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Polio Drops Below 1,000 Mark in Spectacular Triumph Today J ('"! i r TREATMENT GIVEN - Rheumatoid arthri- is given a treatment tis victim, Julian Riley of Manchester, Ga., in a whirlpool bath machine at Warm Springs Foundation. (UPI) By AL KUETTNER United Press International Warms Springs, Ga. - (UPI) -Medical science has few vic tories that can stand alongside the spectacular triumph over polio. Last year the total polio cases ' in the United States dropped below the 1,000 mark for the first time since records were kept. In 1952, a total of 57,876 cases had been re corded. The victory comes on the 25th anniversary of a project known to a generation of Americans as "The March of Dimes." That voluntary outpouring of dimes from school chil dren, the change from restau rant checks and the leftovers from housewives' cookie jar banks largely financed the re search that produced revolu tionary new treatment for vic tims and finally the immuni zation of the Salk and Sabin vaccines. Fight Wat Varied The fight against polio had many skirmishes and many strategists. There was Miami Beach Hotclman Henry L. Doherty, who conceived the idea of holding $1 admission dances in every town in the country on the birthday of then President Franklin D. Roosevelt, himself a polio vic tim. There was comedian Eduie Cantor, the man credited with coining the phrase, "The March of Dimes." There was Basil O'Connor, a New York lawyer who be came the brains of the fund raising drive that would pay for the battle. And there was FDR. Those who knew him in the early days of the polio struggle re called that the President was the means of giving dignity to polio sufferers for the first time. Roosevelt had a deep love for Warm Springs whose 88-degree water he believed had special beneficial effects. He had a "Little White House" there and died in it in 1945. One day McKenzie King, then Prime Minister of Can ada, stood at the rim of the swimming pool that is fed by springs which flow from in side nearby Pine Mountain to a depth of 4,000 feet into the earth where they are heated and return to the surface. King turned to L. Duncan Cannon, now administrator of the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation plant and facili ties, and asked: "Is it true that something in the water helps polio patients?" "No, Mr. Prime Minister," Cannon replied. "You could heat the water in Toronto and get the same results.'' The man in the swimming pool snorted, "Dune, you sound just like those damned doctors. I know there's some thing in this water that helps me. Why, I can't walk in the pool at the White House but I can walk here." The year was 1933. The man in the pool was Presi dent Roosevelt. And there was no known cure for polio. March Begins On Jan. 30, 1934, in an old abandoned Civilian Conserva tion Corps building across the highway from the foundation and in plush ballrooms around the nation, bands struck up melodies and socially-prominent ladies manned the ticket counters for the first birth day balls. That year about $1 million was raised and $100,000 was earmarked for the first research program "to stimu late and further the meritor ious work being done in the field of infantile paralysis." Research brought changes in treatment. The standard for polio patients had been extreme immobilization in plaster casts followed, after many months, with exercise. By then changes had taken place in muscles and joints, making recovery difficult. Rigid splits were eliminated and apparatus was developed that would allow the patient to exercise early. Muscle re education became a major phase of treatment. "We learned to walk the tight rope between rest and activity," said Dr. Robert L. Bennett, Executive Director of the Foundation and Chair man of the Department of Physical Medicine in Atlanta's Emory university. To medical scientists like Bennett, polio actually be came something of a blessing in disguise. SECTION C Medford PAGES 1 to 8 IN NEW BUSINESS-Former airline pilot Oscar W. Cleal, 43, takes a customer's or der on the telephone and jots it down for his secretary. Cleal, whose flying days ended when a berserk gunman fired a bul let into his head, rendering him sightless, has been registered by the New York Stock Exchange as an authorized broker, an achievement that required nearly Vt years of study in the investment securities busi ness. Cleal works at home in Mcnlo Park, Calif., and at a Menlo Park investment office. (UPI) Pilot Shot by Berserk Gunman Now Authorized Stock Broker Mcnlo Park, Calif. - H'PII Eighteen months ago Oscar W. Cleal settled himself in the pilot seat of a Pacific Airline plane in Chico, Calif., for an other routine flight in