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Emtntiu Professor of Medicine
Mayo Clinic
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Lindau's Rare Diseasa
Some splendid work has
been done on the heredity of
Lindau's rare disease in which
tumors and
little cysts
(tiny bags of
fluid) appear
in the eyes,
the brain, and
some other or
g a n s. The
work was
done by Hr.
Jack Good-
wu man. Dr. F.
Peck Jr., and Emil J. Kiein
holz of the Albany Medical
Center Hospital. When these
doctors became interested in
tha disease, they started track
ing down all of the uncles,
aunts, cousins, nephews, and
nieces that they could hear
of in a family of people, a
few of whom had become
blind, or who had died of a
brain tumor.
, To get the needed informa
tion, the doctors looked up
records in hospitals, in county
court houses, in family Bibles,
in church and cemetery rec
ords, in the archieves of his
torical societies, and in old
newspapers. They got in touch
with several old family doc
tors who had known members
of the affected family, and
along the way, they became
skillful genealogists.
They even tracked down one
old member of the family with
the help of a bartender who
knew her. To me this gen
ealogic technic is a delight
ful and most useful way of
studying a rare disease which
is not well understood - par
ticularly in its milder and
poorly recognizable forms.
Years ago, I had the pleas
ure of doing this sort of work
when I studied what actually
happened to 673 families, in
all of which there was a tend
ency to mental troubles, alco
holism, severe neuroses, and
epilepsy. My book on the sub
jact is called "Practical Leads
to Puzzling Diagnoses: Neu
roses that Run Through Fam
ilies" (Lippincott).
I found in my work exactly
what Dr. Goodman and his
associates have found in their
work, namely that often a
tendency to a disease will
show up in different members
of a family in different ways;
in some the disease will be se
vere, while in others it will
be so mild as to be unrecog
nizable, except to an expert.
Dr. Goodman and his men
succeeded in tracing 200 per
sons in seven generations of
the affected family, and found
how the disease had affected
some of the members. Thir
teen of tiiose with the disease
were descendants of one wo
man. Because among the descend
ants of the sister of this wo
man there were eight people
in three generations with cat
aracts in both eyes, cataracts
almost Certainly can represent
a manifestation of Lindau's
disease.
Usually in persons with this
disease, the people have sev
eral angiomas, or little tumors
made of blood vessels. Some
had these tumors in the brain;
one had one in the spinal
cord; three had them in a kid
ney; and two had the disease
show up in their skin.
Can Be Treated Early
The great advantage of rec
ognizing a familial disease
early in life is that often then
it can.be treated and cured
or relieved. Later, it may be
inoperable or hard to treat.
As I have mentioned in this
column, one of the studies like
this one of Dr. Goodman and
his group is that of Dr. Geoff
rey Dean, of Port Elizabeth,
South Africa, who, in studying
the inheritance of porphyria
(a disease in which there usu
ally are spells of great nerv
ousness with abdominal pain,
,red urine, and great sensitive
ness of the skin to sunlight)
has now traced every person
(with this abnormality) in sev
en generations - all descended
from a certain Hollander who
went out to Africa about 1700.
An important point is that in
this big family there are some
lines of descent in which the
disease appears, and some
lines in which it is absent.
In the last few years, the
science of human genetics has
shot ahead at such a great
rate that I think the conspir
acy of silence against it, which
for the last 50 year has per
mitted very little discussion
of it by physicians or laymen,
must soon collapse. When it
is finally overcome, we physi
cians and many laymen will
have to face the obvious but
now unpalatable fact that
many diseases are primarily
hereditary in nature.
Two thirds of the victims of
Multiple Sclerosis are be
tween the ages of 20 and 40.
If you'd like Dr. Alvarez' lit
tle booklet which tells more
about the disease, send 25
cents and a self-addressed,
stamped envelope with your
request for it to Dr. Walter
C. Alvarez, Dept. MMT, Box
857, Des Moines 4, Iowa.
Heavy Rainfall
Causes flooding
By United Press International
Heavy rains broke droughts
and sent flood waters rolling
through several western states
and in Texas and North Caro
lina during the week end.
About three feet of. flood
water poured into the river
channels of Duchesne, Utah,
Sunday night, causing rmnor
damage. It was the last ot
the ravaging waters which
took, one life and caused
thousands of dollars of dam
age. A diversion dam burst on
the North Fork of the Du
chesne river about 40 miles
north of Duchesne. A 4-year-old
boy drowned when the
tent in which he was sleeping
was swept away by mud and
water.
The" U.S. Weather Bureau
said the heavy week end
rains "undoubtedly broke
the two - month drought in
eastern Colorado. The rains
ranged up to an unofficial five
to six inches in Jefferson
county.
USEFOL PRIZE
Middletown, Conn. - SICT -Edward
Kulmacz, 45, who has
never owned or operated a
car, won one at a week end
bazaar, . '
Highways Get New 'Welcome Mats'
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By SYLVIA PORTER
Ceeyrieht, Hll Syndicate, !ne.
POWER OF PENSION FUNDS .
Rumor No. 1 circulating over the years: Labor unions
have gained great economic power In this country through
their management of the pension funds of their- members.
Evidence released todays The rumor has been wildly
exaggerated. While covering over 3 million workers, union
pension funds had assets of only $1.8 billion ini 1980, and
even though these funds are growing rapidly, they "wiH not
bulk large as concentrations of financial assets ..."
Rumor No. 2 circulating over the years: Managers of
pension funds shift their Investments In response to swings
in the economy and the stock market, thus have an im
mense short-run influence on stock prices.
