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16 A V.EDNESDAY. Concentration Tttt This Confusion Piece Started Oyer Selection of Name for Park By DICK WEST Washington - (HID - A sea ion or two ago, Sen. Harri son Williams was instrumen tal in promoting a project to beautify the courtyard of the old Sen ate Office Building. As a r e developed area, the court yard made such an a 1 1 r a c tive greens- Wtrt . ward that nature-lovers around the Capi tol wanted to call it a park and name it in the senator's honor. When Williams, a New Jer sey Democrat, got wind of this he modestly protested that he was not entitled to all of the credit, and suggested that he share the honor with a clerk of the Senate Rules Commit tee. The clerk's name being Gordon Harrison, the ideal thing would be to combine their names and call it the "Harrison Williams Park," he said. Williams' proposal suited Harrison fine, except for one thing. He favored using their first names so that It would be called "the Cordon Harri son Park." Let ut now proceed to the iha consideration of a mora recent incident involving the senator and one of his constituents, actor-musician Leon E. Janney. A few days ago, Williams, whose nickname is "Pete, got a letter from Janney com plaining that the literature he received from the senator's of fice was improperly ad dressed. Some of it, Janney report ed, was addressed to "S. E. Jarrey" and some of it to "Leon M. Jarmey." "You can understand my distress," he added, "because as the stationery clearly stales, my name is Grodnlck Fasbinder." In keeping with the spirit of the occasion, Janney ad dressed his letter to "Sen. Pete Harrison." Williams, of course, has tened to apologize, saying he could not understand "how anyone could possibly inter polate the name of Leon Jan ney out of Grodnick Fas- binder." "I could understand some thing like Groggy Flshbend er or even Gaudy Flashpan, but Leon Janney I just don't understand," he wrote. Satellite Launched At Point Arguello Point Arguello, Calif. - IUP1) - A satellite employing a Blue Scout combination rocket was launched from this Pacific hissile range base Tuesday by the Air Force. Only brief announcement of the firing was released by the Air Force in keeping with re cent government secrecy on launching! that might be of importance to defense or mili tary purposes. Past descriptions of the Blue Scout configuration have listed it as a 35,000-pound, 70 foot solid fuel rocket used pri marily for high altitude shots and high velocity re-entry tests. It is capable of hurling a 100-pound payload 5,000 miles or more Into the sky. Oh, my aching back NagRtrig bicLachcheidachr, or mus cular ashf-s and pami may coma urt ilh oser-eseinon, emotional upsets or day today sticss and main, And lolkt ssho cat and drink unists- aometimrs atitlrr mild bladder irritation . . . Kith that restless uncomfortable lectins. If you arc miierahla and worn out hrvause of the: discomfort. Doan'i 1'tlli oltcn help by their pairwclitvirtg action, by their aoothing died to ease bladder iiritalion, and by their mild diutriK action through the tidnryi lending to increase the output 01 the IS milei of kidney tubes. So if nagging backache main you feel dragged-out, miserable. ..ith rest less, aleeplrsa nights... don't stall. ..try Dnan'i Pilli...get the aamc happy re lief million! hase enjoyed lor over 60 yean. For conven Doan's ience, ask for the large lire. Uet .Doan'i Pills today! m FEBRUARY 20. 1963 He assured Janney, or Fas binder, that "as sure as my name is Harrison Williams" the mistake would not be re peated. The letter was signed "William Harrison." In using that signature, the senator may or may not have been aware that there really is a William Harrison in Con gress. He is a Republican rep The Medical Foot with Poor Blood Supply Many aging men complain that occasionally, while walk' ing briskly, they must keep stopping every few minutes to rest a bit because the muscles in one leg cramp or become knotted up or give out. This is the first symptom area oi a disease called intermittent claudica tion. Much then will depend on how great are the demands that a man in his Job must make on his legs. Persons who work at a desk may be able to carry on for a while with reasonable comfort. others who work standing up, may soon get into such serl ou s trouble that