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LJL The Medical rr. W PAIN IN CHEST A pain in the cheat sends many a person In his twenties or thirties to a physician be- cause ne greatly tears coronary heart disease. Usually, men ol this age can be reas sured in a m i n u t e, be cause of their youth; women OrarM can De reas- lured bacause of their youlh and also because of their sex: coronary heart disease, which Is due to a narrowing of one of the arteries of the heart comes In men usually AFTER the age of 40, and in women after the age of so or ou In thousands of cases, the fact that the pain which the person complains of Is never brought on Dy exercise or an ger is enough to show that it does not arise in the neari. Many persons with chest pain due to anxiety go in daily fear of heart disease. Of ten this great fear took noid of them when a couple of rel atives or friends suddenly died of a coronary attack. Many a woman with fear of heart disease keeps going into spells of "air hunger," in which she will run to a win dow "to get more air." This symptom is always due to nervousness, and it should be treated only with reassur ance. To give drugs for it is to do harm. Missing heart-beats and palpitation also are al most always harmless. Many persons suffer from them for 40 yean, or until they die of old age. Anyone who can walk rap Idly along the street or can run up atalrs or can play ten nis comfortably haa a good heart. What, then, can be causing a pain in the chest? Often, the pain is In the chest wall. It may be In the muscle between two ribs, or In the gristle be tween the ends of the ribs and the breast bone, or in a nerve that runs under one of the ribs, or In the Joint between the lower end of the breast bone and the little end-nlcce of cartilage (gristle). It can be due to an arthritis in the little Joints that are located at the end of a tenth rib In fronl On rare occasions, it the chest pain comes with a deep Dream, ii is due to a slight pleurisy (inflamation of the lining of the lung or the chest cavity). oraaass in Muscles Every so often when I ex amine the chest wall of a man or a woman who is frightened about a "heart pain," I find a soreness in the muscles that move the right arm. When I ask. "What un usual work did you do yester day?" the person says, "I put up curtains," or "1 papered the pantry shelves," or "I painted the kitchen," or "I played my first game of ten nis (his spring," and that ex plains the pain. It Is like a "charlcy horse" In the leg. Rarely, a severe pain of ahort duration is due to a cramp in a section of the mus cle between two ribs. A burning pain can be thnl of "heartburn." Tills Is due to the regurgitation of acid Has trie Juice into a uullet which. in some unknown way, has become irritable. Heartburn can be due to loss of temper, to eating radishes or onions or to smokhiR too much. It can be relieved best by sipping a half-glass of water In which a lialf-tcaspoonful of baking soda has been dissolved. Tak ing an antacid tablet cannol work so well. Pain in the chest is some times due to a nervous spasm In the gullet, or in the "cardia." the valve located where the gullet enters the atomach; it may be due to the pinching of a bit of stomach In the hole in the midriff inrougn which thr gullet goes i a "hiatus hernia." I rarely i see anyone with a hiatus j hernia that produces enough symptoms to warrant an op ' ration. A pain In the right side of the chest under the shoulder I blade can be arising in a dis-1 eased gallbladder, and a sun-1 liar pain in the li ft side of ! the chest can be due to disease in the pancreas- the digest. 1 ivc gland that lies back of the I atomaeh. Medford Man Elected Secretary of Group James Sheldon. Medford was elected secretary of the uregon i ullccturs association i ,t... , miimai convention me group held in Portland Highlight f the conventiot was the presentation of jchol arships to thn.r finaliMs ii the state wide essav contes tor high school seniors o. LBB -. ! si TUESDAY, APHIL 23. 113 Roundup rnifrllni It Emeritui LnniulUnt In MtdlClM Mayo Clinic Bmtritut Proftnor of Mtdlcln Mayo Clinic (Ktiuttr nd Trlbun Ijrndlcat. IMS) Pain or discomfort in the chest can often be due to gas distending the bowel. A too full stomach can also produce pain in the chest. Naturally, in all cases of persisting pain in the chest, the chest should be x-rayed. Pain arising in the heart can usually be relieved in a few minutes by dissolving a tablet of nitroglycerin in the mouth. When, as commonly happens, a man has a typical anginal heart pain which comes with exertion but still has normal electrocardio grams, a so-called (Dr.) Master two-step test will tell in a minute that he has a nar rowed coronary artery. As the famous heart spec ialist, Dr. Paul Dudley White, has said, "distressing indigest ion can lead to a wrong diag nosis of coronary heart dis ease." In his booklet on "Heart Trouble," Dr. Alvarez ex plains In detail the "Master two-step" test and describes what happens when a heart attack occurs. You may ob tain a copy of this booklet by sending 25 cents and a stamped, self-addressed en velope with your request to Dr. Walter