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Artery io the Brain Plugs Up
One of the big, recent ad
vances in surgery is in the re
lief of a person who has boon
suffering a se- riui -rmff
fine- nt .mall WT fi
strokes, due to f - t,$
some p i u g-
mg-up of one
of the main
(carotid) artc-
r i I e in thn
neck which V " A,
supplies the V'.&f
brain with CSATt A
blOOd. I re- Alvarci
cently read an excellent ar
ticle by Drs. W. S. llenly,
D. A. Cooley, W. B. Gordon
Jr., and Michael E. DoBakcy
of Baylor University College
of Medicine, in Houston. Dr.
DcBakey is one of the great
artery surgeons of this coun
try. The doctors report sev
eral cases in which the inter
nal carotid artery in the neck
was not carrying enough
blood because it had become
twisted and kinked.
In the first case, a man of
47 had had a spell with diffi
culty in talking, then numb
ness of his tongue, paralysis of
the right side of his face, in
ability to write, and weakness
of the left arm and leg. These
symptoms cleared up in three
days, except for a slight hesi
tation in his speech. For the
next six months, the man
went on having episodes in
which he would become
diziy, he migiil see flashing
lights, and he might walk like
a drunk.
Troubles Typical
I This story of a series of
brain troubles is typical of
these people. The story is not
like that of the man of 50 or
tit) who, out of a clear, sky,
gels a terrible stroke, and
drops to the floor, paralyzed
on one side and perhaps un
able to talk.
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case, the doctors tell of a
man who, for a year, had been
developing more and more
difficulty with talking. What
the doctors do now in such a
case is to inject into the
artery a chemical which
makes it visible with the x
rays. If they find an obstruct
ed place or a kink, they op
erate, and In one way or
another restore the ability of
the artery to carry blood up
to the brain. With this, recov
ery may be spectacular.
In the third case, a 50-year-old
man had had several epi
sodes of dizziness and inabil
ity to talk. He would be in
trouble for an hour or so, and
then would talk again. In the
: fourth case, the man had had
four years of trouble with
sleeplessness, irritability and
bodily discomfort. One night,
as he got out of bed, he faint
ed and lay unconscious on the
floor for 15 minutes. After
that, he had severe discomfort
in his chest, and a brief weak
ness of his right arm and leg.
A year later, he fainted while
in a store, shopping.
Then for two or three
months he had spells of slight
dizziness and faintness which
came when he turned his head
to the left side. He would
feel all right when he turned
his head to look straight
ahead. Obviously, turning of
his head caused an extra nar
rowing of the diseased artery.
Work Ability Impaired
In another case, a 40-year-
old woman had been having
episodes in which her memory
i would suddenly fail for a
' while; also her ability to
work would be impaired. The
doctors have now studied 000
palienls like those described,
40 per cent of whom hud some
obsl ruction in one of the very
important arteries in the neck.
Many a person writes to me
to say something like this
that six months or a year ago.
their old father suddenly had
a bad stroke with paralysis
and an inability to talk. In
all of this time, he has not im
proved much. They wonder if
they should now take him half
across the continent for an op.
oration, and 1 am almost cer
tain they should not. His brain
has been severely damaged
and if he has a pluggcd-up
artery, the chances arc that
by now, it is a solid cord
which never can be opened up
agnin.
Tile best time for operating
on the neck arteries is within
hours after the last of a se
ries of strokes. Usually, also,
if after a stroke, the man has
degenerated mentally, a sur
geon will not want to operate
on him.
Planted Acreage
01 Feed Grain
To Eoual 1961
Washington-ll'Pli-Th e Agri
culture Department says
the total planted acreage
of feed grain this year will
about equal the 130 million
acres planted in 1961 if farm
ers carry out their March 1
intentions.
Such an acreage would be
18 per cent below the 1955-59
average. Increases of 3 per
cent over 1961 are planned
for corn and 2 per cent for
sorghums. Offsetting are pros
pective reductions of acreage
for oats and barley.
