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BRIDGE SITE Construction, of the new
bridge across Bear creek, that will form the
final link in Medford's one way Eighth
st. couplet, is now well underway, with a
concrete support and pilings already poured
on the" east side of the creek. Completion
date is scheduled for Oct. 31. The picture
Khrushchev Takes
Vacation to Gain
Strength for Trip
Moscow-(UPD-Soviet Premier
Nikita Khrushchev flew to his
hillside summer retreat over
looking the Black Sea today
. to "gain strength" for his trip
to the United States next
month.
His meeting with President
Eisenhower the middle of Sep
tember may be the number
one diplomatic project of his
career, and Khrushchev was
believed to be preparing care
fully for it.
At a Kremlin press confer
ence Wednesday, attended by
300 Soviet and foreign corre
, spondents, Khrushchev said
the question of a peace treaty
with Germany would be No. 1
on the list of questions the
two leaders would cover.
East and West ended their
Geneva talks on the German
problem , in failure Wednes
day. Khrushchev made it
plain he would stress the
question with Eisenhower.
"We believe the principal
and most important question
is that of liquidating the con
sequences of World War II,"
he told newsmen.
Khrushchev went out of his
way ; to sound peaceful. He
spoke with a geniality that
represented a marked change
from the tone of his two ear-
liervmeetings with the press
in the Kremlin. . . '
One of them produced the
six-month Berlin "ultimatum"
which has since been extend
ed but never entirely with
drawn.
Prospector Finds
Decomposed Body
The decomposed body of a
man identified as Charles
Glenn Kincaid, 61, of route 2,
box 220. was found in his
Foots creek cabin Wednesday
evening. : ;""v
Carter Howell, Grants Pass
prospector, reported to state
police that he discovered the
body about 5:30 pjn. when he
investigated odors coming
from the cabin, which ' is ap
proximately 5.3 miles from
Highway 99. ; " -
A calendar on the wall,
which had days checked off
through May 6, indicated Kin
caid had been dead since that
date.
An autopsy was to be -performed
today. Police found a
.22 rifle belonging to Kincaid
lying across bis body.
Officers notified County
Coroner Carlos Morris and
the body is at Conger-Morris
Funeral home awaiting loca
tion of relatives.
Salem - (LTD - Three Oregon
Supreme Court justices plan
to attend the American Bar
Association convention at Mi
ami Beach Aug. 24-28. They
are Chief Justice William Mc
Allister, Justice . William
Perry and Justice . George
Rossman. -
WEATHER
FORECAST: Fair and warmer
through Friday. Low tonigbt
55. High Friday 95. ,
, Temp.
Highest Yesterday - 91
Lowest this Morning 52
Our Skies. Tonight
Sunset today
7:2 p.m.
. 5:09 a.m.
8:31 pan.
Aug. II
Snnrise tomorrow
Moonset tonight
First Quarter . .
VISIBLE PLANETS
Venus, seen right below - the
Moon tonight, is now only
about 35 million miles from the
Earth.'
Saturn, due south 9:16 p.m.
Jupiter, low in south-
west ' 9:34 p.m.
Employment Rise
Noted in Valley
The (increase in employ
ment which has been noted
in the valley for several
months appeared to level off
somewhat in July, according
to a report issued today by
John J. Patton, Medford man
ager of the Oregon State Em
ployment service. ,
Employment was at a high
level last month, but there
was less new hiring as most
firms apparently had built up
their work (forces to maximum
levels.' ; - - .. . ,
Oregon Wagons
Approach River
At Reduced Pace
Quinton 0PB - The Oregon
Centennial Cavalcade, taking
it slo'w'in Oregon, creaked 18
miles from Arlington toward
this Columbia river town of
20 persons today to 'set up
camp at Phillipie's Rancho, a
local landmark.
The seven covered wagons
left Wednesday's camp site
three miles east of Arlington
on the George Shane ranch
and paraded through Arling'
ton. Afterward the wagoneers
were1 breakfast guests of the
Arlington Chamber of Com
merce.
The wagon train has slowed
its pace since crossing into
Oregon two weeks ago when
it was determined it was
ahead of schedule.
The Cavalcade is due at In
dependence, Ore., Aug. 15,
completing its trip along the
Old Oregon Trail from Inde
pendence, Mo. Before entering
its home state, the wagon
tram made an, average of
about 20 miles per day.
