SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Thursday, February 16. 1958-
Diphtheria Diagnosis Confirmed;
Two Die at State Blind School
Portland U.R A third
case of diphtheria in Oregon
ai confirmed by health au
thorities at St. Helens today
and a fourth possible case was
being investigated in Yamhill
county near McMinnville.
Artiano child - died yesterday
morning, and diphtheria was
confirmed "by a local laboratory
in Salem.
The state health officer said
that, "there is no cause for
- Portland U.R) The State j
Board of Health said today that
laboratory examination has con
firmed a diagnosis of diphtheria
in- a Vernonia woman but said
there is "no evidence to suggest
any association" with an out
break which has claimed two
lives this week at the '. State
School for the Blind in Salem.
Dr. Harold M. Erickson, state
health officer, dispatched three
state board of health experts to
Salem yesterday to meet; with
Dr. Willard Stone, Marion "coun
ty health officer, who is direct
ing an investigation into the
death this week of seven-year-old
Christine Artiano, student
at the school, and 56-year-old
Mrs. Violet Fry, house mother.
Specimens Collected
Dr. Erickson revealed 200 cul
ture tubes were sent to Salem
yesterday to collect specimens
from anyone who might have
been closely associated with the
two diphtheria victims.
The laboratory yesterday con
firmed the diphtheria reports
for the Vernonia case and for
Mrs. Fry, who died Monday. The
Search Pressed
For College Student
Cambridge, -Mass. U.R)
Hundreds of searchers today
tramped through snow-covered
wooded areas in a search for
missing Thomas L. Clark, 18,
son of an Illinois Bell Telephone
Co. executive.
The youth's father, Alfred R.
Clark, Harvey, 111., arrived here
Tuesday to assist in the hunt for
the . missing Massachusetts In
stitute of Technology freshman.
Young Clark vanished Friday
after he was dumped from an
automobile during a fraternity
initiation.
The elder Clark last night
called the hazing stunt "crim
inal" but said he still held out
hope that his son would be found
alive.
"Hazing for a young boy like
that should have been confined
to the campus," Clark told MIT
officials. "He was brought up
in flat country and could have
easily become lost in a region
like this."
alarm," but he urged parents to
take their children to their pri
vate physicians for basic or
booster immunizations as a pre
cautionary measure.
Dr. Erickson said children
should have three shots of diph
theria toxoid when they are be
tween three and six months of
age. Booster shots should be
given at one year of age, between
the third and fourth years, be
tween the sixth and seventh,
and between the ninth and tenth
years of age. Older children
and adults should have the
Schick test periodically and be
given booster shots of toxoid
if necessary,
Oregon did not have any con
firmed diphtheria, last year.
There were six cases and no
deaths in 1954, 16 cases and
three deaths in 1953, 22 cases
and three deaths in 1952, 56
cases and 11 deaths in 1951, and
16 cases and five deaths in 1950
The last major outbreak of
the disease occurred in Jackson
county in 1949 when there were
27 cases and five deaths.
NINTH TRAFFIC DEATH
Portland U.R) Portland
recorded its ,ninth traffic death
of the year yesterday when Levi
Miller, 50, was killed on North
west St. Helens road. Police
said Miller was killed when his
car skidded on icy pavement
and struck a tank truck:
a f ' lis -.
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DRAMA OVER THE EAST RIVER Elijah Smith, 30, an
escaped mental patient, wields a steel pipe .as.;police close
in on him under a New York bridge. He battled them
over the East River for more than an hour before one
officer managed to slip up behind him and tie him up.
Demos Continue To Stir Political
Pot; Ike Seen as Vice President
By UNITED PRESS
Democratic presidential can
didates today hammered at . the
Eisenhower administration.
. The President hoped to bag
some quail in Georgia while
possibly pondering whether to
run for a second term.
And Senate Republican Lead
er William F. Knowland kept
his hat poised over the presi
dential ' race just in case the
President decides to retire.
Knowland was expected to
leave his name in the Minnesota
presidential primary despite the
medical blessing given Mr. Ei
senhower's heart two . days ago
by" his . doctors. Knowland can
withdraw his name up until
Feb. 25.
In Washington a poll of 25
mayors attending a conference
showed they overwhelmingly be?
lieve'Mr. Eisenhower will run
again. Of the 13 Democrats, 10
Republicans and two independ
ents polled 19 - said Mr. Eisen
hower would seek reelection.
New Spot on Ticket
But Sen. Russell B. Long (D
La.) said at New Orleans he
doesn't believe Mr. Eisenhower
will run for a "second term. How
ever, Long said he "wouldn't be
surprised" to see Mr. Eisenhower
run for vice-president on a
ticket headed by Chief . Justice
Earl Warren. .
Adlai Stvenson, Democratic
presidential candidate, opened a
campaign swing through the in
ter-jnountain slates with a
speech at Boise, Idaho. . .
He t o i d 700 Democrats
Wednesday night at a S5-a-plate
rally that the "foolish phrases"
of the administration showed the
Republicans "failure" to grasp
the basic principles" of the last
50 years.
Stevenson said the existence of
slums, "forms of depression in
some areas," crowded highways
and. classrooms "stand as the
failures" ok the Republicans.
2 Medford Freshmen
Elected to OSC Fral
Corvallis Two Medford
freshmen, Charles E. Bray and
Jack L. Terzenbach, have been
chosen for membership in the
Oregon State college chapter of
Phi Eta Sigma, national scholas
tic honor . fraternity for fresh
men. They are two of 41 freshmen
selected. To be eligible, fresh
men must earn at least a B plus
grade average their first term
or their first year.
Bray, 317 Lozier lane, Medford,
Bray, 317 Bozier lane, Medford,
is majoring in electrical en
gineering. Terzenbach, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Max Terzenbach,
1517 North Riverside ave., Med
ford, is majoring In chemistry
in the school of science. Both are
graduates of Medford . high
school.
Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-Tenn.)
Stevenson's political rival, said
at Ocala, Fla., the administra
tion is "falling behind in the de
velopment of atomic energy for
commercial use."
He said Britain is "ahead of
us" and Russia is making "great .
strides." - -
Kefauver also attacked the ad
ministration on the farm issue,
saying ' "hundreds of thousands
of small farmers have been
liquidated by the price-cost
squeeze" under the Republicans.
- "We seriously run the risk of
a repetition of 1929 if something
is not done," he said.
Rep. James . Roosevelt CD
Calif.), son of the late president,
formally announced his support
for Stevenson. Roosevelt made
the announcement at Los
Angeles.
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