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SHOWS MEDAL TO DAUGHTER President Kennedy
Saturday authorized the government highest civilian dec
oration for Dr. Frances O. Kelscy, the medical officer who
blocked the general ale of Thalidomide in the United
Tod Civilian Medal Ordered For
Doctor Who Blocked Drug Sale
Slates. Kennedy will present the President s Distinguished
Federal Civilian Service medal to Dr. Kelscy Tuesday.
Here, at her home in Chevy Chase, Md., Dr. Kclsey shows
her daughter, Christine, 12, a UPI telcphoto of the medal.
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Hyannis Port, Mass. - IUM -President
Kennedy Saturday
authorized the government's
highest civilian decoration for
Dr. Frances O. Kelsey, 48,
the medical officer who block
ed the general sale of the
fetus-deforming drug Thali
domide. Next Tuesday In Washing
Ion, Kennedy will confer the
President's Distinguished Fed
eral Civilian Service Medal
on the Canadian - born doc
tor, a medical officer for (he
Federal 'Food and Drug ad
ministration. Press Secretary Pierre Sal
inger said Dr. Kelsey would
be cited for her "high abili
ty and steadfast confidence
in her professional decision"
to prevent the marketing of
the drug, a sedative which
has been blamed for birlh de
formities, i
At his news conference
Wednesday, Kennedy praised
Dr. Kelscy's work and urged
all American women to search
their medicine cabinels for
samples of Thalidomide and
destroy the drug immediately.
Salinger said Anthony J.
Celebrczzc, new secretary of
health education and welfare,
suggested to the President a
few days ago that Dr. Kelsey
be added to the honors list.
"Dr. Kelsey s action in re
sisting pressure for approval
of the marketing of Thalido
mide has prevented a major
tragedy of birth deformities
in the United States," a spe
ciHl While House statement
said.
This referred to the unre
lenting manner in which the
FDA doctor turned down re
pealed demands of the drug
manufacturer that the seda
tive be licensed for general
U.S. distribution. Experiment
al samples had been delivered
to over 1,700 U.S. physicians
and since the evidence of
Causes of Mounting Welfare
Caseloads Noted By Analyst
Salem -WPD- A fiscal anal
yst for the legislature has
stated that mounting welfare
caseloads In Oregon are "di
rectly traceable" in mo.it in-
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stances to dissolution of fam
ilies, and .unemployment.
Clclghton Ponwcll of Sa
lem, analyst with (he Legis
lative Flsckl committee, tied
dissolution of f a m 1 1 1 e s In
heavy Increases in the Aid to
Dependent Children program,
! and unemployment to anolh
j er big category of welfare -l
General Assistance,
j In a report to the commil-
tee titled "The Cause of Pub
I lie Dependency." Penwcll de-
scribed family dissolutions as
I divorce, separation, desertion,
and cases of unwed mothers.
Up 26 Pr Cent
In the past 10 years, the
number of Oregon welfare
recipients has grown 26 per
'cent, to 82,423 cases in 1961.
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Penwell noted that in this pe
riod, ADC caseloads gained
130.8 per cent.
He suggested a number of
guides In studying ways to re
duce public dependency, in
eluding: - Grants and services
should not be set at levels
that encourage long term de
pendence. - No action should be tak
en which would put Oregon
at a disadvantage wilh neigh
boring stales In terms of at
tracting welfare recipients.
No welfare grant should
exceed the normal income lev
el of any substantial segment
of the gainfully employed.
Intensify Analyses
Penwell :said welfare laws
are very liberal, and that the
best method of cost control is
to Intensify analysis at the
time appropriations are being
made by the legislature.
Penwell also reported that:
- The slate Welfare com
mission will spend only about
$1,073,853 of (he $3 3 million
appropriated for the new stale
medicare program, turning
$2 2 million back. It was esti
mated that 55.000 persons
over 65 were eligible. But
Penwell said only 7.018 appli
cations were received the
first eight months of the pro
gram. And of those only 4.048
persons were found eligible.
Visitors To State
Parks In June Noted
Salem - "ITI" - The Oregon
Highway Department has an
nounced that 1.808.507 per
sons visited the stale's parks
in June. This is about equal
to the total population of Ore
gon. Tiie figure was nrarly 75.