The illness of Walter Hil-
liard of Myrtle Creek, Centen
nial wagon train member who
was taken to a Pendleton hos
pital Tuesday, was diagnosed
as the flu. Hilliard, who is ter
rier for the train, was given a
shot and returned to the
wagons. .
- He said Wednesday he felt
little but not much better.
Reports from the train indi-
j : : . '
-aicu many wagoneers nave
colds or some type of flu now.
Cause has been tttributed to
weather changes , the train
personnel have gone through
recently. v . ;
Paving on Jackson
Reported Complete
Paving of a two-block four
lane area of East Jackson st.
by the new Medford Shopping
center has been completed,
City Engineer Vernon Thorpe
reported today.
Tru-Mix Concrete company
was the contractor. - - r
.Completion of road work
at the Biddle rd.-East Jackson
intersection by the center has
been postponed by the city
awaiting construction of the
state ", highway department's
freeway through the area.
ON FIELD TRIP ... ,Y
Members of the Jackson
county court and Howard
Hopkins, Rogue River Nation
al forest timber management
officer, were on a field trip
today ;to inspect the new Im-
naha access road. They were
to attend a meeting at Pros
pect at 3 p.m. today to discuss
the community ; garbage
dump. " . "
above shows the construction area in the
foreground and the part of the Western
Auto Co. building (dark roof) across the
creek that is to be torn down to make room
for the street. Demolition of the building
was to start today.
Hiring was only to replace
turnover, Patton said, a "situ
ation not unusual here during
this time of year and which
will probably continue until
the fruit harvest gets under
way this month." -
Unemployment in Jackson
county at the end of July was
estimated at 650, a decline of
about 25 per cent from June,
when students were entering
the labor market, and 35 per
cent below that one year ago.
Unemployment To Drop .
Unemployment is expected
to go "to a very" low level"
when the pear harvest gets
into full swing, although" not
everyone will be able to work
in the harvest.. Ladder work
is too heavy for most women
and. younger workers, leaving
orchard labor mostly to older
boys and men. .
Availability of labor for the
crop cannot- be -accurately
judged ' until the harvest . is
underway, he explained.
Even with the slight drop
in July hiring, most employers
continue to be interested in
interviewing applicants with
good qualifications and most
well qualified people with ex
perience in skilled trades or
office occupations have, little
difficulty in obtaining employ
ment. Skill Needed
, The number of people mov
ing into this area from other
parts of the country, or indi
cating a desire to come here,
appears to be considerably
larger than in recent years.
Patton reported.
Most who write to inquire
about employment are now
employed, but are dissatisfied
with the community in which
they -live. Some say they are
tired of big city crowds and
traffic and want "a little place
in the country", and a vjob
to keep the little place going.
In the course of a year mi
gration brings many new resi
dents with excellent work ex
perience and skill qualifica
tions. Those , who lack such
qualifications often find con
siderable difficulty in locating
work qf a permanent nature,
he warned. .
Neuberger Would Ask
Nikita to Dedication
m Washington (DPD Sen. Rich
ard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.)
told the Senate Wednesday
that he is in favor of inviting
Sdviet Premier Nikita Khru
shchev to attend the dedica
tion of The Dalies dam next
month. . ' ,
Dedication -ceremonies for
The Dalles dam are scheduled
for Sept. 2ft. '
Fou r New Patients F lown
Break 1,000
The number of patients car
ried by Medford's ' Mercy
Flights, Inc.,' air ambulance
service passed the 1,000 mark
yesterday . , -
One of the planes -flew to
Bellingham, Wash.; yesterday
morning, picked up two seri
ously injured accident ' vic
tims, and carried them to
Portland, for treatment at the
Goo. Samaritan hospital:
They werer the 999th and
1,000th patients carried since
Mercy; Flights, began its
unique, non-profit service in
January, 1950, nine years and
seven months ago.