C. Alvarez, Dept. MMT, Box 9S7, Dea Moines 4, Iowa. Man, Boys, Animals and Insects All 'Usad' Bridge The placement of the cross over was sheer accident; the great tree had grown at the edge of the little, fast-moving stream. The water, made swift and strong by heavy rains, had washed the soil away from the roots, toppling the trunk athwart the little riv er. On the opposite bank, the farther end was securely wedged; the stream was bridged. Some years ago men or boys with axes had hacked away the roots and branches from both ends; what remain ed was only the trunk. A log across a stream, a natural cross-over that had been there a long time, much longer than any of those now. using is could remember, but over the years, countless feet had crossed It, sometimes maybe Just to get to the other side. During most of every year the little stream was deep and swift moving; the cross over log, as it was referred to by those that knew of It, saved considerable distance for those who moved across the area; it was a short cut to the other side. Ax Marks Halped Sonic one, some lime or other, had tried to flatten out the roundness of the up per part of the tog. They had only partly Succeeded, but the ax marks helped a little; afterwards, the trunk was n little less slippery. The bark had long since rotted away; the bare wood showed pa-sty- whltc and semi-smooth. There was very good reason lo use the cross-over when it was wet, for it was then, aft er heavy rains, that the stream ran bank - full, and noisily swift. Then, too, all of the boys In the vicinity scurried back and forth along the trunk displaying their sense of balance and sure Pr HOME Color the sign yellow. When you have iij OoL your eye on a new home see us for fj Shady Cove YFW Elects Officers Shady Cove Jobie Bryan was elected commander of Steelhead post, Veterans of Foreign Wars, at a meeting April 19. Others elected were Mel Gibson, senior vice command er; Clifford Shelby, junior vice commander; Reed Mc Kay, quartermaster; Clarence Meyer, post advocate; Sam uel Apling, chaplain; John Holgate, surgeon; and Ken neth Clair, trustee for three years. Officers who have been appointed so far Include Rob ert Hammons, adjutant; John Wilson, officer of the day, and Harry Birch, service officer. Visitors at the meeting were George Conncil, Rogue River, district commander; Jim William, commander elect, Fred Kerby and John Jenkins, Ashland post, and Frank Otley, commander. Ed Smith and John Loomer, Med ford. Refreshments were served by members of the auxiliary. THANKS FOR PUBLICITY New Boston, Mass. - HIPP- The Board of Selection of this Berkshire Hills hamlet (pop ulation 150) passed a resolu tion Monday formally thank ing the officials and residents of Boston, the state s capital and largest city. Taking note of Boston's designation as an all-American city this year and the promotional cam paign featuring the slogan "The New Boston," the se lectmen's resolution thanked Boston for all the free publicity. Small Worlds Around Us By LYNN M. W ATKINS (IUa liter tni Trifcunt Synakara. '.Ml) Others besides boys, and men taking a shortcut to work, used the cross-ovcr-log. Of all, the squirrels and rac coons accomplished it the easi est. Lassar Beings Stayed After the last human cross ed over during daylight hours, the log became a highway for the wild creatures of the field and the forest; skunks, foxes and oppossums made regular trips over and back. During the darkness of the nights the old log-bridge was their's alone, and they made the most of It. Too, there were many less cr beings present that had no intention of crossing; they moved In to the log itself. Wood boring beetles, large and small, ants and termites all labored constantly to tear apart or reduce the cross-over. Sawdust from many of these tunnelcrs fell into the hur rying waters below and float ed away to some unknown and distant lodging place. Dry rot, mildew and oth er agencies of devastation worked at it; water deposit ed in cracks froze in winter cold and exerted forces little suspected by the scampering leet that traversed the length of the cross-over. By slow de grees, the old fibers of the dead wood snapped and broke; every insect chewed harder as if intent on has tening final collapse. No one will ever know what human or animal was the very last lo use the old "bridge that spanned the stream,' for it collapsed one night broken in two. The next day's light revealed the damage; one lection had been carried away by the stream, the other end slanted sharply downward from the bank, its end causing a constant swirl in the water. Gone was the cross-over, unknown the ani mal or the human that was the last one across. 3y American BY LYLE C. WILSON UPI Correspondent It is bad news for the tax payer that President Kennedy encouraged organized Amer ican Negroes to make poli tical medicine in behalf o f more foreign a i d spending in Africa. 