Influence Reflected
The department said in a
review of the feed situation
that feed grain acreages last
year and this year reflect the
influence of the feed grain
program. The 1962 program
carries about the same pro
visions for corn and sorghums
as last year's program. Barley
is included this year. Through
March 22 farmers had agreed
to divert a total of 22.6 mil
lion acres of the three grains
to soil conserving uses.
De p a r t m ent economists.
basing their predictions on
March 1 indications, said a
favorable growing season this
year likely would maintain
total feed grain supplies at
near the 1961-62 level's.
Higher Yielding Crops
Corn and sorghum grains
are higher yielding crops than
oats and barley. Therefore,
the additional output from the
prospective increases in corn
and sorghum acreages could
more than offset reductions
in oats and barley. This could
result in a little larger total
feed grain production in 1962
than the 141 million tons last
year. But since around seven
million tons less feed grains
arc expected to be carried
over into 1962-63 than in
1961-62, total feed concentrate
supplies for the 1962-63 sea
son would not differ greatly
from the 256 millions tons of
a year earlier.
Feed grain prices have been
comparatively stable during
the first half of the 1961-62
feeding year, the department
said. Prices of feed grains
and high-protein feeds ad
vanced only 3 per cent from
November to March this year,
much less than the rather sub
stantial increases that occur
red in that period of 1960-61.
Fascinating Discoveries
Dropping Tomato on Hard Surface
Found To Cause Enternal lnury
Wen
tomatoes are
Seoul News
Troop 43
Tribute was paid three Boy
Scouts of Troop 43 at a chief
recognition ceremony recent
ly conducted by Cub Scout
Pack 43. Scouts who received
Den Chief honors were Billy
Dye, den three; Ronald Court
land, den one; and Kent An
derson, den two. Master of
Ceremonies was Cub Master
James Kenny.
The den chiefs had previ
ously been presented shoulder
cords during a regular Boy
Scout Troop 43 meeting and
received certificates of recog
nition from the troop.
Cub Scouts of den two pre
sented a skit on America, and
scouts of den one presented
the Cadence Count. A Latin
dance was presented by Cub
bcouls of den three.
A film strip on "Den and
Pack" meetings was shown.
Lylc McGrady, new commit
teeman chairman presided at
the business session.
The next pack meeting is
scheduled Saturday, April 28,
at 7:30 p.m. in the multi-purpose
room at Patrick Elemen
tary school.
By DICK WEST
Washington - HJPD - Friends,
that tomato you picked up, so
fair, unblemished and seem
ingly in the
pink of condi
tion, could be
a case of
beauty being
only skin
deep. The poor i
thing may be j
suffering from i
internal 1 n -juries.
The j
theory that
highly suscep
tible to internal bruising has
just been resoundingly con
firmed in the research labora
tories of the U.S. Department
of Agriculture.
A report on the study brings
to light some of the most
fascinating discoveries that I
have seen in many a day.
First of all, the researchers
established various ways that
tomatoes can be bruised. They
found that bruising can occur
when tomatoes "are squeezed
tightly together in a box,"
when there is "rough handling
of the boxes." and "from
dropping individual tomatoes
on hard surfaces."
As far as I know, nobody
had previously suspected that
Hrnnn in0 a tomato on a hard
surface might cause it harm.
The researchers then made
some laboratory tests "to
measure the amount of dam
age at various stages of ripe
ness when they were dropped
distances ranging from 6 to
18 inches on a hard suriace,
and when dropped on a sur
face covered with a layer of
foam rubber."
This led to the startling
rovplation that "injury to
those dropped on hard sur
faces was much the more
serious."
If I interpret that correctly,
it means that tomatoes are
more badly bruised when
dropped on a hard surface
than when dropped on a soft
surface. Eureka!
And that isn't all. The re
searchers also found that -hold
onto your hats! - "the
ripest tomatoes were injured
most" by the dropping.
Stated As Fact
That may be hard to be
lieve, but the report states it
as a fact.
Furthermore, it says that
injury from the dropping "was
found to be cumulative; that
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Small Worlds
Around Us
By LYNN M. WATKINS
(Register and Tribune
Syndicate 19621
China'i Birds Saved More
Food Than They Provided
Once not so very long ago,
and in happier times, there
was a classified list of over
700 species of birds in China.