The patients were Mr. and
Mrs W. K. Dallas, Portland
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Eisenhower Talks
To Nation Tonight
On Reform Pill
- Washington- (UPD - President
Eisenhower appeals to the na
tion in a coast-to-coast radio
and TV speech tonight to sup
port tough labor reform, leg
islation. Republicans hoped the
White House appeal would
bring a flood of letters and
telegrams that would per
suade the House to pass a stiff,
Eisenhower-backed substitute
Preside n t . Eisenhowei's
speech tonight will be' seen
on station KBES-TV at 6:30
o'clock. It will be carried on
all valley radio stations,
KMED at 6:30 o'clock;
K Y J C at 7:15 o'clock;
and K WIN. Ashland, at
7:30 o'clock. i
instead of a middle-of-the-road
cleanup bill approved by the
House Labor committee.
But some Democrats felt
that Eisenhowers' ; interven
tion could boomerang and ral
ly southerners behind . the
committee bill by injecting
partisanship into the issue.
Many southerners have favor
ed the tougher substitute.
Decide on Answer
The Democrats were frying
to decide who should answer
Eisenhower's speech if the
networks grant their request
for equal time. They were con
fident that the broadcasters
would give them time to plug
the committee bill before the
House takes up the issue next
week. .
. All television and radio net
Works will carry the Presi
dent's appeal live between
7:30 .and 7:45 p.m. (e.d.t.).
Some of, the radio networks
will rebfoadcast . a recording
of the speech later. . '
AFL-CIO President "George
Meany goes on NBC radio two
hours after the President in
an attempt to muster support
for a bill even milder than the
committee measure, or no leg
islation (at all.
Key Republicans said Eisen
hower would renew his en
dorsement of the tough substi
tute, offered by Reps. Phil M.
Landrum' (D-Ga.): and Robert
P. Griffin (R-Mich.). The Pres
ident told his news conference
last week that this measure
was "a long ways closer" to
his own, ideas than any other
proposal.
Public Hearing on
Council's Agenda
A public hearing on paving
Mary st. from East; Jackson
st. north' to Saling ave., at an
estimated cost to i property
owners of $7 per front foot,
heads the Medford city coun
cil's agenda for its meeting at
7:30 o'clock tonight at city
hall.
$ Other paving projects, sani
tary and storm sewer projects
and a water main project are
subjects of ordinances and
resolutions before the council
tonight.
The councilmen are slated
to award a contract for' re
painting the airport terminal
building, and to grant Cali
fornia Oregon Power com
pany an easement lor two
power poles atop Barneburg
hill. ;
An agreement with South
ern Pacific railroad . for sig
nals at the Fourth st. grade
crossing, at a cost to the city
estimated at $6,110, is also to
be considered. ?
Mark for Mercy Flights
who were seriously burned
two weeks ago when the plane
in which they and four others
were flying crashed and burn
ed on Blakely island in Puget
Sound. They were hospitalized
in Bellingham. Dallas is sales
manager . for Textronix, Port
land electronics firm.
Means of transporting the
couple to Portland were
sought, and it was found that
Mercy Flights had the only
plane in the Pacific northwest
with a door wide enough to
accommodate the patients,
whose arms are suspended and
held rigidly away from their
bodies because of severe
burns. "
Year
MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1959
Herter
Higher Education
Commissioner to
Speak Here Aug. 9
Homer D. Baddidge Jr., as
sistant commissioner for high
er education 'of the office of
education, Washington, D.C.,
will speak Sunday at the
Western Interstate Commis
sion for Higher Education
meeting here.
He will speak on "implica
tions of the National Defense
Education Act for the West."
Approximately 80 persons,
including 39 commissioners,
are expected ' here for the
three-day event which begins
with a meeting of the execu
tive committee Friday eve
ning. Three commissioners from
the 13 Western states are ex
pected to attend the sessions.
All committee meetings and
dinners will be' held at the
Rogue Valley Country club
with the exception of a Sun
day evening barbecue in Li-
thia park, Ashland.
WICHE was organized fol
lowing World War II for the
purpose of arranging for the
exchange of studies in the
professional . fields to ' avoid
the expense of unnecessary
duplication. Since that time it
has become . a . research and
planning agency on a wide'r
scale.
The Medford meeting is the
first time that the commission
has met in Oregon.'
