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MAIL TRIBUNE, Medfofrf, Or., Monday, December 22, 1958 7 A Medical Science Expecting Wonders During Next Year By DELOS SMITH UPI Science Editor New York-fUPD-Medical sci ence can't make definite promises for 1959, since sci entific progress never follows a timetable, but wonders are Tin the cards ii not lor nexi year, then for some year really soon. Foremost among them I will be con- crete ways of 1 lenthe n i n g Ji&X jL&sa,aJ the life span Deio smith cf healthy hu man beings by slowing the rate at which their arteries harden as they age and by controlling the tendency of Ingrid Bergman Marries Swede Choisel, France (IIFD In grid Bergman, 43, defied the Italian courts Sunday In Lon don and married Swedish pro ducer Lars Schmidt, 41, a millionaire. They were hon eymooning here today in a red roofed converted mill. Miss Bergman and Schmidt were married In secrecy at London's old, red-brick Cax- ton Hall although an appeal is still pending in Italy against the annulment of her mar riage to Roberto Rossellini. They flew here, their arms full of Christmas presents. By roiacideace, Sojudlini was en route to Paris today to spend the Christmas holi days with Renzino Rossellini, his 17-year-old son of his first marriage. The blonde movie star was married previously to Dr. Pe ter Lindstrom, a Hollywood surgeon. That marriage was shattered on the rocks of vol canic Stromboli Island off the coast of Italy when she fell In love with Rossellini while making a film. It was eight years ago that Miss Bergman shocked the world by giving birth to a boy and announcing it was the son of the Italian director. She was still married to Lind strom at the time. Soon after wards she was divorced from Lindstrom and married Rossellini. blood pressure to Increase with the years. Scientists are confident be cause of the long strides take in 1958 toward a working un derstanding of these quite nor mal processes which, when they go too far, are the prime causes of heart attacks and strokes. Involves Fatly Substances In 1953 scientists advanced beyond cholesteral, although that is the substance which the blood deposits in the lin ings of arteries and thus "hardens" them by narrowing their channels. There are a number of fatty substances in volved, closely related chem ically, yet different. isoay cnemistry strikes a balance among them. The na ture of this balance deter mines the amounts of choles terol available for disposal in arterial linings. Various stud ies throughout the world this year made that evident. The problems remaining are to identify these balances more precisely and to devise chemical compounds which will change them favorably for any individual despite the hereditary traits of his chem istry and, if need be, despite his diet. This year saw the culmin ation of years-long studies into the whys of the commonest form of excessive blood pres sure. It was demonstrated that the linings of blood vessels se crete a chemical which coun ters a hormone secreted into the blood by the adrenal glands. Contracts Blood Vessels The hormone prevents blood vessels from being con tracted too much and for too long. If vessels don't produce the chemical in workable amounts then the vessels are constantly contracted which means the heart has to exert more force , to push blood through them. This, of course, raises the pressure. What remains to be done here is to identify this coun tering chemical. It definitely is an enzyme that is, a chem ical capable of setting off , a chain of chemical events. The scientists believe they know which enzyme it is, but they have to prove the identifica tion. When that is done, it can be given to people whose own vessels don't make enough. Travelers Switch To Other Means As Pilots Strike By United Press International Trains, buses and operating air lines scheduled extra runs today for the holiday traffic crush, made worse by strikes against American and East ern Airlines. Hopes were dim for early settlement of either walkout. About 1,500 pilots walked out against American at midnight Friday. Eastern Airlines has been grounded since Nov. 24 by strikes of flight engineers and machinists. Alternate Travel A United Press Internation al check indicated most holi day travelers around the na tion were finding alternate accommodations and that the initial week end traffic snarl had eased off. An American Airlines spokesman in Chicago said there was . "remarkable" co operation among carriers in reassigning passengers with reservations on American flights. He said about 90 per cent of the passengers book ed on American had obtained seats on alternate flights through Saturday night. Business Booming , Thousands of would-be air line passengers switched to trains, buses or automobiles. Rail and bus lines reported business was booming. Some railroads pressed all available equipment into service and still could not cope with the demand. No date has been set for resumption of negotiations be tween American Airlines and the Air Lines Pilots associa tion, which represents the striking pilots. The ALPA said the dispute centered over rules and work ing conditions. The company charged that the pilots' union had made renewed demands just before the strike deadline when an agreement appeared imminent. AUTHOR DIES Geneva, Switzerland (UPD -Constantin Brailouiu, 64, not ed Romanian author and founder of the famous Buch arest collection of folk music, has died here, it was an nounced Sunday. ARISTOCRAT DIES Providence, R. I. (UPD -Mrs. Edith Stuyvesant . Dresser Vanderbilt Gerry, one of America's aristocratic beau ties of yesteryear, died at her home Sunday. She was be lieved to be in her late 70s. 1 III if '" IWI IIIIIIIIIMIWII! mi y, FOUR-TON SATELLITE The Air Force's ICBM Atlas, weighing more than four tons, blasts off at Cape Can averal on a successful trip into orbit around the earth. The huge satellite