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o The Medical HP l fx - Can W Avoid Strokes? A number of worried per- sons write, asking how they can avuio a stroke. Some want Tr f 4 I to know i I W , I t h e y should take an anti c o a g u lant drug which will keep their blood R 5E fl M irom ciotung IV ' Si I I can't tell EVC ."J because there ( J are at least Aivarca lour different types of strokes. The big, sud den ones usually are due to a rupture of an artery in the brain, or on its surface. The escaping blood injures some of the brain tissue. If I could guess that this was the type of stroke threatening the man, the last drug I would want to give him would be an anti coagulant. If I could guess that he was going to have a stroke due to the plugging-up of an ar tery with a clot, I might save him by giving an anti-coagulant. Unfortunately, I don't know of any way of telling which type of stroke a man is going to have if any. There is a type of stroke In which perhaps for six months or a year a man will keep experiencing, at inter vals, episodes of perhaps dou- SENATOR NEWBRY OUTSTANDING In a letter dated May 7, 1962. Anthony Yturri, Senate Republican Minority Leader said; "It was my pleasure to serve with Senator Newbry dur ing the 1961 Legislative Ses sion. I had ample opportunities to observe and work with Lynn Newbry. You may rest assured that Senator Lynn Newbry was a studious, reasonable and OUT STANDING legislator. He had the interest of his constituents at heart and worked hard on their behalf. They were well and bly represented. "You may also rest assured that it is not his inclination to waste taxpayers money and to demand that the objects of ex penditures be well justified." Signed, Anthony Yturri Republican Senate Minority Leader Pd. Pol. Ad by Neighbors for Newbry Committee Chet Hubbard, Chm., Medford, How to find out which kind of Mutual Fund may be right for you. Start by reading Harris, Upham' s new study on this timely and vital subject. We will send it at no cost. Everybody's talking mutual funds these days. For a century in Europe they've been flourishing, but they are comparatively new in this country. And there are more kinds and varieties of mutual funds than there are Smiths in the telephone book. Thus you cannot just say, "Mutual funds are fine. I'm going to invest in one." No!... the big question is what kind of mutual fund suits you. Your investment goal. Your special, individual financial set-up. The best thing to do is to talk to a specialist at Harris, Upham who will be happy to explain the risks, cost, and advantages of mutual funds. The next best thing is to ask for the study on the subject our Research Department has prepared. -((St Harris, Upham &CQ -, '", Mimorrt rVr fork Stork cnr end other Itmllnt itcurtty j end commodity txehantti 1 Offirri from Coon to Coon 44 So. Central Ave., Medford, Ore. j SPrinfl 3-7701 ! Gentlemen: Please send me yr' City- Roundup fcmerttus Consatunt la aletUetnt Mayo clinic EmcritM Professor of Medtclnt Hmyo clinic (Betliur ud Trlbuns Syndics!. ISM) ble vision, severe diiziness, an inability to talk, weakness in an arm and hand, or mark ed numbness somewhere. In such cases a neurologist (ex pert in nervous diseases) and an angiologist (expert on dis eases of arteries) ought to be consulted. They are likely to make what is called an angiogram of the arteries In his neck and in his brain, and if one of the main arteries is partial ly plugged-up, an artery sur geon will operate and open it up. Often, then, the results are miraculous. Little Strokes Then there are the little strokes which so many of us get after we are 50 or 60. They can produce perhaps mo mentary dizziness or momen tary loss of the normal sense of balance, or a little woozi ness. In some cases the victim will have the little stroke dur ing sleep, and will wake un able to work, and perhaps with much of his memory gone. These little strokes rare ly produce any weakness of any muscles or any marked numbness. The symptoms often disap pear in a matter of minutes or hours. Brain pathologists show me that these little strokes are due usually to a plugging-up of a small artery or even a tiny microscopic artery in some part of the brain. The taking of an anti coagulant drug can save a man from getting these little strokes. There is another type of stroke which is due to the plugging-up of a little artery in the brain by a small piece of a blood clot, located per haps in a badly functioning "auricular appendage" of the heart. Many persons who tend to get a stroke because of a very high blood pressure can sometimes now have the pres sure lowered by drugs, or an operation for an obstructed artery supplying a kidney. Dr. Alvarez has written a booklet, "Little Strokes," which goes into greater detail on this subject than column space will allow. To obtain it, send 25 cents and a stamped, self addressed envelope with your request to Dr. Walter C. Alvarez, Dept. MMT, The Register and Tribune Syndi cate, Box 957, Des Moines 4 Iowa. Psoriasis I keep getting hundreds of letters from people who have the very common skin dis ease, called psoriasis. It ap parently is inherited, and hence runs through families. Like so many inherited dis eases, with treatment it often can be kept under control, but the tendency to recurrent attacks may not