Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, January 21, 1959, Image 12

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Newspaper Page Text12 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or., Wednesday, January 21, 1959 Scientists Continue Effort To DiscoverCommon Cold Vaccine By LOUIS CASSELS Washdngton-(UPD - At least 100,000,000 wretched citizens will lift their laces from handkerchiefs this winter and announce glumly: "1 seeb to be gatching a code." Most of them will wonder, amidst their sniffling and sneezing misery, why medical science doesn't isolate the cold virus and develop a vaccine against it. The answer to this question is both complicated and dis couraging, according to sci entists at the National Insti tute of Health who have spent years in research on man kind's most prevalent illness. They have learned that the "simple" ailment which most people call a common cold is actually a whole spectrum of respiratory infections. The symptoms of these infections are remarkably, similar, but they are caused by at least SO different viruses. Vaccines already have been developed, and are being used by the armed forces, against several of these vir uses which are known to cause frequent epidemics among military recruits. A re searcher at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Md., thinks he has identified a vi rus which causes ' about 30 per cent of the civilian colds. Some Skeptical But other scientists are skeptical. They believe that no one virus . is responsible . for more than five or ten per cent of the total number of infections. . This means that any "cold vaccine," to be reasonably ef fective, will have to provide protection against dozens or even scores of different virus es. Such a vaccine will be enormously difficult to pro duce, and probably quite ex pensive. It may pot be prac tical at all. A "cure" for colds is even more elusive than a vaccine. Americans spend hundreds of millions of dollars each winter on cold remedies. They dose themselves with pills, sprays, cough syrups, lozen ges, nose drops, inhalors, steam kettl es, ointments, mustard plasters and straight bourbon whiskey. Sometimes they badger their doctors into giving them injections of an tibiotic drugs. Won't Speed Recovery None of these things will speed recovery from a cold, said a spokesman for the Na tional Institue of Allergies and Infectious Diseases (the branch of the National Insti tutes of Health that deals with respiratory illnesses). "The best thing you can do when you feel a 'cold' coming on is to go to bed for a day of two." he said. "This rests your body and gives it an op timum chance to mobilize its own defenses against the in fection. It also lessens your opportunities to infect others, or to pick up secondary bac terial infections from others. "Take a couple of aspirins, if you wish, to relieve the discomfort. If you want to treat the specific symptoms of your ailment with nose drops or gargles or cough syr ups, ask your doctor to rec ommend something. But don't expect any of these things to make you well. The most they can do is provide tem porary relief of local discom forts.' What can you do to avoid catching cold in the first place, -The most important thing is to stay away from people who have colds. This is often not feasible. But you should do your best to keep a few feet of clean air between yourself and any person who is in the sneezy-drippy stage. That's when colds are most contagious. Care of Health Urged Taking care of your gen eral health through proper diet, adequate sleep, good personal hygiene, etc will help to build up your resis tance to colds. Some people, however, seem to have a nat ural susceptibility to respira tory infections, no matter how healthy they may b e otherwise. The doctor's don't know why. Researchers are also more or less in the dark about the precise role of "thermal fac tors" in respiratory infect ions. Some people seem to catch cold when they are chilled, others when they get overheated. Some are render ed easy marks by wet feet, others by sitting in drafts. About all that can be said with certainty is that none of these things "cause" a cold. They simply lower the body's resistance to invasion by vi ruses. And individuals vary greatly in how they are af fected by heat, cold and dampness. "You just have to know yourself, and use a little com mon sense," said the NIH ,'spokesman. "If you ve learn ed from bitter experience that you often come down with a cold after getting your feet wet, don't let anybody talk you out of wearing rub bers on a rainy day. "If sitting; in a draft is your nemesis, never mind why it doesn't bother the guy at the next desk. Just get out of the draft." Mikoyan Visit Firms Debate . Washington -OJPD- Sen. Hu bert H. Humphrey said today the visit of Soviet Deputy Premier Anastas I. Mikoyan "has crystallized debate over U.S. trade policies." He also said Mikoyan's trip "compelled the American people to reexamine their at titudes" today on contacts with the Soviet Union. Evidence of the growing in terest in the