designs for two of the dams. Mrs. Evelyn N. Cooper, an association attorney, said the new petition argues that the ac tion of the commission was "arbitrary and capricious" in is suing the first order. She said the petition points out that the commission issued an order li censing the dams before the commission members had seen the designs. . Mrs. Cooper said the new pe tition is "another detail" in the association's opposition to ac tions by the FPC without the formalities of hearings. o 7 eay now in tliis O handsome new I Handsome outside, mellow inside S-r5p : 'i n wonc'er Century Club f-'' W'M'llv ,s so PPu'ar these days! 6 YEARS OLID 45 QT. Manhole Covers Blown Off by Blast Detroit U.R) Police today probed a series of mysterious explosions which blew manhole covers 10 feet into the air and chased all traffic off the city's busiest street. The first cover popped off early last night. It tore the trunk off a passing car, but caused no injuries. A short time later, a power substation gave off a shower of sparks and knocked out many police and fire alarm boxes in the area. The explosions continued and police " decided to close busy Woodward ave., which runs from the Detroit river to sub urban Highland Park and di vides the city's east and west sides.. An official of the Detroit Street Railways said he believ ed a shortage in an underground street car cable was responsible for the blasts. But police said they were unable to find an explanation. Portland Planes Alerted In Nationwide Maneuver Portland (U.R) Air Force planes 'here were elerted last night in connection with nation wide "Operation Crackerjack." But an Air Force spokesman would not disclose how many, if any, fighter planes went aloft or if simulated bombing at tacks were made on the Port land area. Church United With Congregation Pittsburgh -XU.R) This is the story of a congregation with out a church and a church with out a congregation and how they got together. The congregatoin is made up of people who live in the small mining town of Forbes Road, some 30 miles from here. They lost their church building three years ago when a court ruled their deed invalid. Since then, ' the worshipers have been meeting in a bleak concrete recreation building. . "With a barber shop in one end and a coal-burning cooking stove for heat, you can imagine what kind of a place it is," said the Rev. Clyde Cottom. There were no brighter pros pects until this past summer, when a member of the congrega tion heard of an unusual offer concerning a quaint little church in suburban Pittsburgh which had been vacated because the membership outgrew it. The Happy Ending The church .was owned by a Pittsburgh stock broker, Philip Wolfers, who bought the white, steepled structure "just for the heck of it." Wolfers ran a newspaper ad offering to sell the church at a bargain to some deserving group. He received more than 100 inquiries in all, one from the Forbes Road Union Church. Rev. Cottom told Wolfers that his congregation needed the church -badly but that Forbes Road wasn't flourishing at the moment and maybe the price would be too high. "We prayed that we would be the ones to get it," the minister said. They did. In fact, Wolfers even found a contractor who was willing to haul the dis mantled church to Forbes Road on credit. The congregation is confident it can meet expenses. "We don't have much money, but we have a lot of faith," said Rev. Cottom. Government Offers 'Geologic Evaluation' Washington (U.R) The gov ernment today offered a "graph ic, geologic evaluation of the general distribution of pre-mes-ozoic, mesozoic and cenozoic rocks, interpreting tectonic ele ments of Alaska and emphasizing major geosynclinal and geoan ticlinal trends." . In short, a new map showing major changes in Alaska's rock formations for the past 200,000,- 000 years an important docu ment for oil prospectors. Dead line Sunday Classified is at noon Saturday: 10 a.m. Monday for Monday: other days 5:30 previous day. Ruth Walden Elected Head of Valley Group Ruth Walden of Walden Floral shop, Medford, was elected pres ident of the Rogue Valley Nur serymen's and Growers' associa tion recently. J. Vernon Mar shall of Marshall 'Nursery and Florist was re-elected secretary- treasurer and business agent. Other officers include Ruby Marshall, Medford, vice-president; and Polly Bright, Medford, sergeant-at-arms. Members of the board of directors, include Ken neth Meadows, Medford, chair man; Jacks William and Tom Carter, both of Ashland, and El wood Stansfield, Medford, past president. The organization was formed five years ago to establish mini mum prices for floralista in. Rogue valley. Use Mall Tribune Want Ad The Holiday Season is the tlm for going home for families and loved ones sharing the joy of the holiday season. On Union Pacific wonderful family meals 1n the Astra Dome Diner . . . the festive air of the pleasant Astra Dome Observation Lounge . . . restful, roomy coach and sleeping car accommodations combine to make your trip a cherished holiday long to be remembered. To assure the accommodations of your choice on the date of your departure MAKE YOUR RESERVATIONS EARLY. FRED LINGENFELDER, General Passenter Agent Room 751 Pittock Block, Phone CApitol 7-7771 Portland 5, Oregon jlij union pacific railroad j aoC otf t "Daily In all the world no car like this .. . 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