TEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Wednesday, January 29, 1958
Body-Mind Drugs
Combined To Aid
Allergy Victims
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By DELOS SMITH
United Preis Science Editor
" New York HP) Medical
science ha3 combined body-
mind drugs for the benefit of
the allergic. One drug is in-
tended for
the relief of
an a 1 1 er gic
attack and
the other is
used to re
lieve anxiety
which goes
along with an
a 1 1 e r gic at
LSJ ck.
Deios smith It is a prom
ising approach to a medical
problem like the problem of
which came first, the chicken
or the egg? Some scientists
argue that anxiety often
comes before the allergic at
tack and thus is its cause.
Other scientists feel the at
tack produces the anxiety
which makes it worse.
. Drs. Earl B. Brown and
Thomas Seideman of New
York's Montefiora hospital
tested the combined drugs by
the scientifically favored
"double-blind" technique in
97 allergic patients who
ranged in age from nine
years to 76.
Combination Used
The combination was of
the synthetic hormone, pred
nisolone, which is a standard
drug for the relief of allergic
attacks, with hydroxyzine
which is one of the newer of
the "tranquilizing" drugs.
The 97 men, women and
children were in need of med
icine to control a variety of
allergic conditions from asth
ma and- rhinitis (runny nose
allergy) to hives. The asthma
and rhinitis subjects were in
the big majority.
The doctors divided identi
cal vials into four groups.
Into one group they put a
week's supply of the com
bined drugs. Into a second
and third group they put the
hormone alone and the tran
quilizer alone. In the fourth
they put an inert substance,
a placebo, which, chemically,
should have no effect what
ever. All were in tablet form and
looked alike. The vials were
identified by code number
and at the time the doctors
distributed them to the pa
tients, they had no idea of
what patients were getting
which drugs or the placebo.
The patients kept a diary of
their week's experience with
the medicines.
Diaries Compared
These diaries when com
pared with the code numbers
revealed that 75.6 per cent of
the patients ifad had "excel
lent results with the com
bined drugs but only 48.3 per
cent had had such results
with the hormone alone and
only 32.1 per cent had had
them with the tranquilizer
alone.
The doctors in their report
to the American Academy of
Allergy, said they had some
indications that the tranquil
izer mfght permit small doses
of prednisolone to be as ef
fective as large ones. They're
now investigating that possibility.
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Inside Story of
Robert Young May
HoldS uicide Reason
BEREAVED IKE CONTINUES SCHEDULE President Eisenhower was on a regular
schedule at the Capital, despite the death of his brother, Arthur. Here, the Presi
dent participates in a ceremony commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Smith
Mundt Act, which created the U, S. Information Agency. Senator Mundt (R., S. D.)
shows a picture of the then Gen. Eisenhower testifying in 1947 on the measure be
fore the House foreign affairs subcommittee, of which Mundt was chairman. Left to
right: Sen. H. Alexander Smith (R., N. J.); Mundt, sponsors of the act; Sen. J. Wm.
Fulbright (D., Ark.), and the President.
New York (IP) Why should
Robert R. Young, million
aire, business giant, social sue
cess, take his own life?
Let's try to take a look in
side Robert R. Young, the
man. Perhaps the answer lies
there.
In the spacious marble re
ception room of "Fairholme,"
Young's 40-room tudor man
sion in the international col
ony at Newport, R. I., is dis
played prominently the lone
star flag of Texas.
Is That So?
By EUGENE BURNS
Ranger-Naturalist
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Speedier machines and
more efficient methods of op
eration have cut down man's
work-week; rapid transporta
tion has cut down the time
in transit; canned and frozen
foods as well as the shift from
10-course to 2-course meals
have added weeks to the
housewife's life. Time-saving
devices slice seconds and
minutes from every task.
Nonetheless we humans are
forever "short" of time. By
swiping a few hours from
sleep, we attempt to make
our daily doings come out
"IMPORTANT PROGRESS" in harnessing H-bomb to
make electric power out of ocean water is announced
jointly by scientists of United States, Britain. Ihree Amer
ican scientists present at Washington announcement are,
from left: Dr. Lyman Spitzen, Princeton University; Dr.