they will have to be operated on. A few get so disabled that even walking across a room can become a problem. Because of the poor blood supply, any small bruises the man gets on his bad leg may take many weeks to heal. In the worst cases, one or two toes may become gangrenous, and pain in the foot and leg may become constant. In a few cases, there will sud denly appear in the leg numb ness, coldness and pain. This rapid onset of trouble may be due to plugging-up of the leg's main artery with a blood clot. In many of these cases, the limb can be saved it the Once Common Spud; Now Very Important Potato' From a slow start and a lowly position, this character has increased In popularity and importance until he has now reached the status of eminence in the plant king dom. This one is the real Horatio Alger stories of the vegetable world. The growth and Im portance of this plant has been phenomenal. King he is of the vegetables - the com mon white potato. Of all the vegetables, few if any can surpass this one for universal appeal, reasonable ness of price and easy avail ability. Mr. Potato is about as important as a vegetable can become and still retain its status as a vegetable. The potato Is really not Irish at all, unless it is called that because of the number grown in Ireland, or the fact it furnishes the bulk of the food for the Irish people. Ac tually, the white potato had Its origin In Peru. There, Is was early cultivated for food and was called the "apple of Peru." 16th Century Shipment A Spaniard by the name of Pedro de Leon shipped many bushels of the fleshy tubers to Spain sometimes in the 16th Century, from which point It was carried and planted In nearly all of Eu rope and in Ireland. And all this happened about a hun dred years attrr a veluresnmc sailor by the name of Colum bus sailrd for what we now call America. Some early settlers to the New World brought some seed potatoes some time around 1720. and the first po tato patch was planted some where In the state of New Hampshire. The popularity of the potato grew as rapidly in the New World as it did from the gardens of Europe. Every pioneer garden had potatoes, growing alongside Indian maize. The potato, along with the abundance of wild game, fed the early Americans and made possible the America we know today. This prolific vegetable practically saved the German people from starvation dur ing two World Wars, and probably ranks today as one All resentative at large from Wy- oming. His middle name is Henry. My purpose in relating all of this is to test your powers of concentration. Without peeking, how many of you can remember the name of the clerk mentioned earlier? That's right - It's Gordon Flashback. Roundup Kmerllui CotuuJUnt In Medlcln Mayo Clinic Kmtrltiu Profeinur of Medlctn Mayo clinic (Refiner and Tribune Syndicate, 1SS3) artery can quickly be opened up by a surgeon. The more quickly the needed operation is performed, the better it is for the patient. When symptoms of artery trouble appear in a leg, and the man is a heavy smoker, the best thing he can do to give himself a break is to quit the use of tobacco. Smok ing can be particularly dan gerous to the diabetic person who suffers from a hardening of the arteries in his legs. A man should also avoid expo sure to cold weather. Liquor May Help A small amount of liquor may help the man, because alcohol tends to dilate arter ies. Experts tell me that the several vaso-dilators, or ar tery-widening drugs, often fall to give sufficient relief. As soon as serious pain starts, the blood vessels in the legs should be x-rayed with a special technic which will show exactly where the ob struction is, and how long a section of the artery is con stricted. Whether or not it can be operated on will depend on where the obstruction is. and its extent. The larger the vessel Involved, the better will be the prospects for get ting a good blood flow. The longer the narrowed section is, the less chance will tnere be of getting rid of the stric ture. Sometimes a lumbar sympathectomy a cutting of the sympathetic nerves in the back of the abdomen which regulates the bore of the artery will help. Small Worlds Around Us By LYNN M. W ATKINS (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 19131 many, Ireland and most of the Balkan countries. Well-Known Relatives The white potato