Wednesday October 16, 1957
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Flu Rampage Continues Across Nation as Number of Deaths
By UNITED PRESS
Flu outbreaks killed at least
12 persons five of them Penn
sylvania school children, in a
continuing rampage among the
nation's young.
The disease appeared to be
gathering strength from one end
of the nation to the other, with
children the chief victims of
t'.e Asian flu and other respir
atory ailments.
At least seven deaths blamed
on the flu were reported in Penn
aylvania in the past 43 hours.
One flu-connected death each oc
curred in Wisconsin, Utah, Ohio,
Michigan and Indiana.
Five children died and four
others were critically ill in a
tragic influenza epidemic at the
Pennsylvania State Training
school for the mentally-retarded
near Philadelphia.
Tests To Determine Type
The disease hit 833 of the
school s 3,149 children and 56
of its 400 employees. Tests were
begun to determine whether the
flu was of the Asian variety.
Four of the dead children who
Britain Said
Controlling
Of H-Bomb
London IP British scien
tists believed today they have
brought man to the brink of a
new and greater industrial rev
olution. They were reported
close to controlling the power
of the H-bomb for peaceful pur
poses. At present, this possible key
to another major scientific break
through is in the laboratory test
ing stage at Britain's atomic re
search center at Harwell.
The result will not be an
nounced officially until exper
iments have been completed
with the test apparatus called
'"Zeta." which scientists say can
fuse the atomic nuclei of a gas
called "heavy" hydrogen.
Scientists Confident
"The experiments are still in
progress," an authoritative
spokesman si id. "Their conclu
sion may be pretty close. The
scientists ipprar confident they
have tchieved the first labora
tory tep towards fusion."
Hopes are centered around a
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Wednesday:
15 p.m. Rogue River Val
ley Knife and Fork club, Rogue
Valley Country club.
8 p.m. First Methodist
church circle 6. Mrs. George Tro
bough, 1006 East Jackson st.
8 p.m. Roxy Ann Home
Economics club, home of Mrs.
Ernest Larsen, 23 Corning court.
Thursday:
10:30 a.m. First Presbyterian
church. Phoenix, Woman's asso
ciation, at church.
10:30 a.m. Lone Pine Exten
sfon unit, home of Mrs. H. B.
Mitchell, 3082 Buckshot rd.
12:30 p.m. Blue Star Mothers
club of America, home of Mrs.
Helen Watson, 6190 Catherine st.
12:30 p.m. Wenonah club,
home of Mrs. Floyd Lewis. 710
Sherman st.
2 p.m. Sams Valley Ladies
club, home of Mrs. Elwood Ab- j
bott. Highway 234.
Phoenix Club
Phoenix Phoenix Neighbors!
of Woodcraft will hold a social
meeting Thursday evening, Oc
tober 17. at the home of Mrs.
Delbert Cook, 304 Colver road,
Phoenix.
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ranged in age from six to 16
years, were recent admissions.
Dr. Leopold Potkonski, school
superintendent, said none of the
victims had been '"in too good
physical shape." None of the
children in the institution had
received Asian flu inoculations.
Another flu outbreak caught
up with a speeding North West
ern road train, forcing it to make
an emergency stop at Eiroy,
Wis., yesterday so doctors could
treat 14 stricken children.
The youths, members of a St.
Margarets High school, Chica
go, class returning from a stu
dent tour to the Black Hills, S.
D., came down with nausea and
high fever. The train was de
layed 37 minutes while the stu
dents were treated.
Soprano Cancels Appearance
In Chicago, the flu forced It
alian soprano Renata Tebaldi
to cancel an appearance, but
proved a boost to the operatic
career of substitute Anna Maria
Kun, 29.
Mme. Tebaldi was stricken
hours before she was to appear
Near
Power
for Peace
gas-filled circular glass tube that
looks like a doughnut. For a
thousandth part of a second it
lights the faces of watching Brit
ish scientists. And it is this that
makes them confident they have
discovered a way of controlling
the energy that gives the H
bomb its colossal blast so that it
can be used to fuel homes and
industry.
