MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON
MONDAY. JULY 30. 1962
New York Officials Link Thalidomide To Deformed Babies
New York il'PIt New York
City health officials said Fri
day they had received reports
of deformities in at least three
babies born to New York
women who had obtained the
drug thalidomide overseas and
taken it during their preg
nancies. In Washington, the federal
Food and Drug administration
Merftber of Famous
Circus Family Dies
Baraboo, Wis. - lUPH - A
member .. of the Ringling
Brothers Circus family, Henry
Ringling III, 23, was killed
early Saturday when his car
crashed near here.
Ringling, whose grandfa
ther was one of the founders
of the Ringling Brothers Cir
cus, was alone when his sports
car went out of control on a
rural highway three miles
north of Baraboo.
said that "up to now" it had
no reports of American babies
born deformed because their
mothers took the defect-causing
drug.
However, Dr. Harold Jacob
ziner, an assistant New York
City health commissioner,
said the FDA apparently
meant that it knew of no cases
in which the drug was obtain
ed in the United States.
Jacobziner pointed out that
the cases he had been inform
ed of involved thalidomide
both produced and purchased
WINNIE OKAY
London-IUPII-A source close
to Sir Winston Churchill Sat
urday night said the 87-year-old
World War II prime min
ister "probably is well enough
to leave the hospital but his
doctors can make him behave
himself there better than at
home."
, '.here by the American Wom
en. I Although widely marketed
: in Europe under about a dozen
trade names, thalidomide nev
1 er went beyond the clinical
i testing stage in this country.
Ill has since been withdrawn
from the market.
Linked to Birlht
I Thalidomide has been link
led to thousands of births in
Europe in which the c, 'dren
j had deformed arms or legs, or
no limbs at all.
The drug and its effects
have gained widespread atten
tion in recent days as a result
of the case of Mrs. Robert L.
iFinkbine, a Phoenix, Ariz..
: television personality, who
! has asked that she be permit
,ted to undergo a legal aboi
jtion to terminate her three
1 month pregnancy. She look
I tlie drug, obtained in Europe.
I during the dangerous early
'period of pregnancy.
Jacobziner said the cases re
ported to him involved twins
born to a Great Neck, N.Y.,
woman, and a New York City
woman, whose child was born
in a U.S. military hospital in
Spain.
The Long Island woman
had obtained the thalidomide
during a West German vaca
tion. One of her twins was
bum with a deformed leg, the
otner was suspected of having
internal malformations.
Fourth Case Puzzling
The mother who gave birth
in Spain had taken a Portuguese-made
brand of the drug.
Both of her child's arms were
deformed.
Jacobziner said a fourth
case, involving a baby born
without legs at Mount Sinai
hospital here in March, posed
a puzzle. The mother reported
taking some sleeping pills dur
ing pregnancy, but could not
identify them.
Thalidomide, a tranquilizer,
was prescribed in Europe to
offset morning sickness in
; pregnancy and to counter in
somnia. The only company which
distributed the drug in this
country was the William S.
Merrell Co., Cincinnati, Ohio,
and it was sent only to doc
tors for scientific research.
I ' Up to now we have had no
reports of abnormal births at
tributable to thalidomide," a
jFood and Drug administration
j spokesman said in Washing
jton. "But we are. double
! checking to make sure that all
!of the supply has been return
led by the doctors who had
j been doing research on it."
The spokesman said the
agency understood that Mer
rell had done a "pretty good
job" of getting back the sup
plies it had sent to doctors.
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LOOT SURVEYED - Her fiance's joint bank account suf- lion of the loot she purchased with the joint bank account,
fers when Miss Garon Graham, 19, of St. Louis, Mo., goes She expressed concern over the reaction of her fiance,
shopping. She couldn't resist buying nearly S500 worth of Charles L. Daugherty, to her impulse-buying spree. She
unclaimed merchandise at a post office auction sale. She said "he'll either murder me. refuse to marry me, or every-
is shown examining some of the costume jewelcry. a por- thing will turn out alright. (UPI)
GE Agrees To Pay
Damage Suits
Washington - (UPD - The Jus
t i c e department announced
Friday that General Electric
Co. has agreed to pay the gov
ernment $7.47 million - the
largest amount in antitrust
history-to settle damage suits
stemming from the industry
price-fixing conspiracy.
