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.
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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
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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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Bedford (Oregon) mail tribune Nine
Kefauver Returns
For California Tour
Los Angeles (U.R) Sen. Estes
Kefauver (D-Tenn.) was hot on
the heels of his political adver
sary, Adlai E. Stevenson, today
as the lanky senator returned
to California for a three-day
campaign. j
Stevenson, also eyeing the
Democratic presidential nomina
tion, has been in . California
several days to gather strength
for the state's June 5 primary.
Kefauver was scheduled to ar
rive by plane from Denver and
immediately started campaign
ing. Kefauver scheduled speeches
in several Southern California
cities while Stevenson spoke in
the northern part of the state.
PURELY COINCIDENTAL
Des Moines U.R) Arlene
Galloway, working on an old
property abstract, discovered the
street that is now Harding Road,
originally was called Warren
Street. Later it was named G
Street. No connection with the
late President Warren G. Hard
ing. .
FAST FINE
Wallingford, Conn. UJ8
Harold McGrath of Dorchester,.
Mass., was arrested at 10:10 pin.
for speeding. Ten minutes later,
he pleaded guilty in town court,
which happened to be in session.
And 22 minutes later, he was
fined $18.
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