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Hardening of !iw ArtoriM
Hundreds of people are now
asking what thpy can do to cure
harrjminz of the arteries, or to
stave off the
disease, or to
stop it where
it is after it has
come, or per
haps to keep it
from going on
and producing
another heart
attack or an
other little
stroke. Unfor-
lir Alvarez
tuna'ely, I haven't any very
sood answer to these questions.
Whether hardening of the ar
teries comes early or late to a
ni;m depends, I think, largely on
hs heredity. If his father and
mother both lived until they
were 90, tlie chances are that he,
too, will be long-lived. But if his
father and his father's brother
dropped dead before the age of
55, his outlooir, for Ion life is
not so good.
T-ir ye:irs V.e have known
that, next to heredity, eating too
much and getting stout is prob
ably the commonest contributory
cause of either hardening or ul
(cration of the arteries. Of late,
Dr. Aiccl Keys has been travel
ing about the world studying the
diets of those peoples who sel
dom have arteriosclerosis and
heart attacks, and comparing
them with the diet3 of those peo
ples (like Americans) who have
much hardening of the arteries
and many heart attacks. So far
the evidence points to the bad
effects of eating too much fat.
People like the Japanese, who
can afford very little fat in their
diet, have a low incidence of
heart attacks, while people like
some of the Fuins, who eat much
butter and animal fat, have many
heart attacks, as we do in Amer
ica. We in America, with our
large average income, are ap
parently eating too much fat. In
terestingly, the descendants of
Japanese living in California and
eating much fat, are getting
heart attacks much as the rest of
us Americans do.
Cholesterol ia Diet
Today, the medical literature
is full of articles on the fat-like
substance called cholesterol,
which apparently has much to
do with ulcerations in the ar
teries, and hence with heart at
tacks and little strokes. Some
doctors now think that every
effort should be made to cut
down on the amount of c'loles
terol in the diet, but others,
equally expert in this field, feel
that this isn't the whole answer
n rfiffiu that , m.r ran
. . . i
eat no cnotesierot ana Slill nave
too much in his blood: his body
can make it out of other foods.
s. n think that animal
fat are worse than veeetable
fats, and otheri think that '"sat
urated fats" or hard fats are
worse than unsaturated fats and
the more liquid oils. But as yet
there is no agreement on this.
Dr. John Gofman, of the Univer
sity of California, has just pre
sented figures to indicate that if
we live on too starchy a diet we
can increase our chances of get
ting a heart attack.
Against this is the finding by
Dr. Keys in Italy that people
who get stout on macaroni are
not very subject to heart at
tacks. Along the way the experts
have not yet explained to my
satisfaction why women, and
even those who live on rich
food and get much fatter than
dc men, seldom get heart at
tacks. iBetter Cut Down
Obviously, until the experts
begin to agree on a few things.
I do not feel I have the right to
say to my patients, "You must
eat this or you must not eat
that." All I feel like saying is.
' If you are stout and if you are
eating much more than you
nted. and particularly if you
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are fond of much fat in your
diet, you had better cut down
on the total calories and on the
tttal amount of fat."
Some people want to know
'f they should go without sail
Thank goodness, that fad is not
being pushed as hard as it was
a few years azo. The person I
would put on a salt poor diet
vould be one with a heart or
kidney that had failed sn much
that he was a bit water-logged.
The removal of salt from the
diet helps the person to get rid
of an excess of fluid in his body.
To take a man's salt away from
him, simply because he has a
little increase in blood pressure
so far as I can see is unjusti
fied. The wives of men who
have been ordered onto a salt
poor diet tell mp that, since they
have been feeding their man
tasteless food, he has been
getting so angry with them
every night at the table that
they think his blood pressure
has been pushed up higher than
it ever was!
'Salt-Free' Diet
Many people talk of a "salt
free" diet. Actually, it is very
hard to devise a salt-free diet,
and this is lucky because al
most salt-free diets can kill the
patient. One of the most salt
poor diets is the "rice diet,"
which can help a patient who
is suffering from the severe
symptoms of a very high blood
pressure.