: Business sessions are sched
uled Saturday and Sunday
and Monday mornings. Satur
day noon speaker will be
State Sen. Alfred H. Corbett,
Portland,"whowill tell of "the
role of WICHE from the
standpoint of state legisla
tures. -
Reserve Group
On Active Duty
Approximately 70 officers
and enlisted men of the Sec
ond Battalion, 414th Regi
ment (BCT), 104th Division,,
Medford, are at Yakima Fir
ing Center, Wash., for two
veeks of active uuty training.
Lt. Col. Robert A. Elliott,
Medford, is commanding offi
cer of the local Army Reserve
group.
Also undergoing training is
another group of local men
under the leadership of Capt.
Robert 'D. Stephensen, com
manding officer of the Re
ceiving company of 104th Di
vision. Ten enlisted men and
Captain Stephensen are at Ft.
Ord, Calif. ;'
AH of the men will return
to Medford Aug. 15, it was re
ported. Men at the Yakima center
are members of Headquarters,
Headauarters company, and
companies E., F, and G, Med
ford. i C
More . than 2,500 officers
andxnlisted men of the North
west 104th Division are. at
tending the annual summer
encampment at Yakima.
Washington-nJPD-The Senate
Indian Affairs subcommittee
today reported ' favorably on
Sen. Richard L. Neuberger's
bill providing for early trans
fer to the Fish and Wildlife
Service of the Klamath water
fowl marsh.
Yesterday
The plane, a twin-engine
Beechcraft, has a specially
modified wide door, to handle
stretcher patients. It is one of
two which Mercy Flights is
disposing of to make way for
two similar but newer air
craft recently acquired from
Air Force surplus stocks. It
was. the last flight the plane
will make for Mercy Flights.
The new planes will have sim
ilar wide doors soon.
Later yesterday two more
patients were carried by an
other Mercy Flights plane,
bringing the tota number of
patients up to 1,002. The num
ber of patients carried has av
eraged about 150 per year in
recent years.
Flies Home
'Next Month? Why Yes, I Think I Might
Be Able To"
N ixoh Reports to
Security Council
On Russian Tou r
Washington-UPD-Vice Presi
dent Richard M. Nixon report
ed to the . National Security
Council today on his Russian
tour and the importance of
Soviet Premier Nikita Khru-
shchev'sJJ. yjsit .nxt months
Nixon, who returned
Wednesday from a two-week
trip, through Russia and Po
land, brought back some up to
the minute tips on dealing
with the impetuous and hard
hitting Soviet leader. .
He thus is expected to take
a leading role, in devising
strategy '.for, dealing with
Khrushchev when he arrives
next month for a visit with
President Eisenhower and his
first look at the United States.
Nixon, who gave the Presi
dent a first hand - report
Wednesday immediately on
his return from abroad, met
wth Eisenhower and members
of the Security Council at its
regular meeting today. The
session, as is usual, was held
behind "closed doors : of the
White House Cabinet Room.
Time With President
The vice president spent an
hour and 15 minutes with
the President Wednesday.
The President was to get
another report today on deal
ings with the Soviets from Sec
retary of State Christian A.
Herter when he returns from
the Geneva foreign ministers'
meeting. ' . ' ' '
The importance that Nixon
attaches to Khrushchev's
forthcoming visit was appar
ent as soon as the vice-president
stepped from his plane
at' Washington National air
port. In a statement to the en
thusiastic crowd of 3,500 offi
cial and unofficial greeters, he
urged Americans "in the in
terest of peace and justice" to
Ashland Man Injured
In Logging Accident
Ashland - Ray Ashcraft, 25,
of 80 Coolidge st., was taken
to Ashland General hospital
this morning for treatment of
injuries he received m a log
ging accident in the Dead In
dian springs area.
Members of the family re
ported that he was in surgery
shortly before noon. It was
believed "that he suffered a
broken leg when a log rolled
onhim. .
BASEBALL
Detroit ... -'-4 10 0
New York . .... ..0 3 1
Foytack and Wilson; Dit
mar, Maas (9) and Berra.
HR: Wilson, Detroit; Yost.
Detroit.
Kansas City 3 5
Boston . 4 4 0
Herbert. Tsitouris (8) and
Chili, House(4); Casale, Kie
ley (9) and White. HR: R.
