Two Eew Drags Offer IDduble-EBarrelSed
Attack on Addiction to Narcotics
Editor's Note: Narcotics Is one of the
major problems facing both the law
enforcement officials who mast seek
out the drug- trafficker to eliminate
the source. But a problem of equal
scope faces the medical world which
has sought, and is still searching for, a
curative for the thousands of ad
dicts. During the senate sub-committee
hearings in San Francisco it was
disclosed that a big step had been
made in the search for a curative by a
team of San Francisco Bay Area re
searchers. The following dispatch de
tails this progressive step.
By JAMES C. O'NEILL .
- United Press Correspondent
San Francisco U.R) The
witness was an attractive, well
dressed prostitute. Calmly, with
an air of detached defeat, she
told a U. S. Senate subcommit
tee she was in business primar
ily to support a $45 to $100 a
day drug habit.
- Today, she and an estimated
20,000 other Californians, all
victims of the vicious habit,
have new hope, thanks to two
new drugs and a team of San
Francisco Bay area researchers.
One of the drugs, nalline, com
bines .the aspects of a chemical
watch-dog and a foolproof lie
detector. The other, thorazine,
completely eliminates the agony
of pain and physical torture suf
fered by addicts trying to shake
the habit.
Use of the two drugs on a
practical, actually demonstrated
level is the work of Dr. James
G. Terry, on the staff of the Ala
meda County Sheriff's office,
and Fred L. Braumoeller, an
agent for the State Narcotics
Enforcement Burea.
Their work . and experi
ments have been so successful
in . the detection of narcotics
users that the State Department
of ; Motor Vehicles has agreed
not to issue any drivers licenses
in the San Francisco area to
narcotics parolees or probation
ers until they have taken Terry's
nalline test.
'Actual Proof
The test, as devised by Terry,
consists of injecting a suspect
ed narcotics user with five milli
grams of nalline. In 10 to 20
minutes, the subject's eyes give
"actual, physical proof," wheth
er he has used heroin in the past
five days. -
If he is a non-user, Terry ex
plained, the pupil of his eye will
shrink to a pinpoint. But if he's
used narcotics within five days,
the pupils either remain the
same or dilate completely.
Walter Stone, chief parole of-
Neuberger, Others
Sponsor Amendment
v Washington , (U.R) - Sen.
Richard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.)
said Friday he was co-spohsoring
an amendment to the social 'se
curity act to increase federal
funds for old age assistance pay
ments. He said it was supported
by 44 other senators. , '
. The bill, he said, would per
mit the federal government to
match the first 85 of state con
tribution with $25 of ' federal
funds instead of $20 as at pres
ent. . - ' y
Neuberger said that the -federal
government would t he n
match on a 50-50 basis all . ad
ditional state contributions; up
to a total of $65 instead of ' the
present maximum of $55.
Under the new formula,;. Ore
gon recipients of old age assist
ance would benefit about - $1,
600,000, Neuberger said. . "
The measure has a "pass
along" provision requiring states
availing themselves of the new
matching formula not to reduce
their average contributions per
person. - . .
Quotes
From the News
By UNITED PRESS - - -
'. Washington Internal Revenue Commissioner Russell C. Har
rington in a -warning to income tax dodgers and delinquents:
, "We want every cent the government is entitled to, but not one
penny more." '
; Hollywood Actress Marilyn Monroe on men, love and mar
riage: - ,
"I haven't had much time for dating and romance, but I haven't
given up yet." 1 v '"-"-'-'.;.!" .-''
New York Sen. Hubert Humphrey (D.-Minn.) on Secretary of
State John Foster Dulles policy statements that Russia has changed
tactics because previous methods have failed: ' . . '
"The Soviets," since the time of Lenin, have had as tactics a pol
icy of zig and zag. In other words, any means to gain the ends of
Communism, including trickery, treachery,, deceit and outright
lies, is the approved tactics of Communist strategy."
London Texas stripper Lee Sharon on not taking everything
off, as British burlesque queens do: '
"They show more, but I know more."
