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
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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.
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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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