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The Medical Roundup Emeritus Consultant !a Medietas, Mayo cubic Emeritus Professor of Medicine, Mayo Foundation Persons Who Have Auto Accidents In a previous column I told of the group of psychiatrists who. in a court in Detroit, make a study of ha bitual, traffic offenders. As I said, Dr. Alan Canty in a re c e n t address told of finding among these people many who were so feeble - mind- -7 A-t 1 J Walter Alvarez u tuuiu not be good drivers. Others were insane or had been insane, and evidently were not suffic iently recovered to be safe on the highways. Thousands, of course, were chronic alcoholics who, when drinking, lacked judgment of distance; they lacked good sense, and they lacked good control over their muscles. Then, there were some epileptics who "went o sleep at the wheel" as the police report put it. They just did not have any warning when the fit took them. I was much interested in Dr. Canty's finding that many of the problem drivers have criminal records. The criminal who thinks nothing of robbing and perhaps murdering has ' absolutely no concern for a stop-light or a baulevard stop sign. What is that to him? No law ever wor ries or stops him. Often I read in the paper that some men who had got away ,af ter robbing a bank, and who would never have been caught if they had only behaved themselves for a while, had been picked up going through a stop-light, or driving 50 miles an hour down a busy street. Many serious accidents are caused by old persons so old that their reflexes do not work quickly or at all. I remember an old farmer of 80 or so who once came out of his driveway. Although "he saw me coming down the highway at 60 miles an hour, his muscles did not work, and he went right on into the middle of the highway forc ing me into the ditch. Other ac cidents are due to a tantrum of temper in which the driver sud denly gets so' angry at a passing motorist or someone in ' his car that he loses all control of him self, and. for a time drives like a crazy man. - - v - Other accidents are due to the driver's great preoccupation with some worry at home or in the office. He gets so concerned over this that absent-mindedly lie will drive into the side of a train or a bus. I have read that in some air-line companies a pilot is grounded if he is having divorce : trouble. He : is likely to come' down for a landing with his wheels up. We all know the youngsters on the highway who get driving too fast or racing another "hot-rod" group. Many of them will absent-mindedly fail to stop at a boulevard. What does all this mean? It means that if we humans refuse to really tackle this problem as it must be tackled, with the help of physicians and -psychiatrists, we should quit talking about cut ting down on the number of auto accidents. Let us quit wasting our breath. I "know how difficult and. un pleasant and politically costly it would be for judges to take away the driver's licenses from all alcoholic, . psychotic, feeble minded, senile, criminal and otherwise incompetent and un safe drivers, but if we ' really want to cut down on the tre mendous number of accidents on our highways, then it would seem obvious that immediately we should either refuse a license to, or take away a license from men who either are very likely to become killers or have already shown and shown repeatedly that they are not fit to sit be hind a wheel. We would have to back up all courageous judges. It is not for me to say that we should deny bad or stupid or criminal drivers the right each day to kill our people on the highways; but I would suggest that we stop talking foolishness and wasting our breath and our newsprint and our radio-time. Let us either attack the problem in the only logical way in which it can be attacked, or else let us give up and accept, resignedly, our thousands of deaths and near-deaths every month. Most of us who drive can re member very narrow escapes from death in which the other driver certainly should never have been allowed to go on driv ing. My closest call came one day when the driver of a lumber truck came tearing across a main U.S. highway a few yards ahead of me. All that saved my life was that he was going so fast that he quickly got out of my way. I imagine he was either absent - minded or criminally careless. Another close call came to me on another East West highway when a young farmer, probably drunk, shot out of a tree-shaded road right in front of me. He was going so fast he nearly toppled over trying to make the turn. Will such men listen to our cam paigns for safety? They will not. . - : - A big advance could come if every applicant for a license; or a renewal of one could be tested in one of those machines in which the .person sits at a wheel and reacts to what happens , on a movie screen ; in front of him. In this way the examiner could quickly see what the person would do if a child were to dash out in front of him to retrieve a'ball. (Released by The Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1956) Guess what Sparkle is telling Big Jont:: "It's our Seventh Anniversary and we're sure glad to still be rated as Radio's Best Chil dren's program. - . NO SCHOOL TODAY - Saturday 8:00 A.M. KYJC ""1230 American Broadcasting Company TAURUS APR. 2) I Tv MAY 21 V) 9-10-56-59 My 60-64-71 STAR GiVZElC ARIES MAR. 22 jCfeAPR. 