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Asian Flu Epidemic Not Expected To Turn Into Major Catastrophe y LOUIS CASSELS Influenza is one of the most Kong strain of virus. It is being United Press Correspondent highly contagious diseases' tested by the National Institute Washington if Doctors known. Quarantine has proved of Health, and the military may trail it "the great pandemic." i ineffective in halting its spread ! order 4 million doses for service It went ovc r the world in I in the past. ! men. three lethal With more than 1.U00 travel- But tne Public Health service waves, starting ei"s a day returning to America ; is holding off a decision on civil in Mav 1913. from the Far East, health offi-1 ian inoculations for several rea- - rials rnnirifr tt a loreffone con-! iu im Caasels of health officials everywhere a tejPirtjt fear of influenza. Nearly 40 years have passed since thai "pandemic," or world wide epidemic, of "Spanish Fiue." Many lesser influenza epi demics have come and gone. Mediral science has developed P.v thp time ' thp ihird uL-avo elusion that the "Oriental flu" subsided in the i wlU reach this country and prob spring of 1919 at)'y caube so scattered local it had claimed !P'dcmics thls summer, nearly 15 mil-1 But tnere ls " likelihood of a lion fives. And maj'jr U s- epidemic before fall. .t h.H insfllori ! me expens oeneve ine in the hearts ' sons: Vaccination against influen za is still in the developmental stage, ,and no vaccine has yet been perfected which gives sure, long-lasting protection. Mass production of influen za vaccine is limited by the rus in the Far East outbreak j availability of fertile chicken a brand new strain will die j eggs, the best growing medium out before coid weather, others think there will be enough live virus still around this fall to set off a considerable U.S. epidemic. Why not start a mass vaccina tion program at once to guard Americans against any chance vaccines against influenza, and j of a se"ou,s flu epidemic this fall antibiotic drugs to treat its com plifatiorm. A whole generation hag grown up which regards flu at an uncomfortable but rela tively mild illness not much worM than a bad cold. To members of this genera tion, it may be difficult to un derstand hy the current epi demic in the Far East has started alarm hells ringing in public health offices the world over. "Th probability of another 1118 it slight." said Dr. Carl C. Dauer, top influenza expert in the U.S. Public Health Service. "But are cannot assume that it is an impossibility." So far, Dauer emphasized, there U "no indication what ever" that the present outbreak in the Orient will lead to "an other 1918." This year's epidemic, which began in Hong Kong about April 18, afflicted about 1 mil lion peranns and caused about ',000 deaths during its first two months of rapid spread. By the standards of 1918, when 200 mil lion people were stricken in very country of the globe, this it still a "mild" one. Most of the deaths have oc curred among persons already weakened by chronic disease, old age or hunger. The great majority of patients recover lifter three or four days of fever and general malaise. or winter? Vaccine Being Tested Drug manufacturers have de veloped an experimental vac cine against the new Hong Summer is the season when fer tile eggs are scarcest, and meet ing the prospective military order will tie up maximum vac cine production facilities for six to eight weeks. This will give the Public Health Service, and its new influenza advisory com mittee, time to watch 'the prog ress of the Far East epidemic and appraise the pros and cons of a civilian inoculation program in this country. Around Hollywood By ALINE M05BY United Press Correspondent Holly 1fi Elvis Presley wasl house. Elvis has had more crit- all shook up with gratitude to-icism than anyone but his loya! day. Durned 1 i. if his fans didn't keep MCM Studio from chopping off his famous sideburns and bangs. MCM f i g u r e s on giv i n g Elvis a ere wcut and s h a v ing off those side- Aline r-losby w h i skers because he plays a convict in "Jailhouse Rock." the third movie on the agenda of the Presley steamroll through Hollywood. But this news caused the big gest crisis in the movie business since Lassie was exposed as a he. Four-thousand post cards and letters from Presley fans poured into MCM, begging that the studio let their hero act with his original hair hanging around his sensual-looking face. A Fortville, Ind., mother wrote, "We love him at our Power jxzzz Performance 1 range smoo-hn"- I 1 deSn th . I 1 MiJ r-fj 35 H.P. BIG TWIN 5515 s5160 Down s24 Month TRADE IN YOUR OLD MOTOR It will usually more than make the down payment SEE THE BOATS BOAT KITS and MASTERCRAFT TRAILERS ON DISPLAY AT OUR STORE! JOHNSTON STORES 112 SOUTH RIVERSIDE fans stand by him don't cut his hair. It's his trademark." Picketing Threatened Some fans threatened to pick et the picture. A M i s s o ula. Mont., girl wrote that "all of us are sick about the haircut." Let ters arrived from the rock n' roll kats fan club of Fallon, Mo and the Presley kats fan club of Syracuse, N.Y. "So now the studio ha? decided I'll wear a wig, a crew cut wig, for prison scenes," the victorious Presley announced to day over lunch. "Otherwise my hair will look the same, except it was redden ed because in black-and-white it photographed like a cap instead of hair." Elvis was munching on his usual lunch of mashed potatoes, bacon, sliced tomatoes and Coca Cola, which he says is the near est thing he can find around here to mama's Madison, Tenn., home cooking. His usual retinue of cousins and friends from Ten nessee filled his MGM dressing room. "I never did want my hair I cut," Elvis explained. "I wear J long hair and sideburns because some people look better with long hair. I do because my face is long. '"The fans like it long, I guess, because they first saw me that way. And I certainly don't want to do anything they wouldn't like. Because they put me where I am, and if you don't please a fan I'll be back drivin' a truck. They're the people who buy my records and tickets." ; Cuarter-Million Deal j For "Jailhouse Rock" Elvis sideburns and all, receives $250, i 000 plus 50 per cent of the pro j fits one of the best deals any star has ever made in Hollywood. I For "Lovin You" he was paid i only $15,000 under a deal he made before he became a nation-wide controversial idol. Pro ducer Hal Wallis, however, gave , him a $50,000 bonus. ; u I feel I'm a little more at : ease in this MGM picture," he said. "Acting isn't something you accomplish overnight. It takes many years of experience." Two Tigard Women Victims of Murderer j Tigard, Ore. (in Two worn ' en were shot to death here early Sunday by a man who tele ! phoned police afterward and j said, "I've killed my two chil dren." ' John William Gilmore, 49, re j ported the shootings to police about 10 a.m. He was booked ! into Washington county jail in Hillsboro on a murder charge, j The slain women were Mrs. Myrtle Hicks Cooley. 