trade and econ omic aspects of Mikoyan's visit was the appearance late Tuesday of Llewellyn Thomp son, U.S. ambassador to Rus sia, before the Senate Foreign Relations committee of which Humphrey is a member. Thompson told the senators that Russia was expanding' its agricultural and industrial economy at a faster rate than the United States and may some day pull ahead. Thompson, who returned to the United States for the Mi koyan visit, gave a secret 90 minute report tot the Senate committee and then met with the House Foreign Affairs committee. Humphrey said Thompson strongly favored continued exchange programs between the two powers, "cultural as well as educational and scientific." Lockheed's Elect ra Transport Undergoes Rigid Test Program Burkank, Calif. -OJPD "I'll wait 'til they get the bugs out of it before I'll fly in it." That is the understandable reaction of many passengers to new airliners. They have precedent going for them, too; several new models of com mercial transports have de veloped mysterious ailments in the past, despite rigid test ing programs. But what the traveling pub lic does not realize is the amount of "bugs" that al ready have been eliminated when they fly a new airliner. If Detroit tested new cars the way airplane manufacturers test new transport planes, a 1959 Ford would cost about $25,000. ; Bugs Will Surprise At Lockheed's mammoth plant here, they are turning out the sleek new Electra, a jet-prop transport (jet en gines hitched to conventional propellers) that will be in wide use by the end of 1959. If the Electra develops bugs, Lockheed engineers will be very much, surprised. Their pre-flight testing - program was the most elaborate they had ever put into a new air plane. For example: ' What effect would ice and LOS ANGELES ARENA Architect's drawing shows how the new Los Angeles Memorial Sports. Arena will look after completion next May. The arena has been selected as the site for the 1960 Democratic convention. This will be the first time that either major political party has held its convention in Los Angeles, and the first time for the Democrats since 1920. Beck Evasion Trial Continues Tacoma, Wash. - OJPD - The government continued its in vestigation of Dave Beck's finances today in its income tax evasion trial against the former teamsters president. Beck - is being tried on charges of evading $240,000 in income taxes for 1950-1953. The government is attempting to prove him guilty by' the "net worth" method, showing he spent a certain amount of money o n which n o taxes were paid. Tuesday, Allen Morgan, ILLINOIS VALLEY Advisory Board To Meet By RUTH RAUSCH Cave Junction The Illi nois Valley FFA advisory board will meet in the vo-ag building at the high school Wednesday - at 7:30 p.m. "One item of business to be dis cussed is the proposed vet erinary course to be offered here beginning Jan. 28. Merlin Sprague was elect ed as general chairman and coordinator for the annual conclave of the Illinois Val ley Soil Conservation district which is scheduled for May 9 at the Illinois Valley Dem onstration area near Takilma. The general public is invit ed to attend the meeting to become better acquainted with the daily work super vised and developed by the SCD. Several state officials are expected to appear on the program. Details will be re leased at a later date. A reminder to attend the forthcoming important joint PTA meeting of the four Illi nois Valley schools scheduled for this Friday night, Jan. 23, has been made by Mrs. Ed DeMersseman, chairman for the event. Mrs. DeMersseman stressed that the meeting was open to all who are interested arid is not for PTA members only. The meeting will be held at the high school at 8 p.m. Free baby sitting service has been arranged. The Illinois Valley Garden club will meet on Friday of this week at the Immanuel Methodist church. The pro gram will be conducted by Jack Frost of Wilderville, featuring a lecture on orchids. A dessert luncheon will be served by chairman, Mxs. Les B a s h a m, assisted by Mes- dames Clay Ramsey, Charles Versteeg and Marion Ben-dixen. . The Rev, and Mrs. Harold Mackey were in Medford on Monday, attending a Rogue Sub-District Parsonage club meeting at St. Luke's Meth odist church. George and John Ott, brothers of the late Harry Ott, arrived in the Valley this week end from their home in Kinsley and Piqua, Kans. vice president of the Seattle First National Bank, testified Beck had been borrowing money from the bank since 1938. Morgan said at no time when he was seeking the loans did Beck ever tell bank officials he owed money to the Teamsters Union. This type of information is re quired on financial statements in loan transactions. Assistant U. S. Attorney Jack Obernour asked Morgan if .Beck ever told of any addi tional liabilities other than on financial statements. "No, sir, not to my knowl edge," Morgan said. "Did he ever tell you he owed money to the union?" Obernour asked. "No," Morgan answered. SAWGRASS FOR PAPER . Lakeland, Fla. - (CPB - Saw grass, which grows plentiful ly in Florida's Everglades, could provide an answer to dwindling supplies of wood pulp, the Southeastern Che murgic conference was told Tuesday. Dr. K. Starr Ches ter, scientist from Alton, HI., described sawgrass as one of the best raw materials for manufacturing paper. 