be removed. I have to tell "of these in quirers that I would never think of prescribing for a skin disease, the course of which I cannot watch. It is hard enough for a skin specialist t" help people 'ith psoriasis, even when he can see them once a week, and keep trying I study on Mutual Funds. R1 5 MEDFORD out different medicines. Some people have a mild form of the disease which bothers them only occasional ly, while others have, a very distresing form; also, in' some cases, the spots come out on the face or arms or legs where they cause embarrassment. With this disease there are reddish areas with fine little silvery scales on them. There are a number of drugs and treatments which often will clear up an attack of psoriasis. What is sad about many skin diseases is that one person may get relief with a drug which has no ef fect on the next half dozen patients. Worse yet, often a skin specialist will clear up the spots of psoriasis, but months later when the patient returns with a relapse, the drug which formerly worked so well may not do much. Then others will have to be tried. This is why I have to say to all people who write me begging for a prescription for psoriasis, the best thing I know of to do is to go to a good skin specialist and then keep going to him until he either gets results or throws up his hands in despair. Sometimes forms of radiation like Grenz rays or ultra-violet rays will help a great deal. O c c a s i o nally, psoriasis in volves the scalp, the finger nails and the joints. BOARD TO MEET Salem - (DPI) - The State Board of Education will meet here Tuesday. DEPRESSED AREAS LAW IN ACTION In Lowell, Mass., a New England area in which unemploy ment has for years been a sickening 50 to 100 per cent above the national average, a new electronics firm recently was formed which will directly employ 110 workers, indirectly provide Jobs for almost as many more in services and supply ing. The firm started with $150,000, of which two-thirds came from a government loan, 20 per cent from a local bank, the balance from an industrial foundation. In Biddeford-Sanford, Maine, another long depressed New England area, a lumber processing operation also was recent ly set up in a former textile machinery plant. A government loan provided $433,000 to help finance the purchase of plant and machinery for "finger joining" a process which con verts low-grade lumber into clear lumber. ,The balance came from banks and a development corporation. The new plant will directly employ 170 workers, indirectly create jobs for 750 more. In New England alone, there are 16 regions of persistent and substantial unemployment which have been designated as eligible tor help under the depressed areas law (The Fed eral Area Redevelopment Act, or ARA), passed one year ago this month. In this period, $1 million in ARA loans has gone to New England industries, $100,000 has been granted for research, 1,100 unemployed workers are getting retraining under the law. This is "concrete action," says the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston in a scholarly review of the program and the conservative bank concludes: "One important result of the ARA program is the in creased activity and concern the local and state leaders in New England have shown since these new redevelopment weapons have become available. If the New England redevel opment communities continue their activities both within and beyond the framework of the Area Redevelopment Act, it is quite likely that many of these 'depressed' areas will find that they have lost this label that they have held so long." The ARA has been slow in getting rolling understand able since it is so new a weapon but it is speeding up now. By June 30, ARA Administrator William L. Batt Jr. expects to have approved $60 million for 100 or more projects, enough to create 75,000 jobs. The total authorization for loans and grants under the act is $375 million oyer a four-year period. The New England depressed areas have received a major pari of the assistance to date because they have done their homework organised the local development groups required by the law. prepared the necessary "Over all Economic Development Program (OEDP). demonstrated initiative. The ARA assistance breaks down into five key classifications. Specifically: (1) Occupational retraining of workers in new skills. Over 40 per cent of the 1,100 New England workers already being trained are getting skills as machine tool operators. (2) Industrial and commercail loans out of a revolving fund of $200 million at 4 per cent. The New England regions have received one-third of all ARA loans made so far. (3) Loans and grants for public facilities sewers, roads, parks. These are primarily for less developed regions than New England. (4) Technical assistance. An example is the $100,000 granted to the New Bedford Institute of Technology Research Foundation for a study of ways to improve the scallop and flounder industry, a big occupation in New Bedford. (5) Urban planning and renewal benefits. Grants for this planning totaling $219,00 have been made to 18 New England municipalities. This 1961 law represents one milestone on the way to solving the problem of long-term joblessness, the 1962 Man power Retraining Act represents a second. Now we must really get to the basic answer