12 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
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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.
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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.
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