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THURSDAY. MAY 9, 1983 fi f. Drug's Side Effect Turns Woman's Hair To Lovely Golden MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MCDFORD. OREGON Rv DELOS SMITH UPI Science Editor . New York-flJPD-A new medi cal .nystery is why a dramatic "side effect" of a drug escaped the attention of physicians up to now although the drug has been in use for years. The apparent answer is the "side effect" is so pleasant patients - especially female patients - do not report it to their doctors lest it be taken away and the doctors them selves do not look at patients as wholes but only at their ail ing parts. This "side effect" is to turn brunette hair into blonde hair and not washed-out blonde but a lovely light golden. There's no doubt whatever it takes place, said the Welsh doctor who has the honor of being the first to report It to the International Medical litera ture. Noticed by Accldtnt Dr. John D. Spillane of the Cardiff (Wales) Royal Infirm ary confessed he first noticed It by accident. He had had a . woman in her late 30s taking the drug for some months when It occurred to him she "looked different" somehow He was unsure just how she looked different until he questioned her at some length, She was coy and finally made him realize she was a blonde now whereas before she had been a brunette, Thereafter he kept a sharp eye on three other dark-haired women and two dark-haired men who were taking the drug under his supervision. In all of them the change took place and "it was much appreciated by the women patients who seemed Inclined to keep it a secret, he said, He found the color change from dark to light depended upon a heavy daily dose taken over a period of three months, When the drug was with' drawn, the hair resumed growing out from the scalp witn us former dark color, "There were no general 111 . effects," Spillane reported to the British Medical Journal However, there wasn't the slightest suggestion I way had been found of making this a world of blonde haired women. The drug is used as a relaxant of skeletal muscles, as a sedative and when mixed with other drugs as a pain, killer. .Prescription Drug In high doses It can pro- , auce Doth unpleasant and dangerous side effects; It is a prescription drug which must be administered under a phy sician's close supervision. Its generic name is mephencsin. Spillane said obviously it somehow repressed the pro duction of the basic dark body pigment, melanin, permitting the light pigments to take over. How it does it is un known but Spillane Is setting up experiments to find out. These studies, he suggested, could provide a "clue" to a chemical way of controlling the highly malignant cancer of melanin cells, melanoma. Meanwhile, he commented IhA "fliHn effects" of drugs are making medical practice more ana more aun cult. Many are unpleasant and appear early and that Is "for tunate," he said. "Some of course are insidious and late. Rut uihot if they're not only insidious but also not unpleas ant? wnat ii tne eiieci is ac tually pleasing to the pa tient,' Pressure Cooker Used in Tests Of Freeway Highway Material Pressure cookers have a variety of uses for food, but who would ever think of cook ing chunks of concrete from the new Medford Ashland freeway in them? Aa a mutter nf fori, there is an outfit in Salem doing this very thing. Actually, tne pres sure cooker is used as only a part of the multiyllcity of tests given to all material thai goes into the building of Ore gon's highways. These tests are carried out in the state's engineering laboritories, which have been operating as a branch of the Oregon state highway department since 1919. Most motorists would be surprised at the extensive re search and testing that Is con ducted for the highways upon which they drive. Just last year, more than 38,000 sam ples of work being done on the highways were tested in the state laboratories. Road Material Tested And every Imaginable type of road material is tested at the lab-ven the reflective buttons on road signs, which are individually scrutinized for the correct degree of bril liancy. G. W. Harra, head of the lab, puts it this way: "Our or ganization, which is listed as a materials division of the highway department, acts as a controlling means for high way material including every thing from the gravel and dirt on the base of the roads to the paving and the structure." When the existing lab build ing was constructed in 1941, the engineers let architects de sign the exterior but left the inside to be mapped out en tirely by the lab crew for the convenience of testing. This has resulted in an ideal ar rangement, according to Har ra, as the material can easily be taken from one room to an other. - Since Its organization, the lab has been in the continu ous process of expanding and purchasing new equipment. Now, the lab crew Is work ing nearly shoulder to shoul der with dozens of pieces of new equipment. Harra said he expected some expansion in the near future. This greatly expanded oper ation is due not only to in creased