THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1980
OSC Research Is
OPEN MONDAY AND FRIDAY TIL 9 P.M.
MEDFORD. MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. ORE,
On Virus Problem
Corvalls-A joke currently
tnnklng (lie rounds is that
When your physician looks at
you with a frown, shakes his
head, and says "you seem to
have a virus" he really doesn't
know what your problem Is.
Whether or not this is true,
Oregon State college research
is throwing some light on the
complicated subject of viruses.
In studying transmission of
plant viruses by Insects, Dr.
Knud G. Swenson, OSC en
tomologist, has come up with
(acts that will help scientists
understand human viruses as
well as Dlant viruses.
Although humans and anl-l
mals are not affected by plant
viruses, mosquitoes that carry
human viruses transmit them
in the same ways as insects
that carry plant viruses. This
basic fact means that agricul
tural research docs much
tpadework for medical re
search, for facts learned by
studying the ways plants be
come Infected can be applied
to ways humans and animals j
become infected.
Studying Vectors
Swenson has been studying
vectors (insects that carry
plant viruses) for about 10
years-the past six at OSC.
During the coming year, he
will continue his work in
Australia under a Guggen
heim fellowship awarded him
as an outstanding scholar.
The entomologist reported j
there are about 400 known j
plant viruses. Some 300 of!
these are transmitted by in- j
aects-100 by aphids. Much I
of his research at OSC has!
been with aphid-borne viruses,
(or, as he puts it "you must
understand the biology of the
insect before you can control
It on1 vnu mucf imriprctanrl
the biology of the virus before .
you can control it." ,
Viruses affect all sorts of!
plants-small grains, gladioli, !
beans, clover, alfalfa, pota
toes, cane fruits, strawberries, .
peas, sugar beets, asters, car-;
rots, tomatoes, squash, cu
cumbers, cherries, cabbage,
broccoli, onions, and lilies.
Religious Sect
Hides in Fear of
Russian Affack
Benson, Ariz. - HOT - About 1
100 members of a small religi-.
ous sect remained hidden to
day in bomb shelters and cel
lars of their sealed homes,
(earful of a Russian nuclear
attack within two days.
- The men, women and chil-,
dren went underground Mon-
day night and refused to an
swer their telephones or open
their doors to visitors or news
men because: "We're afraid
the Soviet Union is going to
attack the United States by
Saturday."
Warrant Procured
City Attorney Fred Tal
madge procured a warrant to
determine whether the chil
dren of the members of the
Full Gospel Assembly were
safe, and Wednesday night en
tered the home of Elder Wil
burt William, a member of
the assembly.
"When we tried to get in
they thought the alert had
come and we were outsiders
trying to take-advantage of
their shelters," Talmadge
said.
Mo Further Action
"After we started to break
in they realized who we were
and let us in with apologies.
These ' are good people. We
weren't overly worried, but
did want to make sure the
children were okay. We plan
no further action.
"They have a right to their
beliefs."
Talmadge said Williams in
dicated the sect's conviction
of a nuclear holocaust was
divinely inspired. However,
he said Williams told him
the members would leave
their hiding places Saturday
If no attack had occurred.
Stocked With Food
' The shelters and cellars of
the sect's members were well
stocked with food and water,
were spacious and equipped
with electricity, Talmadge
said.
Seclusion of the members
has left much of the north
end of this small southern
Arizona farm town looking
like a ghost town.
POETRY OKAYED
' Knoxville, Tenn. -TOPD- Mrs.
Margaret Bass, specialist in
English educatiou at the Uni
versity of Tennessee, reported
today a survey of 295 10th
grade pupils showed that 95
per cent would not be embar
rassed If their friends caught
them reading poetry.
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Valesca, obviously piqued at
the wisecracks of the marquis
of Blanford at a West End
sight club, told him:
' "There's a bus In 10 min
utes. Bj under it."
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