is about twice the length of the aver age highway bus, is expected to stay in orbit for atnut 20 days, and carries a recording of President Eisenhow er's voice. Quotes. From the News By UNITED IrKSWTE'nATIOAl'" ' Paris-Outgoing President Rene Coty, congratulating' Gen. Charles de Gaulle on his election as the first president of the Fifth French Republic: . "I want to be the first to give my heartfelt and sincerest congratulations for your elections." . Washington-FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, on the Com munist party in the United States during the last year: "Sensing a more favorable atmosphere, the Communist parly, U.S.A., and its dupes and sympathizers gained further courage and become more vocal in their attacks upon law enforcement and other professions which are dedicated to preserving our freedoms." New Orleans-Ellis Laborde, manager of New Orleans' City park, on a U.S. Supreme court mandate desegregating the park as of Dec. 18: ' "This means thai Negroes are now permitted to use all the park facilities-the tennis courts, the baseball fields, the golf courses ... all the facilities." London-Kay Kendall, actress wife of Rex Harrison, on losing their savings on a show in which she starred: "The financial disaster-and that's what it is to people in our position-was my fault because ii was I who discovered the play and persuaded Rex to put up the money and direct it.' Santa Monica-Mickev Hareitav. on the birth of a boy to his actress wife, Jayne Mansfield: Like any father, I always wanted a noy. x was positive it would be a boy but still it was a surprise." Council on Aging Planning Attack on Employer Policies Eugene-An attack on the well - established policy of many employers of hiring only younger persons to the great disadvantage of healthy and well-qualified older indi viduals is being planned by the Oregon State Council on Aging. And the first blow will be aimed at state, county and city governments. "We can hardly ask private employers to hire individuals more than 40 or 45 years old if public bodies do not set the exam ple," said Dr. Wesley G. Nich olson, chairman of the state council. State Senator Alfred Cor bett (D-Multnomah) sat with the council's executive com mittee and gladly agreed to have a bill drawn for presen tation early in the 1959 legis lative session. He will present it for approval at the next meeting of the executive committee. Corbett, who has long tak en a personal interest in the problems of employment and aging, said that he feels the legal counsel for the legisla ture can readily whip into shape a bill that will win sup port in both houses. After a year's study of aging problems in Oregon under au thority of a legislative act of the 1957 legislature, the Coun cil on Aging has made such a bill the subject of its first recommendation to Governor Holmes and to the 1959 legis lature. In fact, it is the chief recommendation for proposed legislative action. It is believed that more than a "campaign of educa tion" is necessary to get many employers to hire older per-sons-and it has astounded the council to discover that em ployers often will scarcely consider the capabilities of any person above 45. In fact, many classified ads carry the statement that "persons above 40 will not be considered." Not Even Considered iSince there are tens of thousands of employed Oregon citizens above 40, this virtual ly freezes them in their jobs. But the tragedy comes when firms consolidate or reduce employment lists. Then em ployees, who believed they had life tenure, discover they are not even considered for new jobs. The council through Sena tor Corbett's invitation hopes to convince the legislators of the soundness of the recom mendation of the council which reads: "That the legislature pass a law prohibiting public bodies from using a maximum age as a criterion for employ ment. Where physical qualifi cations are necessary for a job, it is recommended that these be so stated and that age per se not be used as a physical requirement." Thirty-two states now have councils studying the prob lems of aging, according to Miss Julia G. Johnson, execu tive secretary of the State Council on Aging, with her office on the campus of the University of Oregon, P.O. Box 5197, Eugene. And Ore gon is high among the states with an increasing proportion of citizens in the higher age brackets. Public officials are Increas ingly aware of the many prob lems faced by an aging popu lation, not only in their care of the elderly and incapaci tated, but the middle-aged in dividuals whose problems are concerned with employment, barriers to hiring over 40 and in some instances 35, and health and welfare. "Older workers often do much better jobs than young er people," Dr. Nicholson points out. ''Prejudices must be broken down by law or education, unless younger citi zens want to be taxed to death to support older people who are perfectly competent and willing to work and pay must take is to insist that their way. The first step we public employing bodies point the way to making full use of the services of our fellow citizens. The state of Oregon certainly must not lag in a full employment program for all employables." 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All Prices Good Thru Saturday, Dec. 27N TEN 0IIKIOOS ruvOM JELL0 ALL FLAVORS JELL BORDEN'S Cream Cheese 2 27c 9 1 29 3-OZ. 8-OZ. SIZE JORGENSEN'S and SNIDER'S ICE CREAM Half Gallon 75 fHITti KING SOAPl WHITE KING giant size Aw Lots of Free Parking 2 Big Lots AT THE REAR OF THE STORE! ... PAULSEN'S . . . Thri rri 1 1 nmmn EI CENTRAL POINT, OREGON Prices Good Thru Saturday We Reserve the Right to Limit Quantities STRAUSS CHOICE GUARANTEED MEATS KM LOCAL 5$ EASTERN i3? Shank 'A or Whole PURE PORK Sausage Turkeys Toms 18-lbs. and up 11 "W tJ 2 ib Hens 1 0 lbs. and up FANCY-PAN-READY FRYERS 2V4 to 31b. C Average LJ3 Xj ALL CENTER CUTS-BLADE Pot Roasts 591