belongs to the family of plants known as the nightshades, related to the tomato, eggplant and to bacco. In the outer skin of the potato is a milk alkaloid which closely resembles nico tine Its liberation during cooking is what gives the char acteristic and sometimes pro nounced odor usually noticed when potatoes arc cooked with their "Jackets'' on. Potatoes are deficient in fats, but very high in starch. For this reason they are often avoided by people who fear overweight. But In spite of a mild boycott by dictists and portly folks, the lowly potato is easily recognized as the most popular vegetable in the entire vegetable kingdom, and that covers a whale of a lot of territory. It would probably be con servative lo say most Amer icans cat potatoes at least twice a day, year in and year out, Yes, Spud is more than a "big shot" . . .he's a VIP - a Very Importalant Potato. Pacific University Shows Student Increase Forest Grove Final enroll ment figures for the 1963 spring semester at Pacific uni versity show a 15 per cent increase over enrollment fig ures for last spring, accord ing to Gloria Wulf, registrar. At the closing of registra tion Wednesday, a total of 863 students had enrolled. En rollment for the same period last year was 810. This spring's registration is high est in the college of arts and sciences where 723 are in rolled. The college of optome try has 140. THE PRICE CHOPPERS Sea Weitern Thrift'. Ad Tomorrow'! Mail Tribune e 1 m. E,-" afrfrlt.lN a)Tl GOOD INVESTMENT - James Shockley, 19. of Muncie, Ind., paid $20 for a 1913 Liberty head nickel (inset) to an uniden tified man who happened into a gas station where Shockley was "killing time." Experts said the coin, if the real thing, was listed in catalogues as worth $12,500. Only six of them are known to be in existence. (UPI) Pre-History Areas Will Get Study Eugene The pre-history of southwestern Alaska will be investigated during the next two summers by members of the University of Oregon an thropology department under a $57,600 grant from the Na tional Science Foundation. The two-year grant has been made to Dr. Luther S. Cressman, head of the depart ment, and Don E. Dumond, assistant professor of anthro pology. Dumond will lead a group of graduate students, who will Deadline Nears for Tour Applications Eugene March 1 is the deadline for applying for par ticipation in the University of Oregon's Second - Level French Institute to be held for nine weeks this summer in Tours, France. Positions are open for 80 participants and 120 alter nates, according to Dr. David M. Dougherty, head of the university's foreign languages department and director of the institute. The second-level Institute open only to secondary school teachers of French who have ranked in the upper third of their classes at first-1 level institutes held in this country. The Institute is particularly anxious to receive applica tions from qualified Oregon teachers. Dr. Dougherty said. Last year, 80 teachers from 22 states participated in the in stitute. The University is the only school in the nation to be chosen by the Department of Health, Education, and Wel fare to conduct the overseas French institute for three consecutive years. A grant of approximately $136,000 will be received from the U.S. Of fice of Education to finance the institute. ins, HOW COME Fluhrer's Holsum BREAD NOW TASTES BETTER THAN EVER? BECAUSE PREMIUM QUALITY HOLSUM Is 4 Hours Fresher! MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON -.-- ea . a a s f . t - ill'' ah. 1 S--iK t f'ft r. ' A. of Alaska remain at the site in the Kal- mai National Monument on the northwestern side of the Alaska Peninsula throughout the summer. Dr. Cresman plans to visit the site for two or three weeks during each summer expedi tion. In this work, the research ers found stone artifacts in dicating a sequence of hu man occupation from about 2000 B.C. to the beginning of the 20th century in an area which was "archaeologically unknown" up to that time. The material proved to be "almost identical" to sequenc es which have been found about 500 miles north in the vicinity of the Bering Straits, but quite different from arti facts found a relatively few miles away on the southern side of the peninsula. The new research will in volve a further exploration of the relationships between the two groups