General Electric announced
simultaneously that on the ba
sis of Friday's agreement, it
will begin settling damages
with municipal, private and
other electric utility custom
ers. These payments will
amount to approximately $4b
to $50 million over the next
few years, according to Ralph
J. Cordiner, chairman of '.ne
board.
The out-of-court settlement
with the Justice department
means that the government
will drop 11 damage suits fil
ed against the company after
GE and 28 other electric firms
were found guilty of price
fixing and bid-rigging in I960.
The firms were fined a to
tal of $1,926,000 and 45 in
dustry executives were sen
tenced to jail or fined.
Alty. Gen. Robert F. Ken
nedy said the government is
trying to negotiate "satisfac
tory" settlements with 18 oth
er firms involved in the pries
conspiracy.
Cordiner, in a statement,
termed the settlement terms
"reasonable and fair." The
company will make its pay
ment to the government with
in 10 days.
County Balance at
Fiscal Year End
Is $2.3 Million
At the end of the 1961-1962
fiscal year. Jackson county
had a balance on hand in cash
and securities totalling $2,
326,095.8;), according tifc the
county treasurer's annual re
port.
! The amount is similar to
balances on hand previous
years, Janouch said, since suf
ficient funds must be on hand
for the county's operation for
several months until thp O
and C money is received in
the fall.
Total receipts for the year
were $12,914,485.44, of which
$2,705,679 was from the U.S.
government. This is divided in
funds from O and C, forest
reserve. Taylor grazing act,
and the National Defense Edu
cation act.
Total disbursements for the
year were $13.50:1,327.05.
Largest Amount Received
The largest amount of mon
ey was received from prop
erty and personal taxes which
totalled S7.322. 722.67. Of the
$1,439,827.28 received by the
county treasurer's office, $86,
390.83 was for interest and
dividends.
The county received $969,
186.72 from the state of Ore
gon; $94,283.78 from the coun
ty clerk's office; $33,872.26
from the county court and
$22,222.52 from the county
engineer's office.
The county received $61.
376.85 from the district court
and from the justice courts
$16,584.61 from Ashland dis
trict and $5,296.62 from Gold
Hill district.
The county also received
$104,500.08 from the county
farm home.
The largest amount of dis
bursements were paid to the
various taxing bodies in the
county which totalled $9,699,-465.88.
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LOAN OFFICER - Rav E.
Dempsey, above, has been
named loan officer of the
Rogue Valley branch of The
Oregon Bank, according to
Clarence Young, vice presi
dent and manager. Dempsey
has been in banking for the
past 11 years and has had
considerable experience in in
stallment credit, commercial
and real estate lending. He
and his family have moved to
Medford from Tillamook
where he was artivp in civic
affairs. He is a graduate of
Oregon State university where
he received his business ad
ministration degree.
Judy Gebhard Wins
Third Week Sales
Judy Gebhard, Jacksonville
Gold Rush Jubilee candidate
sponsored by the Central
Point Lions club, was the sales
winner for the third week of
the Jubilee Queen's contest,
Jubilee officials announced
Saturday.
Second place winner in the
weekly sales of Jubilee tickets
was Pam Hart, Ruch PTA
sponsored candidate. Third
place went to Karen Holley,
sponsored by Mary's Casa in
Medford.
Valley merchants who do
nated prizes for the third
week period were Leon's,
Pauline's, of Central Point,
and Town and Country Shop,
at White City.
Only a few days remain for
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the contest, Jubilee officials
said. The winner will be an
nounced Aug. 1.
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Girl Injured in j
Valley Accident
A five-year-old girl suffered
minor injuries Friday after
the brakes failed on the car I
in which she was riding, state 1
police said. j
The car driven by Eleanor i
Edwina Guslafson, 47, of
Eagle Point, went into a ditch
at the intersection of Crater j
Lake ave. and Coker Butte ;
rd., officers said. '
Nancy Starla Gustafson was
treated, at Sacred Heart hos
pital and released.
Two cars met almost head-1
on on the Green Springs high- j
way Friday night, but the j
drivers apparently were not
injured, slate police said.
The accident occurred near
Pinehurst when an eastbound
car driven by Robert David
Margoliash, 23, Klamath Falls,
and a westbound car driven
by Charles Matson, 4R, of
Grants Pass, met on a curve.
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