Belter Operation
Found for Palsy
Foot Deformity
Chicago (Science Service)
One of the more common
foot deformities found among
victims of cerebral palsy can
now be treated by a more ef
fective operation, two Rhode
Island physicians reported
here today.
The deformity is called
spastic equinus. The afflicted
must walk on their toes. They
are unable to touch the
ground with their heels. For
decades, the standard opera
tion for the condition has
been to cut the Achilles ten
don. Thus the calf muscle of
the leg will no longer pull up
the heel.
But the results of this "old"
operation have been disap
pointing, Drs. Caroll M. Sil
ver and Stanley D. Simon of
Providence, told doctors at
tending the meeting of the
American Academy of Orth
opaedic Surgeons here.
The Rhode Island surgeons
reported 110 cases of spastic
equinus that have received
a "new" operation that
brought effective and reliable
results. Only five failures
have occurred among these.
The ODeratlon consists of
iowering the two-jointed gas
trocnemius, the large muscle
in the back of the leg, to be
low the level of the knee
joint, converting it into a
one-joint muscle. This pro
cedure eliminates the deform
ing factor.
The surgeons urged that
the operation be performed
on children before they pass
the age of three years. The
average youngster was ad
mitted to the hospital the day
prior to the operation and
was discharged three days
after its performance.
'Lucy Goes To Alaska'
Made Liberal Use of
Shopworn Sequences
By WILLIAM EWALD
New York-ICPD- Lucille Ball
and Desi Arnaz, cemented to
a frozen script, idled through
a bleak and
I blanched CBS-
TV special
Monday night.
The hour
was titled
"Lucy Goes
to Alaska
and although
Lucy and Desi
filmed some
of it in Alas
ka, it might just as well have
been shot inside their spon
sor's refrigerators. The pro
gram made scant use of its
Alaskan settings.
It did, however, make lib
eral use of Alaskan cliches:
William
Dog Patiently
Waits for Master
Goldsboro, N.C. -flJPD- Mack
Seymour's bird dog looks on
officers place his master
under arrest for public drunkenness.
Seymour is led away to
ward the jail. The dog follows.
The prisoner is booked and
taken to a cell. Seymour urges
that the dog be allowed to
share his cell. Jailer L. R.
Cobb refuses.
Seymour is locked in the
cell.
The dog lies down in the
corridor, stretches his paw
between the bars and into his
master's hand. And he sleeps
there until Seymour's "drying
out period is over and he can
be released on bond.
It happened here Monday.
Colorado became a state in
the Union in 1876.
The Eskimo who strikes it
rich, the entrapment in a
comic blizzard, the supposed
primitive hotel accommoda
tions, plus hack jokes about
cold, snow and even one that
went "be it ever so humble
that s no place like Nome.'
When the script ran out of
new country cliches, it hug
ged to itself old country
cliches. Two of the principal
comic bits of the hour were
hung on terribly shopworn
sequences: The non-fliers who
try to land a plane and the
neophyte who tries to mount
a hammock. It is a credit to
the comic genius of Miss Ball
that even a few droplets of
fun were squeezed out of
these stretches.
Clumsy Insert
Red Skelton was booked in
to this gelid bungle and ex
cept for a clumsy insert of
one of his hobo routines, he
seemed to be on board for no
apparent reason. The hobo
business was ornamental ra
ther than functional, a kind
of cadenza for Miss Ball and
Skelton to fiddle around with
and they fiddled to middlins
effect.
Verdict: Loved her. Hated
it.
CBS-TV's Father Knows
Best deal rather simperingly
Monday night with some of
the more barbarous aspects
of adolescent dating patterns.
It was, ugh, heartwarming.
SLIPPERY DOG DAYS
Chicago -(UPD- Despite the
frigid weather, these are dog
days in Chicago. Poundmaster
Henry Vala has advised the
city's dogcatchers that "it's
too slippery out there-when
you chase dogs on those icy
streets you wind up with
plenty of fractures and no
dogs."
