SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Tuesday, December 8, 1955
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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.
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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.
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