In all dietetics the wise phy
sician tries to keep his head.
and refuses to prescribe some
thing which will make the pa
tient's life and his wife's life
unbearable. Dr. Irvine Page, of
Cleveland, one of the country's
experts on hardening of arteries,
teils how, for about a year he
lived on an almost fatless diet.
He says it was the most miser
able year of his life, and that
he got so irritable that hardly
any of his friends could stand
him!
Dr. Alvarez hopes his readers
will understand that it would
be impossible for him to answer
requests for information or to
attempt to diagnose by mail.
(Released by The Register
and Tribune Syndicate, 1957)
Undersea Eruption
Reported by Pilots
Hong Kong IF Two com- I
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mercial airline pilots reported ,
thev saw what '"appeared to be j
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an undersea eruption about 7U
miles west nf Hnntr Kone Thurs- I
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L Capt' P' Holden. fIl,nf? a j
Clv A" Transport airliner.
'said he saw a yellowish green i
patch of sea "bout zul) yards
wide." Capt. L. Newly, pilot of
a Pan American World Airways ' "underwater eruption.
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NEW HEARING ORDERED
The U. S. Supreme Court
has ordered new California
state court hearings for
doomed convict - author
Caryl Chessman (above).
Chessman, who is in the
death house at San Quentin
Prison, claims the court rec
ord of his trial was fraudul
ently prepared.
Court Records
MIMI IPII, COIRT
Dollif E. Taylor, violation of basic
rURusSc"l Donald Thompson. dis-
obeyed traffic s.gnai $5.
stop sinn s- oucn-n4m- aisooeea
Clarence Eugene Pearce. failure to
display vehicle license plUes,
Charles R:,v Brainard. violation of
basic rule. Sin
George Marks, violation of basic
rule $15.
Willard Vern Anderson, excessive
noise, S10
Elizabeth Terry Wilson, violation of
baMc rule. $15.
William Lester Henson, disobeyed
trnlfic signal, S5.
Elbert Jeremiah Nix, violation of
baste rulr. Sin.
Dolhe E. Taylor, violation of basic
rule. $in
Larry Dean Funk, violation of basic
rule. $10.
DISTRICT COIRT
Robert Arthur Eneel. overwHth. $15
Ray Devon Lunceford. drunk on
public hiphwav. Si
Bennie Tyler Adams, failure to
transfer title. $15.
Jerome Haas, operating internal
combustion eneme for logging with
out tire extinguisher. $20.
Betty Louise Jones, no operator's li
cense. S10.
Edward Hart Collins, violation ba
sic rule. SKI. bail forfeited.
Ronald Fredrick Pendergrass. in
adequate muffler. S15.
Lee Roy McGee. parked upon trav
eled part of hiphway. S6.
Harry Glen Morgan, no operator!
license. $10. hail forfeited.
CIRCUIT COIRT
Cheryl J. Corwin vs. James H' Cor
win. divorce complaint.
Wanda Louise Pryor vs. Loren Ste
phen Pryor, divorce complaint.
MARRIAGE LICENSE
APPLICATION
Carrol Dale Casey, 3117 Marie t .
Medford. and Helen Margaret Fouts
207 West M;nn St.. aoi. 2. Medford
Robert William Bell. 613 Catherine
st . Medford. and Florence Arlene
cuvton. aario Laurel lane. Medford.
Earl Eanngton Harris, route 2 box
"'r- Central Point, and Fern Marie
Brown, route 2. box n21. cold Hill.
Georgi
Clarence Wimer. 33P5 Jack-
sonvville highway Medford. ard
Goldie Beatrice Brooks. 335 South
Rlverslde ave ' Medtord
plane, radioed the Hong Kong
control tower about the same
time and said he too saw an
Feeding the Family
By ZOLA
Food
Danish Blue Cheese
Gourmet-Wise Import
Among imports. Blue cheese
from Denmark has long been a
favorite of westerners who rel
ish flavors of distinction. Danish
Blue is liked, too, for its easy
spreading texture. It is charac
terized in general by visible
blue-green veins of mold
throughout the body of the
cheese and its own sharp, pi
quant flavor.
