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I WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10. 1962 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON Family Council Editors note: Tht Family Council rrmstht of a Judge, a ptvrhlatml. three clergymen, three editors and a women's editor. Kadi article Is a summary of a family disagreement presented to the Council. The Council deals with problems, major and minor, encountered by guidance coun selors and social workers. Kdited hv Mrs. Alma Denny. (Copyright by General Features Corp.) Mr. E. W. - She isn't eat ing right and her health is suffering. Nellie W. - My health would be worse eating with the family. ... Mri. E. W. - I prepare wonderful dinners each eve ning for my family. I buy fresh vegetables and meat3, nothing canned or frozen so as to offer them all the maxi mum in nutrition. So you can imagine how upset I am to see the results of Nellie's medical checkup at school. She's badly underweight and shows signs of vitamin de ficiency, according to the re port mailed to me. And do you know why? Be cause she refuses to cat with the rest of the family. She's a big girl now, over 16, and I can't force her to join us. Instead she fixes herself a tray and goes off by herself, before or after or even during our dinner hour. Sometimes her meal consists of a can of cold soda and a box of crack ers. This medical report should scare fter back to her place at the family meals. ... Nellie W. - Which is worse - a little malnutrition or a nervous stomach that can't hold food at all? I'll jack up my intake of vitamins and just go along the same way, making my own meals and eating them In a calm corner of the house. It'll be better than having to sit through the daily name calling and wrangles that go around our dinner table. It used to kill my appetite fast. You sec, my parents and my brother are In business together. And they use meal time to hash out their dis agreements. In no time at all, the battles branch out and they show their true feelings toward each other. I feel it's really their parly. I'm Ig nored. Why should I he their audience for the sake of a full-course dinner? The Council - More and more physicians look at a patient, make n diagnosis, and then - if they're hep doc tors, look at the family,- be cause many conditions are ex acerbated by tensions among family members. Therefore, the cures must be aided by family understanding and res traint. Surely Mrs. W. must see the relationship between Nel lie's poor nutritive state and the bickering atmosphere at the fumily dinner table. If the girl's malnutrition were bad enough to require hospi talization, the diagnosis would probably be "anorexia nervosa," hysterical aversion to food, and the treatment might have to begin with forced feeding via intraven ous attachments. But that would only be the beginning. Before treatment ended and recovery was in view, the cooperation of the family would have been enlisted. In fad. in a report of an advanc ed cae of illness growing out of family discord, the cure came alter all these people pitched in - the doctor, the psychiatrist, the family serv ice guidance worker, the family's minister, the parents, t lie siblings and the patient herself So it's nut simple mailer nt telling Mrs. W. to pipe down at supperlime and keep the talk light, with back ground music playing Nor ran we merely urge Nellie to be more tolerant, to relax, to sympathize with family prob lems rather then be so sorry for herself and feel so left out. What we have here is a complex family snarl which Is coining to a head, showing up by way of Nellie s diges tive tract. Perhaps the best approach In to follow through on the doctor's report with some psychological counseling, first for Nellie, to help tinkink the knots in her insides, and then for Ma. Pa and Brother. As a family they may be harming each other. As a family they can be helped to be not only good to, but good for, each other. Even quarreling can be constructive, when rancor is exposed and removed. Most mental health clinics now ap prove using the bonds of fam ily love, interviewing all members, to help the one currently in visible difficulty. SHOHTENSBESTSELLER Washmgton-UTH-The Chil den's Bureau of the Health. Education and Welfare De partment has Issued a shorten ed version of its long-time best-seller "Infant Care." The short picture leaflet, entitled "Your Baby' First Year." is available for 15 cents from the Superintendent of Docu ments. U. S Government Priming Office, Washington 25. DC"i LiiL Your Money's Worth By SYLVIA PORTER Copyright, Hall Syndicate, Inc. BUYERS' MARKET FOR BORROWERS If you will need to borrow money in the next several months and hundreds of thousands of individual families, business corporations, states and cities, etc., will you would be wise to start your loan negotiations now and probably to complete them soon. For you, the borrower, arc more in control of the market for money than in many