Then as now, there were
many people, all seeking el
bow room and all competing
for a dimishing food supply.
As would be expected with
a people who arc short-sighted
and at the same time hungry,
they looked with jealous eyes
at birds feeding in the rice
fields and presumed they were
eating the grain that could
feed the hungry people. That,
they stupidly reasoned, is the
cause of our hunger; the birds
are consuming our grain.
'Kill Them'
The leaders, blinder in
many ways than the people
they controlled, gave the or
der: Kill off the birds and
save the grain. Besides, they
assured the people, there
would be an added bonus-a
couple of dozen sparrows
would feed, for one meal at
least, a hungry human being.
So the slaughter and the pit
iful feasting began. By every
means the mind of man could
devise, the birds were killed,
their tiny, feather-rumpled
bodies gathered, cleaned and
cooked.
It didn't take very long to
find out. Millions of sparrows,
finches and other birds were
dumped into pots and eaten.
Within a short time, a few
months at most, all the birds
had disappeared. There were
no bird songs to delight the
car of man and woman whose
back was bent by work and
by the heavier yoke of oppres
sion by a cruel and unjust
governing body.
Insect Army Lurking
Hiding in the rice field, the
radish patch, the bean acre
age, or anywhere and every
where a plant was growing
were the nuclei of an insect
army. The checks on their
startling prolificacy was re
moved; they increased with
out sense or reason. They
gnawed and chewed their de
structive path acrois the im
poverished land where now
there were only bugs and peo
ple.
Today, China has an ex
pensive and labor-consuming
spraying project to control a
problem once pretty well tak
en care of by feathered insect
catchers, and only at the cost
of very little grain.
Old China is today terribly
short of bird life. But the land
has plenty of bugs. Probably
they deserve what they have
harvested.
People of limited intelli
gence and low literacy could
be expected to commit such
a stupid blunder, but strange
ly enough we have, right here
i n supposedly enlightened
America, some people who ad
vocate programs of extermin
ation just as ridiculous-a sad
commentary on what we are
so proud to call human intelligence.
is, when tomatoes were drop
ped two or more times, the
damage was found to extend
to more and more internal
parts."
That conclusion especially
came as a shock to me. I had
always believed that the more
you dropped a tomato, the bet
ter.
The tomato research, valu
able though it may be, had
what I regard as one serious
shortcoming. Apparently, the
tests did not establish whether
the damage is greater when
tomatoes are dropped at 6
inches or at 18 inches.
I trust that point will be
cleared up in future expert'
ments. And then I hope the
researchers will do some com
parable work on the effect
that dropping has on eggs.
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Learning Devices
Salem - IUPII - Dr. Leon P.
Minear has issued a warning
tn narents concerning door to
door salesmen that are trying
to sell "questionable" learn
ing devices claimed to assist
children in school work.
The state superintendent of
public instruction sa.id the de
vices brought to the attention
of his office include pocket
size punch card equipment
and automatic electromechani
cal machines said to be capa
ble of '.'teaching" a wide range
of topics at home.
Before buying any such ma
chine or device. Minear urged
parent to confer with their
child s teacher or school prin
cipal to make sure that the
device is appropriate for him
and thai it is reasonably priced.
PREMATURE BABY Nurse Mrs
careful when handling little Karen Sue lleisc The child,
dauchter of Mr. and Mrs. Herman llei.ve of Hempstead. Tex ,
was born three months premature and weighed only one
pound and nine ounces. The tiny baby cannot stand the
pressure of a diaper and must be kept In a "rocking ben"
to breathe Doctors gave the child lillle chance to survive
when she first arrived, but now say they me more en
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lleppner - il'Pli The Moarri
man Industrial Site will go
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Asscvsur Oliver Creswick
said the question was settled
! at a meeting with (low Mark
Hatfield
The original plan was fur
the county to get $8,000 in
lieu of taxes from the StiO.000
rental Boeing Co. will pay
the slate tor use of the site
Creswick said, however, the
law requires land leased by
the stale to private corpora
tions to be put on the tax
rolls. 11c said the lease pro
vides (or taxation at bare hind
value. 1
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