Danish Blue keeps well in the
refrigerator when snugly
wrapped in waxed paper or
aluminum foil. If the outside
should develop some mold of its
own, cut it away and enjoy the
rest.
Danish Blue Cheese Spread:
An all-time favorite for easy en
tertaining. Mix two parts blue
cheese with I part softened but
ter. Add Worcestershire sauce to
taste and mix well. Place in cov
ered container and refrigerate
until an hour or so before time
to serve.
Blue Cheese Salad Dressing:
Toss a green salad with this
and listen to the raves. Crumble
two ounces Danish Blue with a
fork. Add three-fourths cup
mayonnaise (and we do mean
mayonnaise, not salad dressing),
the juice of one lemon, two tea
spoons Worcestershire sauce, two
tablespoons light cream and
! ground black pepper to taste. It
i ma-V Se?m thitl at first but il
I will soon thicken up. Makes ap-
i proximately two cups dressing
Rhubarb Brown Betty
Rosy rhubarb is a colorful
harbinger of good summer eat
ing. It is also on the plentiful
foods lists these days. Ever so
good just stewed and served as
a breakfast fruit or spiced up
for service as an accompaniment
for meat or fish. It is also well
thought of in such desserts as
this:
I cups stewed rhubarb
I I 2 cups moist bread crumbs
3 4 cup sugar
1 1 2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons grated orange
rind
1 3 cup water
Place half of the rhubarb in
buttered casserole. Combine
bread crumbs, sugar and cinna
mon; sprinkle half over rhubarb
and dot with half the butter. Re
peat. Sprinkle with orange rind;
add water and cover. Bake in
moderate oven, 375 degrees, for
35 to 45 minutes. Especially de
licious when served with hard
sauce or a soft custard.
Home Freezing of
Fruit and Berry Pief
If you're home freezing fresh
fruit or berry pies, you'll be
glad to know that quick-cooking
tapioca can be used with
complete satisfaction to thicken
them. We have this on the ex
cellent authority of a U.S.D.A.
handbook on the subject.
Tests have proven that fruit
pies generally should be frozen
before baking. They have fla
kier, more tender crusts and
fresher flavor than those baked
VINCENT
Editor
1 before freezing.
The fresh fruit should be pre
pared as usual and placed di
rectly in the unbaked pie crust.
Slits should not be made in the
top crust before freezing. Pies
should be snugly wrapped in
moisture - vapor - proof material.
If desired, they may be covered
with stockinet or paper box be
fore freezing.
Before baking, generous slits
should be cut in the top crust
so that the thawed fruit as it ex
pands has plenty of steam vents
to prevent the bubbling juice
from breaking the top crust.
When thickening pies with
quick-cooking tapioca, use the
same amount of tapioca as you
would of cornstarch. Use three
fourths as much tapioca as
flour; three tablespoons tapioca
equals four tablespoons flour.
Pimentos Give Gay Color
Added Flavor lo Many Foods
Pimentos with their gay color
and distinctive delicate flavor
can enhance any meal. Here are
a few favored uses.
Dress up cream of mushroom
or cream of chicken soup with
coloful chopped pimientos.
Cut pimientos into fancy
shape for garnishing fish, mold
ed salads, canapes.
Chop several pimientos into a
well-flavored cream sauce and
pour over cauliflower, aspara
gus, or other vegetables.
Make bacon and pimiento
sandwiches as a change from to
mato and bacon.
Chop vivid red pimientos into
rice and arrange as a nest to
hold vegetables, creamed tuna.
or chicken a la king.
Dip whole or sliced pimientos
into pancake batter; deep fat
fry and serve as a vegetable.