Ahead of U.S., Russia
The Atomic Energy authority
cautiously admits that the sci
entists could be close to achiev
ing what officials call "a
thermonuclear reaction" con
ceded to be of tremendous sig
nificance. The AEA would go no further
than to say that a temperature
"beyond one million degrees"
had been achieved.
This indicated the British
were ahead of American and So
viet scientists seeking the same
end.
More Exhibitors
Needed for Fair
Additional exhibitors are need
ed to round out a full schedule
of space allocations for the
Southern Oregon Safety Fair, ac
cording to Myron Terpening,
general chairman of the event.
Tepening, safety director of
the Bate Lumber company.
Grants Pass, has invited all
southern Oregon firms and or
ganizations to participate in the
safety exposition scheduled for
Saturday, Nov. 16, at the Nation
al Guard Armory in Medford.
William Bell, safety inspector
with the state industrial acci
dent commission, chairman of
the program committee, reported
that there is no charge to exhib
itors and ther will be no ad
mission charge.
Several special events have
been tentatively planned, includ
ing a safety poster contest for
school children, demonstrations
of pole top resuscitation and free
safety movies, Terpening said.
13 Per Cent Increase
In Enrollment at OSC
Corvallis ill" Oregon State
college recorded a 13 per cent
increase in student enrollment
over last year, from 6,779 to
7,664. the registrar's office said
today.
The office said it was the high
est enrollment in OSC's history.
The previous high was 7,489 stu
dents in 1947-48.
There are 5.618 men. and 2,
046 women students this year.
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in the Lyric Opera Company's
performance of "Othello." Miss
j Kuhn, who had sung the role
j only once, flew to Chicago from
j Philadelphia as a substitute and
j won the plaudits of the audience
! and critics.
J Other flu outbreaks forced
i the shutdown of dozens of
! schools throughout the country
j and at least four colleges Wash-
ington and Jefferson college.
Washington, Pa.; Lehigh and
Lycoming colleges in Pennsyl
vania and Beloit college, Beloit,
Wis.
Elsewhere, the flu outbreak by
states was as follows:
Iowa: About four dozen high
schools closed in widespread
outbreak.
Arizona: Health authorities es
timate about 36,000 flu cases.
Idaho: Health department re
ports 4,012 cases of flu last week
to bring year's total to 8,604,
or 10 times the number reported
during all of 1956.
Nebraska: About 20 per cent
of Omaha's public school pupils
outwith flu, 2,100 of them high
school students. Mercy H ig h
school closed, but expected to
reopen today.
Minnesota: Flu caused up t o
40 per cent absenteeism at four
Minneapolis and suburban high
schools yesterday. Absenteeism
also high at Austin, Mountain
Iron and Hutchinson. A total of
120 students hospitalized at the
University of Minnesota.
Wanes in California
California: Asian flu appear
ed on the wane at Los Angeles
and Orange county schools, but
doctors warned the decline may
be only a lull.
Illinois: An outbreak believed
to be of the Asian variety kept
40 per cent of 3,385 high school
students home in the Chicago
suburb of New Trier. The Uni
versity of Illinois set up an em-
Russian Espionage
Agenl Says Money
Kept for Himself
New York (IP) A Russian
espionage agent who allegedly
worked for accused master spy
Col. Rudolph Ivanovich Abel,
testified today that he kept for
himself a S5,000 payment that
Moscow had ordered given to
the wife of convicted atom spy
Morton Sobell.
The government witness, for
mer Soviet Lt. Col. Reino Hay
hanen, told a federal court jury
that he and Abel had buried the
money in Bear Mt. State park
in 1955. Hayhanen said he later
dug it up and "kept it myself."
He testified Tuesday that he had
not been able to deliver the
money to Mrs. Helen Sobell be
cause the police were watching
her Manhattan apartment.
j Second Payment Deposited
Hayhanen said Abel told him
a second S5.000 payment Yrder
ed by Moscow for Mrs. Sobell
had been deposited in a bank.