highway work, but also to the advanced methods of construction requiring more extensive testing. Prime example Is the evolution of Portland cement concrete, which is now being used to pave many miles of the Ore gon interstate highway sys tem. In the pioneer days of con crete road building the con struction crews would obtain gravel and sand from nearby river beds, mix it with cement until it appeared to be the right consistency, then roll It on the highway. Although many of these old concrete highways are still serving use ful lives, it has been found through years of experience that carefully measured con trol of water, gravel and sand in concrete is necessary to in sure longer lasting highway life. Because of this, it has be come a never-ending opera tion for the lab crew to test the consistency, setting time, soundness and compressive strength of concrete. Presure Cooking Test In the pressure cooking test, for example, small bars of concrete are kept at 420 de grees temperature and 295 de grees pressure for three hours, then given a hot and cold bath -all to measure the contrac tion or expansion of concrete. Not simply content with specifications, the lab double checks by testing samples of concrete taken each day from highways under construction. Arriving in cylinder form, the samples are cured and cracked SPEAKER ANNOUNCED Forest Grove The Rev. Glenn W. Young, minister of the Union Congregational church (United Church of Christ) in Upper Montclalr, N.J., and an innovator in reli gious education, will be the speaker at the baccalaureate services for the 1963 graduat ing class at Pacific university June 2. ; MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON THURSDAY. MAY . 1963 Q f Crime Increases Although Detection Improves, Hoover Motes at alternating Intervals by a huge compressor machine. At last comes the final In spection of the completed highways. If it meets the nec essary state and federal speci fications, the engineers then declare another section of con crete highway ready for use. By JACK VANDENBEKa United Press International . Washington - IUPU - As J. Edgar Hoover nears his 39th anniversary as head of the , Federal Burean of Investiga tion, he has a paradox to der that disturbs himkreat ponder that distrubs him greatly. The , methods of law en- - forcement and crime detec tion have improved enormous ly since he took over the Justice Department's old Bu- , reau of Investigation in 1924. Despite this, crime has been consistently on the increase. What is the reason? In an exclusive interview with Unit ed Press international, Hoo ver had this answer: "A lack of public interest and support - particularly with regard to law enforce ment and the administration of justice - underlies Ameri ca's rising crime problem." He made these observa tions: "There can be no doubt that law enforcement has made greater strides forward than the underworld. Recent years have witnessed an end less series of advancements in scientific crime detection which not only strengthen our efficiency in identifying and apprehending wrongdoers, but also assure greater protection to the lawabiding and the falsely accused. Crime Grows "In spite of these improve ments, the crime problem has continued to grow. During the past decade, in fact, there has been a 70 per cent increase in serious offenses across the United States. And in the last five years, crime has risen nearly five times as fast as our rapidly growing population." Hoover's comments were made in written answers to question submitted by United Press International, supple mented by a talk in his small inner office at FBI headquar ters. On May 10, Hoover will start his 40th year as head of the nation's foremost crime fighting agency. It has been a career lasting through six presidents, and the lives of Alvin Karpis, John Dillinger and plane-bomber Jack Gil bert Graham. It has establish ed him as one of the most powerful and venerable insti tutions in America His black hair is slightly tinged with gray now, and the hint of a wave in it is gone. There is little noticeable change in his ruddy complex ion and his face still shows determination and conviction when he speaks. Crew Listens The energy wit,i which he expresses his views makes a passive audience out of those in his office, a room that re sembles a study. There is a large, orderly desk contain ing only a few momentos; a small, double tiered book case, and a high-backed loath er chair where the FBI chief sits. Hoover's conversation cov ers a wide range of subjects, but always it has running through it a strong thread of personal experience, crime de tection and deep religious be liefs. In his written answers, he made these points: There are very definite limitations upon the FBI's authority, and "I consider all of them to be most essential." "A tremendous spirit of mutual cooperation exists throughout the law enforce ment profession today one unmatched at any time in the past. We hope this cooper ation will grow. It has help ed our profession to reach new heights of efficiency, pub lic service and protection