42, and Mrs. Eleanor Peters. 49, both of Tigard. Gilmore had been living i at the Peters residence. State Patrolman Gerald O'Grady said Gilmore, a welder, told him, "I've done it, I've real ' ly done it this time." When po lice arrived at the Peters home, Gilmore admitted them. They found a .45 caliber pistol on the living room davenport, and the bodies of the women in the I dinette. There were no signs of a struggle. Police said Gilmore told them the women had been nagging him. 1 'Wi MUST RESIGN Canada's Prime Minister Louis Saint Laurent (above) must now resign to allow the forma mation of a new coalition government. His Liberal Party lost control of the Government for the first time in 22 years in a stun ning election upset Service Loyalty Firing Overturned by Court Washington W The Su preme Court has set aside the 1 1951 loyalty firing of career dip lomat John Stewart Service. The court overturned the Serv ice dismissal in an 8 to 0 rul ing that was based on what it called procedural flaws by then Secretary of State Dean Ache son in firing Service. It did not rule on Service's loyalty. Young Republicans Name 61 to 'Hall of Fame' Washington W The Young Republican organization has elected 61 top Republicans, including Vice President Rich ard M. Nixon and former Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York, to its new "hall of fame." The 61 were selected on the basis of age and membership in the Young Republicans. They will be officially enrolled in the "hall of fame" during the Young Republicans national convention next Wednesday through Satur day. Others elected include Senate GOP Leader William F. Know land (Calif.). TuMday. June 18, 1957 MEDFORD (OREGON1 MAIL TRIBUNE THREE Biologists Study Behavior of Fish Under 'Frustrating' Circumstances Seattle Fish, like humans, become "frustrat ed" when placed under conditions of stress and strain. This was observed while bio logists of the U.S. Fish and Wild life service conducted basic re search on sockeye salmon at the fish behavior laboratory of the Pacific Salmon Investiga tions in Seattle. One Dominant Scientists also observeed a "King-of-the - Mountain' routine among the salmon in which one became dominant and conquered the others for the choice shelter in a pool. These sidelights on the sal mon's nature came about this way: Biologists set up a six foot, three- c h a m b e red tank (with connecting chambers at top) with fresh water, brack ish water, and salt water. These fish were introduced into the fresh water to see if sockeye salmon smolts were ready for their journey to salt water. The fish paid no attention to the difference in salinity of the waters, but soon took up res idence, one fish to a pool. When two other fish were introduced, the established fish fought vio lently to guard their homes even to the extent of pulling out scales on the newcomers when they came into their two foot chambers. The fourth and fifth fish had no place to go and exhibited signs of frustra tion flicking of fins, quivering and shaking. But when the five fish, who lhad been fighting furiously a few minutes previously, were placed together in a large un partitioned pool, they quickly schooled and acted "like long lost friends." Sockeyes normally exhibit the highest schooling behavior of any salmon. Then a block of wood about one foot square was placed on the water providing a shaded area in the center of the pool. All the fish took for this shelt er but shortly one strong salmon was "king" and drove all the other fish away much in the Pro-Westerners Vin Again in Lebanon Beirut, Lebanon IPi Leb anon's pro-Western government won a second sweeping victory in Sunday parliamentary elec tions marred by a family elec tion feud in which 30 persons were killed and dozens wound ed. The shooting took place in the village of Zogharta in north Lebanon. The elections there do not take place until next Sun day, and authorities could find no direct connection with Sun day's voting. Returns reaching Beirut today from the mountainous area that voted showed government can didates won 19 of the 20 par liament seats at stake. A simi lar victory was won by the gov ernment a week ago. manner of the peck order with one hen established in barnyard flocks of fowl. The fish driven from the shade of the wood took to the unsheltered corners of the pool and shook all over, according to the biologists. They appeared to be highly excited and agitated They were paler in color than a normal fish. These character istics continued as long as there was this condition of , stress or replacement. Purpose of Study The fish behavior laboratory, housed in a wooden structure adjoining the main building of the Pacific Salmon Investiga tions on Montlake b o u levard in Seattle, has con ducted a series of studies over s i x months. The purpose of the re search is to gain a basic under standing of fish behavior. This information will be useful in field studies which in turn are applied to the conservation and wise management of the sal mon resource. "Actually we know little of fish behavior," says H. William Newman, is charge of the be havior laboratory. "By learn ing the behavior characteristics of salmon fingerlings under specified laboratory conditions met in traveling from the fresh water stream to the ocean." The hehavior tests were con ducted by H. William Newman and Alan B. Groves of the fish behavior laboratory under the direction of Dr. Gerald B. Col- lins who supervises the studies. Oregon Winner in Pedestrian Protection Portland API The Oregon State Motor Association said Monday that the state of Oregon has been awarded a first place in group four of the national AAA Pedestrian Protection contest for 1956. In winning first place among states of comparable population and traffic density, it scored 63 out of a possible 100 points. 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