20 A 2- 4-22-40 Cy 43-53-77 GEMINI MAY 22 JUNE 22 ?41-44-48-61 i63-6&5-8tf CANCER JULY 23 LEO JULY 24 a AUG- 23 VV 6-21-31-34 "S54-58-86-901 VIRGO A. AUG. 24 M SEPT. 22 23-32-36-471 50-66-83-83 -By. CLAY R. 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Add eggs, remaining milk and vanilla extract. Beat two min utes more. Pour into two greased paper-lined nine-inch layer pans. Bake in moderate oven (350 de grees) 40 minutes. When cool frost with this: Quick Peppermint Frosting - Combine two egg whites, one half cup corn syrup, one cup sift ed confectioner's sugar, one eighth teaspoon salt, one-half teaspoon vanilla extract. Beat until frosting stands in peaks three minutes with electric mix er; longer by hand). Fold in one half cup finely crushed pepper mint candy. . Spread between layers and over sides of choco late cake. Anticipate compli ments galore. Pineapple Chutney Something different and de licious in the way of a relish. Particularly good with any kind of curried meat or fish. A gen erous quantity of golden pine apple, raisins, ginger and; green pepper combine perfectly with slivered almonds, to make this chutney irresistible.. t Take one No. 21 can of sliced pineapple and drain. Cut sliced pineapple into three-quarter-inch pieces. Add one cup vinegar, one cup brown sugar, and one-half teaspoon salt. Cook slowly for 20 to 30 minutes. Stir in one small, clove garlic which has been chopped fine, one-fourth cup livered .blanched almonds, one-half cup seedless raisins, one half green pepper, chopped fine, and - two tablespoons finely chopped crystallized ginger. Con tinue cooking over low heat un til thickened. Stir occasionally to prevent scorching. Makes about two pints. . 1 V M - TV... TONIGHT THOMAS MITCHELL Starring in "Mayor of the Town" 9:30 P.M. CHANNEL 5 KBES-TV presentedby RICHFIELD, ( Bread As Recipe Ingredient Is Protein-Rich Extender Lack of knowledge, lack of in terest, erratic dieting and food faddist notions are sometimes responsible lor shockingly inade quate diets , of many people. Bread, our very staff of life, for instance, is eliminated from some households. Yet white bread made with milk and enriched as it is today is one of the few energy foods that also supplies us with com plete proteins containing all of the essential amino acids that are necessary to lire itself. Enriched bread, made from plentiful grain is more important than ever before. Important as an accompaniment to a meal. Important as an ingredient in recipes that stretch meat, . in loafs, stuffings, croquettes, cas seroles and the like. Important too in puddings and in a never ending variety of sandwiches. Bread Crumbs Add Interest Perhaps you've wondered just what kind , of bread to use and how to fix them when the recipe says "bread crumbs." Soft Bread Crumbs . When a recipe calls for soft or fresh bread crumbs, use left over or dayold bread. Remove crusts, saving them for making dry bread crumbs. Pick bread apart with a fork or crumble gently with your fingers. Use while crumbs are still soft. Cubed Bread For "cubed" bread, simply cut slices crisscross with a knife to desired size. . Sifted dry crumbs means to use the already packaged bread or cracker crams or make them this way. Put slices of bread or those crusts you've saved, into a slow oven to dry thoroughly. Then place them in a paper bag and roll on board with rolling pin, or .put them through the food chopper using a fine blade. Sift and reroll coarse crumbs. Fine dry crumbs keep well and maye be stored in a loosely stored capped glass jar. Stuffed Pork Chops Give extra complimentary fla vor to the pork chops by adding chopped fresh apple, onion and celery to one of those good pack aged, seasoned poultry dressings or to your own favorite. Diet Note A slice of white bread one-half inch thick furnishes only 63 cal ories, plus a host of other nutri ents. A pat of table fat adds only 50 calories. Nutritionists point out that bread has a place in re ducing diets, too. Protein Foods, Canned Fruits Among February Good Buys An abundance of all protein foods is good cause for rejoicing by West-coasters. All meats, fish, poultry, eggs and dairy products are in ample supply. Lamb is the meat to watch. Markets will feature all popular cuts as well as the thrifty. Those less-well-known thrifty items in clude chops, liver, heart, and roasts from the shoulder. Bar becued lamb breast is one of the tastiest low-cost dinner you can serve. Beef and pork remain on the plentiful list with pork showing what is known as a "seasonal ad vance" in price. Smoked picnics are on the economy list. Eggs will continue to be one of the best protein-buys. Large AA and A will be real values. Just a couple of pennies more than mediums. Feed them to the family