, Los Angeles Wesley S. Pond, self-confessed professional burg
lar, on why he specialized in thefts from churches:
: "Every time I pass a church I get the urge." " .-,
' Nl
admits .killing r David Powell, h,.Cub ScoTt Twhosi bSyV'
found beneath porch of Williams hbme at WheeW VV' Va
Brother Joseph (leftUs being held in special ceS Tom!
my. pending trial scheduled to start April 2. (International)
Yuba City Observes Belated Christmas
Yuba City, Calif. (UP)
Santa Claus came to flood-ravaged
Yuba City Saturday but
again he had stiff , competition
from the weatherman.
Blustery rains put a damper
on the climax to a weeklong
Christmas celebration that was
postponed two months by the
floodwaters that burst through
a levee Dec. 24 and drowned 38
Yuba Cityans.
Gale force winds ripped to
shreds a huge circus tent , in
which ' thousands of children
were to gather to receive toys
donated from all over the na
tion - The Yuba City Lions club,
sponsors of "Christmas in Feb-
; Washington (U.R) Repre
sentatives of the United States,.
Russia and 10 other nations will
begin negotiations here Monday
on a , charter for t h e . world
"atoms for peace" agency pro
posed by- President Eisenhower.
ruary," planned to hold the chil
dren's party either at the foot
ball field or in the high school
gymnasium.
. Santa Claus' chief helper, was
screen actress Susan Hayward
who with Gov. and Mrs. Good
win Knight later visited several
homes and presented gifts to
children. ' ' "
Dead line Sunday Classified Is tl
noon Saturday: 10 un Monday tot
Monday: other day 5:30 orevious day
ficer or California, was so im
pressed with the positive re
sults of the nalline test, Brau
moeller said, that he., wants it
made part of the regular parolee
and probationer check system.
. While nalline offers proof pos
itive of narcotics use, thorazine
provides a different but equally
needed service, : the two re
searchers said. .Thorazine offers
a painless method of throwing
off the habit. To Terry and
Braumoeller the two drugs used
together : offer the first effec
tive means of detecting addic
tions, physically curing it and
then checking on how well the
cure has taken."
Wants Regular Tests
Terry believes all parolees
and probationers should be giv"
eri regular nalline tests at irregular-
periods. By staggering
the tests' in no recognizable
time pattern, the addict who
returns to the use of narcotics
will be-detected eventually, he
said. ; (
' Once detected,' the addict
should . be returned for treat
ment, Terry declared.
Terry pointed out that nalline
only detects opium and its de
rivatives, including heroin, mor
phine and codeine. But this fam
ily of drugs . constitutes the
largest block of narcotics in use.
.Both Terry and Braumoeller
want to experiment with thora
zine, not only on the withdraw
al period, but as part of out
patient treatment. They noted
it has been successfully, used
in mental hospitals, to . remove
emotional blocks and think it
may. be useful in eliminating
the emotional drives which' com
pel a person to use drugs. ,.'. r v.
For the present, however,, the
two men are content to usenal
line and thorazine as a double
barrelled attack on the '-. narcot
ics addict on the level of law
enforcement. They- point out
that California law gives the
state . control of anyone convict
ed of a narcotics violation . for
five years.. ? '
Given the new drugs and the
five-year period in which to
work, Terry and Braumoeller
have confidence that they have
found a practical way: to protect
the public from the addict and
the addict from himself. . .
Monday. February 27, 1958
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE
TOPSY TUYY Rescuers are actually walking on the wan
of wrecked Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train at Sev
ern, Md. Note the ceiling iights at left Five persons were
lolled and 90 others injured when the air brakes suddenly
locked as the train was traveling at fcO miles an hour.
Thief Specializes In Robbing Churches
Los Angeles (U.R) Wes
ley S. Pond,. 38, a self-confessed
professional burglar told po
lice today he specializes in rob
bing churches. ;;
"Every time I pass a church
I get an uncontrollable urge,"
Pond told officers who arrested
him Saturday for rifling a sav
ings - jar in the University
Church. . . - y:' - '
"I always break into church
es," he admitted. "It's, my live
lihood; I never rob anything but
churches."
m
Pond served 18 months
San Quentin prison in 1951-52
for burglarizing churches and
only last Dec. 20 was released
from Los : Angeles county jail
after a six-month church theft
sentence. He told police he had
burglarized 10 churches since
his release from jail in Decem
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