to the problem accelerating our economic growth so the millions of jobs needed are created. z Si STEPHENS DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE is Pd, AoV. Stephens for Sheriff Comm., E. Poston, Chmn., 96 Lotier Laneg Medford MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORlJ. Primary Elections In Three States Being Held Today By United Pren International Voters in three states elect nominees for governor and seats in the House and Senate in primary elections today. The three states are Nebras ka, Maryland and Pennsyl vania. Voting Is expected to be light everywhere except in Maryland. The best-known figure in volved in the primaries is Fred Seaton, interior secre tary in the Eisenhower ad ministration. He is heavily favored over two opponents to win the Republican nomi nation for governor in Ne braska. On the Democratic ticket incumbent Gov. Frank B. Morrison is expected to be renominated against two op ponents to oppose Seaton in November. Pairs Incumbents There are three House seats open in Nebraska. Two Re publican incumbents, Reps. Ralph F, Beerman and Phil Weaver, are pitted against each other for the GOP nomi nation for a single House seat. It is the result of congression al reapportionment which cut the state's house delegation from four to three. Of the other incumbents, both Republicans, Rep. Glen Your Money's Worth By SYLVIA PORTER Copyright, Hall Syndicate, Inc. 812 YEARS MEDFORD POLICE 2 12 YEARS BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION OREGON Cunningham is unopposed for nomination and Rep. David T. Martin was expected to have little difficulty against three opponents in his dis trict. In Pennsylvania, Rep. james van Zandt is unop posed for the GOP Senate nomination. He will face in cumbent Democratic Sen. Jo seph S. Clark in November. Nominees for Governor Rep. William W. Scranton is expected to beat his one opponent in the GOP primary for the governorship of Penn sylvania. In the Democratic primary for governor, Rich ardson Dilworth, former may- of Philadelphia, has or ganization backing against two opponents. In Maryland, Rep. Daniel B. Brewster is running against four others for the Demo cratic nomination to succeed Sen. John Marshall Butler, who is retiring. Four Repub licans are running for the seat in the GOP primary. . . , J?" i VrK " 1 f ' ' . -v-st I f - ' . .'rvv r v ' ; t V J1 4 ' T,; l - ft k&i ' & ' L T- 5 -M mfibi - --- o y iM" ' 1 i S li ly. : At-? xv n)U7- :: .... i ,t i ' "JKSST, X: . t, fl, . ' , . , . X it p SUSHI sii - J ' 1 ' If you're an out-of-town son or daughter, you know how much your folks appreciate hearing from you, especially on birthdays. After all, a long distance call from you is the one gift only you can send. Try it, but you don't need to wai for a birthdfy - brighten Dad's day right now. (You'll both enjoy it) (fjj) PACIFIC NORTHWEST BELL Col. Westfall to Attend War College Col. William B. Westfall, son of Mrs. Emma Butler, 40 Granite St., Ashland, has been selected to attend the highest rated school in the Air Force, the Air University War College at Maxwell AFB, Alabama. Colonel Westfall, a 20-year veteran of the Air Force, has been stationed at Mather AFB, Calif., for the past three years; first as wing executive officer and later, 3537th Navi gator Training Squadron com mander. He recently was se lected by a board of officers in Washington to attend the War College. The War College is the sen ior school of the Air Univer sity. Its objective is to pro vide instruction to prepare senior officers for high com mand and staff duty. The colonel will attend the school for 10 months where he also plans to attain his masters degree in education from George Washington univer sity. George Washington uni versity sponsors an extra course at the War College by which the students, through extra work, may attain one year of college credit. Colonel Westfall will begin his studies Aug. 1. Ml llnl on liis hirtlidaf... it's one ili you'll both enjoy Man Hurt in Dam Accident Critical -j . . necimonn, ure. - U'ni - n Sandy man remained in critiej cal condition today while an investigation continued into a' dam tragedy that killed two! men and injured six. i Redmond hospital said Ollie; Lewis, 27, had shown little: improvement. . j He was injured early Sun- day when cables lifting a 20- j ton steel construction form gave way inside a 400-foot spillway at Round Butte Dam on the Deschutes river. The form crashed 150 feet to the bottom of the tunnel with the eight men. j The Slate Industrial Acci-I dent Commission had investi- gators at the scene to report ! on the accident. J -fjMwAAJt, GRADUATION When ytm care cnouph to send Ihc very best Chiasm'. 217 E, Main tmcill 3 Medford TUESDAY. MAY COMPLETES COURSE Lt. Paul J. Blair, 29, whose wife. Vera, lives at 507 Fair mont st., Medford, completed a 40-week officer fixed wing aviator course at the Aviation Vote For HE'LL APPRECIATE COURTESY 9th and Bartlett Sts. " ' X a V I lH ft K.i IJ. 1962 school in Ft. Rucker, Ala., re cently. He is a son of Mr. nd Mrs. John E. Blair, 1579 South Columbus ave., Med ford, and is a Medford High school graduate. Herb Wilson For The BEST DEAL On A CHEVROLET Impala Bel Air Biscayne Chevy II Corvair Corvette Trucks OK Used Cart 7 Years With Courtesy Chevrolet - YOUR BUSINESS CHEVROLET Phone SP 2-6115
