Sailor, Yife Are
Banned from TV
London -4TPD- An American
sailor and his 14-y ear-old
bride were banned today from
a television quiz show on the
grounds their appearance
would be "in bad taste."
Comedian Hughie Greenl
said angrily he was 'speech
less when he was told by As
sociated Re-diffusion, a com
mercial TV company, that
Navy enlisted man Norman
Scruggs and his child bride,
Barbara, had been cut from
the film which will be shown
tonight.
"I was told the item was
in bad taste," said Green, a
Canadian who ranks as one
of Britain's top TV entertain
ers. "I just wanted a young
couple, thousands of miles
from home, to answer a few
questions and stand the
chance of winning some
money."
The television company
laid in a prepared statement
that Scruggs, 21, and his bride
from Lawrenceville, Va., were
cut from the show "because
our policy is not to make
'Double Your Money' an inter
view program but to keep it
to the quiz."
"We did not think that item
would enhance the show," as
sociatiated rediffussion said.
The Scruggs who have rent
ed an apartment in North
London were not available for
comment. They could have
won up to $89.60 by answer
ing a series of questions bas
. ed on general knowledge.
EXPECTANT FATHER'
AWARD .. -
. Hollywood- (UPI While
awaiting the birth of their
second child with his wife, ac
tress Janet Leigh, actor Tony
Curtis was awarded the "ex
pectant father of the -year
award."The; Midwestern As
sociation of .' Mental Relaxa
tion presented the actor with
a gold-plated diaper pin and
cited him for his "cairn and
unexcitable outlook towards
impending fatherhood. - -
Teamsters Union
In Relreat from
Plans for Police
New York - (LTD - The
Teamsters Union appeared to
be staging a general retreat
today from its plan to union
ize the nation's police. The
reversal came in the face of
vigorous opposition from
many groups, including oth
er unions and the police them
selves. Teamsters president James
R. Hoffa had announced the
plan to enroll the nation s
police at a meeting of his Ex
ecutive Board in Miami three
weeks ago. In the first step
to put the plan into effect, a
teamster official here announ
ced Monday that picketing of
the New York Police Depart
ment would begin Jan. 12.
Probably the bitterest re
action came from Mayor Rob
ert F. Wagner, a normally
mild man whose late father
sponsored the Wagner Labor
Relations Act. In a table
thumping attack at a news
conference Wednesday, the
mayor denounced the plan
and hinted disciplinary action
against Henry Feinstein, the
local teamster official who
also is on the city payroll.
Other' Developments
In other developments
Wednesday, the chairman of
the monitors appointed by a
federal court to clean up Hof
fa's scandal - tainted union
said the plan was atrocious
and they would order Hoffa
to drop it; a group represent
ing 5,000 officers of the New
York department issued a
statement saying "The Police
Department and unions just
don't mix;" and members of
the AFL-CIO Labor Feder
ation in this area termed the
move "outrageous."
Hoffa reacted quickly. He
issued a statement from his
"Washington headquar ters
which differed considerably
from his Miami Beach an
nouncement. This time he said
the Teamsters would organ
ize the police only if they
Random Check of Hospital Bottles Reveals Bacteria
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By DELOS SMITH
UPI Science Editor
New York iL'PD A random
testing of the water bottles
at bedsides of hospital patients
revealed that
more than half
were contami
nated with sta
p h y iococci, a
bacterial fam
ily with mem
bers capable of
sickening and
killing human
ibeings. Cul-
ueios smith tures of some
of these water bottle staphy
lococci were injected into the
veins of 10 mice, .and seven
of the 10 were dead of acute
staphylococci infections with
in four days. You can see why
the testing has caused a stir
in hospital circles throughout
the country.
The stir is all the greater
because the bottles were in
24 hospitals in Boston, a lead
ing medical center with three
top medical schools. Boston
hospitals are under the con
stant scrutiny of the highly
scientific faculty . members.
Hospital scientists reason that
if it could happen in Boston,
it could happen anywhere.
Not Enough Washing
The trouble was that the
housekeeping departments of
the hospitals lacked sufficient
respect for the amazing abili
ties of staphylococci in par
ticular and microorganism in
general, to multiply, the scien
tific investigators reported.
Cross-infections-that is, bac
teria getting from one patient
to others-are presently a ma
jor problem in hospitals. The
Investigators said the water
bottle was a way bacteria
could get around in a hospital
and, in view of their findings,
it was an "unappreciated"
way.
In general, the hospitals
were not washing the bottles
often enough nor well enough.
Bottles were not sterilized at
all in many cases: their mate
rials would have disintegrated
in the heat required for prop
er sterilization. Moreover, the
investigators continued, it was
clear that the bottles were
not washed daily nor even
emptied and re-filled daily be
cause "the walls of some were
slimy," and "gelatinous is
lands of algae and fungi float
ed in others."
Ice Was Handled
The investigators also found
fault with the way hospitals
MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Thursday, January 1, 1959 3
handled the cubed and shaved
ice which went into the bot
tles to cool the water. The
investigation was done in
July and August when pati
ents require iced water. The
ice was exposed to air in hos
pital areas where it could get
contaminated. It was handled
by hands rather than tongs.
Scoops and ice rakes were
not sanitary.
In all, 103 water bottle3
were snatched from the bed
sides of patients without prior
notice, and subjected on the
spot to bacteriological exam
ination. Only five of the 103
proved to be free of bacteria.
Staphylococci were found in
68.9 per cent, and coliform
bacteria were found in 21.7
per cent . in higher than ac
ceptable numbers.
CALLING in newsmen, An
toine Pinay, French finance
minister, announces in Paris
devaluation of French franc.
asked to come into the union.
Even then, he added, they
shouldn't be allowed to strike.
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APPEARING BEFORE American Astronautical Society in Washington, Lockheed
Missile Systems Division scientists presented artist's sketch of manned space labora
tory, powered by nuclear source, which they reported could be operating in 10 years.
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