A MAIL TRIBUNE, MedforW, Oregon, Wednesday, Jun 25. 1938
'Clinics' Proposed
To Give Narcotics
To Drug Addicts
San Francisco (UPI) A
Joint committee of the na
tion's doctors and lawyers has
proposed "research clinics"
where dope addicts could get
narcotics for nothing or for
practically nothing at all.
The proposal, which fights
the tradition of punishing ad
dicts, was spelled out Tuesday
in a top secret report passed
out to members of the Amer
ican Medical Association's
House of Delegates, meeting
in annual session here.
It came from a joint com
mitiee of the American Bar
association and the AMA and
it urged that a trial clinic be
set up in Chicago, New York
or Washington, D.C.
Reconsideration
Of Vet Hospital
Care Suggested
Washington (UPI) The
administration, on the basis of
a new survey, has suggested
that Congress reconsider the
extent to which it wants free
hospital care provided for vet
erans.
The survey showed that:
Almost half of all ex
servicemen currently under
hospital treatment for non-
military ailments are getting
their care free in veterans
administration (VA) hospitals
on the claim they can't afford
private treatment.
Cases in veterans hos
pitals not resulting from mili
tarv service currently out
number service - connected
cases 71,000 to 39,000.. Pros
pects are that with advancing
age of veterans the service
connected load will decline
steadily while ailments not
due to service soar.
More Beds Visioned
Should the same propor
tion of non-service-connected
veteran patients claim and get
frei care, bed space in VA
hospitals wpuld have to be ex
panded by about 70 per cent
to handle the load anticipated
for 1986.
The study of veteran pa
tients in government and pri
vate hospitals was made joint
ly by the President's Budget
Bureau and the VA with the
help of the U.S. Public Health
Service and American Hos
pital Association.
The study reopens a ques
tion so touchy Congress has
been reluctant to consider it:
How far should the govern
ment go in free care for civil
ian ailments of veterans?
Grange Notes
Eagle Point Grange
The Eagle Point Grange
met June 17 with Master
Cliff Moore in fhe Masters
station. Conferring of the
third and fourth degrees was
the main business. Those tak
ing the degree work was Mr.
and Mrs. Keith Krambeal and
Mr. and Mrs. Caesar Muz
zioli. Visitors of the evening
were Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Johnson and Mr. and Mrs.
Dee Hendrickson of the Phoe
nix Grange. Johnson, master
of Phoenix Grange, was es
corted to the Master's station.
C. C. Hoover, reporting for
agriculture, said that live
stock prices were still hold
ing good, price on hogs was
better and that hay from
Klamath county was good
this year. He also announced
that the picnic for Mr. Tucker
had been postponed but
would be some time in July
at TouVelle Park. Notices
would be "sent ljut when a
definite date had been set.
Caesaj- Muzzioli told about
the success of his accordion
band at the recent Accordion
Festival held in Portland.
They returned with a total of
15 trophies, among them 11
first prizes. This was the first
trip .of he local accordion
band to the Festival.
Mrs. Jake Brown announc
ed the next HEC meeting
would be at her home on June
25 and that it would start at
1 o'clock with a luncheon.
Moore said the annual re
port of the Jackson county
planning committee were
available and anyone interest
ed should get his copy.
Chaplain August Perry re
ported that Mrs. Willie Mc
Lean was in a local hospital
and had undergone surgery
but was reported to be much
improved.
Refreshments were setved
by Mrs. Agnes Hubbell, Mrs.
Jesse Hammel, and Mr. and
Mrs. Cliff Moore following
the meeting.
The display tables was of
rocks cut and polished by
Mrs. Wilford Davies.
The committee leaned to
ward the nation's capital,
however, saying that there
would be less red tape from a
legal standpoint since there
are no restrictive state laws
there.
Would Be Supervised
Among experts drawing up
the report were Judge Ed
ward Dimock, U. S. district
judge. New York; Abe For-
tas, Washington, D.C, attor
ney, and Dr. Robert H. Felix,
psychiatrist and director of
the National Institute of Men
tal Health.
The committee said addicts
could get in these clinics the
narcotics they steal or starve
for, but they would only get
them under medical supervi
sion.
