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The Arthur Godfrey Story (Editor's note: This is the second of two dispatches recalling the trials, tribulations and successes of Arthur Godfrey as he prepares for surgery to determine whether he has a malignant growth in his chest) Br FRED DANZIG UPI Correspondent New York-JITD-Arthur God frey has said that a prolonged stay in a hospital was the luckiest break he ever had. The enforced hiatus, in 1931, started him on the way to his unparalleled career as the barefoot boy of broadcast ing. At that time, Godfrey, then 28, was an announcer with WRC in Washington, D.C., but a highway accident left him with 32 fractures, from his skull to his knee-caps. While on his back, Godfrey spent his time lissening to the radio and he grew to hate the highly cultivated, precise, if or mal diction and tones of the highly proper announcers. He decided that he would be more natural once he return ed to his microphone. When he returned, God frey's style was tailored to the inflections of the "com mon man." And his stories were based on a career that saw the former Hasbrouck Heights, N.J., delivery boy digging coal, washing dishes, riding the rods, in vaudeville, selling cemetery lots, not to mention a naval career of tra ditionally adventurous style. Ratings Down "I was in the men's room," he would tell his audience in that raw -voiced, cheerful tone, "and I noticed a sign saying, 'Blot. Don't Rub.' But there was no one around watching. So I rubbed." God frey's little skirmishes against authority and pomposity paid off. Now, as he faces another prolonged hospital stay, God frey can be expected to use the time to think of his pres ent position in broadcasting. His ratings and his billings are down. What went wrong? Critic John Crosby, in 1955, wrote that Godfrey's career as a national idol began around 1947 and lasted eight years, until he began finding fault with his performers and his off-camera assistants. One broadcasting executive who has watched the Godfrey career closely explains the de cline this way: "He was great with folksystuff. But his fab ulous success made it awfully hard for him to stay in touch with his public and with real ity. He's off on his 1,500-acre fez- s WW - .1 st gates WMffcirMMi;rffifl W8 OPERATION TELEVISED A middle-aged feteeat, identified only as a chauffeur, was operated on far Jung cancer at Stanford Hospital in San Francisco, $9 aft operation which was televised to millions of viewers & e Bay Area. Surgeons removed entire upper half of g left lung, and stated that there was every indication t(f access of the operation. ranch, or hunting with mil lionaires and generals. And he talks about dressage rid ing. How many of his listen ers care about dressage?" Deliver! Defense Godfrey seems touchy about such remarks. On a 'recent telecast, a guest gently men tioned his handsome way of life and Godfrey delivered a defense of his right to live well. A critic, agreeing with Godfrey later, said, "five years ago, however, Godfrey's instincts would have told him not to make an issue of it." It seems Godfrey is caught in a difficult spot. Any attempt to enjoy his wealth and his high ly placed friends seems to militate against his popular ity. In March, the entertain ment trade paper Variety re ported that CBS and Godfrey public relations men were try ing to rebuild "the Godfrey image" by de-emphasizing "Godfrey's hyper-thyroid ex clamations about big biz and fashion him more in the im age of a progressive gent with lenient sentiments toward civil rights and egghead thinking." This, the reasoning goes, is why Godfrey was selected to take over the popular "Per son to Person" show next fall while Edward R. Murrow, certainly one of TV's more progressive ,ents, is on leave. Made Millions The Variety story took on significance when, soon after it appeared, Godfrey turned up on a New York TV show, David Susskind's "Open End," an electronic egghead forum, to chat about civil rights and plain people with Susskind and author-editor Harry Gold en. And the trade noted that while in Hawaii this month, Godfrey repeatedly mention ed the mixtures of colors and creeds on the islands and told his audience the islanders were happy, beautiful and contented. Godfrey, however, isn't buying this "new Godfrey" stuff. As one of his associates put it: "Nobody reshapes him." Godfrey s own reac tion: "Where do they get that ?" If there is any certain change in Godfrey, it is that on TV this year he has found the conversations with special guests are acceptable and he is looking forward to new successes with this format. Regardless of his future in broadcasting, the fact is that Godfrey, , at his peak in the early 1950's, brought CBS about $27 million worth of sponsored time, the largest in broadcasting history. Last year, his billings amounted to around $11 million. Now, $11 million isn't, as they say, chopped liver. But then again, it's not what it used to be, either. off podeibooks? Looks Wee an ordinary pocketbook and it is. But it holds the key to every job in America today your job and the job your children hope to get tomorrow. Out" of your pocketbook comes the savings that not only give greater family security but provide the capital urgently needed to put men and women to work. The money you save and invest creates many new busi nesses in this country every year and tens of ..thousands of jobs. It is the backbone of our economy. SAVE Invest Keep America growing all year 'round. MONEY AT WORK MEANS MEN AT WORK INVEST IN AMERICA WEEK APRIL 2G MAT 2 MEDFORD Tribune 2nd SECTION MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 1959 Pages 1-6 Cherry-Flavored Polio Vaccine Given Orally Seen Next Year Minneapolis (UPD-A cherry- flavored vaccine may prove to be an important step in man's efforts to eradicate po lio once and for all. If tests here are successful, your child may be immunized from the dread disease with a single' swallow of a pleasant-tasting liquid. Dr. Robert N. Barr, director of the project undertaken by the Minnesota Department of Health, said if the vaccine proves safe and effective, the world will be "on the way to ward eradication of poliomy elitis,." First of Next Year Barr and his assistant, Dr. Henry Bauer, are so- optimis tic they predict the vaccine will be available to the public by the first of next year. The Minnesota study is be ing conducted among a group omrrrco 59 Proudly participating with the nation's civic, industrial, end business organizations in bringing this message to our port of the West. CALIFORNIA-PACIFIC WW TTTTT TTTt0 HATVrri x tvt v AV71 Body Wastes Spread Immunity Against Polio Atlantic City, N.J.