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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)
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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.
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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. The un
ion said il would comply de
spite expected losses.
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WHY--IN
YOUR
ELECTRIC
HOME FREEZER,
OF COURSE!
Here is on electric servant- vhich
will poy for itself in no time by the
savings you can make on the cost
of fruits, vegetables, ond meats!
The hunter is home
to prove that you con
northern California.
from the hills for the fields or the lakesides), frying
still live pionccr-foshion in southern Oregon ond
But Mother has a problem.
, whot to do with the game the providers have provided?
Best woy, of course, is to frccic it ond store it in a
HOME FOOD FREEZER
Preserve thot delicious flovor, those ncalth-giving vitomins ond minerals
os only an ELECTRIC FOOD FREEZER, can ... ond cut down on mcot
and poultry bills this fall ond winter.
Pioneers might hove hod a little more gome to shoot ot but pioneer
vomcn never hod it so good. Go hunting for your
. HOME FOOD FREEZER
row. To Ik to your favorite Col-Ore Electrical Lcogue Dcolcr!
See your fayorife
CofOre Electrical
League Deoler
today, about a
HOME
FOOD
FREEZER
Appliance Mart
772-4131
Big Y Shopping Center
Appliance Mart
772-7175
Eads Transfer
& Furniture
772- 7121
Feldman & Olson
773- 7751
Home Appliance Co.
773-5395
Johnston Stores
773-3619
Leonard Electric Co.
773-4541
Montgomery Ward
& Co.'
773-7301
Sears
Roebuck &
773-6661
Co.
Trowbridge Electric
773-6241
Western Auto Supply
772-6217
Grays' Furniture Barn,
Inc., Central Point
664-1226
Paulsen & Gates
Thrift Market
Central Point
664-1259
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