The whole idea, according
to the committee, is to an
swer this question:
"Can confirmed, unrehabil
itated addicts be transformed
into productive members of
the community if their, drug
needs are met?"
Big Police Problem
The committee noted that
the drug problem has plagued
law enforcement agencies, be
coming a major police activ
ity at the federal, state and
local level during the last 50
years. 1
So, according to the com
mittee, the experiment would
answer a second question:
"Can such clinics eliminate
illicit drug traffic and reduce
drug addiction?"
Although England has tried
and adopted a similar system,
the committee said that in
America opinion has resisted
rehabilitation of addicts in a
non-institutiona setting. 1
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TAKEN FROM FILES of Boston's Hotel Sheraton Plaza by House committee investi
gator, this is hotel bill addressed to Sherman Adams, chief Presidential assistant, with
notation in upper right indicating bill was sent to Bernard Goldfine, millionaire wool
manufacturer. Adams admitted receiving this and similar favors from Goldfine in testi
mony before House group investigating case against him. (UPI Telepkoto)
Jolting Age Found Resulting
In Spinal 'Whiplash' Injuries
By DELOS SMITH
UPI Science Editor
New York (UPI) This
will come as a surprise but
we're still in the days of the
whiplash, and
even more so.
The chances
are more peo
ple than ever
before get
hurt by it.
The whips
are our spines
and the lash
ing whip-tails
Deios smitb are our necKs.
To lash such a whip, you need
Television Audience
Sees Operation To
Patch Boy's Heart
San Francisco (UPI) Two
docters stepped from a small
amphitheater at Stanford hos
pital early Tuesday, weary but
proud of the repair job they
did before a vast television
audience on a young boy's
heart.
Because of them, 8-year-old
Tommy Hunter may live out
his normal span of years. Had
the delicate and dangerous
operation not been performed,
the hole in Tommy's heart
probably would have caused
his early death and kept him
virtually crippled.
Dr. Frank Gerbode, who
performed the operation, and
Dr. John Osborne, whose
hear t-lung machine kept
young Hunter alive, showed a
quiet casualness which belied
the tension they had been
under.
Not Nervous
Gerbode said "I can only
say we are proud of the suc
cess of the operation and that
we may have given this boy
a normal, long life."
The two doctors, both asso
ciate professors at the Stan
ford Medical School, said they
were not in the least nervous
at performing an operation on
a live television show.
Though it was only the sec
ond time such surgery has
been televised live, Gerbode
and Osborne said they
thought of nothing but their
work once inside the operat
ing room.
Their work consisted of cut
ting through the outer wall of
Tommy's heart to its center
where a hole two inches
"long" had been forcing the
organ to pump nearly nine
quarts of blood a minute more
than was necessary.
Sewed Heart Opening
The result was that Tommy
was smaller than others his
age, tired easily and was ex
pected to live only half a nor
mal life span.
Using . a fine silk thread,
similar to fishing tackle, Ger
bode sewed the hole with a
looping, overhand stitch. No
watch was used.
Gerbode said the operation
was complicated by the fact
two large vessels entered the
right instead of the left side
of Tommy's heart. Those he
moved to their correct posi
tion. The show was televised by
KPIX for an hour and a half,
although from beginning to
end the operation took two
and a half hours.
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GAZING QUIZZICALLY AT a gift sword on display at the
home of George Washington, Pres. Eisenhower wondered
aloud if the gift, from a German admirer, launched an
investigation. The President visited Mt. Vernon while
returning from a meeting at Quantico, Va. (UPI Telepkoto)
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a jolt. This is a jolting age
Even a minor brush between
two cars will jolt the occu
pants, for example.
Drs. Murray M. Braaf and
Samuel Rosner started bruit
ing about the term "whiplash
injury" five years ago but it
seemed rather rare. Now they
know much more about it
and it is not at all. rare.
In five years they've stud
ied more than 1,000 whiplash
injuries which were anything
but obvious. Indeed, some
were so subtle and well con
cealed that the patients had
been labeled "psycho-neurot
ics" because they kept com
plaining of symptoms which
seemed to have no physical
basis.