Arthur Ruark, head of experiments at Los Alamos, N. M.
and Dr. James Tuck, Los Alamos. (International Soundphoto)
CENTRAL POINT
Silver Coffee Hour Held
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By DORIS HUGHES
Central Point A silver
coffee hour was given Tues
day at a meeting of the Ar
thritis and Rheumatism Foun
dation. Mrs. Wayne Roberts
of Oakpine way was hostess
for the affair which was also
an annual membership enroll
ment for the foundation.
;Those attending were Mrs
John McCoy, Mrs. Robert
Ja'ntzer, Mrs. H. H. Shaw,
Mrs. Claude Lewis, Mrs. Ar
chie Purdy, Mrs. Alvin Rob
erts, Mrs. Rinhold Boes, Mrs.
Leonard Wood and Mrs
George Wood.
The Central Point city hall
now has a new telephone
number. The number was
changed recently when a dou
ble circuit was installed. The
new number for the city hall
is NOrmandy 4-1201.
; Voters may register at the
city hall this year. Lyle Paul!
city recorder, is now a legal
registrar. Voters also may
register with Margaret Naples
at the M&M agency.
;E. R. Yocom, civil defense
director, said first aid classes
will be given in Central Point
beginning Feb. 11, at 7 p.m.
The classes will be given at
the city fire hall. All persons
who are interested are wel
come to attend.
Mr. and Mrs. Al Emersbn
left Friday for their home in
Yakima, Wash., after a visit
at the home of Mrs. Emer
son's father, Bert Higinbot
ham. Mrs. Emerson had not
seen her father for 30 years.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Lacy
even with the clock. But be
cause we have been brought
up to believe that the body is
entitled to a certain amount
of sleep, we're guilt-ridden.
But why? Why the eight-
hour sleep each night?
Primitive man had nothing
better to do with his nights-
and to lurk in dark caves pre
vented him from being de
stroyed by the animals that
prowled by night. But now
that man has emerged from
the blackness of night Edi-
are parents of an 8-pound son's incandescent lamp help-
boy born Saturday, Jan. 25.
He has been named John
Douglas. Lacy is on the fac
ulty at Crater High school.
- Mr. and Mrs. Jason Otting
er of Talent visited Sunday
afternoon with Mr. and Mrs.
O. T. Wilson, North Second
st.. and Mr. and Mrs. F. C.
Learning of Grand View.
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Wilson
and son, Richard, of Camp
White visited relatives in Cen
tral Point Sunday.
The Central Point Wom
en's Relief Corps met for
their reeular meeting and a
roast turkey dinner at noon,
Jan. 21. The business meeting
was conducted by Mrs. John
Novak, president.
In the afternoon, installa
tion of officers was conducted
bv Mrs. John Robison. Offi-
ing should man conform?
Why eight hours? Saving
just one hour each day would
give each of us an additional
1,050 days, or almost three
years in tne course oi an
average life. And years added
on while we're in the prime
of life, not past it.
Benjamin Franklin origin
ally suggested that we adjust
sleeping hours to conform
with natural conditions in
order to make use of the max
imum amount of natural day
light, he advised that we rise
earlier in spring and summer
(as do the night-sleeping ani
mals) than in fall and winter.
Remarkable Changes
In a sense, man is making
remarkable changes .in his
sleeping habits depending
upon his place of living. In
the country, daily activities
keep the human going from
5 a.m: to 8 p.m.; in country
cers installed were Mrs. John
Novak, president; Mrs. Jose- hamlets, the hours are slight-
nhine Whaley. senior vice iv different, from 6 a.m. to
child is grown, that computer
is in pretty sad shape, states
Phyllis Rosentaur (Morpheus
and Me, Funk & Wagnalls,
N.Y.) But it's still an integral
part and can be started up
again.
Doctors recognizing this are
beginning to state that people
with different metabolisms,
body types and temperaments
may require varying amounts
of sleep at individually estab
lished intervals.
Following this, the words
"day" and "night" would lose
their meaning and demand
eating and sleeping would be
the rule. Edison, the spoiler
of darkness, for example slept
only four hours a night but
kept a couch in his workroom
and slept whenever he felt
like sleeping, if only for a
quarter-hour a clip.