years. In essence, we are into the first real buyers' market for borrowers this country has experienced since the late 1940s. This is particularly true if you're a businessman with a good credit record; lenders of money are eagerly seeking for you these days. It's also true if you're an individual with an acceptable credit rating needing a home mortgage or cash to finance a major personal purchase. It certainly applies to states and cities in sound financial shape. Funds for loans are abundant in banks and savings institutions the nation over. The loam aren't cheap in ' comparison with charges of earlier postwar yeari. Interest rates generally are far above the starvation levels of the 1940s. But the cost of a loan is secondary to the availability of the loan. "Availability" is the key point. There are four clear forces which are favoring you, as a borrower of money, today. First, there has been a huge piling up of savings In lend ing institutions of all types. The Federal Reserve Board's policy decision to permit commcrical banks to pay as much as 4 per cent on deposits left with them a year or more set off a monumental Influx of funds into commercial banks at the start of 1962. While the pace of the flow has slowed now, the convulsion in the money markets has been profound. Simultaneously, other types of institutions, competing on interest rate payments and promotions of savings, have con tinued to attract cash. Unquestionably, a factor in the pile up of savings also has been the crack In the stock market for many individuals have decided to deposit new savings in a financial institution rather than to channel the funds into stocks. To put it plainly, lenders simply have an awful lot of money around to put to work. Second, the demand for loans has been sluggish a direct reflection of the sluggishness in our economy. The total of loans Is up over last year, of course, but with so much money available to lend, the demand has not risen up to the supply. What's more, there are no indications now of any significant pickup in loan demands that would abruptly change the present picture. Third, the Federal Reserve System has geared its mone tary policy to keep credit readily available. It has not flood ed the banking system with lending funds as the supporters of exceedingly easy money wish but it hasn't put any brake on lending either. Fourth, the Treasury has geared its management policy to avert competing with private borrowers for long-term funds. As a tremendous and constant borrower of money, the Treasury could be a heavy competitor with corporations, states, cities, home builders and buyers. But it has avoided this so that It would not interfere with private activities that would add strength and solidity to our economy. Even in a business recession, the chances are against .an important decline in borrowing costs. Defense of the dollar dictates this. The U. S. cannot afford to let interest rates sink to the point where foreign holders of "hot money" here would be encouraged to withdraw their balances and invest them in other financial centers paying higher rates. Financial institutions holding your savings and now paying you so much interest on your deposits also are deeply reluctant to shave their lending charges. You can get concessions, though, that you couldn't have obtained only a few months ago. Many banks are casing their customary requirement that business borrowers maintain specified percentage of their loan (usually 20 per cent) on deposit. Many are offering extra services, accepting loans they would have rejected as too risky a while back. It's a buyers market for borrowers. If you need or want a loan, get your lines out right now. The Medical Roundup f(- v Emeritus cm militant In Medicine Mayo Clinic Kmerltlli Profeuor of Medic in Mayo Clinic (Reiitter and Tribune Syndicate, 19C2) mm .OfH., New Treatment For Petit-Mai In 1952, Mendez and Har ley reported their surprise when a child of seven, who liT . :i'4 I given q u I n a- Y " vif' I c r i n e (a t a- I ; ,' V; I brine) for the I jfcji i J elimination of intestinal par asites, lost its attacks of pet-it-m a 1 , the brief "forgel- j fur spells of Alvarez pneijiic ciiu dren. Quinacrine is a synthetic antimalarial drug given dur ing World War II to thousands ot our soldiers in the South Seas to keep them free of malaria. Since the discovery by Men dez and Harley, a number of men have been reporting good lesults with the use of quin acrine In the treatment of pet- lt-mal. Now, Drs. W. A. Sib ley, Howard J. Tucker and Clark T. Randt of Cleveland report that with the drug they were able to control pelit-mal seizures in 25 of 40 children. Unfortunately, the drug did not quiet the convulsive type ot epilepsy. minor loxic ettects were l oted in only two of the chil dren treated. In some cases, when given the drug, a child who had been doing badly at school became a good student. A Burning Tongue Hundreds of elderly people write to ask what to do for a