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o 0 10 c. MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORB.'Ofllfc THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 19S0 Chemical Control For Wheat Smut Seen in Report . Richland, Wash. - (Science 8ervice)-WIieat smut, a fun dus disease that could cost U.S. wheat growers many millions of dollars a year, is expected to be brought under chemical control, ' Dr. Vernon H. Cheldeiin of Oregon State college told an American Chemical society meeting here that a substance believed responsible for the dwarfing of wheat, one of the tlrst symptoms of the disease, has been identiifed. The sub stance is a natural product of a smut fungus called Tilletia contraversa. , The material, oxalic acid, Is capable of removing from wheat tissue nutrients that are essential to growth, Dr. Cheldeiin said. ', Research on the life proc ess of smut fungi is expected to reveal information on the nature of the parasites and on the resistance of wheat to them. This insight may lead to logical control methods, Dr. Cheldeiin reported. ' The only defense against wheat smut at present is to breed resistant strains of wheat. However, smut fungi an, by Interbreeding or mu tation, produce new races ca pable of attacking the "resist ant" wheat. ' Wheat smut, which serious ly limits the wheat crop in the northwestern stales and threatens to spread to every wheat center in the world, hows up as black spores that replace the wheat kernels. . E. J. Vaisey and Dr. R. W. Newburgh, also of Oregon State college, were coauthors of the report. CHRISTIAN'S MARKET 1135 loiier Lane 2 lbs. I; Httmi AMUSKUMl i mtwJ lOFItivrfiiMF MmioeititDCfi! i lfi'i3&33KJ;SSK -Hill I "" SSbj ( I iiMemraluraBM JtM Asian Impact Yet To Be Fully Measured In United Nations CALLIOPE SOUNDS OFF Young listeners seem to be enjoying the sound of an antique steam calliope being tuned up for the annual "Steamboat Days" celebration at Winona, Minn. The instrument is one of the last seven known playable steam calliopes in the United States. (UPI Telephoto) 'Steamboat Days' to Inaugurate Presentation of River Relics Winona, Minn. - (lira - The rollicking music of a steam calliope will sound on the Mississippi river here as a prelude to this city's annual "Steamboat Days" July cele bration. The special "Steam-up Day" will mark the presenta tion of valuable historical rel ics to the Winona Historical society by three brothers who were born in Winona and went on to establish a world wide machine tool business. Echo of Other Days The calliope, said to be one of the few remaining of these fast-disappearing instruments in the U.S., is an echo from the romantic steamboat days of another era. When young America push ed westward to new frontiers in the 19th century, show boats made Winona a regular port of call. Their blaring calliopes called the fun-loving to the Mississippi levees for an evening's entertain ment. I The Winona calliope has 32 whistles and its music can be heard for 10 miles up and down the river. Its music will signal the start of festivities at the Steamboat museum, which is being restored by the Winona Historical society. There will be presentations of rare letters written by Robert Fulton, inventor of the steamboat; original Cur rier & Ives prints of Missis sippi river scenes; the cal liope; and other steamboat memorabilia by Robert James and Leighton Wilkie. Built in 1898 The brothers are owners of the DoAU company, Des Plaines, 111., and founders of the Wilkie Foundation, a phil anthropic corporation. The steamboat housing the museum was built in 1898. It was the next to the last of these craft to ply the upper reaches of the Mississippi river. Renovation of the steam boat as a permanent link be tween the steamboat days and the present was accomplished through the contributions of school children, businessmen and the Wilkie Foundation. Big Money Paid For Suggestions Rochester, N. Y.- IUPD -Eastman Kodak Co. employees found a nest egg of consid erable size in the firm's sug gestion box in 1959. Awards to workers for sug gestions to- improve products or manufacturing methods to taled $313,000. Close to 40 per cent of the 37,000 ideas submitted by more than a quarter of all Kodak employ ees were accepted. Top award of $6,000 was shared by two men who sug gested enclosures be built around the drier sections of machines used in making pho tographic paper. United Nations, N.Y.-WPD- Asia plays a leading role in the United Nations but the Asian impact is yet to be fully measured. The big issue-Chinese rep resentation - remains unre solved after 10 years of furi ous debate. Communist China, with up wards of 600 million people, is not a UN member. Nation alist China, with a popula tion of about 10 million on Formosa, is a member and has veto power in the Secur ity Council. Korea is divided into Com munist and non-Communist parts. So is Viet Nam. Neither country is represented here. Outer Mongolia, a Commu nist state compressed between China and Siberia, has been kept outside by a Chinese Na tionalist veto. Therefore, Asian peoples comprising about one-fourth of the world population have no representation at all in the world organization. While this state of affairs remains, no one can be cer tain of the full extent of Asian influence in the U.N, But, if 680 million Asians have no voice at U.N. head quarters, another 840 million do. They form the biggest regional grouping. lo most Asian diplomats. the China problem overrides all others in importance to the future of the United Na. toins. They argue that whether Communist China gets into the U.N. or not, it cannot be ignored as a world power. It must be taken into account in reaching agreement on such vital matters as disarm ament. .. fa ..... .A ' ' " ' 1 . . ' . s . ' mm 1ISTE ...with total nutrition meat alone cannot give! 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Others Also Produced The cancerous mast cells produce In large quantities not only the compounds of normal mast cells but several others that may not be pres ent in the normal mast cells or present in too small amounts to be recognized. Chemicals so far identified in mast cell tumors have been implicated in mental disease, shock and allergy, inflamma tion, circulatory and heart dis eases, high blood pressure, rheumatic heart disease, ex cessive stomach secretion and irregularities of nerve trans- mision. These include histamine, which is released in high con centration during allergies and acute infections; seroto nin, which may be involved In brain function; adrenalin and noradrenalin, the stress hormones; and heparin, blood clotting agent. . Drs. Clark and Hartman are attempting to learn how all these compounds In mast cells are produced and stored and enter Into body chemistry. They are also seeking natural or artificial chemicals which would block the production of these substances. These might lead to more effective control of diseases in which these substances are implicat ed. The research is supported by the National Science Foun dation, California Institute for Cancer Research, U. S. Public Health service and American Cancer society. Dog Stands Watch After Owner Crashes Boone, N.C. -A car being driven by Mrs. Lawrence H. Owsley skidded on the wet pavement and smashed into truck. Mrs. Owsley was rush ed to the hospital. No one can explain the re sultant actions of Mrs. Owl ley's pet dog, Bebee. Almost immediately after the accident, Bebee disap peared from the Owsley house, which was locked. The dog was found standing guard over Mrs. Owsley's wrecked car, a mile from the house. Bebee would not budge umil thftamily maid came to pick At 10 consecutive general assembly sessions, the major ity has voted to bury the issue of membership for the Pei ping government. There is no present prospect of reversing that action. Individuals have been more important than countries in providing leadership of Asian delegations. Many Asian statesmen, including a num ber from small countries, have left their mark on the organ ization. India has been the most consistent leader among the delegations. Its able . repre sentatives usually take the initiative in mobilizing Asian and African response to issues of interest to those regions. Competed With India Japan, which became a member in 1956, has to some degrees competed with India for group leadership. But Ja pan, oriented toward the West, follows a middle-of-the-road policy in As.ian affairs that inhibits Japanese dele gates. Numerically, at least, the Asian position in the U.N. li threatened. 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