his 15 ycar career with the company. A few moments later, Bruce Brill, 40, boarded the DC3 without a ticket and pulled a gun from his coal when the ticket agent tried to force him off. Britt opened fire, wounding the agent and nar rowly missing a passenger. The agent. Bill Hicks, was ulation agent at Medford, Ore., airport from 195B until 1959, transferring to Eureka and then to Chico. He has since been transferred back to Medford. where he is asiin station agent. He is now able to carry on his airline duties but is re stricted in his activities due to injuries suffered in the hooting. Britt is serving a 1 to 14 year term in California's Fol iom Prison on each of three counts of attempted murder. Bullet Fired Into Head The gunman forced his way Into the cockpit and ordered Cleal to take off immediately for Arkansas. When the pilot attempted to restrain Britt, the berserk man fired a bullet Into deal's head. ' Britt was subdued by the copilot and other passencers, end Cleal was rushed to a hospital where doctors saved his life. But, he lost one eye completely and lost the vis-1 "As far as we know, he's ion in the other. the only blind broker rcgis- Cleal's flying career wasitered with the slock over at 42, an age when few men, especially a blind one, would consider starting over. Cleal decided to be an excep tion. During his convalescence, after he was released from the Stanford-Palo Alto Hos pital, Cleal turned to the in vestment securities business in which he long had an in terest. At his Menlo Park home with his wife, Evelyn, and their two children. Lindsay, 7, and Wendy, 4, Cleal stud ied economics, finance and all facets of the securities busi ness. Used Tape Recorder His wife read to him In the evenings, and he used recorded textbooks when she was busy at her duties as a housewife. Last summer he went Into training with the Mcnlo Park I office of Shearson, Hammill j & Co.. a brokerage firm. And j Monday, after a year and a half of study, Cleal was reg istered by the New York Stock Exchange as an author ized broker. James E. Rryan, manager of the Menlo Park brokerage office, said Cleal was a full time secretary and the use of electronic sound equipment that enables him to handle securities work, despite his blindness. change,' friends him." ex- Ryan said. "His are very proud of Ascolano RIPE OLIVES Ascolano variety olives ire fa mous tor their size, tenderness end rich, nut-like flavor, the have more olive meat in relation to pit than my other canned riDe olive variety. Remember Oberti It's the BIG olive! Write for FREE colorful, illus trated olive recipe booklet. .Tribune MEDFORD. OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1963 "Polio was God given to teach us how to care for far more difficult problems," Bennett said. "Through polio treatment, we have learned much about arthritis, broken backs and necks, the progressive crip pling diseases, paraplegia (im mobilization of lower extrem ities) and quadriplcgia tall ex tremities)." Still Big Job There were those who H uiuiigiu uuu, wun me ena oi polio, Warm Springs would have served its purpose. A tour through the place shows that nothing is further from the fact. Today the Foundation is treating and rehabilitating a wide variety of immobilizing ailments and is operating a graduate training program in therapy for doctors and nur ses. Georgia is building a re habilitation center on foundation-deeded properly. The big job here today, as in the past, is to return a patient to normal pursuits, trained to compensate for par tial disability. . In a special function thera py department, disabled moth ers are taught with a life size doll how to care for in fants. They learn to make beds, open doors and get into the family car. They try all manner of door latches to find the one they can open best with fingers, wrists or elbows. These are all labeled so the patient knows which one to order from the carpenter back home. The Department is equip ped with various types of kitchen and living gadgets at different heights to suit all patients. Light switches are varied, including one that turns on and off from the pressure of the tongue. "The battle fought; the vic tory won," reads an inscrip tion on one of the buildings. But to Bennett and his staff the victory over polio was So G j -M It I C J I I . Mil an I TOO! f'Sj merely the threshold of more difficult and challenging work that he feels will still be go ing on at the 50th and the 100th anniversary of The March of Dimes. 2330 LAKE CRATER AVENUE H Prices good through Sunday . . . Shop daily 9 a.m. till 8 p.m. Monday through Sunday. No Sales to Dealers. We Reserve the Right to Limit. I THRIFTY GREEN STAMPS! 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