burning tongue. Practically all of them have taken large amounts of Vitamin B, and many have been treated in various ways, but they all say that the burning remains the same as it always was. Some ay the distress came sudden ly one day. Through the years I have teen a number of people who told me that their burning ton gue came following a definte stroke, and obviously was due lo an injury to a nerve center in the brain. Because of this observation, I have kept records for years, and I have found that many people with a burning tongue started their trouble with what I call a "little stroke," in which they suffered only a dizzy or woozy spell, and then noticed some change in ability or temper or memory. Those who are suffering from a burning tongue might gel some information from my booklet on "Little Strokes." Unfortunately no local treat ment can do any good if the disease is up in the brain. If you suspect you may have had such little strokes and would like to read Dr. Alva rez' booklet, send 25 cents and a stamped, self-addressed en velope with your request for "Little Sttrokes," to Dr. Wal ter C. Alvarez, Dept. MMT, The Register and Tribune Syn dicate, Box 957, Des Moines 4, Iowa. Entrance Exam for Service Announced The federal service en trance examination will be held In Medford in room 214 of the post office building at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 13. L. B. Nelson, examiner for the civil service, said persons who have received notice for the examination from the civil service commission should arrive prior to the scheduled hour. A number of other exami nations have been announced by the civil, service. They in clude game management agents, engineering, highway engineering aides; highway engineering technicians, store keeping clerks, aircraft sheet metal workers and leaders, aircrafts and systems overhaul foremen and military person nel assistants. Also announced was a new examination for geologist for positions in the geological sur vey of the department of the interior, bureau of mines and bureau of land management. Interested persons may con tact Nelson or the eleventh U. S. civil service region, fed eral office building, Seattle 4, Wash., for additional information. I ff ; 'h'j i i HI vimsri t " . 42' Safety Plaque Is Satellite Launched Received by City ' At Vandenberg Base SHOWS SOVIET WINGS MSgt. Harley R. Barstow Jr. shows Soviet wings awarded to him for guilding and co piloting Russian planes carrying diplomats across West Ger many to the 1954 Geneva Conference. Miss Joyce Israel, a stenographer at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, holds the U.S. wings for comparison. Barstow is said to be the only en listed man to have received this rare award, all others having gone to commissioned officers. (UPI) A plaque, symbolic of Med ford's safety citation awarded by the American Automobile association in the national pedestrian safety contest for 1961, was presented to Mayor John Snider by Rudy Tetre- ault, district manager of the i Oregon State Motor associ ation, last week. Medford was cited for a rec ord of one year without a pedestrian death, plus an acci dent prevention program which met the minimum pro gram requirements establish ed by the AAA in the national contest for cities in this popu lation class. It is pointed out through the motor club, that while non - pedestrian traffic fatali ties have increased 25 per cent since 1937, when the pedestrian safety contest start ed, pedestrian fatalities have decreased 50 per cent. During this period, exposure to acci dents has increased heavily. Motor vehicle regijjtra t i o n s are up 156 per cent, travel 169 per cent and population 43 per cent. Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. -WW- A secret satellite) employing a Thor - Agena booster complex was launched from this West Coast missila facility Tuesday by the Air Force. The Air Force refused to identify the satellite and de clined to confirm that the vehicle attained orbit. The satellite was believed to be of the Discoverer series. The Thor-Agena booster com bination had previously been used to launch Discoverer vehicles before a security crackdown prevented the Air Force from releasing informa tion on satellite launchings. Now Many Wear FALSE TEETH With More Comfort FASTEETH, A pleasant alkaline (non-acid ) powder, holds fait teeth more ftrmly.To eat and talk In mora comfort. Just sprinkle a little FAS TEETH on your platen. No gummy, gooey, pasty taste or feeling, checks "plate odor" 'denture breathl. Get FASTEETH at any drug counter. Announcing:.. three of the nest reasons for lining a car you ever laid eyes on. BANS CUBAN TRADE Athens - UiPIl - The Greek Shipowners Union announced Tuesday its members would 'abstain totally" from the Cuban trade because of "the problems arising for the U.S.A. from the situation in Cuba." The Greek govern ment, a NATO member, urged adoption of the ban. 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