Evidence released today: Pension fund managers do not
respond in any important degree to swings in the economy
of the stock market. They buy stocks that are rising in
price about as frequently as they buy stocks that are de
clining in price. Their very structure prevents me tunas
from switching assets on short notice and they gear their
investment Dolicies to long-term objectives. j
Rumor No. 3 circulating aver the years: Families saving
through pension funds cut their saving in other forms -cash,
savings accounts, securities,; life Insurance, equity in
a home, etc. Thi has reduced the pool of savings neeaea
to finance our economic growth.
Evidence released today: The opposite is true. Families
covered by pensions save more in other forms lor tne
"realization of retirement needs and of the opportunities to
save." The average saving ratio for the main categories of
saving in I960 was 11.5 per cent for famines covered oy pen
sions against 7.8 per cent for those not covered.
Among the ntore significant papers included In the 43rd
annual report of the National Bureau of Economic Re
search, issued today, is a study on the "Economic Aspects of
Pensions," under the direction of Roger F. Murray, professor
at Columbia University's Graduate School of Business. The
growth of the federal social security system since the 1930s
is a familiar story, of course. The growth of pension plans
of private organizations and state and local governments
also has been enormous but, as the long-circulating rumors
cited above underline, little basic research has been done in
this area. ' , '
The upsurge in the number of individuals covered by
pension programs outside of federal social security has been
sensational and the projections for future growth are even
more so. In I960, 26.1 million Individuals were covered by
private, state and local plans, more than double the total
covered as recently as 1950 and dwarfing the 5.5 million
covered in 1940. Murray's study estimates that by 1970, .39.8
million will be covered, and by 1980 the total will reach
48.7 million. This, mind you, excludes the tens of millions
protected by federal government programs.
The eeonomie-financial power of these pension
funds Si dramatised by the assets under Jheir con
trol. In I960, the funds had accumulated assets of
$68.7 billion, up from $16.6 billion in 1950 and $4
billion in 1940. The protection is that the funds will
have assets of $173.4 billion by 1970 end $313.3 bil
lion by I960. '
There is no doubt that pension systems are redistributing
income in the United States - from higher-income families to
lower-income groups, from younger to older workers, from
actively productive members of our society to those who
have ceased contributing. "
There is no doubt that even though they don't shift with
short-run moves in the securities markets, they have a huge
and continuing impact on the markets. In the past decade
the funds have moved into the stock markets and into
mortgages on a multi-billion dollar scale.
Pension funds have become the key factor in the
financial independence of tens of millions. They are forcing
dynamic changes in the financial marketplace. They are
sustaining rather than draining the supply of savings to
finance our economic growth. They are a new financial in
stitution, created in this generation, the significance of
which we are just beginning to understand.
Sixteen highway entrances
into Oregon have now been
painted at the state borders
with the "Welcome to Ore
gon" green mats that stretch
out 152 feet to form greet
ing sign for all travelers enter
ing the state. Included are
both Highway 98 and 189. .
These 16 large welcome
mats are located in every
area of the state wherever
a major highway crosses the
border, according to Forrest
Cooper, state highway engi
neer.
Paint crews of the highway
department will also paint
welcome mats on several
other entrances to the state
as soon as possible. These
other highway include roads
under construction and those
in remote areas.
All incoming lanes have the
"Welcome to Oregon" paint
ed in letters eight feet tali.
On the outgoing lanes are
letters of the same sire stating
"Hurry Back."
This Is the second year that
the Highway Department has
painted the welcome mats on
state entrances.
MOM DAY, JUHE 17, 3ti3
Constitution on Ballot Suppled
Portland -ffPS-Tbe executive
board ot the Young Democrats
of Oregon passed a resolution
Sunday supporting a move to
place the state's proposed new
constitution on the 1964 gen
eral election ballot.
The executive committee of
the Citizens Committee for
Constitutional Revision voted
Friday to place the document
on the ballot by initiative
Woodburn Youth Dies From Accidental Shot
Woodburn-flsre - Jack Her
bough, 15, Woodburn, died in
a Portland hospital Sunday
night from an accidental gun
shot wound.
Authorities said the youth
was struck En the forehead
with a .22 caliber buiir-i
while target practicing with
some friends near his home
south of here.
petition if that method can be
used legally in this case.
The Young Democrats re
solved la "pledge the efforts
of the entire organization to
secure signatures ... if this
may be don according to the
present constitution," t
The proposed constitution
failed to get through the 1963
Oregon Legislature by the
necessary two-thirds majority.
It was passed by the House
but failed by three votes in
the Senate. Backer then de
cided ta ask Attorney Gen
eral Robert Y. Thornton for
an opinion on the legality of
putting It on the ballot by
initiative.
Students Named to
Dsan' Honor Lht
Two Medford students were
named to the dean's list for
scholastic achievement at Mar
yihurst esltege last semester.
Marilyn Martin, sophomore
biological science major, and
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Har
ry E. Martin, 144 South Keens
Way dr., and Janet Sterling,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs R T
Sterling, 15 Geneva st both
received nonors.-
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Hatfield Attacks
Recent Legislature
St. Helens-ftiD-Gov. Mark
Hatfield used a safety award
ceremony here Saturday as a
forum to lash out again at
the 1963 Oregon Legislature.
He told sawmill workers,
managers and their wives at
the Pope and Talbot sawmill ;
plant here that politics caused ;
what he termed the "failure" j
of the session. ' ;
'We can chalk it up to poli- j
tics that the failure is on the
record books not politics in j
the noble sense of the world
but politics in the ignoble j
sense," Hatfield said.
The governor presented
resident plant manager Har-
vey Hawkins with a plaque
signifying the National Safety
Council's highest award, the
"Award of Honor."
The plant operated the en
tire 1962 year without a lost-1
time accident. I
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