often. Enjoy local fresh and frozen PICTURE TUBES REJUVENATED Is your picture tube dull and weak? Most picture tubes can be restored to original brightness at only a fraction of the cost of replacement. For further information CALL Electronic Service Loggers, Lumbermen Convene at Redding Redding, Calif. U.R Some 1,500 loggers and lumbermen are gathered here for the seventh-annual three-day Sierra Cascade logging conference. The conference was to be key noted by experts from Portland, Ore., and Washington, D.C., whose topics ranged from pub lic relations to access roads to timber sales. fish and seafood which is being displayed in good variety. Grocery Department Special prices often mark many canned fruits including the popular cling peaches, apri cots, fruit cocktail and fruit sal ad mixes. Canned fruit and veg etable juices likewise come in for a fair share of bargain pric ing. Canned tuna and salmon, nonfat dry milk, navy and baby lima dry beans, lentils, split peas, frozen orange juice, rais ins, prunes, rice," macaroni prod ucts, honey and peanut butter can all be of assistance in plan ning economical meals. Best fruit department offer ings are apples, oranges and grapefruit. Dates are especially good buys for an after school snack for the children as well as a baking ingredient. Winter pears are a delight. Medium and small avacados are - reasonably priced. Pick avacados that are unblemished and ripe enough to yield to gentle pressure. Never pinch avacados, they bruise easily. Vegetable Department We are indeed fortunate to have that firm solid head lettuce known as Iceberg available the year around; more fortunate now when rain and sun have con spired to keep it plentiful and reasonably priced. Sweet golden carrots for ' good nutrition are a best buy, as are cabbage and cauliflower. Celery continues a bargain for relishes, salads, and cooking. The winter squashes, Hubbard and Banana, will be with us for only a few more weeks. Luxury items are likely to be artichokes, asparagus, cu cumbers and eggplant. TWIN FEVER ;- Niles. Mich.- (U.R Three sets of twin calves were born during a 10-day period on the John Fos ter farm near here. Friday, February 17, 1958 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE As Wp Live By ELIZABETH HURLOCK, PH.D. Dr. Huxlock Family Interference . May Be Justified Most people resent interfer ence in their family affairs by others in the family. How far can a member of the family go without starting trouble? . (Q) "My sis ter and her husband are very strict with my two nieces, 21 and 18 years of age. They won't let them date, stay out late, or even think of mar rying. My older niece has left home and plans to be married soon. My younger niece will, I am afraid, do the same thing. Now- both of these girls are good girls and don't deserve to be treated as they are treated at home. The girls always played at my home when they were little because I didn't complain about the dirt and mess they made as my sister did. Would I be wrong to let them bring their boyfriends to my home ,and to let my older niece stay with me until she is married? I don't want to interfere with my sister's family but I feel sorry for my nieces." (A) You would, in a sense, be "interfering" with your sis ter s family but this seems to me a . justifiable interfence that will bring help at a time when help is badly needed. Young girls, treated at home as your nieces are being treated, often do foolish things they bitterly regret later. pne of the most foolish things under such conditions, is to mary the first man who asks them as a way of escaping an intolerable situation at home. This . you certainly do not want to see your nieces do, and you are the only one who can stop them. Should Encourage Visit ' iEven at the expense of losing the friendship of your sister, you should encourage your nieces to bring the young men they go with to your home. By getting to know these young men, you can tell whether they are the right type . for your nieces to be dating and whether your older niece is marrying a man who can make her happy. Because the two girls have looked upon your home' as their "real home" since they were children, they would doubt less take advice from you that they would be unwilling to Jake from their parents. Don't deH prive them of the help- you can give them now. . (COPYRIGHT 1956. GENERAL FEATURES CORP.) Alaska's current population is about 170,000. SNOW JOB Sault Ste. Marie, Mich-JftJ.R Experimental snow removal equipment, including one unit that can move four inches of new snow from a - runway 300 feet wide and 10,000 feet long in 30 minutes, is being tested at near by Kinross Air Force Base this winter. Frank W. Gafalano GENERAL CONTRACTOR Custom Homes a Specialty Satisfaction Guaranteed PHONE 2-2174 Mcculloch Chain Saws Take the work out of woodcutting on hunting and fishing trips with a new, light-weight McCulloch chain saw. Come in for a demonstration. Model 33B ... $19800 Southern Oregon Equipment Co. 3540 N. 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