Williams, Kansas City; Tut-,
He, Kansa; City.
show the Soviet premier "the
same courtesy that the people
of the Soviet Union showed
me." 1 ' - r -: V
.White House -Press Secre
tary James C. Hagerty said
later that 1 the PresidemVtfelt
Nixon's remarks of the sub
ject were "very well -said and
very much -in order." -
Week End Events
Includes Fiesta
: Southern Oregon events this
week end will include a -Centennial
Fiesta at the Medford
armory and the 1 gladiolus
street parade highlighting the
Grants Pass Gladiolus festival.
; Persons attending the fiesta
will have an opportunity to
visit many booths planned by
Sacred Heart parish and view
advance yuletide items at a
Christmas stall.
Over 6,000 prizes will be
awarded during the three-day
celebration which begins with
a talent show at 6 p.m. Fri
day. The old-fashioned conces
sions will , open rt that time.
Strollers and other facilities
for toddlers will be available.
Games for' all ages,' refresh
ments, rides, movies and con
tests will be held throughout
Friday night, Saturday and
Sunday. W
A free dance is scheduled
for 9 p.m. Saturday with Tay
lor's Trio Plus Two. - -
Items dating to 1880 and
earlier will be on' sale at Mrs.
Marie Shere's antique booth.
Buttons the clown will appear
Saturday afternoon.
Among attractions will be
an old country store and the
"Table Rock Saloon" serving
sarsaparilla and root beer. ;
The gladiolus street parade
will be held at 1:30 p.m. Sat
urday in 'downtown Grants
pass. ,
Klamath Falls Has;
Pedestrian Death
Klamath Falls (UPD Klam
ath Falls recorded its first pe
destrian traffic, fatality in
more than two yearsx today
with the death of a 66-year-old
contractor. .
Emerick Hult died at Klam
ath Valley hospital about
6:30 a.m. today from injuries
suffered Wednesday night
when struck by a car. . .
Driver of the auto, David
T. Eittram, 79, of Klamath
Falls, told police he did not
see Hult until the moment of
impact. He was not cited. -
Survivors include two sons,
Iver of Medford arid Sven of
Portland.
' Oregon City -(UPD- Six chil
dren were rescued from a
burning home here late Wednesday.
Price 10 Cents
No. 113
Secretary Says
Conference Eased
Threat to Berlin
Geneva (UPD Secretary of
State Christian A. Herter flew
home today, convinced" that
the 10-week foreign minis
ter's conference . here . had
eased the Communist threat
to West Berlin.
Herter -made no formal
statement before his convert
ed . Boeing 707 jetliner took
off for Washington, but he is
known to feei that the Rus
sians -have , tacitly withdrawn
their Berlin ultimatum. ;
Foreign Minister Andrei
Gromyko, whose . turboprop
IL-18 left for Moscow 13 mi
nutes before Herter's depar
ture, read a parting speech
which said the conference
"performed useful and. not in
considerable work" and ex
pressed hope that further ne
gotiations might produce
more! tangible results. ;
'Climate Warmer'
Gromyko also said the
coming exchange of visits be
tween President Eisenhower
and Premier Nikita Khru
shchev proves "the climate of
international relations is get
ting markedly warmer and
better." : : - ?
Herter is scheduled toland
in Washington with first-hand
information about the tenta
tive aereement on . new dis
armament talks which saved
the foreign ministers confer
ence from total failure...
. Foreien Minister Maurice
Couve de Murville leaves for
home later today.
. ..Fpreign ' Secretary Selwyn
T.lnvd returned to London
Wednesday night.
A . mildly-worded commu
nique closing the conference
said it had brought the foreign
ministers closer together on
"certain points" but did not
say what they were. "
The only concrete achieve
ment of the talks appeared to
be the "useful exchange of
views'" on disarmament nego
tiations, announced in a sepa
rate communique.
Bus Line's Request
To Be Considered
Evergreen Bus Lines plans
a resumption of service to and
from -the business district for
Medford's east and west sides,-
according to L.' R. Pilcher, the
company's manager.
A franchise permitting the
service for a 10-year period is
scheduled for consideration
by the Medford city council
at its regular meeting at .7:30
o'clock tonight at'eity hall.
Pilcher said today that the
operation would begin xug.
17, with a single, 11-passenger
Volkswagen bus providing
hourly service from 7:15 a.m.
to 6 p.m. with an hour's break
at noon. He said that the bus
would : operate daily except
for Sundays and holidays.