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IN TROUBLE AGAIN Former school teacher Virginia
McManus (left) has been arrested again on prostitution
charges. Last October she was picked up in a raid, but
acquitted after she pleaded that she had just been
visiting an apartment. At that time she was dropped as
a teacher by the New York school board. Here she is
shown being booked at New York police station following
her latest arrest. With her is Beatrice Garfield (right),
owner of the apartment in which they were arrested.
TODAY
In Oregon History
(A Centennial Feature)
FEBRUARY 10, 1866
The boats of the Willa
mette river, now running
opposition, are carrying
passengers between Oregon
City and Portland for
nothing. The price of pas
sage having been the only
difference between the
lines on which to base a
rivalry, and that now being
adolished by the recent
order not to collect fare,
the strife to obtain the ob
ject of their pursuit has
turned upon the number of
' passengers carried and the
predominance of the fair
sex.
FEBRUARY 10. 1874
Wednesday, sat in C.C.
(U.S. Circuit Court). Fin
ished trial of S. v. N., ver
dict for deft, on 20 years
possession, the first in this
state. Held that occupant
might take possession of
prior occupant under whom
he entered even if only pa
role contract. Heard Con
don's lecture on ; differen
ces between Geology and
Christianity. His Geology
has overgrown his Christ
anity. Diary of
Judge M. P. Deady.
OBJECTS TO NAME
Atlanta (UPD Gov. Ernest
Vandiver has refused to sign
a bill setting up a Civil War
centennial commission until
the Legislature changes the
measure to read "War Be-
P'Civil War."
Castro Eligible
For Presidency
Havana-OIPB-Publication of
Cuba's interim constitution re
vealed today that. both Fidel
Castro and Dr. Ernesto Gue
vara, his Argentine lieutenant,
are eligible for the presi
dency. The constitution, which is
to remain in force until elec
tions are held sometime in
1960, sets the minimum age
for a Cuban president at 30
instead of the 35 required by
the previous charter. Castro
will be 33 this year.
Guevara was made eligible
for the presidency by a spe
cial provision declaring that
he js "Cuban by birth." He
actually was born in Argentina.
Higher Tuition
Urged at Schools
Salem -(UPD- Among recom
mendations in Gov. Mark Hat
field's budget message to the
Legislature Monday was one
advocating that tuition
charges be increased $10 per
term at state schools of high
er education.
The charge would be in
creased $20 per term for non
Oregon residents.
Hatfield said he was "re
luctant" to raise tiutions but
that it would provide $1,320,
000 to meet state requirements.
About 72 per cent of the
nation's labor force worked
on farms in 1820, but the
number had fallen to about
12 per cent in the 1950 census.
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Khrushchev Plans
Scandinavian Visit
Olso, Norway -(UPD- Norwe
gian Premier Einar Gerhard
sen said today that Soviet
Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev
will visit Scandinavia "some
time this year."
Gerhardsen said the ques
tion of the visit had been dis
cussed by Norway, Denmark
and Sweden and that all three
had decided to cooperate in
staging the tour.
He refused to give an exact
date for the visit. "It will be
sometime this year," he said.
Gerhardsen said each, of the
three host countries will
draw up separate plans for
Khrushchev's visit and then
"the whole lot will be coordinated."
England's population is
about 756 per square mile.
Lad rN Dad Nighf Set at Jefferson
Lad 'n Dad Night for all
boys in the first three grades
of Jefferson school and their
fathers will be held at 7
o'clock tonight by the Young
Men's Christian association.
The program is sponsored
by the Y" Indian Guides.
Purpose of the program is to
foster companionship of fath
er and son.
Jefferson school is the first
of four school to be contact
ed during th enext two weeks.
Men and boys who cannot at
tend these meetings are in
vited to contact the YMCA
for further information.
MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Tuesday, February 10. 1959 S
Japanese Prince To Wed April 10
Tokyo -(UPD- Crown Prince
Akihito will be married to
his 24-year-old commoner fi
ance. Miss Michiko Shoda, on
April 10, it was announced
today.
The crown prince now has
a direct private telephone line
to Miss Shoda. dauehter of
a flour mill executive, a tele
phone company official re-'
vealed.
The official said the' line
was installed free of charge
because "it is the only way:
they can talk together freely."
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