1 1 is bad news because organ ized A m e r i can Negroes Wllion comprise a formidable polit ical pressure group. If they demand that Congress and the Kennedy Adminstration in crease foreign aid spending in Africa, Congress and the Ken nedy Adminstration are like ly to increase it. Jumbo-Knit Use the large needles, whip up this wonder-jacket in lit tle time for smart casual wear. New! two - tone ribbing trims jumbo-knit jacket quickie in two strands of wor sted or mohair and knitting worsted. Pattern 7236; sizes :)2-;i4; :t6-:)8 inclusive. THIRTY-FIVE CENTS (in coins) for this pattern - - add 15 cents for each pattern for first-class mailing and special handling. Send to Alice Brooks, Medford Mail Trib une. Needlecraft Dept.. P. O. Box 103, Old Chelsea Station, New York 11. N. Y. Print plainly NAME, ADDRESS, PATTERN NUMBER. ' 1063 s Biggest Needlecraft Show stars smocked accesso ries it's our new Needle craft Catalog! Plus over '200 fresh-toyou designs to knit, crochet, sew, weave, embroi der, quilt. Plus free pattern. Send 25 cents now! Miss Sfacey Named Teaching Assistant Pamela Stacey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Stacey of Harbrooke rd.. Medfurd has accepted a position a: graduate teaching assistant at the University of Illinois, where she will work (or her master's degree in French Miss Stacey will graduate from the University of Ore gon in June. During her uni versity career she spent a year in Paris, studying at the Sor bonne and the Institute of Eu ropean study. She is a grad nate of Medford High school mm Negroes Campaign a committee representing various Negro organizations I York, the committee decided called on President Kennedy ! to establish a permanent link in December. He told them between the American Negro that the 20 million American leadership and the new Afri Negroes had a responsibility , can nations. At this meeting, for the U.S. role in Africa and ! American Negro leaders criti- that he valued the concern American Negroes felt for the African peoples. Pearson To Acquire Nuclear Warheads Ottawa-IUPII-Liberal leader Lester B.Pearson Monday be - came Canada s 14th prime minister and immediately said he would acquire nuclear warheads for the nation's armed forces. He pledged the "friendliest possible" relations with the United States. 4-H Club News Weslsidt Club The last meeting of the Westside Home Improvement 4-H club was held at the home of Corine Florey April 15 aft er school. The treasurer's report show ed that the club made $9 at the recent cake sale. Plans (or entertaining the dads at supper were discussed. All members participated in judging of table settings. Refreshments were served by Corine Florey. 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Roy Wilkins, executive sec retary of the National Asso ciation for the Advancement of Colored People, deplored what he regarded as insignifi 1 cant ori(,ina anocation for African aid. He raised this question: "Is there a color line in our foreign aid program." Whitney M. Young of the National Urban League said he had been shocked by the attitude of the Clay Commit- Nutty Niltin Needles Sandra Mayfield was host ess to the recent meeting of the Nutty Nitten Needles 4-H club. Connie Varner, presi dent, presided and members answered roll call by telling of a funny experience. Plans for presenting a skit at the Veterans Administration dom iciliary were discussed. A new reporter was elected to replace the member who dropped out of the club. The next meeting will be held April 23 at the home of Rita Ford. Sandra Mayficld, Reporter For More Foreign Aid tee toward aid for African nations. The attitude of the Clay Committee was: Immediate U.S. security interests are less evident in Africa than in countries closer to the Soviet Union. But, the United States definitely has a stake in helping the new African nations create a cli mate of stability and growth in freedom. Western European na tions should and do logically bear most of the African aid burden. Clay's committee refused to accept the view that the United States always must provide aid lest the new Afri can nations accept help from the Communist nations with resulting political penetration and eventual subversion. The committee said it rejected this iew because it did not be- j lieve the new African nations wisned to acquire a new mas ter, having but recently shuck ed the old or.e. African Aid Proposals The committee noted that U.S. aid programs in the Afri can area uniformly tended to increase. As an over-all policy guideline, the committee said this: "In the light of its other responsibilities, the United States cannot undertake to support all of the African countries." Ii proposed that U.S. aid to the Congo be limited to half of all aid extended by all of the other free world na tions together. The foregoing summarizes the Clay Committee's report on aid to Africa that shocked the National Urban League s spokesman. African aid cost the U.S. taxpayer SI, 776,700, 000 in six years. 1955-62, in-: elusive. The only shocker in all of this is that the Clay Commit-1 tee felt it necessary to report that the United States could YOU DON'T BUY BUY A MAN . . . One you can trust to look after all the details . . . Wa Believe that SERVICE BEYOND the CONTRACT Is Mora Important Than Pricel However if you check with us, you will find our rates are HIGHLY COMPETITIVE! 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