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If MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. 1U Thursday, Jan. 14, 1960 Vaccine Helps Mice Recover From Cancer New York - (Science Serv ice) - The vaccine that has stimulated resistance against tuberculosis appears to be do ing the same job with inv planted tumors in laboratory mice. This is one of the scientific advances appearing in the two-year report of the Sloan Kettering Institute for Can cer Research here. The re port was made public by Dr. Warren Weaver, chairman of the board of trustees, and Frank A. Howaru, prac. Scientists at the institute have found that the body's natural defenses can be stimu lated to recover 100 per cent from one form of cancer, sar coma 180, in laboratory mice The most effective agent for this stimulation has been BCG, bacillus calmette guer- in, which has been commonly used to stimulate resistance in children exposed to tubercu losis. Study of Animals Studies of animals with spontaneous rather than im planted cancers are now in progress to discover whether or not these, too, have the profound effect on the de fense system and if stimula tion of the defenses can slow or stop their growth. Another advance marking two years of scientific prog ress at the Institute involves a study of possible hazards from X-ray procedures. It was found that a one-degree mis alignment of a conventional X-ray cone during chest X-ray can increase threefold the dose to the ovaries. Further-j more, failure to adjust the machine to a short man can increase the dosage to the scrotum by 60. TJie report opened with a memorial statement honoring the late Dr. C. P. Rhoads, di rector of the institute since its founding in 1945. He died suddenly Aug. 13, 1959. Problems Facing American Indians Said Still Unsolved Salem - (DPD - The newly created State Board of Agri culture will hold its first meet ing Thursday. Washington Major prob lems of education, health and economic development of the American Indian remain un solved although the Federal Government has been in the Indian business for the past 185 years. The Continental Congress declared its jurisdiction over affairs in 1775, and the Federal Government be gan making payments to In dians in 1789. Since then it has spent more than $3 billion on In dian programs. Of this, $1.1 iinon has been spent during he past decade. If the present 'rend continues, Congress KXn will be spending $200 million a year on Indian pro grams. How Many Indians? The Federal Government estimates that there are about 535,000 Indians in the United States, of whom 360,000 are under some type of Federal jurisdiction. Collectively they have a considerable amount of assets. The Federal Govern ment holds 52.2 million acres of trust land for Indians. The land is conservatively valued at $279 million, and it is tax exempt. Other assets of Fed erally controlled Indians are estimated at $316 million. Even so, the average Indian under Federal jurisdiction is usually poor, often illiterate and in poor health. The Bu reau of Indian Affairs esti mates that half of the Indians under its jurisdiction are functionally illiterate. The U.S. Public Health Service, in charge of Indian health, es timates that infant mortality is nearly four times greater among Indians than non-In dians. In a major attempt to get Indians educated, BIA has launched several programs in recent years to get out-of-school Indian children in school and to provide voca tional training to adult In dians. The U. S. Public Health Service has embarked on a big hospital and clinic con struction program to improve Indian health, particularly in remote areas of the Southwest and Alaska. Both programs have been relatively successful. But the Indian program gets bigger each year because the Indian population is increasing at the rate of 2.5 per cent annually, faster than that of any other minority group in this country. Some Federal programs and policies in recent years have been highly controver sial. A relocation program be gun seven years ago to relo cate reservation Indians to ur ban areas is opposed by some Indian tribes and Indian or ganizations. They look upon it as an effort to force Indians into the mainstream of Ameri can life and to break up their tribes and traditions. They want the Federal Government to develop their reservation resources .instead. A number of Indian experts question whether remote In dian reservation areas can ever provide a reasonably high standard of living for the fast -growing Indian popula tion. Chairman Richard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.) of the Senate Indian Affairs Sub committee asks: "Was the original theft (of Indian land) so thorough that the soil will not accept the seed?" Termination Policy Congress in 1953 without debate adopted a resolution stating "it is the policy of Congress, as rapidly as possi ble .. . to end (Indians') stat us as wards of the United States." Indian organizations and many Indian tribes went up in smoke over this so called "termination" program. Interior Secretary Fred A. Seaton has interpreted termi nation as "an objective, not an immediate goal." He claims that the Federal Government will not end its jurisdiction over any tribe unless a ma jority of the tribe wants to be rid of Federal controls. More than a dozen tribes and bands totalling 16,000 Indians have been or are in the proc ess of being terminated from Federal controls since 1954. Neuberger holds that "the question of justice" for the American Indian "is - still to be solved" by the Govern ment. But Chairman James A. Haley (D-Fla.) of the House mm CORNER 4TH AND FRONT PLENTY OF- FREE PARKING Store Hours Daily 8:30 A.M. to 8 P.M. 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"As I think back over the changes that have taken place to Indians since I became Commissioner in 1953, it is hard to believe they are the same people," Emmons told Congressional Quarterly. "I am proud of what we have done and of what the Indians have done to improve their lot." He is particularly en couraged about the growing interest among Indians in the value of education. "Once the Indians' sense of pride is restored, once they are educated and gainfully employed, the Indian problem will be virtually solved," Em mons stated. (Copyright 1960. Congressional Quarterly Inc.) Nine Area Students On OSC Honor Roll Corvallis - Nine students from the Medford area are listed on the fall term honor roll at Oregon State college. Listed from Medford are Vernon L. Gleason, a senior in business and technology; Joseph M. Teeter, a sopho more in business and technol ogy; Kenneth R. Arnold, a junior in engineering; and Gerald L. Young, a graduate student in science. From Central Point are Jo hanna Dobrot, a sophomore in agriculture; Sally J. Elden, a junior in education; and Herschel L. Mack, a junior in lower division of liberal arts. Also listed are Richard L. Brown, a junior in agriculture from Eagle Point, and Bruce M. Burnett, a junior in agri culture from Gold Hill. To be eligible for honor roll listing, students must make at least a B plus average for the term. 'THE MAN WHO' WON'T Syracuse, N. Y. -IUPD- Dr. Paul L. Maglione ran for the office of coroner promising he would abolish the post if elected. He called it archaic and inefficient. Maglione was defeated. Secretaries Taught Nurse Procedures Syracuse, N.Y. - (UPD - St. Joseph's Hospital here is try ing to ease the nurse shortage by teaching secretaries how to take temperatures, read blood pressure and administer hy prodermics. A spokesman explained that many registered nurses are leaving hospital staffs to work in doctors' offices as secre taries and assistants. 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