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Strides in Mental r Health Here Reviewed Jackson county mental health committee, at the end of Na tional Mental Health Week April 29-May 5, pointed out atrides which have been made in this area in the mental health field. A major development and ign of progress in the mental health field here, according to the committee, is the announce ment by the state board of health that a psychiatrist, Dr. Harry Danielson, has been en gaged to work here on a part time basis. Dr. Danielson, for- Smog Occurance Seen in Urban Areas Chicago. (U.R) Smog such s plagues southern California may occur elsewhere with the growth of industry and urban areas, according to the Amer ican Society of Planning Of ficials. Impurities in the air at New Orleans, La., last fall cost two lives and sent more than 350 asthmatics to the hospital, the society said. Other places where "California symtoms" have been reported in clude Elizabeth, N. J., New York, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Wash ington, D. C, Detroit, Seattle, Portland, Ore., London and Man chester, England, Copenhagen, Paris, Algiers, Sao Paulo, and Bogota. "Air pollution is no longer a problem limited to the great re fining centers and coal-iron areas," the society said. "It is likely to be found in my industrial or urban area." The society said there are in general two types of air pollu tion the smoke from burning coal and fuel oil, and the fumes and gases arising wherever com- bution and evaporation take place. The latter includes fumes from cars, smouldering refuse piles, gas and oil stoves and chemical plants. Air pollution problems now re likely to involve the latter type, the society said, because "the techniques of controlling smoke emission have been pretty well mastered." merly of Napa, Calif., will be the psychiatrist for the southern Oregon child guidance clinic and will . help build mental health programs in four counties of southern Oregon. Another sign of progress, the committe noted, is the new'pro- gram set up in the county to provide public health nursing service to families of patients who have received treatment at the Oregon state mental hospi tal. The service will be limited in the beginning, the committee ex plaiped, since it must be fitted into' the nurses' already full schedules. In preparation for the program, three nurses have attended training programs at the state hospital. A highlight of the year was the visit of Dr. Henry Schu macher, psychiatrist, chief of mental health services, for the United States Public Health service, western region. Dr. Schumacher and two assistants. Miss Frances Williams, nursin? consultant, and Raymond Craig, psychiatric social work consult ant, to survey mental . health work her and make recommen dations for improvement. He suggested the mental health committee broaden its thinking from a marital coun selling service and study family counselling services. One of the outstanding mental health projects here, the com mittee reported, has been the three study groups of parents of mentally retarded children. Under chairmanship of Mrs. Robert Minear, the program has reached 36 separate families and in addition has included meet ings with many other parents and interested professional peo ple and laymen. Mental health information is provided by the Jackson County Public Health association. South ern Oregon Child Guidance Clinic association, E. C. Brown Trust and the Oregon State Board of Health in cooperation with the Jackson county health department. Packets of pamph lets dealing with specific sub jects related to child growth and development or mental health in general are available, the committee said. .... 4MLyjy GAINING INFORMATION from foreign observers in Soviet Russia, U. S. Defense De partment issues these pictures of new Red planes. At top is Bison Bomber, powered by four turbojet engines. It has a top speed of 550 miles per hour and a range of 4,000 miles. At bottom is new MIG-17 fighter with top speed of 750 miles per hour. It re places MIG-15, which saw service in Korea, as best Red fighter. (International) Canadian Convicts Hold Guard Captive With Razor, Scissors Vancouver, B. C. (U.R) Three long-term convicts, who held a prison guard captive more than six hours with a raz or at hi3 throat and scissors at his back, today were placed in maximum security. The prisoners freed the guard, Ernie Loveless, 38, unharmed last night when a newspaper man promised to print the story of their grievances. Oakalla prison authorities iden tified the prisoners as Mar cel Frenette, 28, and Robert Tremblay, 33, both of Montreal, and Charlie Talbot, 36. They