000 greater than for June,
lfltil.
More than 4'a million per
sons visited Oregon's parks in
the first six months of the
year, an increase of 100,000
over 1961.
Biggest attendance for a
single park in June was 104.
490 at Vaquina Pay State
Park at Newport. The figure
was up 10.000 from last year.
Others showing big in
creases Included:
Peter Skene Okdcn Scenir
Wayside in Jefferson and Pes
chines counties 31,770. up 17,
000. frown Point State Park
east of Portland 43.650. up
18.000; Lew is and Clark Stale
Park, near Troutriale 31.050.
up 14.000; Jessie M. Honey
man Slate rrk, near Flor
ence 68.400. op 14.000; sod
Wallowa Lake State Talk
I 38.340. up 9.000.
birth deformities traceable to
the drug appeared in Europe,
the FDA has been atlempting
to round up all Thalidomide
supplies in this country.
federal civilian service was
The award for distinguished
established in 1997. The first
medals were presented
1958. Five recipients for 1062
were announced by the While
House two weeks ago.
Gas Explosion Rips
Kansas City Area
Kansas City - IUPII - Hesl.
dents of a once - p e a c e f u 1
neighborhood viewed the
charred ruins of their homes
Saturday, thankful to have
escaped a fiery gas explosion
which devastated a two-block
area.
A douhle explosion, the
second one followed by a
mass of flames, rocked the
neighborhood Friday. A day
long odor of leaking gas and
the first explosion gave resi
dents sufficient warning, and
all fled before flames engulf
ed their homes.
The fire remained a mys
tery Saturday.
A few residents of the
neighborhood were injured,
none seriously, but there were
no fatalities. Two firemen and
a police officer suffered mi
nor injuries later battling the
blazes which spread over a
two-block area.
Crash Halts Flow
Of (National News
La Salle, III. - rtiPD - A car
driven by a boy ran off a de
tour, slammed into a fence
post and caught fire and with
in a few minutes Friday night
the flow of news across the
nation was halted.
The flames .spread to over
head cables carrying teletype
signals to newspapers and
television and radio stations
from the wire services. Serv-
irth Control Pill Being Checked
Washington - tl'PD - The
Food and Drug administration
Saturday pressed an investi
gation of a birth control pill
given to six women who later
died of blood clots.
The FDA announced there
have been 28 cases reported
since September in which
women given the contracep
tive pill, Enovid, developed
a blood clot called throm
I bophlcbitis.
Debt-Ridden Fair
Gets Groener Aid
Damascus - IUPII - Stale Sen.
Richard Groener (D-Milwau-kie)
came to the aid of the
Little World's Fair Saturday
with a $400 check and plans
to form a commitlee to save
the show.
Fair President Garland
Wiley said Groener had writ-
Members of Army
Reserve Take Part t
In Demonstration
Lt. Col. John F. Rush, Med
ford, commander of the Sec
ond Battalion, 414th Regi
ment (BCT), has announced
that selected members of the
unit participated with Reg
ular Army personnel in a
demonstration of the Army's
new M-14 rifle at the 104lh
Division's summer training
camp at Camp Roberts, Calif.
The M-14 rifle has a 20
round magazine, and may be
either semi-automatic or fully
automatic. According to Maj.
Ray E. Stewart, Medford sub
section commander, with the
Second Battalion at its sum
mer encampment, the new M
14 will eventually replace the
Browning Automatic rifle,
the M-l rifle and the 30 cal
ibre machine gun.
Distribution of the new
weapon is being made to Reg
ular Army units and in the
near future the M-14 will be
the basic weapon of U.S.
Army Reserve unils.
Members Participating
Members of the Second
Battalion participating in this
demonstration were First Lt.
Donald W. Johnson, S. Sgt.
