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Asian Flu No! Yet An Epidemic Washington OP Public Health Service officials ex pressed "concern"' today over large scale local outbreaks of Asian flu but said the disease had not yet become a nation wide epidemic. Some officials believed that New York Cityward hit by the disease, may be in for a month Ion flu siege. One PHS official said -There is not going to be enough flu vaccine available to do a whole lot of good"' now in New York, Milwaukee and other areas where large numbers of flu cases are reported. "It looks as if the flu beat vaccine production to the draw," he said. "Manufacturers are turnifig out vaccine as fast as they can but" the flu won't wait." A PHS spokesman said there has been no change in the viru lence of the disease. "It is not a killing flu," the spokesman said. He added there were only some 15 deaths asso ciated with it, generally from after-effects. The Family Council tdilor note: The Famil Council consists of a Judse. a psychiatrist, hree clergymen, a newspaper editor a women'! editor and two writers Each article is a summary of an actual report. The amilv Council does not give advice: it merelv reports on problems that "ave been dealt with by responsible agencies and counselors Jane R. I want to put my sister-in-law wise. Felix R. We shouldn't rock the boat. Jane R A few months ago my yoting niece, a girl of 13, came to spend a few days at my home. I noticed she looked very unhappy and I asked her what was wrong. She burst into tears and said, "My father doesn't love my mother." I figured her parents had had some sort of squabble and I tried to reassure her, explaining that even though parents have Las Vegas. Nev. HP Adverse weather conditions today forced the Atomic Energy Commission to call a 24-hour postponement in the firing of the final nuclear shot of the 1957 test series. The test, 24th of the year, was rescheduled for 5 a.m. p.s.t. Sat urday. The about average yield shot, dubbed "Morgan," will be triggered from a balloon 500 feet above Yucca Flat. Council Approves Jackson St. Paving Paving of East Jackson st. be tween Bear Coreek and Genessee st. was approved by the city council last night. The section is in the front of the proposed Sears Roebuck and company store and shopping center. The section will be 52 feet wide and about 960 feet long. Concrete curbs and gutters will be installed. Paving the section was requested in a petition signed by 40.17 per cent of as sessable property owners, and the city which owns 42.11 per cent of the property along the street at Hawthorne park. Action on a proposal to pave Niantic si. to a 30 foot wide sec tion was deferred until the next council meeting. Trie street would be less than the normal 36 foot requirement, but resi dents indicated petition signers were not in favor of the wider street. The council authorized con struction of a storm sewer in the Earhart subdivision between Riverside ave. and Bear creek. The city now maintains an open ditch on the property. Cost of the project is 58,235 which was covered in the recent sale of storm sewer bonds. The section of sewer is included in the city's storm sewer program. Approval Granted Approval was granted Yellow Cab company to raise airport limousines rates from 75 cents to SI per yerson to and from downtown locations. The coun cil also granted a raise in the present special cab charge to or from the airport from SI. 25 to SI. 50. The company said in creased operating cost made the raises necessary. An ordinance was approved to spread more fairly city assess ments on improvements. The or dinance covers subdivisions con structed after original assess ments made, by the city. Another ordinance adopted accepted a right-of-way across Mcdford Irrigation district's ca nal crossing the proposed ex tension of East Jackson st. City Attorney E. A. Bashaw was directed to draw up an amendment to permit "sand wich" type signs to be displayed on curbs by government agen cies. Recruiting services use such signs in front of offices, representatives pointed out in a request for the amendment. Bashaw was also instructed to draw up several different types of amendments to the city busi ness license ordinance regarding hotel fees. The amendments would provide some ,type of lower fees for hotels, which now pay on a number of rooms ba sis. Bashaw said some council members feel this method of licensing is unfair since hotels receive only 70 per cent average use of the rooms. Assessment Adopted v The council adopted the South Grape st. sanitary sewere as sessment. The council approved the rate of assessment for the newly completed section which runs from Stewart to Melrose aves. City Manager Robert Duff said that the cost of assessment would be SI. 53 per lineal foot. A zone change from class IA, single family, to class IIIA, lim ited commercial, was granted Highland Market, 458 Highland dr. The market was construct ed before that section of the city was annexed. The change was necessary for insurance and oth er purposes of conducting busi ness, according to owners of the store. The zoning ordinance was amended to permit medical clin ics to use the same type of sign now being used by apartment buildings in restricted districts. The signs must be affixed to the building, not more than 10 feet square and not iluminated by flashing or animated type lighting. an argument now and then, they don't stop loving one another. She just shook her head and said it wasn't like that. She said she could tell from the way her father looked at her mother that he hated her. Nothing I said seemed to comfort her. Knowing my