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Emirltua rnmuiunl in Mtdlflnt.
Mhjo Clll.lt
EmorHui finmut of MsditUM.
Haya ClUtla
It wuii a lucky afternoon;
wo found it black hour; wo
wiilched him tenrlriK oimrl un
Did log thiil evidently con
tallied a mimhi'i- of Iiiiku,
UlucK uuciies. I h hear seem
od til enjoy them iiIuiik Willi
noma other Insects that ho
found.
Wo couldn't tell miyoiiu f
our discovery (or II the won
liul around, acinic "bruva'
iiuntor would have linmcdl
ately surrounded himself with
itroup of other "bruvc" hum
us und allot the poor hear to
(leiilh.
The black hour lum mr
vlvcd, In ii A i it it 1 1 way, In tula
lii'iiiuy wilderness called tho
i.'veitfliKles only becuuse the
animal la u little anuuler thai
most ot those that would kill
him. lie muni live by his own
renin reoa mid cleverness In
kecpuiK complutely out ol the
way. hvon the law that pro
tocls moat iinhuala olfura him
Jlllle coualdcrution; he la con
sidered a predator and la usu
ally hunted down.
Fw Ltd
'I heir numhera In the hi it
swamps lire lew, but an occa
alonil one la atlll to be found
and the one we were watch
Inn, in adult male, aecmed to
he utterly oblivious to the
fact that he win being ob
served. Here In the ureal
southern awamp the black
bear doca not urow loo large;
n 200-pound one la conaldered
large while a few hundred
nillea to tho north they imiy
reach a weight of 400 pounda.
Tho black bear la probably
the most playful of any wild
animal and at the aumo time
ccms to be the moil human
nd underataudlng. In captivi
ty they are, with the poaalble
exception of aome of the
monkeys, tho moat popular of
all zoo Inmulea. Their clever
ncsa In learning trlcka and
their general tractablllty and
playful disposition have com
bined to make them an In
valuable feature of any me
nagerie. During the greater part of
each year the black bear, ei
ther male or female, lives
alone. Actually they are tree
climbing anlinala and will
climb a tree at the flrat algu
of danger, depending on
height and isolation to save
them from their enemies. And
tho only acrious enemy they
liuvo la man, wno, of course,
lias very little chance of catch
ing them without the aid of
tracking dogs.
PidB Favored -
The black bear eats gieai
variety of f o o d a. Berries,
roots, honey, vegetables, small
animals, Insects, eggs, and at
times, an occasional pig when
one can be found. Being par
ticularly fond of raw pork
is one of the reason! why
Uruln la so despised by some
Stock raisers.
Contrary to what you may
have heard, and In spite of
the probability that you knotv
a man who had a friend who
know another man who was
attacked by a black bear, It
la atlll mostly a "tall tale."
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ROCKY MOBBED (iuv. Nelson A. Rocke
feller wua mnhhed as he arrived in Chicago
Monday, a week before start of the 001"
convention. Ho la shown being greeted by
supporters holding "Draft Rockefeller" tings
Report Minimizes
Hazards of Fallout
Washington fllPD - The De
fense Department, which dis
likes tho government s atom
ic test ban, has prepared a
report minlniuing radluliini
hazards of fallotil from nu
clear explosions conducted by
the United Sidles, iirllaln and
Russia through 11)58.
Maumado nuclear debris Is
minor, the department im
plied, cumpurcd with natural
radiation that always has ex
isted. U2's Did Research
U2 airplanes like the one
downed In Russia May 1 did
tho main rcseurch for the 25U-
pugc report during a three
year high altitude sampling
program throughout the west
ern hemisphere.
Prepared by the Pentagon's
Defense Atomic Support agen
cy, the report put it on record
officially that the U2 has an
operating altitude of 70. QUO
feet. Its flight endurance Is
T,1 hours and Its cruising
speed about 500 miles an
hour, v . , vi .
The air sampling flights of
the U2 - using quite different
equipment from the spy mla
slons over Russia - were de
signed to find out how nuclear
fallout circulates In the strat
osphere and how hazardous It
potentially might be.
The conclusion said the con-
The black bear does not at
tack anyone, anytime, unless
It is wounded, provoked be
yond endurance or when its
cubs are molested. We were
sure that bear we were watch
ing weighed 200 pounds be
cause we caught him and then
weighed him. We allowed him
to go frcea disgusted but n
much wiser bear.
(Releasod by The Register and
Tribune Syndicate, 1960)
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trlhutlon to total radiation of
fallout from weapons tests is
"quite low."