Abundant Supplies of Berries,
Lettuce, Eggs, Dairy Products
Strawberries headline the list
of abundant fruits. However
most of the crop goes to proces
s o r s, especially commercial
freezers. If you're planning on
"jamming" or freezing your
own, we suggest you talk the sit
uation over right now with your
fruit man. Enjoy them right
along for the season is short at
best, whatever the prices.
Other Fruit Buys: Oranges,
grapefruit, rhubarb and cherries
are in good supply. The grape
season is really rolling. Apricot,
nectarine, peach and plum
prices are sliding downward as
harvesting increases. A variety
of berries are yours to choose
from. Melons are becoming more
abundant with small cantaloupes
well priced. For the calorie con
scious: Cantaloupes are loaded
with good nutrition, yet average
only 37 calories per half.
Vegetable Department. Let
tuce, that "Queen of the salad
bowl", is in excellent supply.
When buying Iceberg lettuce
choose solid crisp fresh heads. If
lettuce is to be kept, store in the
refrigerator crisper; do not soak
or remove the core, just rinse
under running water and drain
or shake off excess water. Pota
toes, green and white onions,
Friday, Juna 14, 1957
radishes, green beans, cabbage,
carrots, celery, cauliflower, cu
cumbers and squash are in good
supply. Medium and small toma
toes are better buys than large
ones. Don't expect to find bar
gain prices quoted for large to
matoes. Asparagus is going, go
ing, and will soon be gone. En
joy now!
Eggs and Poultry. Eggs are a
must for the budget minded
homemaker. How about making
cream puffs from an easy-to-prepaie
cream puff mix and
filling them with an egg-rich cus
tard. Flavorsome egg nogs are
a nutrition-wise snack for grow
ing children. Turkeys, particu
larly mature hens, are going at
very low prices. Prices on chick
ens are juggling up and down,
but chicken still makes for ex
tremely low cost meals.
Dairy Producti: A recent sur
vey report showed that 40 per
cent of the families surveyed
had too little milk in their diets
to meet necessary calcium needs.
Insure yuor family's health by
using milk and other dairy prod
ucts in a variety of appetite ap
pealing ways. Non-fat dry milk
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MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBTJTTE THREE
Air Force Officers to
Speak to Reserves
Three Air Force officers from
the Air Reserve center. Van
couver Barracks, Wash., will dis
cuss a new congressional bill
proposed to adjust the military
pay structure at 8 p.m. today at
the Medford Air Reserve center,
216 East Main st.
They are Lt. Col George Gunt
er. Maj. Robert Decker and Maj.
William Hatch. The meeting is
being held for all local Air Res
ervists. Limited facilities will
not permit the meeting to be
public, accordng to local Air
Reserve officers.
and canned milk are high in nu
trition and very low in cost.
Other Good Buys: Some cuts
of beef such as chucks and
rounds are well priced. Lamb
for stewing is a good buy. Hali
but is the fish of the month.
Heavy supplies of peanut butter,
vegetable fats and salad oils.
Canned freestone peaches and
purple plums are priced to suit
the thrifty.
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excise and handling charges. State
and local taxea (if any), trans
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extra. Prices may vary according
to local dealer policy.
Oregon Guardsman
Jeep Mishap Victim
Olympia. Wash. IW A jeep
in a convoy of the Oregon Na
tional guard, en route to sum
mer training camp, left the
roadway 18 miles southeast of
here Thursday and killed its
young driver.
The state patrol salfl the vie
tim was Hershell Green, 18, of
Portland. Green only last Friday
was graduated from David
Douglas high school in Portland.
The 30-vehicle convoy was en
route from Portland to Camp
Murray near Ft. Lewis, Wash.
Green was a member of the
186th infantry regiment of th)
41st National Guard division i:!
Portland.
Greensboro. N.C. HP Six
moonshiners began serving fed
eral prison terms today with
rueful thought about their busC
ness acumen. They tried to pay
protection money to a deputy
sheriff and had hired a federal
revenue agent as a "still hand."
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