of Eskimos living on the Bering Sea and the Pacific Ocean and the reasons for the cultural differences of two groups living in close proximity, Dumond said. r' , BRIMS ...the halance beautiful for the soft-clothes loot of spring '6.? BRIMS DIP AND SLANT, CURVE UPWARD OR FLARE OUTWARD AT FASHION'S WHIM (AND YOUR S) . . . UNCLUTTERED? UNCOMPLI CATED ELEGANCE IN ROUGHNED AND FINE TEXTURED STRAWS . . . YOU'LL GET THEIR FASHION MESSAGE THE MINUTE YOU SEE THEM ON MANN'S SECOND FLOOR. Years of Hysteria Coming To End for Minnesota Man, 37 Minneapolis, Minn. (Urti-At the age of 37, Jerome Meyer was born again. Behind him were 22 years of hysteria and dread during which he lay crouched with his legs drawn up like an un born child. Today, doctors at the Eliza beth Kenny Institute held out hope that minor surgery might unlock his fibrosis frozen legs and give him free dom of movement for the first time since he was 15. That was the year Jerome, of Rice Lake, Wis., was taken from his home and sent to his uncle's house, which was closer to school. Jerome, shy and to . whom studies came hard, could not make the ad justment. He developed a severe cough and was hospitalized. When he recovered, he was sent back to his uncle's home. Soon he began to twist and contort until he lay paralyzed in a prenatal posture. There he lay, day after day, week and week, month after month. A four-wheeled cart became him home, around the clock, for nearly a quarter of a century. Last November, his moth er, 70, brought him to the in stitute. Physicians concluded there were "no physical rea sons" for Meyer's unnatural position. They said the em bryonic posture apparently was the result of the severe emotional shock. Dr. Mary Price said the position indicated a subcon scious desire to return to the security of the womb. Dr Price used informal psychotherapy, exercise, mas sage, treatments in a warm water tank and hypnosis. Gradually she succeeded in loosening Meyer's stiffened muscles and overcoming his fears. Within three months, Meyer was sitting in a wheelchair and exercising with weights and pulleys. Convincing Meyer that he had nothing to fear when he came out of his shell was the biggest hurdle along the route to recovery, Dr. Price said. Hypnotism Used She said Dr. Donald R. Dag gett found Meyer a willing subject for hypnotism and within a short time had gained the man's confidence. During the 45-minute ses sions. Dr. Price said, Dag gett talked reassuringly with the patient and gradually Meyer began working his arms and fingers. He soon chatted with his nurses and had shed most of his hostility and suspicion, Dr. Price said. Doctors said minor surgery would free Meyer's locked knees and return him to com plete mobility. However, there was some doubt that the patient or his mother would approve the operation. Mrs. Meyer, according to Dr. Price, said the family be lieved in "faith healing." "I'd be very disappointed if we couldn't complete his re habilitation," Dr. Price said. "He'll be alone soon, and it would be so much easier for everyone if he could walk." Bills Approved By Legislature Salem (UPD - The legislature Tuesday approved the follow ing measures: By the Senate: ' SB77-Relating to adminis trative school districts. SB86-Relating to educa tion. SB164-Setting 'up a legisla tive committee to review ad ministrative rules. By the House: HB2008, 2018, 2037, 2074 Budgets for Board of Barber Examiners, Board of Chiro practic Examiners, Forest Protection and Conservation Committee, podiatrists' exam ining board. HB1018-Minor tax change. HB1108-Exemptions from motor vehicle registration. HB1109-Reserve base for two forest accounts. HB1156-Precinct counting boards. SJR-Expenses for Senate president and House speaker. Final Budget Figure By April I Hoped Salem -IUPII- The co-chairmen of the Ways and Means committee said Tuesday they hope a final budget figure will "Jell" by April 1. Sen. Ward Cook (D-Port- land) and Rep. Ro Morgan (D-Grcsham) said so far they are aiming at a general fund budget of around $385 mil lion. "OIL TO BURN" Msbilheat S i H Green Stamps MEDFORD FUEL CO. 771-1111 FROSTED LINENS ' ji 29.95 11 J FASHION'S NEWEST COLOR STORY .. JLVJLV ' A" skirt's in fashion that's feminine but not fussy . . frosted blue, pink or green. 2nd floor . . 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