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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1960 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE, Geography Conference Set at State College uorvams-A special "con. fcrence on geography" will be given Dec. 10 at Oregon State college as a service to elementary and high school teachers of the state. The new social studies cur riculum in both grade and high schools calls for greatly increased emphasis on geog raphy, it was pointed out, and the conference w i 1 give teachers additional back ground on the best ways to present subject matter and use maps, globes, and charts in the classroom. Latest materials available for teaching geography will be demonstrated and display ed as part of the program, according to Dr. J. Granville Jensen, head of geography at OSC. Guest Speaker Guest Speaker for the all day program will be Dr. Neville Scarfe, dean of edu cation at University of Brit ish Columbia and former head of the geography department at University of London, Eng land. He is author of several geography references and was a member of the Inter national Geographical Union committee on geography In the schools. Scarfe will speak at the opening and closing sessions for all teachers. The mid-day program will include sep arate sectional meetings for high school, junior high, in intermediate and primary grade teachers. Geography specialists from OSC, some other colleges, and from geography publishing firms will head up the four sections. Question-and-answer periods are planned to discuss problems encounted in teaching geography at the various grade levels. The conference is the ninth in-service conference held at OSC during the past 18 months for teachers of the state. Other conferences have been in science and mathe matics, reading, counseling. and language arts. Counterfeit Drug Wave Hits Retail Trading Markets Washington (Science Serv ice) - Counterfeiting may be on the increase in the drug market, the Food and Drug administration here warned druggists. FDA Commisioner George P. Larrick urged drug retail ers to report to the nearest FDA district office immedi ately when a pharmacist sus pects he has been 'offered counterfeit drugs. Counterfeit drugs are fre quently delivered in paper or pliofilm bags or other un labeled containers, usually easily distinguishable from an authentic wholesale package, FDA said. A survey nearing comple tion indicates that drug coun terfeiting may be increasing, although it has existed for some years. Counterfeit . Counterfeit diuretics with a copied label from Merck Sharp and Dohme were seized in Washington by FDA re cently. The duped pharmacist said the analysis showed the counterfeit Diuril and Hydro diuril to be up to the legal manufacturer's standard and he added that he had paid the wholesaler in good faith. The same counterfeiter may have sold drugs in other cities in the East, South and Mid west, FDA warned. Larrick said that "even though the particular batch of a counterfeit drug may have the same strength and purity of the drug it counter feits, the counterfeiting of drugs is contrary to the pub lic interest and is in viola tion of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic act. Serious Threat "This reprehensible prac tice poses a serious threat to the public health in that it could undermine the funda. mental control over the safe ty and efficacy of drugs. FDA says counterfeit drugs are manufactured for the specific purpose of being pass ed off to and by the retailer when he is filling prescrip tions as the product of anotrv er manufacturer. The drugs have been ship ped to distributors under such false billings as "machine tools." "ceramics," "water softener" and "glass beads,' and are frequently delivered to the local pharmacists by personal auto mobile, FDA said. Sales to the retailers are usually made on a cash basis without invoicing or other billing. National pharmacy organi zations have pledged FDA their full cooperation in de tecting and eliminating drug counterfeiting. Jones Low Bidder On Reserve Unit Myers D. Jones, Medford contractor, was apparent low bidder for construction of 'a Naval Reserve electronics ad dition tn the Army Reserve corps building in Medford, ac cording to the public works office of the 13th Naval dis trict, Seattle. Jone's bid was $32,332. The government estimate was $36,800 for the single inrv. 40x42-foot building with concrete floor slab and concrete block and brick Other bidders were Rogue Valley construction company, $32,360; Don L. Jacoos con struction company, S3,3H4 .tar-v Malhis. Roseburs. $32. 712; Batzer Construction com pany, $35,219; Supreme Build ,.r Inc. Portland. $35,437 Earl M. Hall and Son, Cor- vallis, $36,525; and E. i. tor Jet Noise Shown To Produce Crack In Plane's Metal Los Angeles (Science Serv ice) - Jet noise, which irri tates passengers and persons on the ground, can also pro duce cracks in a plane's metal skin. This problem is being stud ied intensively by an engi neering professor at the Uni versity of California, Los An geles, as a basic first step in overcoming the problem. After the propulsive jet of gas has left the engine, it fans out and mixes with the atmosphere, creating violent turbulent eddies that radiate sound waves, says Prof. Alan Powell, who is investigating aerodynamic noise in a spe cial laboratory on campus. Strongest on Flaps For present et airliners, the impact of the noise and accompanying vibrations is trongest on the flaps and then on the middle-rear part of the fuselage. The latter fact is one reason that the first class compartment in jet planes has been switched to the forward part of the plane. So far, sound-induced vi brations that cause acoustic fatigue have not caused any major accidents, but they have resulted in numerous cracks in the plane's metal skin and the loosening of rivets. As jet engines become more power. ful, the problem will grow increasingly important, says Powell, who started his re search ten years ago in his native England. Slower Streams Since the jet noise level depends more on the velocity of the jet stream than on its diameter, Powell hopes to see the introduction of engines having larger but slower jet streams, which could give the same thrust with less noise. In the future, Powell be lieves, the noise factor must be taken into account in the preliminary design of a plane and its engines, and not after the first cracks show up or passengers start complaining. Old Gout Remedy Used in Treating Arthritis Cases Boston (Science Service) - Colchicine, an alkaloid long used successfully in treating gout, has been effective in treating two cases of sarcoid arthritis in the U. S. Army hospital in Munich, Germany. Capt. Herbert Kaplan, as sistant chief, medical service, U. S. Army hospital, Munich, said that to his knowledge this represents the first report of the effectiveness of this ancient remedy in an arthritis other than gout. "The importance of finding a drug that may be of value in sarcoid arthritis cannot be underestimated," Kaplan re ported in the New England Journal of Medicine. "Joint involvement has been shown to occur in up to 25 per cent of patients with sarcoidosis, and may cause chronic debili ty and joint destruction." Steroids have been used and may be beneficial in the various types of sarcoidisis, a chronic ailment affecting the lymph glands, lungs, bones intestines, spleen, liver and skin separately or in combi nation. 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