were serving 20-year sentences for attempted murder following an underworld clash between narcotics distributors. Seised in Corridor The convicts seized Loveless yesterday afternoon as he was taking them to the prison farm barber shop at the end of a 90 foot long corridor. No other pris oners were nearby. One of the men grabbed a raz or and held it at Loveless' throat. Another held a pair of scissors against his back. Loveless was forced to the floor and his hands were bound with wire. Loveless, whose wife was not told about his plight until about 15 minutes before his release, credited City Editor Bruce Lar sen of the Vancouver Province with gaining his freedom and probaLly ssving his life. TremDlay asked to see Larsen about an hour after the- three convicts overcame the unarmed guards. The convicts had learn ed a few hours earlier that their appeals against 20-year sentenc es had been rejected. He asked Larsen to print the men's com plaint that the facts of their case had not been brought out fully at their trial. Nothing To Lose They kept Loveless, father of a 13-year-old son and six-yearr Part of Standard's earnings came from orr work in supplying oil for other free nations ( ""t ' production and exploration Hi rflnery marketing area PARIS TAXIS, African river boats and Australian airliners run on gasoline produced by Standard's affiliates! Last year in addition to our Western operations, we produced oil in 5 Eastern Hemisphere countries, processed it at 15 overseas refineries, supplied petroleum products to 67 countries outside the Iron Curtain. The result was a big boost for industry of Free World nations, conservation of U.S. oil reserves, and a higher standard of living for the peoples of many lands. If you wish a copy of our Annual Report for 1955, write to Standard Oil Company of California, Rm. 2153, 225 Bush St., San Francisco 20, California STANDARD OIL. COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA put pfrolum progrta to work for you old daughter, bound with bal ing wire. They . warned armed guards who stood a few feet away. "We have nothing to lose through cutting his throat. We've got 20 year3 and another charge wait ing." Warden Hugh Cristie, senior officials and guards armed with rifles stayed at the end of the corridor throughout the tense six hours. Southeast Alaska Covered by Flood By UNITED PRESS Springs floods, covered 1000 square miles of Southwest Alas ka today and trapped 100 resi dents of a village on the roof of a two-story building. The Alaskan floods overshad owed other weather outbreaks, including a new crop of torna does in Texas last night. Three twister: swooped down on An drews and another hit near Big Springs Three Andrews homes were severely damaged and ' a woman was slightly injured. The Alaskan floodwaters poured from the Kuskokwim and Nshagak rivers. They en dangered 150 native families. Huddle on Roof The entire population of Sleit mut, a village 208 miles north west of Anchorage, huddled on the roof of the schoolhouse, the only two-story building in town. The Kuskowim's flood waters were reported dropping at Sleit mut, but the last word from the village was that the population was still sticking to the roof. Air Rescue squadrons from An chorage were unable to reach the townspeople because of foul weather. , Downstream from Sleltmut an ice jam sent the river rising near Anuak. A converted Liberator bomber flew to the area to ev acuate 46 men from a construc tion site.. Villagers at Ekwok fought their . way to higher ground', in the face of rising waters and Civil Defense director at .Dill ingham asked the Air Force to bomb a huge ice jam below the village. Chicago Exchange Has Huge Growth Chicago (U.R -The Chicago Mercantile Exchange, largest produce market in the world, now does as much business in one month as it did during a whole year when the exchange was opened in 1919-20. The ' exchange grew out of yearly operations' in butter, eggs and similar commodities in which the supply was subject to seasonal fluctuation. As a com modity exchange it is surpassed in size only by the Chicago Board of Trade and the New York Cot ton Exchange, according .to an article in Illinois Business Rer view, a monthly publication of the University of Illinois Bureau of Economics and Business Re search. . . Basically, the Mercantile Ex change is a futures market where commodity -inventories for fu ture use can be hedged a pro cess by which firms can transfer to -speculators the Tisk involved in carrying ' cash commodities such as eggs, butter,' onions, po tatoes, turkeys and for the past two years, scrap, iron and steel. 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