Falher Returned
From Hiding Prays
For Little Girl
Washington (W Feeling
"like a heel," Robert Back
the conviction of Dorothy
over, 28, prayed Wednesday
his return from a fugitive
hideout might help his leukemia-stricken
little daughter.
The father said "Maybe
there is a chance" Paula Ann,
6, whom he traded his liberty
to see, will recover from the
usually fatal disease, cancer
of the blood.
Cheered by her father's sur
prise appearance at her bed
side, Paula Ann was to leave
the hospital and go home for
a while. She will have to
make return visits for blood
transfusions and other treat
ment. Doctors have given her
up to six months to live.
Emotional Reunion
Backover held an emotion-
choked reunion with his
daughter for two hours Tues
day after stepping off a train
from California. Then he sur
rendered on a grand larceny
charge that he fled with
$2,300 from a Hyattsville, Md.,
bowling alley where he was
assistant manager.
After his release on $2,000
bond a few hours later, Back
over learned that the insur
ance company which had re
paid the stolen funds will ask
authorities to drop the charges
if he makes restitution.
When the stocky, hand
some man fled two weeks be
fore Christmas he .did not
know his little girl had con
tracted leukemia. His parents
appealed for his return
through the press because
Paula Ann insisted she would
"get better if daddy came
home."
52nd Year'
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MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13,-1958
Pages 1-8
Controversy Over Fluoridation off
Water Supply Mystery To Researcher
Higher Premiums
Set for Policies
World War II veterans num
bering 3,300,000, who still
have not converted GI term
policies to permanent plans
will pay higher premiums and
receive generally lower divi
dends every five years they
renew their policies in the fu
ture, S. T. Brannock, officer
in charge of the Medford VA
office, said today.
Brannock pointed out this
widening spread between pre
mium costs and dividend re
turns will result in a sharply
higher net cost "to the term
policy holders with each
live-year renewal.
"For that reason," said
Brannock, "World War II vet
erans with five-year term pol
icies should seriously consider
converting to permanent plans
of GI insurance with a non
changing premium rate and
with only slight variations in
dividend rates."
In addition to the almost
stationary net cost of perman
ent GI insurance plans, Bran
nock said, the policies have
certain values which term pol
icies do not have, such as cash
surrender value, loan value,
extended insurance value, and
paid-up value. He said a term
policy by contrast merely in
1 sures against death for only
as long as premiums are time
ly paid.
Pharmacy Students
Scheduled Tour
Corvallis Lee Aden Spen
cer of Medford will be one of
69 Oregon State college phar
macy students who will make
a soecial 10-day tour ot mm
western, drug manufacturing
plants. Feb. 28 to Mar. 10.
The tours are arranged ev
ery other vear by the col-
lee' Dharmacy school to
give juniors and seniors an
opportunity to study manu
facturing procedures and
problems.
The group will travel by
train an4 visit Abbott Labo
ratories, Chicago: Parke-Davis,
Detroit, and Eli Lilly com
pany, Indianapolis, Ind. The
three firms have planned spe
cial educational tours, demon
strations and question-and-answer
periods for the stu
dents along with special en
tertainment in the various
cities.
Spencer is in his fifth year
of the five-year pharmacy
school. A 1950 graduate of
Medford High school, he is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. James
M. Spencer of 829 West Sec
ond st.
Four Persons Injured
In Fire at Roseburg
Roseburg in Four per
sons were treated in a local
hospital and released Wed
nesday after they suffered
minor injuries in a house fire
about 8 a.m.
Fire destroyed the home
and all belongings of the Rob
ert Bitner home. Mrs. Shir
ley Bitner, 23, her two chil
dren, Karen, 1, and Debra, 3,
and two-year-old Stevie Wes
cott, escaped the flames but
were taken to a hospital for
treatment.
By LOUIS CASSELS
United Press Correspsndeni
, Washington OF) The head
of the government's Dental
Research Institute said today
it is a mystery to him why
the value of fluoridating pub
lic water supplies should still
be a controversial question in
hundreds of American com
munities. "Continuing scientific stu
dies have demonstrated be
yond the shadow of any rea
sonable doubt that fluorida
tion is a completely safe, in
expensive and very effective
method of preventing tooth
decay," Dr. F. A. Arnold Jr
said in an interview.
"I know of no other public
health measure which is back
ed up by such an overwhelm
ing body of proof."
According to the U.S. Pub
lie Health Service, 1,556 cities
and towns now have water
fluoridation programs. Their
combined population is 32,
730,856. In addition, there are
1903 communities, mostly
small towns, whose water sup
ply contains natural fluoride.
These have a combined popu
lation of about 7,000,000. Thus
about one quarter of the U.S.
population is drinking fluori
dated water.
ine number of communi
ties adding fluoride to public
water has risen steadily. It
was 709 at the start of 1953,
and 1,487 a year ago. The list
includes Washington, Chicago,
Philadelphia, Baltimore, Pitts
burgh, Cleveland, Milwaukee,
Minneapolis, San Francisco,
St. Louis and Buffalo.
New York City's Board of
Estimate is currently consid
ering a fluoridation proposal.
In New York and else
where, proposals to fluoridate
municipal water supplies
have run into strong public
opposition.
At least 70 communities, in
cluding Akron, Ohio, and San
Diego, Calif., have abandoned
fluoridation programs after
they were launched. And
scores of others, including
Portland, Ore., Cincinnati,
Ohio, Seattle, Wash., Syra
cuse, N.Y., Fort Worth, Tex.,
and Hartford, Conn., have re
jected fluoridation.