of civil rights." Most Vicious Alvin Karpis, now fin ishing out a life sentence at McNeil's island, Wash., was the "most vicious" person who ever threatened to kill him. The FBI, as well as Hoover himself, has developed a steady "following of outspo ken enemies over the years, including criminal and sub versive elements and "a pe culiar brand of 'pseudo lib eral' who is obsessed by the false notion that law enforce ment and protection of na tional security are incompati ble with 'true liberalism.' " It a man is to maintain his balance and proper per spective in life, it Is essential that he "reserve a few hours each week to pursue a hobby (gardening is my springtime favorite), to read good books, to enjoy the company of fam ily and friends, and to com- Paper Ignored Revere's Ride Boston -dnr- Years later, Longfellow immortalized Paul Revere with his poem about the midnight ride. But in the story published in the Massachusetts Gazette on April 20, 1775 - the day after the ride ended - there is no mention of Revere. Referring to the Battle of Concord bridge, the newspa. per said: . "Last Tuesday night, the (British) Grenadier and Light companies, were ferried in long boats from the bottom of the Common over to Phil's farm in Cambridge, from whence they proceeded their way to Concord, where they arrived early yesterday. 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Roose velt," Hoover said, "who made the most significant ad dition to our jurisdiction when, In 1938, he named the FBI the civilian investigative agency primarily responsible for safe - guarding America'a internal security. Our domes tic intelligence responsibili ties - including Investigations of espionage, sabotage and subversion - have increased greatly since that time." In the early days. Hoover had only a few hundred agents who couldn't even car-. ry guns. Now there are more than 6,000 G-Men in S3 offi ces stretching from Alaska to Puerto Rico. FBI Revered It was aiso in those early days that the FBI became en graved in American folklore. "During the 1830's, under world terrorism - highlighted by bank robberies, kidnap ings, gangland assassinations and murders - captured head lines from coast to coast," Hoover recalled. "The abduction of young Charles Lindbergh in 1832 led directly to the passage of tha . federal kidnaping statute. Two years later, responding to the series of assaults upon banks by the Barker-Karpis gang, the Dillinger mob and other bands of gunmen. Con gress enacted the federal bank robbery statute. I am proud of the FBI s role in helping to smash the notorious gangs of the 1930's. But. these achieve ments were not attained with out sacrifice." In particular Hoover sin gled out the "Kansas City Massacre," in which Special Agent Raymond J. Caffrey and three police officers were gunned down by Pretty Boy Floyd and his gang. In the succeeding five years. Hoover recalled, seven more FBI agents were shot to death. "No law enforcement or In telligence agency worthy of Its name can avoid the wrath of criminal and subversive elements," Hoover said. Hoover Unafraid 'I frankly do not take un derworld threats against my life very seriously. This Is a mental attitude which I devel oped during the gangster era of the 1830 s, when several notorious gunmen promised to add my name to their vic tims." One of these was Karpis. He held me personally re sponsible for the deaths of Fred and "Ma' Barker," Hoo ver said. The Barkers were killed by FBI agents in 1935. "I accepted Karpis' threat as a personal challenge," he said. "When I arrested him on Canal atreet in New Or leans the following year, Kar pis' face turned ashen white and he surrendered without a fight." Asked to recall some of the outstanding cases he has han dled, Hoover listed a series of notorious ones, ranging from the smashing of the power of the Ku Klux Klan in the 20s, to Jack Graham's dynamiting of a passenger plane carrying 44 persons in the 1950s, to the more recent hijacking of an airliner In the southwest by a father and son who wanted to go to Cuba. Role Switched With the advent of the 40's, the hot war and then the cold war, the FBI had to switch much of Its energy from crime detection to fighting subversion, Some of the highlights of that period, Hoover recalled, were "the smashing of several German spy rings, the appre hension of eight Nazi aano teurs who were landed on our east coast by submarine, and the conviction of 11 na tional leaders of the Commu nist party, USA, for conspir ing to teach and advocate the overthrow of our government by force and violence." "This," he said, "was the start of a new era, the atomic age; and even as United States forces helped destroy the Nazi military machine in Europe and Africa, Soviet agents clandestinely conspired to steal nuclear secrets and penetrate our government." He said he shared the view expressed by Judge Irving R. Kaufman when he sentenced Julius and Ethel Roaenburg In 1951: "Your crime Is worse than murder. Plain, deliber ated murder Is dwarfed in magnitude by comparison to the crime you have commit ted ... " J.