Many people fight off the
impulse to nap in the after
noon for fear that they will
not fall asleep at night. As a
matter of clinical record (De
partment of Physiology, Uni
versity of Chicago) even a 15
nr 9n-minutf Havtimp rest will
stavp off fatisue which often Hollywood flPI Comedian
nrpvpnts sleen. And in a test, i Red Skelton Tuesday night
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12 of the 25 subjects actually
Rotary Club Hears
Talks on YMCA
A program of Young Men
Christian association activit
ies highlighted this . week';
Rotary club meeting at the
Rogui. Valley Country club
tsoo Jones, general secre
tary, discussed YMCA pro
gress since 1948 and intra
duced Herb Partridge, youth
work secretary. Partridge
spoke briefly about the Y In
dian Guide program and in
troduced a panel of Y mem
oers wno discussed various
programs offered the Y.
Pete Boman, 13, related
some experiences he had at
the Y Diamond Lake camp
Miss Joyce Gilinsky 17, spoke
about the high school Youth
Council dances and programs
Bill Wright, 9, told Rotary
members about programs at
the YMCA that he partici
pates in and Gene Cronin, 17,
explained the Y acquatic pro
gram.
Red Skelton Tired
After Performance
fell asleep faster when they
napped during the day.
Industry alert to these
scientific studies is already
experimenting with the quick,
convenient, comfortable nap.
It pays in man-hours on the
job.
(Copyright. 1958, by
Eugene Burns)
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made his first appearance on
a live television show since
a nearly fatal cardiac asth
matic attack
"I'm a little tired, but it
was great to be back in har
ness, the red-haired comic
said after the strenuous half-
hour program
Dr. Garth Graham, the
funnyman s physician, was
watching from the wings as
Skelton performed. He said
the comic was in good shape
after the program.
Skelton was stricken Dec.
30 at his Bel-Air home and
rushed unconscious to the hos
pital in Santa Monica
10 p.m.; in small cities, trans
portation, industry, entertain
ment continue between 7 a.m.,
to 1 a.m.; while in the big
cities, these working activi
ties are carried on from 7
a.m. to 3 a.m. ceasing oniy
for four hours. And man ad-
president; Mrs. Sally Musty,
i i n
junior vice president; Mrs
John Foster, conductor; Mrs.
Al Hermanson, treasurer;
Mrs. O. T. Wilson, chaplain;
Mrs. Phyllis Durante, guard;
Mrs. Bessie Henderson, assist
ant conductor; Mrs. Edwin
Jones, secretary; Mrs. Maggie justs
Bean, Mrs. Phil Griggs, Mrs. Animals of course have
Llovd Havs -and Mrs. Wallace made their adjustments to
McDowell, color bearers; Mrs. sleep. Bats, moths and owls
Elizabeth Faber, musician, among others abominate the
and Mrs. Josephine Whaley, sun and avoid it by going to
patriotic instructor. sleep as soon as it peeps over
A gift was presented by the the horizon. Elephants, hippo-
president to each retiring of- notami. tapirs, sloths are
ficer. A gift to the installing largely night livers.
officer was presented. A gift
also was given to the presi
dent from the corps.
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In fact, most animals cat
nap many taking short but
frequent sleeping periods.
Rabbits, for example, doze
off from 16 to 23 times every
24 hours.
Perhaps man is allowed to
follow his own inclinations
would be "polyphasic" too.
As it is, when born a baby
sleeps and wakes frequently.
Then as it grows older, it is
forced to eat on schedules ar
bitrarily established by pedia
tricians, many of whom are
bothered by ulcers.
Actually, the infant is born
with a built-in, automatic, and
almost infallible com p u t e r
which tells him when and
how much to eat, and sleep.
In Sad Shape
By the time the human
Boy Scouts
Boy Scout Troop 16
The scout committee meet
ing of Troop 16 will be held
at Dan Kadin's home, 601
West Jackson st. Registration
of the membership committee
and other business will be
conducted. The meeting is
open to all fathers. John E.
Schroeder will continue as
Scoutmaster and Wayne. Ben
nett as the assistant scoutmas
ter according to Troop spokesmen.
Examinations Open for
Civil Service Jobs
Examinat ions are now
open for telephone operations
and loans representatives and
for chemists, electronics, met
allurgists, mathematics, and
physicists engineers, accord
ing to the Civil Service commission.
Applications and addition
al information are available
from Chester W. Silliman in
the Medford post office or by
writing the United States Civ
il Service commission in
Washington 25, D. C.