4-H Club News Medford Kitchen Maids The ninth meeting of the Medford Kitchen Maids was held at Sara Robinson's home Saturday morning, Jan. 17. The pledges were said and the minutes, read. We an swered roll call with sad cooking experiences that turned out good. Martha Merriman and Sara Robinson gave a demonstra tion making cherry cobbler. We were served the cherry cobbler, ice cream, cookies and punch. , The next meeting will be a tour of the court house. Mary Kay Hochstatter,. Reporter Eagle Point Ranchers "The Eagle Point Ranchers met Jan. 12 in the agricul tural building at Eagle Point with 20 members present. Mr. Krambeal showed slides of beef and Mr. Dowell gave lessons on handling beef and judging beef. We were happy to welcome a new member, Pamela Ste vens. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Sutton. Next meeting will be Jan. 26 at 7 p.m. in the agricul tural building in Eagle Point. Gordon DeHaas, Reporter new limn Domeliner Service on the City o 'Pontltutd Convenient Connections to Kansas City and St. louis r-------T . New Time Saving CITY OF PORTLAND , I Schedule I l:flBPJ.. .......... .;:.l.PMtlai f I 2:45 P.. W. 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SP 3-5388 rain have on the Electra's jet engines, which gulp in enor mous amounts and feed it to the spinning turbines? Lockheed engineers hard packed ice balls as large as three inches in diameter, lit erally creating' man - made hail - stones. They fired the hailstones into the air inlet duct at speeds of nearly 500 miles an hour. The engines kept running. Rainstorm Created . Then the technicians, using a huge wind machine, created a rainstorm that simulated 41.5 inches of water per hour enough to flood New York's City's sewer system In a mat ter of minutes. They aimed this blinding sheet of water at the Electra's engines and fired away. Noth ing happened. The engines kept running. What would happen if a vulture ran into the Electra's windshield at 400 miles an hour? Lockheed made the Elec tra's windows out of stretched "Plexiglas," weighing 10 pounds per window. Techni cians shot ball bearings and gravel at test windshields at 500 miles an hour. There were no cracks, no penetrations -just a few harmless nicks. What would happen to the Electra's pressurized fuselage if a propeller blade should fly off and rupture the skin? Lockheed build a full-sized fuselage and pressurized it to the fantastic total of 14.2 pounds per square inch - or one ton per square foot. Then the engineers took a remote controlled axe and began hacking away at the fuselage. Window Frames Ruptured Thirty-six times the stain less steel blade knifed into the cabin. It slashed a six-foot gash on one side. It ruptured window frames, windshield posts and door corners. It even punctured the main frame where the wing' was attached to the fuselage. Nothing happened, except a slow, harmless air leak. Then the engineers took the riddled fuselage and subject ed it to simulated turbulence turbulence so violent that it exceeded what the average airliner would encounter in the severest thunderstorm. Again nothing happened. The fuselage remained struc turally sound. Or as the tech nicians proudly put it: "She remained a reliable, flyable airplane despite the damage." The Electra's landing gear will retract or extend about Group To Study Migrant Affairs Salem -(UPD- Dr. Roy E. Lieuallen, chairman of the Oregon Committee on Mi grant Affairs and president of 12,000 times a year in normal airline operations. The gear, before being approved for the airliner, was subjected to 270, 000 simulated flights includ ing loads six tons greater than the plane is expected to carry-Fingers Crossed But, despite this fantastical ly elaborate testing program, Lockheed will have its fingers crossed - as do all manufac turers. In the past, similar testing has failed to uncover unsus pected bugs. The Lockheed Constella tion developed trouble with its electrical wir ing, the Douglas DC-6 came up with bugs in its system for cross - feeding fuel, the Boe ing Stratocruiser was plagued with propeller ailments, the Martin 2-0-2 had to have its wings redesigned and the DC-7 was forced to modify its engines. Sawdust S&H Green Stamps Medford Fuel Co. Tel. SP 2-21 1 1 Court & McAnd. c J Oregon College of Education, Tuesday announced appoint ment of an advisory commit tee of five to the migrant af fairs group. Selected were the Rt. Rev. Benjamin Dagwell, Portland, former Oregon bishop; J. W. Forrester Jr., editor and pub lisher of the East Oregon ian, Pendleton; Dr. Dorothy O. Johansen, professor of his tory, Reed college, Portland; Tom McCall, Portland radio television commentator; and ex-Gov. Charles A. Sprague, publbisher and editor of the Oregon Statesman, Salem. Need money to LIVE BETTER? 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