-Body wastes can act as an "im munity bridge" in spreading protection against polio, a Tulane University researcher reported here. Doses of a safe, living polio virus vaccine were administ ered orally to one person in each of 56 families in New Orleans. Blood and body waste specimens from family members were studied for im mune antibodies and for virus es. The results showed that in dividuals who did not receive the oral vaccine acquired the same immunity to polio as the individuals who did re ceive it, Dr. Henry M. Gelfand told scientists at the Federa tion of American Societies for Experimental Biology meet ing 'here. Spread by Contact Viruses were spread in many cases by contact with objects or food handled by the vaccinated persons who did not wash their hands prop erly after using the bathroom. The viruses spread to non naturally immunized (suscep tible persons twice as fre quently as they did to those who had some resistance due to prior exposure to polio, Dr. Gelfand said. Important Role Economic status seems to play an important role in the spread of virus, he said. In the lower.income class, 53 per cert of those susceptible caught the virus, while only nine per cent in the upper income families caught the immunizing virus. The study indicated the spread was usually from child to child rather than from child to adult or adult to child. "One child carrying the virus spread it to two playmates in a period of two hours," Dr. Gelfand said. Writ of Mandamus To Be Issued in Case Eagle Point irrigation dis- trict officials are to be re- i quried by court order to let i Mrs. Ann Todd inspect district j records or show cause why j she should be denied such access. Judge James M. Main in circuit court today advised the parties to Mrs. Todd's suit that he is issuing a writ of mandamus to the district of ficials. Mrs. Tcdd, a water user who has attacked the officials through the courts on several fronts, has sued in this partic ular action for her statutory rights to inspect public records. Oregon statutes provide that proper and reasonable opportunities for inspection of public records shall be fur nished, subject to reasonable rules and regulations for pro tecting the records and for preventing interference with the regular discharge of their custodian's duties. Action is pending on other litigation. of married students at the University of Minnesota and their children. Half . get all three strains of polio virus in a single dose, and the other half one each at three-week intervals. The new vaccine, to be known as Orimmune, contains live virus. The Salk vaccine, normally given with needle injection, contains dead or ganisms. Since the new vaccine was first developed by Dr. Herald R. Cox of the American "Cy anamid Corp., more than one million persons in various parts of the world have re ceived it. No Untoward Effects There have been "no unto ward effects," Bauer said. The Cox vaccine is one of at least two live virus vac cines undergoing tests. The purpose of the Minne sota experiment is to learn whether three .strains of live virus can be given safely and effectively in a single swal low. The obvious advantages are that the liquid has a pleasant taste, no inoculations are needed and no return trips for second, third and fourth shots. "We'll just line the kids up at school and squirt two cc's of the stuff into their mouths and let them go," Bauer said. With the Salk shots, . he said, a patient can be safe yet transmit the disease to others. With Orimmune, growth of the virus is halted in the in testines, reducing the possibil ity of spread, Bauer said. Given Quickly Barr said the single dose is also beneficial because "there is always a large number of individuals who fail to come back for second, third and fourth doses." "Where epidemics occur, all susceptible persons could be given the liquid vaccine quickly without waiting for the results of complicated lab oratory tests to determine the type of polio virus responsible for the outbreak," he said. Although further tests are needed "in all probability," the vaccine will be available through physicians by Janu ary, 1960, according to Dr. Bauer. In the meantime, what to do? Don't wait, Both Barr and Bauer emphasized. Children and young adults still should get their Salk shots, they said. Strengthening UN Charter Toward World Law Urged Washington-A strengthen ing of the United Nations Charter as a positive step to ward world law has been pro posed in a concurrent resolu tion introduced in the U. S. Senate and the House of Representatives. Sponsors of the world law j resolution, authored by Rep. Charles O. Porter (D-Ore.) and Sen. Joseph S. Clark (D Pa.), have urged: 1. That the United States propose U. N. Charter Review before the fall of 1960; 2. That the President initi ate "high-level studies in the executive branch of the gov ernment to determine what changes should be made" in the U. N. Charter. The reso lution also asks that the study include other international or ganization charters in which the United States is a party. House Resolutions Senate co-sponsors of the resolution include Richard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.). In the House, identical reso lutions were to be introduced by 12 representatives, includ ing Porter and Edith Green (D-Ore.). The sponsors have pointed out that Article 109 of the U. N. Charter specifies proce dures for calling a Charter Review Conference ' to draft revisions. The General Assem bly appointed a Conference Arrangements Comlmttee In recommendations not later 1955. In 1957 the General As- than in the 1959 session, sembly asked the arrange- which will convene in New ments committee to report its York in September. Priced from NEW ADDING MACHINES s 1 1 i5 Typewriters New & Used Adders Calculators Portables All Makes We Rent Adders Typewriters Calculators VOIGHT'S MEDFORD OFFICE EQUIPMENT CO. FRIDEN AGENCY 8th & Grape, Medford Phone SP 2-4100 """I "Mobilheat" The Oil to Burn ESTABLISHED 1896 Pi wffl I GREEN I ISJTAMPS MEDFORD FUEL GO. Tel. 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