"All Inhumation thus far
accumulated indicates that
fallout constitutes a hazard
to the h u m a n population
which population which Is
small compared to the hazard
from natural radiation," Un
report said.
The total radiation does to
h u m a n reproductive tissue
from fallout through 1982
would amount to .05 roent
gen compared with 3 roent
gens from natural radiation,
it said.
"In other words, nuclear
weapons testing will increase
the genetically important, ra
diation background by no
more than 2 per cent," the
report said.
Murder Trial Set
Sept; 7 in Salem
Salem-HJPD-The first degree
murder trial of James Bird
Borden, 35-year-old mental pa
tient, wos set Tuesday by Cir
cuit Judge George Duncan for
Sept. 7.
The Judge rejected a re
quest by the Marion county
district attorney for a sanity
hearing.
Borden Is charged In the
July 9 slaying of Mrs. Maxine
Spratt, 38. He admitted
stangling her after she tried
to break off an engagement
with him, police said.
Borden Is back in custody
of tho slate hospital. He had
been on parole from the hos
pital when the slaying occurred.
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at OOP headquarters in the Conrad Hilton
hotel, lie held a press conference Monday
In which he once again said he would nut
he a candidate for the party's vice presi
dential nomination. (UPI Tclepholo)
Phoenix Club Sets
Work Parly Tonight
Phuenix - The Phoenix
Community club will have a
work party starting about 7
o'clock tonight, floor construc
tion chairman J. D. Lubbers
has announced.
Purpose will he to complete
laying of a new hardwood
floor which is now iwo-thirds
done, he said. Two more work
nights should finish It, he
said.
"We hope lo get it finished
tills week so we can slart on
plans for fall activities," he
explained. "We will want
some type of floor-warming
party as soon as the floor is
done. We also hope to have
another lnll festival."
Lubbers and Floyd Work
man have been working on
week ends to complete t h e
floor. The Phoenix Lions club
donated a day to the project.
The Phoenix firemen and oth
er community organizations
will be asked lo contact their
members for the project.
The community club board
of governors plans to use the
building for a teen-age recre
ation program during winter
and fall months, in addition
to square dancing and other
activities for adults. The com
munity club meetings, held
the third Monday of every
month, are open to all resi
dents in Phoenix interested
in community club activities.
ACTRESS WINS AWARD
San Sebastian, Spain njPD
Amcrican movie star Joanne
Woodward was awarded the
San Sebastian Cinema Festi
val's Grand Prix Tuesday for
the best feminine perform
ance. Miss Woodward's award
was for her role in "The Fu
gitive Kind," with Anna Mag
nani and Marlon Brando.
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A Duodanal Diverticulum
As 1 have said many limes
before in this column - and
must say aguln-we physicians
tend to get
into habits as
we make our
diagnoses, en-
pec i a lly in
puzzling cases,
Every day wc
sec women
who arc a I
ways ailing
and complain-
UK AI.VAKI!' ul " B"a
that. Some are physically
frail; some are easily upset
nervously; some arc mildly
depressed, perhaps like their
mother who once was in a
mental hospital; many - poor
souls - are sadly overworked,
like the widow I Just saw who
types in an office all day and
then comes home to get din
ner for a sick husband and
three children. Others are
mainly unhappy like the
woman whose husband is
drinking, or gambling, or
chasing skirts.
Often, when a conscientious
physician sees a woman like
this, he feels so slumped and
so helpless. What on earth can
he do to be really helpful, and
really to tackle the problems
of frailness, unhappiness, over
work, and lack of money?
Perhaps he is swamped with
overwork himself, and is tired
out. How he'd like to clear
out his reception-room and go
home to his favorite chair,
his pipe and his newspaper!
But after he leaves the office
he may have to make rounds
in the hospital, and then make
a few house - calls, which
means that he'll come home
around 11:30, too tired to eat
or lo rest.
Is it any wonder thai a man
In that situation somelimes
takes the easy and quick way
out. Instead of spending an
hour trying really to grapple
with the sickly woman's prob
lems, he says, "Look at this
little diaphragmatic hernia, or
look at this (slightly) low
blood sugar, or this slightly
low blood count, or look at
these diverticula (tiny out
pouchings) on your large bow
el, or look at this ptosis llow
position of the stomach and
bowel) or look at this diverti
culum on your: duodenum
(the duodenum is the 'first 12
inches of the . small bowel
next io the "outlet ol the
stomach).
By doing this sort of tiling,
the doctor can dismiss the
woman in 10 minutes and then
go on to his next patient.