He said he did not know wheth
er this sum w-as ever transmitted
to Mrs. Sobell. The impassive
witness gave this testimony at
the close of direct examination
by Asst. U. S. Atty. Gen. Wil
liam F. Tompkins.
Further details of the alleged
connection between Abel and
the Roseniberg spy ring, of
which Sobell was a member,
were expected to be brought
out under cross-examination by
Abel's attorney, James B. Don
ovan. Indiana Paper Given
Permit To Tog Cors
Decatur, Ind. HP The De
catur Democrat today had the
authority to back up its cam
paign against parking violators
with legal action. The newspa
per has been campaigning for
six months to have police crack
down on parking violators. Tues
day, police officials sent the edi
tor a book of 25 blank arrest
checks and this note:
"It has been brought to our
attention that since you have
been checking trucks on yellow
lines, double parking, parking
meters, etc., it would be appre
ciated if you would tag same.
Find enclosed one ticket book.
Signed: Police Department.
Portland Records
33rd Traffic Death
Portland (W Portlands
33rd 1957 traffic death was
marked up today after Mrs. Ida
Hartung. 66, succumbed to in
juries sufiered Sept. 26 when
struck by a car.
Mrs. Murley Cousin, 65, who
was struck by the same car also
died from injuries.
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ergency ward when the campus
hospital was filled to capacity
with 165 flu patients.
Washington: All schools clos
ed at Battle Ground.
Michigan: Flu widespread in
western and north central sec
tions of the state.
Colorado: All schools closed at
Alamosa and Vroman.
Pennsylvania: Nine parochial
schools in Pittsburgh and sub
urbs closed.
Wisconsin: All schools in Co
lumbia county closed.
DRAMATIC 80 per cent re
duction in polio over past
two years is reported in
AVashington by Marion B.
Folsom, health department
secretary. . (International)
Gunman Takes $717
From Portland Bank
Portland (IP) A nervous
appearing gunman held up the
Stadium branch of the U. S.
National bank shortly before
caped with $717.
Reed Verbeck, a teller. laid
the man carried a gun and ord
ered him to hand over the mon
ey warning "I've got a .38 point
ed at your belly."
He said the man left via a
rear door. The holdup occurred
about 5:15 p.m.
The robber was described as
ab mt 5 feet 8 inches tall, weigh
ing about 140 to 145 pounds,
about 30 years old and needing
a shave.
Grange Notes j
Griffin Creek Grange j
Griffin Creek Grange met Oct. ,
10 with a large attendance and j
all officers present.
Work is progressing on the
new cupboard and drainboards.
Committees were appointed to
handle the rummage sale to be
held at the Eagles hall Oct. 12.
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Slyter,
former members now living in
Dayton, Ore., were present.
A program on fire prevention
was given by Lecturer Lulu
Sturgill and a "This Is Your ;
Life" stunt in which Slyter and ;
Chaplain Iva Harper were par-,
ticipants, they both having Oct. !
9 as their birthdays, brought
forth many humorous incidents, j
... Lunch was served by the Chis-!
holms and Biermas, which in-
eluded a huge birthday cake
baked by Mrs. Chisholm.
The HEC will meet Oct. 17 j
at the George Mero house. This
will be a covered dish luncheon.
..IN THE
History
pnarmacy
by ED HALL
The Persian called Rhazes
(865-925) is believed to have
been the first to introduce
chemical preparations into
the practice of medicine. He
it also the man who is re
sponsible for the beginning
of scientific chemistry.
Apotheca is the Latin form
of Apotheke. During early
Rome this word was applied
to storage rooms for wine
but in the middle age the
term was restricted to store
rooms for spices and drugs
thus Apothecary.
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offered during Central Drug's
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High school, Leesburg. reported
540 of its 1.150 students out
yesterday w-ith the flu.