brother to be something of a Don Juan, I de cided to lobk into the matter. I couldn't get anything definite out of him, but I very much sus pect he is having a serious af fair. - I have no influence with him, but I feel if my sister-in-law were put wise, she could do something to save the marriage. She is now blissfully ignorant. My husband is against saying anything. Felix R. I don't think we have anything definite to go on, except this little girl's notion . and it may be that, just a child ish notion. How can a child that age really see things like that? Jane's brother is the kind of man who doesn't know how not to flirt with women, and they are all crazy about him. Yet we have every reason to believe he has always been faithful to his wife. She seemed very happy last time we saw them both and he appeared as affectionate as ever. He did seem a little troubled and distracted when we saw him alone once, but that could mean anything. Basically, he's a de cent sort of man and very fond of his family. I think the best thing we can do is just keep our mouths shut about all of this. I am against rocking the boat when it comes to anybody's marital problems. Jane says her woman's intui tion tells her something really serious is going on, but I say all the more reason then to keep quiet. Maybe they'll work it out for themselves. The Council We agree with Felix it is unwise to rock the boat when it comes to other peo ple's marital problems, but both Jane and Felix overlook the fact they are now in possession of a piece of information they may have no right to withhold. Jane's brother and his wife ought to know their daughter is seriously disturbed about their relationship. It may be a diffi cult thing to tell them and it may very well have the effect of "rocking the boat," but it doesn't seem right that these parents should be kept in the dark about their child's suffer ing. Jane should simply repeat what the child said to her, with out embellishment. Jane's brother may be a "de cent sort of man and very fond of his family" and still get in volved beyond his depth in an extra-marital affair. It is just possible his child's unhappiness could be the life belt that will save him from disaster. If the whole thing is nothing more than "a childish notion," the parents still ought to know about it so they can help their daughter to a better understand ing of her family life. (Copyright 1957, General f Features Corp.) Girard Joking, Witness Thought Maebashi, Japan W A witness testified today he thought Spl 3 William S. Girard was joking when he shot at Japanese metal pickers the day the Illinois soldier shot and kill ed Mrs. Naka Sakai. Gumpei Sakai (no relation to the dead woman) said at Gi rard's manslaughter trial that Girard fired at several other metal pickers on the morning of Jan. 30. Girard fired an empty shell cartridge into Mrs. Sakai's back that afternoon while she was gathering shells at the Camp Weir firing range. Sakai, a prosecution witness, said that during the morning Girard was resting near a small hill called Chocolate Drop, about 250 yards from Hill 655 where Mrs. Sakai died. ' Sakai said Girard suddenly rose from a prone to a sitting position and fired a empty shell Binoculars Reported Missing from Counter Four pairs of binoculars were taken from the Western Thrift store, 30 North Central ave., Wave Richard Welty, 237 Girard dr., reported to city police Wednesday night. Police said the binoculars were taken from a counter dis play some time between Sept. 20 and Oct. 1. Police said the binoculars were valued at more than S60. at Japanese scrap collectors from the grenade launcher on his Ml rifle. "I thought it was Sainashi (done in a joking manner)," he said. "The soldier was laughing when he shot at us." After taking Sakai's testi mony, the court recessed until Saturday. Geologically at least, Australia is thought to be the oldest of the continents, being the most level in surface and the most regular in outline. Friday, October 4, 1957 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE Aparlmenf Blaze Injures Firemen Portland IP) Six firemen were injured by smoke or fly ing glass and some 40 persons, most of them elderly, fled a four-alarm fire in a three-story apartment building near down town Portland Thursday night. The fire broke out in the base ment of the Iris apartments near SW 3rd and Mill and within minutes smoke .filled upstairs apartments. Firemen helped the dazed ten ants, most of them elderly pen sioners and widows, down lad ders. The nearby Blanche apart ments also were ordered evacur ated as a precautionary measure but the flames did not reach them. No tenants were injured. Damaged was confined mostly to the south half of the Iris apartments. Assistant Fire Mar shal Walter Stickney estimated loss at $30,000. At least four firemen were overcome momentarily by smoke and two other firefight ers, George Miljus and Bob West, were showered in the face with debris. They were treated for cuts. Twenty-six pieces of equip ment answered the alarms. The first alarm was turned in short ly after 7 p.m. NEW GOVERNMENT ROLE Lamar, Colo. (IP) Arthur E. Lamper bequeathed his U.S. Savings Bonds to the federal government when he died Aug. 26. "I feel a moral obligation for my share of the debts of the United States," Lamper wrote in his will. Use Mail Tribune Want Ad The Low Cost Way to Sell Here They Are! The . . . WINNING NUMBERS Drawn During Johnston & Stewart's Grand Opening Celebrationl (1) 070123 (2) 070085 (3) 070168 The Winners May Pick Up Their Prizes Anytime. Please Bring Your Ticket Stub. 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