Master IFOan for eveflopment'
if Rettreatoon Areas Necessary
(Editor! note: Tkis' second dis-
Iiatch reports on measures now be
ne taken to cope wit shortages
in recreation facilities. Despite the
(rowlnr awareness of the nation's
recreational needs, many experts
feel that what's beinc done Is too
little. Losses exceed fains.)
Br FRED DANZIG
UPI Correspondent
New York- (UPD -Wanted: A
detailed program lor develop
ing the nation's public recrea
tion facilities.
At present, Federal, state
and local governments all are
in the recreation business.
But have no master plan to
follow. A town can set out to
build a new playground and
the Federal government can
knock it aside with a new
hignway.
There is some hope that
leadership will be forthcom
ing. Congress has created a
National Outdoor Recreation
Resources . Review Commis
sion that will study public
recreation and perhaps come
up with a long-range pro
gram.
Many recreational authori
ties believe the solution is up
to the 3,000 cities, towns and
villages that now provide
recreation programs of vary
ing adequacy.
"These recreation agencies
benefit more individuals and
afford . a greater volume of
service than those under Fed
eral and state auspices," says
the National Recreation Asso
ciation, indicating where a
building program must begin.
Control Divided
The National Park Service,
governing 180 national, mili
tary and historical parks,
controls nearly 24 million
acres. The XJ.S. Forest Service
guards 180 million acres of
national forests. The Corps of
Engineers has 5.6 million
acres, mostly water.
Reservoir projects are the
concern of the Bureau of Rec
lamation and the TVA. The
Fish and Wildlife Service ad
ministers 17.5 million acres,
And the Bureau of Land Man
agement sometimes leases
public domain lands for rec
reational purposes.
In addition, more than 39
million acres are set aside for
state parks, forests and game
Girl's' Science Fair
Exhibit Contributes
To Mold Research
Washington-fliPD-A 14-year-'
old girl preparing an exhibit
for a junior high school sci
ence fair may have contrib
uted significant new knowl
edge to research on antibiotic
molds.
That's the report from sci
entists at the Walter Reed
Army Institute of Research
who- have examined several
mold cultures grown by Dor
othy Jeanne Dragoo, a ninth
grade student at the Mount
Rainier, Md., Junior High
school.-
Dorothy's project for a re
cent science fair at her school
was to grow several mold
cutures under different condi
tions to determine whether
vary ins wave lengths of light
had any effect on their de-
'velopment.
Simple Equipment
She used very simple equip
ment. The mold cultures were
grown in the standard "gunk"
-a jelly-like substance called
dextrose agar. Dorothy cov
ered some of the trays with
cellophane of various colors,
including red, green, yellow
and blue, so that the light
would pass through them onto
the molds. .She left a few
control batches exposed to
normal light, and some were
kept in total darkness.
Her first experiments in
dicates that the amount and
wave length of light falling
on a culture does make a de
- tectable difference in the
characteristics of the mold.
One of .the judges at the
science fair told Dorothy this
was a very interesting" find
ing, and encouraged her to
discuss her work with experts
at the Walter Reed Institute
where much kasic fesearch
on antibiotic molds is con
ducted. Dorothy, daughter of Maj.
and Mrs. Don H. Dragoo of
Lewisdale, Md., talked over
her oroiect with Charlotte
Campbell, head of the insti
tute's Medical Mycology sec
tion and with one of her asso-
Forest Taxation
To Be Studied
Corvallis - Forest taxation
and its effect upon the man
agement of Oregon forests
will be studied in a new Ore
gon State college school of
forestry research project.
Forest economists at the
college have outlined a broad
research program ' to deter
mine the effects of Oregon's
property tax, yield tax, and
severance tax on forestry op
erations. Because of the scope of the
project, it will be conducted
over a period of several
years.
First of the studies to be
initiated will be an analysis
of the property tax burden
on forest owners in relation
to other property holders.
This phase will start this sum
mer and may be completed
within a year. Other phases
of the project will be under
taken as funds are received.