Opponents of fluoridation
have advanced a wide variety
of arguments, ranging from
the claim that it is a Commu
nist plot to soften the brains
of American citizens to the
rumor (circulated widely in
Boston) that it is a birth con
trol measure. The most com
mon battle cry, raised in New
York and dozens of other
cities, is that fluoridated wa
ter is "poisonous."
The National Institute of
Dental Research Service. It
has investigated both the
beneficial effects and all of
the alleged harmful effects of
fluoridation.
"This is not a matter on
which we have to make care
fully hedged, qualified state
ments." Arnold said. "Every
scintilla of evidence points
the same way.
"We know without question
that fluoride in a water sup
ply, at the recommended rate
of one part per million, is
absolutely safe and does not
produce any undesirable sys
tematic effects in human
beings."
Moreover, Arnold said the
"margin of safety" is tremen
dous. Even if you - should
drink water containing many
times as much fluoride as the
recommended level, you
would not be exposed to any
thing worse than a mottling
of the enamel on your teeth.
The beneficial effects of
fluoridation," Arnold said,
have been just as thoroughly
established. Of the many con
trolled tests that .have been
conducted, the most famous
is the Grand Rapids, Mich.,
experiment, now in its l?th
year. Regular dental exami
nations of Grand Rapids
school- children show, that
tooth decay has dropped
about 60 per cent since water
fluoridation was begun.
Other tests indicate the pro
tection rate for children who
drink fluoridated water from
birth ranges as high as 65 per
cent. Older children and ad
ults, whose teeth are already
formed when fluoridation be
gins, get some benefit but not
nearly as much. '
Oregon State Research
Dentists Study Fluoride
Corvallis Fluoride in com
munity water supplies re
duces tooth decay in teenag
ers as much as 55 per cent,
according to a five-state study
conducted by an Oregon State
college research dentist.
Dental studies were made
on 2,068 boys and girls, ages
14, 15 and 16, who were born
and -raised in Oregon, Wash
ington, Idaho, Utah and Mon
tana. They revealed that one
part per million of fluoride in
municipal water supplies re
duced teenager tooth decay
by as much as half. Teeth of
the fluoride treated group
were compared to teeth of
youth born and raised in sim
ilar communities where water
did not contain any fluorides.
Causes Studied
In the study summarized
by Dr. Gertrude Tank, OSC
research dentist, possible
causes of tooth decay were
studied. They included cli
mate and geographic location,
the water supplies hardness
and amount of fluoride pres
ent and the nutrition of the
children.
According to Dr. Tank,
more than 99 per cent of the
teenagers studied in the five
western states had or now
have decayed teeth. Oregoni
ans spend more than $12 mil
lion a year for dental care,
she said, but only 10 per cent
of the children get adequate
dental care. The less spent on
the teeth in childhood, the
higher the cost for it in adult
life, she said.
In addition to fluoridation
of water supplies, she recom
mended these rules of health
for children: a well-balanced
diet, restriction of sweets,
proper use of toothbrush aft
er eating, early and frequent
visits to the dentist, and pre
vention and correction of ir
regularities of the teeth.
Children can be given some
protection by direct applica
tion of fluoride compounds to
their teeth by dentists, Ar
nold said.
Institute studies show that
a series of four applications
preferably at the ages of 3,
7, 10 and 13 will reduce
tooth decay about 40 per cent.
What about toothpastes?
"There are some studies
which indicate that at least
one type of fluoride may have
some promise as an additive
to toothpaste," Arnold said.
"But final evaluation of the
effectiveness of fluoride tooth
pastes must await further
clinical trial."
"Brushing your teeth is de
sirable because it is good oral
hygiene, it helps prevent gum
disorders and it removes food
particles from the teeth," Ar
nold said. "But as a method
of preventing decay, brushing
with any existing dentifrice
is greatly overrated in the
j public mind. It is nothing like
as effective as iiuoriaating
water supplies or direct appli
cation of fluorides."
Clackamas Court
Decision Reversed
In Narcotic Case
Salem OF) The Oregon Su
preme Court has reversed
ed the conviction of Dorothy
Margaret Powell, Clackamas
county, who was charged with
attempting to obtain a nar
cotic drug by use of a false
name and address.
She was convicted under
the provisions of a felony
statute and sentenced to the
penitentiary for three years.
The court said that the
crime arises under the felony
statute when use of a false
name or address is a factor
in obtaining the drug.
No Reliance Given
But the court noted that in
this case the doctor put no
reliance in the name or ad
dress given by the defendant
but relied solely on her rep
resentations of her physical
condition and his own exami
nation. Thus, the court said, the
false name and address were
immaterial.
The court said there was
"conclusive" evidence that the
defendant had violated a mis
demeanor statute by using a
false name and so directed
the Clackamas county Circuit
Court to resentence the de
fendant on the lesser charge.
Penalty under the misdemea
nor statutes is a fine of not
more than $500 or imprison
ment in the county jail not to
exceed one year, or both.
Radioactive Waste
Burial Proposed
Berkeley, Calif. OP) Dr.
Warren J. Kaufman of the
University of California be
lieves it may be possible to
dump lethal radioactive
wastes so deep in the ground
they will not even contami
nate the water supply.
He proposes to inject the
wastes into deep fossil forma
tions far below the level of
useful ground water. These
formations may be more per
manent containers than any
man could construct himself,
Kaufman said.
Present methods of storing I heavy shielding, an expensive
radioactive wastes require technique increasing the cost
leak-proof containers with I of atomic energy.
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