Douglas C. Ugstad, Grants
Pass, First Lt. Robert D. Mur
phy, S. Sgt. Richard J. Swin
ney, Specialist Four William
B. Kalzcnbach, Pfc. Gary W.
Smith, Medford, Specialist
Four Dale Smith, Grants
Pass. Company E; Sgl. Rob
ert P. McNab. Sgt. Judson
Parsons. Specialist Four Ed
gar P. Head, Specialist Four
Dary M. Johnson, Specialist
Four Robert A. Blackburn,
Medford, Company F; First
Lt. Edward T. Cobo, Sgt. John
R. Ellis, Ashland, Specialist
Four Richard F, West, Wil
liams, Specialist Four Glenn
D. Boles, Pfc. Arthur W.
Glocker, Medford, Specialist
Four Farlcne O. Cochran,
Grants Pass, Company G;
First LI. Harold R. Hcaton,
Specialist Four Bob N. Mer
rill. Specialist Four Gary R.
McCollum. Pfc. Howard E.
West. Klamath Falls, Com
pany H.
The Second Battalion left
Camp Roberts Saturday after
noon, and was expected to
arrive in Klamath Falls at 5
nVlrif-U Ihit nirti-nlni Th nnil
,. . B. -
was exnrcted In ai-rivp in
Medford at 7.45 o'clock this
morning.
ten a check to cover a $352.12
debt which resulted in the
fair's closing Friday.
I The fair reopened late Sat-
i urday morning.
I A credit bureau filed a
i writ of attachment on behalf
of the Nu-Way Printing and
Envelope Co., Portland, forc
ing the closing.
Groener also announced the
formation of a Save the Lit
tle World's Fair committee.
He said the committee will
sell an admission ticket and
souvenir of the fair for $1.
The money will be collected
by the committee and used
to pay off the fair's debts.
Groener also said he may
ask the 1963 State Legisla
ture to cut the fair in for a
share of state racing revenue,
which is divided among coun
ty fairs and other exhibitions.
Good Clean Show
Groener said he acted be
cause "no liquor is sold on
the grounds and it's a good,
clean show."
He pleaded with other
creditors to hold off while
the show tries to regain its
strength. Vice President Ed
Mills said the fair still has
debts of $60,000.
Wiley also hinted that the
Seattle World's Fair may be
able to offer- some financial
aid. He said Seattle officials
have told him the advertising
for the Little Fair has helped
the big one and asked him to
held on until Monday, if pos
sible. "I feel very, very happy,"
Wiley said after Clackamas
County Constable Tom Miller
opened the padlocks on the
gates. "Senator Groener is a
great Orcgonian and a great
American."
Six women died, but the
agency, in announcing the in
vestigation of Enovid, cau
tioned that fatal blood clots
can be caused by many things
unrelated to any drug.
The British Medical Jour
nal reported that four wom
en in Britain who were tak
ing the pills suffered com
plications, which in one case
proved fatal. The Journal
added, however, that it has
not been proved that the com
plications were caused by the
drug.
Firm Dtfends Drug
The pill's manufacturer, G.
D. Searle and Co. of Chicago,
said a "supercharged atmos
phere over Thalidomide," the
baby - deforming drug, was
responsible for the FDA's in
vestigation of Enovid.
The company said a woman
taking oral contraceptives
runs no more risk of blood
clots than a woman in nor
mal pregnancy.
It was the second investi
gation ordered into the con
traceptive pill since it was
approved for commercial sale
in May, 1960, on the basis of
what the FDA called "exten
sive research data."
In Congress, there were in
dications that the FDA won't
be given any broad new pow
ers this year to control the
sale and manufacture of
drugs. Chairman Oren Harris
of the House Commerce com
mitlee said he was not going
to push for quick action on
the administration's drug con
trol program.
Announcement of the En
ovid investigation came short
ly after the FDA reported it
had found that 67 doctors in
the nation late last week still
had supplies of Thalidomide.
The FDA said it seized and de
stroyed all the pills it found
and was continuing its search.
To Issue Information
The FDA said it had or
dered Searle to supply doc
tors full information on the
blood clot cases.
The investigation does not
interfere with the sale of the
contraceptive pill, which ij
available by a doctor'a pre
scription only.
Searle reported last Decem
ber that the deaths of two
women in Los Angeles were
associated with the use of En
ovid. The FDA, after an in
vestigation, said it could not
establish that the deaths were
caused by the drug and the
manufacturer concluded that
it was "only coincidental '
that the women had been tak
ing Enovid.
But since then, the FDA
said, it has received informa
tion that there have been
about 26 more cases of throm
bophlebitis, including four
deaths, among women taking
the pill.
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