Headaches Develop
These were pains in the
neck, of course or at least
were in the beginning. A few
minutes after the spine-whip
is lashed, the owner of the
spine may think his neck has
been broken, so sharp is the
pain. But on the other hand,
he may feel little or nothing
in the neck. All he feels is
that he's been jolted all over.
But in a day or so he may
develop headaches which stay
for a while, go away, and
come back. Some of the vic
tims have been mistakenly di
agnosed by doctors as mi
graine sufferers. In some
cases, these headaches don't
begin until "days, weeks,
months or even years after
the injury."
There may also be continu
ing arm and shoulder pains
which set in long after the
jolt. Also periodic stomach
distress, nostril-clogging, and
disturbances in vision which
again occur after the jolt has
been forgotten and so are not
easily traced to the jolt.
What happened, Braaf and
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Rosner found, was that the
up-and-down ligaments sup
porting the spine were over
stretched when the spine was
made to lash like a whip.
This weakened the normal
elasticity of thqse ligaments,
and the spinal nerves which
have so much to do with
proper over-all body work
ings, were compressed or at
least irritated.
None of this is evident in
the routine X-ray or in the
routine physical examination.
The really severe whip-lash
injuries are obvious of course,
such as misplaced spinal discs
or other direct injuries to the
spine itself. The most com
mon injuries are relatively
minor but long-lasting and
can escape notice. . For that
reason, Braaf and Rosner in
reporting to the Medical So
ciety of the state of New
York, detailed what to look
for.
Wo If son Curbed by
Ruling on Further
Stock Manipulations
New York (UPI) ,U. S.
District Judge Frederick Van
Pelt Bryan Tuesday enjoined
fianancier Louis E. Wolfson
from alleged further viola
tions of the anti-fraud and ma
nipulations provision of the
Securities Exchange Act of
1935.
The temporary restraining
order was obtained by the Se
curities and Exchange Com
mission which charged that
Wolfson indicated he was con
tinuing as a major stockholder
in American Motors Corp.,
when in fact he was selling
off his entire holdings in the
auto firm.
The order restrains Wolf
son from any dealings in the
stock until Thursday, when a
hearing wijl be held before
Judge Bryan. At that time the
judge can either vacate the
order or issue an injunction.
The complaint further al
leged that Wolfson sold short
"substantially" more than 100,
OOOshares of the company's
stock.
Paul Windels Jr., New York
regional administrator of the
SEC, contended in a statement
that the financier purchased
on Friday and Monday ap
proximately 18,000 shares to
cover part of his short posi
tion. A short position refers to
selling borrowed stock -with
the intention of buying it later
at a lower price.
Wolfson over the week end
conceded he was in the process
of selling his 400,000 share
block of stock in the auto com
pany, but denied published re
ports that he had already dis
posed of 100,000 shares.
Windels further alleged that
his statements on the sale of
ms stock had a "depressing"
effect on the market price of
the stock and that he and his
associates took advantage of
this to buy additional shares
to cover their short position.
On June 13 the New York
Stock Exchange reported that
252,214 shares of American
Motors stock had been sold
short by investors.
Windels said the investiga
tion by the SEC into Wolf
son's dealings in the stock is
continuing.
Automobile, Truck
Involved in Crash
An automobile and a truck
and trailer were involved in
an accident on Highway 99
approximately five miles
south of Ashland Monday, ac
cording to state police.
The car, operated by Cecil
Archer Roberts, 62, of Sacra
mento, Calif., received exten
sive damage on the right front
end when it struck the rear
of the truck while attempting
to pass, police said. The truck,
registered to Herzot Logging
company, Myrtle Point, was
operated by George Melvin
Webb, 42, of Redding, Calif.
Roberts was cited by state
police for following too close.
More than 60 per cent e
the U.S. firms making cos
tume jewelry are located in
Providence, R.I., and neigh
boring Attleboro and North
Attleboro, Mass. The area
generally is known as the
"Jewelry Center of the
World."
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20 persons have been arrest
ed on suspicion of plotting
against the government. The
prisoners were described as
"retired army officers and
minor employees of the re
gime" of ousted ex-President
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