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Medford Tribune 2nd SECTION MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1958 Pages 1 to 6 Studies Show No Ml Effects of Atom (Bomb Blasts on Japanese Children Hiroshima, Japan (UPD The Hiroshima and Nagaski atom bombs did not create dwarfs or freaks. So far, there is no evidence that they have affected the growth of children, either physically or mentally. These opinions were con curred in by both Japanese and American doctors in Hiro shima and Nagasaki today, on the 13th anniversary of the Hiroshima A-bomb. Their observations were based on independent and joint scientific studies into one of the most widely feared effects of nuclear warfare to day the nightmare birth of a race of freaks. Studies Continue The studies are still in pro gress. The results of one of the most extensive studies along this line the biochem ical assay of hormones of 1, 700 children exposed to A bomb radiation in their moth ers' wombs by the U. S.-di-rected Atomic Bomb Casualty commission and an unnamed Japanese university is to be made late next year. But the scholars believe their tentative conclusions are based on sound founda tions. The timing of these investi gations is especially signifi cant because the unborn children of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are now entering puberty that stage when children grow into adults. Period of Change "This is the period when any evidence of any change should be measured," said Dr. George Darling, director of the ABCC. "It would have to be within the next year or two that this study would have to be carried out." Japanese research into the effect of radiation on school children has been concentrat ed chiefly in Nagasaki. Dr. Nariyuki Izumi, direc tor of the Nagasaki Univer sity hospital and a leading au thority on children's diseases, said, "our studies of children in Nagasaki show almost no difference among children ex posed to the atom bomb and those who were not in weight, height, resistance to illness and immunity. We found it difficult to believe but that is what our studies showed. Dr. Ichiro Hayashi, profes sor of Pathological anatomy at the same university, said, "There may be some individ ual cases of feeble-minded children and other freaks. But I found no extreme ef fects attributable to the atom bomb." Dr. Darling commented, "When the results are in on our study, we may have scien- DRAWING BEAD ON TARGET is National Skeet Cham pion Alex Kerr, 44, Beverly Hills, Calif., who is competing in world skeet shooting championship at Waterford, Mich. 'Clean Hands' Vote By Probers Asked Washington (UPD Rep. Thomas B. Curtis (R-Mo.), de manded today House influence-investigators prove they have "clean hands" before the House votes on their re quest for a contempt citation against millionaire Bernard Goldfine. t Charging anew the subcom mittee's conduct "has become a public scandal," Curtis said the House should get" a full explanation' from the group which investigated Goldfine, gift-giving friend of Presi dential Assistant Sherman Adams. The congressman, a fre quent critic of the subcom mittee headed by Rep. Oren Harris (D-Ark.), listed a num ber of charges against the pan el in a statement published in today's Congressional Record. Des Moines, Iowa (UPD Better days are in store for home owners. The Iowa State Fair plans to exhibit a lawn mower with headlights, horn, three speeds forward, a re verse and a radio. tific basis for a definite re ply. But our studies so far agree with those of the Jap anese doctors in Nagasaki. We don't expect any real dif ference one way or another." Observers considered it doubtful that the observations of these scholars would have any braking effect upon the masses here at a time every year when pacifist and left wing groups concentrate upon whipping up anti-A-bomb hys teria. ) Views Reconsidered But they interpreted the statements of the Japan ese as reflecting the trend of Japanese scientists to recon sider and re-assess their earl ier views about the far-reaching effects of radioactivity upon the human body. Dr. Izumi said his study of school children in Nagasaki showed: "Absolutely no differ ence in absences from school among those exposed to the atom bomb and .those who were not. The average num ber of colds was absolutely the same." -r "After giving them diph theria, typhoid and BCG (anti-tuberculosis) injections, we found the same ratio of im munity." In weight and height, "there was not much differ ence." Izumi said primary school teachers reported a large per centage of nervousness and inability , to concentrate in A-bomb exposed children. In drawing, they showed a slow er rate of progress and "found it harder to grasp sub jects requiring reasoning pow er such as mathematics." "Of course," he added, "we cp n't tell whether these dif ferences are the direct results of atom bomb radiation or due to emotional or environ mental disturbances . caused indirectly by the A-bomb." Congress Warned Of $400 Billion Spending Splurge Washington (UPD Fed eral Budget Director Maurice H. Stans has warned Congress there is a "strong pssibility" the federal government will spend as much as $400 bil lion over the next five years. That would average well over 82,000 for every man, woman and child in the coun try. Stans made the statement when he was questioned by the House Ways and Means Committee about the admin istration's request for legisla tion raising the ceiling on the national debt to a peacetime record high of $288 billion. The testimony was made public in advance, of a drive by House leaders to ram the legislation through the House. The administration bill for the next two years would raise by $8 billion the tempor ary limit of $280 billion. It would raise the permanent ceiling to $285 billion from its present level of $275 billion. The request is based on the 38 Disease Cases Reported Last Week Thirty -eight cases of com municable diseases were re ported to the Jackson County Health department during the week ending Aug., 1, accord ing to Dr. A. Erin Merkel, public health physician. Whooping cough and mumps led the list with nine cases of each. 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