What, to me, is curious is that
the fashion in such diagnoses
changes just as does the
fashion In women s clothes.
For instance: a few years ago,
for six months I kept getting
hundreds of letters asking
about a low blood pressure;
then no one asked about that,
but hundreds asked how they
were to cure a low blood
sugar. Last year hundreds
asked about divcrticulosis of
the colon, and right now
dozens are asking about di
verticula of the duodenum,
and should they have theirs
cut out.
Actually, I have been see
ing diverticula of the duo
denum for 47 years. Only once
In that time did I see one so
big that I thought it might be
causing the woman's dis
tresses. A surgeon look it out
and she was no whit better.
Then I learned that she had
concealed from me her story
of great unhappiness and frus
tration over a love affair, and
I was much ashamed. During
my 25 years at the Mayo
Clinic I cannot remember ever
seeing another patient oper
ated on for a diverticulum of
the duodenum. I see no reason
why such a' congenital ob
normality should produce
symptoms. I am pretty sure
that these little out-pouchings
In a few men and women arc
a "throw-back" to certain fish
in which the duodenum al
ways Is surrounded by one or
two dozen diverticula.
One of the kindest things
that a physician can do for a
tired-out, or highly nervous
or mildly psychotic woman is
not to mention the harmless
little congenital peculiarities
which show up during her
examination, and which mean
nothing. To mention them can
only cause anxiety and per
haps can lead to the perform
ance of a needless operation.
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A "Joint Mouse"
A woman writes to say that
her children are vastly
amused because the doctor
says she has a "joint mouse"
in her knee. She wants to
know what such a mouse is
like, and how It got into her
knee. She evidently has a
joint mouse, all right, because
sometimes her knee will, for
a moment, get locked straight,
or suddenly, as when dancing,
she will feel a sickening pain
In the knee and will fall to
the floor.
What happened probably
was that she got a type of
arthritis in the knee in whirh
a sort of gasket (like the I
runner pad that goes between
the two ends of a big pipe
where it is boiled together)
enlarged and became fringe
like on the edges. Then a
piece of this fringe separated
and became loose in the joint
cavity. This is the "mouse."
The treatment is lo operate
and take it out .
(Released by The Register and
Tribune Syndicate, I960)
Wall Street
Chatter
New York-WD-The Interna
tional Statistical bureau feels
the Democratic platform and
its candidates must definitely
be construed as favoring the
economy.
The platform, it says, prom
ises everything to everybody
and is not deflationary. With
Sen. Johnson as vice presi
dential candidate, the bureau
expects pressure for passage
of some of the bills stimulat
ing to the economy in a spe
cial August session.
It also points but that the
Republican platform and its
candidates may promise as
much and in some areas more.
The bureau says it's difficult
to see how all these promises
can fail to stimulate stock
prices.
The Fitch Survey believes
that the shares of Spcrry
Rand appear deserving of a
higher price-earnings multiple
than the current 18.5 figure.
With the profit improvement
ihat is anticipated, a construc
tive approach to the stock at
Its present levels seems justi
fied, it says.
Penick and Ford has built
an interesting base formation
during the past several weeks,
according to Bache and Co. A
close above 50 accompanied
bv increased trading activity
would make this issue attrac
tive for short term trading
accounts. Bache concludes.
The bulk of advice from the
major advisory services has
a cautious tone and is not like
ly to change materially in the
next few weeks, according to
R. E. Buchsbaum of W. E. Hut
ton and Co. The probability
that international crises and
doubtful business prospects
will continue should keep the
market in the doldrums until
the fall.
Potland Woman
Killed in Crash
Hwaco, Wash. (UPII Mrs.
Elizabeth Austin. 65. Port
land, was killed Tuesday aft
ernoon when the car in
which she was riding missed
a nirve and rolled over on
U.S. Highway 101 north of
llwaco.
Driver of the car was Mrs.
Austin's husband, R o s c o e
Austin. fi8. Two sisters. Lydia
Austin, 82, and Nona Austin,
72, were passengers,
Austin was treated and re
leased. The two sisters re
mained in the hospital in
serious condition.
Firm To Look For
Oil In Polk County
Dallas, Ore. - IUPH - Another
try will be made in Polk coun
ty to find oil, according to an
industry magazine.
The publication Northwest
Oil Report said Ross Mitchell
and Associates, will make a
fourth try soon.
The magazine also said
that Humble Oil company
will start sinking oil explora
tion drills in Lake county In
about two weeks.
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