UNION MAN DIES
New York (IP) Morris
Waldman, 68, founder and
first president of the Paper
Box Makers Union and a lead
er in the Social Democratic
Foundation, tiied Monday in
Montefiore hospital after a
long illness. He was the older
brother of Louis Waldman,
the attorney for the Motor
men's Benevolent association
during the recent subway
strike.
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Kooking Kays
The Kooking Kays held an
other meeting Jan. 23. A new
member joined. The teacher
showed us a few thing that we
will need to know about cook
ing. Our next meeting will be
held Feb. 6.
Tylene Evans,
Reporter.
Antelope 4-H Cooking Club
Antelope 4-H Cooking club
met at Donna Geren's home
on Jan. 11. Plans were made
and discussed for the rest of
the year. The next meeting
will be held at Joanna Mai
loroy's home Feb. 1. Donna
Geren gave two demonstra
tions, one on making of muf
fins and one on the buying of
eggs.
Paulette Anderson
Reporter
Reed College Seeks
Science Building
Portland (IP) Trustees
of Reed College announced
here today a drive to raise
1.5 million lor a new
science building on the Port
land campus.
rank warren Jr., presi
dent of Portland General
Electric, is chairman of the
fund drive and C. B. Stephen
son, president of the First Na
tional Bank, is vice chairman.
Both are members of the
board of trustees.
They said $1 million of
the fund would be raised
locally and half the balance
would come from a grant
from the public health service.
The new structure would
provide modern and adequate
laboratory facilities for the
physics and biology depart
ments, as well as a science
laboratory.
72 Men Laid Off at
Reith Lumber Plant
Pendleton (IP) Twelve
sawmill workers were laid off
at the Ukiah Lumber Com
pany's Reith plant, two miles
west of here, Tuesday because
thawing conditions have soft
ened access roads to timber
areas slowing down the operation.
Company officials said the
men would be put bacK on
when the road conditions im
proved.
In the next three rooms are
at least 50 photographs. Every
one is of a vivacious child
growing into young woman
hood. She is the Youngs' only
child, Eleanor, killed at age
23 in a plane crash 16 years
ago.
Volume of Poetry
On one of the shelves is a
volume of poetry Young
wrote. These lines were pen
ned 20 years ago:
"Sad are my thoughts for
I am forty
"Sad as the drifting leaves
this autumn day . . .
"Until today my path led
upward
"But now I find myself up
on a constant downward slope
"Which gains in pitch until
I see
"Dim, distantly, a void
"From which departed
friends have turned tired
faces
"And love has lost its zest
"And quest of fortune end
ed."
In the yellowed files of
newspaper clips this quote
from Young:
"When I was a young man,
I decided that if I ever could
get my hands on $60,000 then
I would invest it at 10 per
cent you could do that in
Texas then and retire. My
wife and daughter set my
sights higher. In 1935 and
1936 I found - myself with
much more money than I
could ever spend and I did
retire. But there was a sub
conscious feeling that no mat
ter what you have it just isn't
right only to enjoy life. I de
cided to go back into the
swim."
Suffering Pains
The words of a business as
sociate after a director's meet
ing last week: "He was suf
fering intense pains in the
side and chest," and another:
"He had been seriously ill
twice during recent months
and ... I feel certain a mood
of black despair over his
health was responsible."
"Maybe he was just a man
who was tired, tired mentally,
tired physically, dog-tired. I
don't know."
California Youth
Registers for Camp
Jim Rowan, YMCA camp
committee chairman, has an
nounced that the first camper
for 1958 has registered.
He is Robbie Nelson, of
North Hollywood, Calif. Ro
wan said this is the earliest
registration in camp's history
and Robbie Nelson will trav
el further getting to Camp
this 'summer than any camp
er in camp's history.
Y Diamond Lake Camp ac
tivities will get underway in
July. The annual Camp Re
union Jan. 21 kicked off soap
sales and Herb Partridge,
camp director, said any boy
interested in earning his way
to camp may do so by sell
ing soap. Soap and applica
tions are available at the
YMCA. Any boy is eligible to
go to Diamond Lake camp.
Additional information may
be be obtained from Herb
Partridge at the YMCA, SP
2-6295.
Dead Line on Classified Ads: 5:30
p.m. for following day, except 10
a.m. for Monday; for Sunday, noon
Saturday-
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