Working on the project will
be Robert F. Keniston, Char
les F. Sutherland, Dwight S.
Jeffers, and Charles W. Dane
of the forestry school staff.
The greatest interest in for
est taxation is shown by the
number of forest tax bill in
troduced in the last legisla
ture, the foresters noted.
Facts developed from the re
search are expected to pro
vide new and highly valuable
information on forest taxation
and management in the state.
?
ciates, John P. Reilly. They
told Dorothy her molds could
yield useful knowledge for
science if she would continue
her experiments.
Following Reilly's advice, i
Dorothy took small pieces of
the mold she had grown in
the dark and under the red
and blue cellophane and put
this "second generation" into
fresh agar where they were
permitted to develop under
varying, controlled con
ditions. "It prSbably will be neces
sary to grow several more
generations of mold to prove
or disprove whether these mu
tations are stable character
istics," Dorothy said.
She is developing her stud
ies from two basic types of
molds-an Aspergillus species
considered to be non-infectious,
and Trichophyton ru
brum, a common cause of ath
letic's foot and other skin in
fections. The latter is distin
guished by a red pigment. .
New Factor
Two new factors, however,
have been noted in Dorothy's
fungi: (1) A possible antibi
otic substance of the Asper
gillus molds (which forms as
globules of moisture) is pro
duced earlier in their growth;
and (2) when grown in the
dark, the Aspergillus loses its
green pigment as it produces
the antibiotic, while the Trich
ophyton rubrum's red pigment
becomes considerably dim
med and produces no antibi
otic Whether Dorothy has pro
duced a useful antibiotic is
yet to be determined, Miss
Campbell said. But she said
the project is "scientifically
useful" arid "might lead to a
new medically useful antibi
otic too."
refuges. And some 455 forest
products companies own or!
lease 46.2 million acres, of
which more than 90 per cent
is available to hunters and
fishermen.
Sixty-five companies oper
ate 132 parks on their com
mercial timberlands and 'in
dustry spokesmen believe this
approach is becoming a trend.
Mission 66
The Federal government
two years ago launched Mis
sion 66, a 10-year, billion
dollar program aimed at
building roads, buildings and
other improvements at exist
ing national recreation areas.
When launched in 1956, the
government estimated it
would be completed in 1966
when 80 million persons
would visit 180 federally-owned
parks, monuments, historic
sites and other recreation
areas.
However, the 1958 attend
ance should reach 63.5 mil
lion and if this 8 per cent an-'
nual increase continues, the
80 million visitors will be at
the park gates in 1961.
Conrad L. Wirth, director
of the National Park Service,
said Mission 66 will increase
by 4,000 the capacities of
privately-financed lodges and
cabins in national parks, now
at 40,000.
Another phase of the fight
to keep public land public:
Federal law now prohibits
the armed forces from taking
over government-owned lands
of 5,000-acres or more without
Congressional approval.
New Bill Being Readied
And the Senate Interior
Committee now is preparing
a new, controversial National
Wilderness Preservation Bill
that would preserve some 55
million acres against commer
cial exploitation.
Many Western state offi
cials oppose the bill on
grounds that they would rath
er see more industry than
parks. They add that the
eastern half of the nation
needs the conservation more
than the western half does.
Doubling-up on land usage
is another proposed aid in ex
panding recreation facilities.
For example: Turn reservoirs
and the wooded fringes
around them into public
parks. And build schools on
park sites and vice versa. .
As annual attendance at
state parks, forests and game
refuges nears the 190-million
mark, (more than twice the
1948 total), every state is
tackling the problem of ex
panding recreation facilities.
California has 614,000 acres
in its state park system, more
than double the acreage it had
in 1940. Its park program is
largely financed through oil
royalties obtained from com
panies that drill on state
owned and submerged lands.
Washington State last year
raised the cost of a driver's
license by $1 to give the State
Park and Recreation Com
mission more revenue. Illinois
recently created a Conserva
tion Advisory Board to study
the state's recreation needs.