. Other buses would - be
placed in service if the de
mand developed, pilcher said.
The fares, routes and sched
ules are subject to the city
council's approval. Pilcher
said he would discuss the fare
question with council mem
bers tonight.
Today
State's Polio Incidence
Said Worst Since 1955
.Portland -(UPD- The State
Board of Health said Wednes
day Oregon's polio incidence
is the worst since 1955..
Dr. Harold M. Erickson,
state health officer,-said Ore
gon has recorded more fatal
cases of polio, more paralytic
cases ana more laboratory
isolations of the dangerous
type I polio virus during the
last 17 weeks than during
any comparable period during
the past three years.
Six more cases of polio
were reported in" Oregon last
week, bringing to 31 the
number officially reported in
the state so far this year.
Three -of the six came from
Portland and one each from
Klamath, Marion and ' Mult
nomah counties. Two of the
cases were 11-month old in
Has
Slretch-Out Plan
For Construction
No Suggestion Made -
To Jtaise Money
Washington-ffiPB-The House'
Public ! Works committee re
jected today a plan calling
for a drastic cutback in the
construction schedule for the
41,000-mile network of inter
state highways.
It came up instead with a
plan for a more moderate .
stretch-out of the program to
neip meet the highway fi
nancing crisis.'
The committee made no
recommendations for raising
extra monev needed tn yif
up the highway trust fund
even if the moderate stretch
out were put ino effect.
' Thus, it tossed the ball back-
to the house way arid means
committee, whichvtechnically
has the responsibility of find-:
ing revenue for the highway
fund. ,; , . ;
Plan Delays Program f
ihe ways and means com
mitteers last week rejected'
President " Eisenhower's re
quest for a 1V4 cent increase
in federal gasoline taxes and '
recommended this two - part
plan to solve the money mud
dle: . , . - - i
Issuance of one billion dol
lars in new revenue bonds to
get over the immediate finan
cing "hump."
-Stretching out overall con
struction of the highways to
meet the long range problem
of how to keep the program
in the black. - . :,
The ways and means com
mittee plan called for slashing
apportionments to the state
beginning next July 1. This
would be cut to $600 million-
compared with the $2,500,
000,000 in present law.
There would be correspond
ing cutbacks in apportion
ments for future years. .
, But the public works com
mittee recommended - that
next year's apportionment be
scaled down to $2,200,000,000
and - apportionments for the
following. 11 years be fixed;
at the same amount. - , r ,:
If the ways and means-committee
accepts, a different fi
nancing . proposal would be
necessary to pull, the program
out of theJ red. The billion-
dollar bond issue would not
be enough. ,
Higher Tax Possible
Chairman Wilbur D. Mills-
(D-Ark.) said he will call his!
ways - and means commiuee-
into session Monday, to take,
another look at the revenue,
picture.. . , ,
The threat of a sharp reduc
tion in the road-building pro
gram has revived . talk that
Congress might reluctantly
decide to approve some form
of gasoline tax increase after "
all. ; ; ' '
San Bernardino Fire
Near Containment
San-Bernardino, Calif. -(UPD-'
Fire fighters today contained
80 per cent of the 35 mile
perimeter of a giant forest fire
in San Bernardino National
forest.
Full containment of the 11,-
200-acre blaze by 1,800 fire
fighters was hoped for by
tonight. .- ' ;
The blaze broke out Sunday
in a stable and arson investi
gators said it definitely had
been set by a man. '
An investigation was under
way to determine whether it
was- set accidentally or on
purpose. .
Six firemen received inju
ries battling the fire and one '
fire fighter died when he suf
fered a heart attack while on
fire lines. ; '
fants, one 18 months, one
three years, one six years and
one 36 years. " .
Dr. Erickson said the situa
tion was not likely to im
prove because too few Oregon
residents have obtained Salk.
vaccinations. The state sup
ply is now virtually exhaused
and the federal government
has asked drug manufactur
ers to restrict shipments to
states listed a s epidemic
areas. " 1
He said "there are indica- ;
tions suggesting .that inci-'
dence could reach epidemic
levels ' within the next few
weeks." He has appealed to
the U.S. surgeon general and
to the regional medical direc-
tor of the U.S. Public Health -Service
for vaccine to help
prevent any possible' epidemic.
House Group