Massachusetts is consider
ing a 20-year, 100-million-dol-lar
. development program.
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in Florida-and other states
are adding recreation areas to
their maps. These areas in
clude swimming pools, tennis
courts, baseball fields and
playgrounds.
Proceeds Divided
South Carolina's practice is
to develop scrub areas into
state forests and sell the for
ests to private enterprise, with
the state keeping 75 per cent
of the proceeds, the county
the balance.
Two state forest areas have
been sold to private interests
in the last 10 years, but state
officials say acquisitions dur
ing the same period more than
offset the loss.
That's the crux of the prob
lem: To offset land losses
through new acquisitions.
Despite the growing aware
ness of our nation's recrea
tional needs, many recreation-
ists feel whatever we're do
ing isn't enough. Losses ex
ceed the gains. '
12
MAIL TRIBUNE, Medferd, Or.
A Thursday, June 25, 1959
List of Norway
Fire Survivors
Told By Embassy
Oslo 0TPD - The XL S. Embas
sy has released the names of
79 American citizens who sur
vived the disastrous fire at
Vossesstrand Tuesday.
An Embassy spokesman
said, however, that no list of
missing Americans would Be
published by the Embassy in
Oslo. He said soph a list would
be released by the State De
partment in Washington after
the nearest kin are notified.
The spokesman refused to
say how many Americans
were missing in the fire. Un
official estimates put the fig
ure at 20.
Included in the list of sur
vivors -were the following
West Coast residents: .
Mrs. Leila Rosen, Holly
wood. Calif.: Mrs. Nellie O.
I Lash, Los Angeles; Edvard
URGE CHARTER REVISION
Washington - (UPD - Sixteen
senators headed by Sen. Jo
seph S. Clark (D-Pa.) intro
duced a resolution Tuesday
calling for review and revi
sion of the United Nations
charter. Fourteen House mem
bers introduced the same pro
posal in that body. The resolu
tion calls on the President to
take the lead in advocating a
conference before 1962 to
completely review the U.N.
charter.
LeRoy Lash, Los Angeles;
Miss Adelaide Dorothy Fisch
er, Seattle; Dr. William M.
Mulvehill, Beverly Hills,
Calif.; Mrs. William M. Mulve
hill, Beverly Hills, Caif.
John Roland Anderson,
Glendale, Calif.; Mrs. John
Roland Anderson, Glendale,
Calif.; Richard Crandall, Men
lo Park, Calif.; Mrs. Helen R.
Kahn, San Francisco; Fay R.
Levy, San Francisco; Johanna
Davis, Berkeley, Calif.;
Charles Copp, Alea Oahu,
Hawaii; Mrs. Charles Copp,
Alea Oahu, Hawaii; Brooks
Farrar, Alhambra, Calif., and
Mrs. Elizabeth Farrar, Al
hambra, Calif.'
Connective Tissue Yields Clue To Muscular Disease
London-(Science Service)
New clues suggest that con
nective tissue, not muscle fi
ber, harbors the culprit that
causes vcrippling muscular
dystrophy.
Damaging changes occur in
muscles "when this disease
strikes, leaving its victims
weak and crippled. Two
American researchers h a y e
now ".iscovered that the
muscle fibers in "a number of
cases" have been invaded and
are being destroyed by en
zymes that are found in con
nective tissue.
"Enzymes Present
Connective tissue binds to
gether and is the support of
the various structures of the
body. These enzymes are pres
ent in the connective tissue
that surrounds the decaying
muscle fibers, Goeffrey H.
Bourne and M. Nelly Golarz,
department of anatomy,
Emory University, Atlanta,
explain.
'Leakage' Suspected
Their third theory suggests
that some of the elements in
muscle fiber may be "leaking"
past without being used by
the muscle. . The enzymes in
connective tissue surrounding
these muscles might be pre-
i
venting the normal replace
ment of this leakage.
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