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10 A WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 11. 1!)B3 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON Your Money's Worth By SYLVIA PORTER Copyright, Hill Syndicate, Inc. FOOD BASKET In 1958 our favorit brand of coffee was priced at 95 cents ' a pound by our neighborhood grocer in lower Manhattan. Today, five years later, that same brand costs 79 cents and I can (and often do) buy other brands which are much less expensive. In 1958 our neighborhood grocer charged 54 cents for a five- pound bag of sugar. Today, bau:e of the sugar crisis, that five- pound bag is up to 89 cents. However, since we are heavy coffee ; drinkers but not heavy consumers of sugar or products contain ing sugar, the decline in the price of coffee is more important to our food budget than the upsurge in the price of sugar. In 1958 a quart of milk delivered at the door cost 29'i cents. Today the price is 29 cents. Milk is a big item in our household and thus this price steadiness has helped stabilize our food budget. In 1958 a dozen oranges cost 744 cents. Today, because of the severe winter freezes, this bag is up to $1.49 and we're feeling this in our food bills. Our grocer says, though, that oranges should he back to 95 cents a dozen by winter and meanwhile, we're buying many healthy and satisfactory substitutes. The cost of living rose to an all-time high in July, the Labor department reported recently with two-thirds of the increase due to rising food prices. The officials fond index it now at 106.2 compared with an average of 101.4 in I960, an average of 101.9 In 1958. The base period of 100 for the Index Is 1957-50 so this means it now costs ns $10.62 to buy the fond basket that cost $10 five years ago. But the official Index doesn't dramatize as does a simple tracing of the prices of typical foods what has happened to food costs in this period. Here are the prices charged by our neigh borhood grocer on seven major items in late spring 1958, 1950 and late summer 1963. While your store's prices undoubtedly are different, the trends will be representative. DRIVER CITED CENTRAL POINT-Lawrence Grey Meyer, 16, of 2765 Beall lane, Medford, suffered a knee injury when his bicycle and a car driven by Mrs. Lillian Greer Schuclke, 64, 2198 Beall lane, Medford, collided at the corner of Pine and Second st. Central Point, Saturday, ac cording to Central Point police. Mrs. Schuelke was cited for failure to yield right of way, police said. Mrs. Logan Charges Hatfield 'Cares Nothing About Oregon' "Personal ambition" and "making it to Washington" are the consuming ambitions of Gov. Mark Hatfield; he "cares noth ing about Oregon." So charged Mrs. A. V. (Emily) Logan, former State Industrial Accident Commissioner, at an open meeting of the Eleantor Roosevelt League at the Med ford and Jackson County Pub- The Medical Roundup M. V- i Cmertivt Consultant In Medicine .iavo f unit Kmtrltuf Profeunr nf Medicine Mayo Clinic (Reiliter aud Tribune Syndicate, 196) Food Aug. 196J Bread 27 Milk qt. del 29 Round steak lb $1.29 Potatoes 15 lbs 84 Butter lb 79 Margarine lb. .53 Coffee lb 79 Total ..$4.80 May I960 .24 .30 $1.19 .79 .75 .35 .73 $4.35 May 1958 .20 ,29',4 $1.13 .73 .74 .31 .95 $4.35 'i The rise in these aeven typical items over a five-year period Is a bit over 10 per cent not nearly as scary as the headlines have been suggesting. What' more, the jump in the food price index during the last 12 months has been due primarily to a whopping 8 per cent hike In the prices of fruits and vegetables. The index of meat, poultry and fish prices is down more than Vi per cent and that covering dairy products is off Vt per cent from a year ago. Even this Is only a part of the story. A first major fact is that there are spectacular bargains in food stores across the nation particularly in areas away from central cities. I buy food both in lower Manhattan ana in tne country ana me price differences at times run into eye-stopping sums. A second major fact In that there Is an abundant supply of nearly all foods and the opportunity to make cost-saving sub stitutions never has been greater. Even a casual housewife can cut her food budget with ease these days by shifting her mar kethasket when extraordinary developments suddenly and arti ficially boost the prices nf specific foods. It's a cinch to shop the sales, the stores and the seasons In this era and save money. A third major fact Is that the average rise In Incomes has been considerably larger than tbe average rise in living costs in recent years. The vast majority of us are still ahead of the price game. The cost of living Is tilting upward and It must he watrhed with care. But despite the new scare headlines, so far that's all it's doing tilting tipVard. 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MAIN -PHONE 772-5646 ANDERS BITES AND .STINGS Recently, Drs. Paul A. Reszcl and Mark B. Coventry, of the Mayo Clinic, reported that in 1962, they treated 2.11 persons for animal bites. In addition an uncounted number of per sons were seen with insect bites and stings. .Snake Biles: In the United States each year there may be from 2,000 to 3,000 snake biles, hut only some nine deaths. Obviously, snake bites are not as dangerous to life as most " people think. the treatment is with an anti venom serum. It is polyvalent, .iiarr meaning mat it can be used to counteract the venom of three of the four most dangerous snakes; the rattler, the water moccasin and the copperhead. There is no good andidole for the bite of the coral snake. If the person is not sure what type of snake bit him, and if, after the bite he is comfortable, with little or no swelling around the wound, the chances are that the snake was not a venomous one. With the bite of a venom ous snake, in minutes there will be much pain and tenderness ana swelling around the wound. The exception is with the coral snake. With that, the symp toms come after some two hours. One can slow the spread of the venom with a tourniquet, ap plications of ice, incision and sucking nut nf some of the venom. The tourniquet must not he applied too tightly or left on too long. It is well to make two criss - cross cuts, each a fourth of an inch long and a fourth of an Inch deep over the region of the bile. Sucking with the mouth definitely helps; it can remove nail of the poison. The person can spit out the blood and venom; it will not hurt him, even if he has a sore spot in his mouth. After test ing the patient to make sure that he is not dangerously sensi tive to horse serum, the anti venom can be injected every hour or two until the symptoms are decidedly diminished. Insect Bites: In rare cases a person is so allergically sensi tive to the sting of a bee, wasp, hornet, or yellowjacket that he can even die of it. When such a person is stung, the physician can inject epinephrin, or an antihistaminic, or a corticoste roid. Any one who has been badly sensitized and made very ill by a bee sting should he desensi tized by an allergist who can inject extracts of bees and wasps. The person can carry around with him a drug like lsuprel, which can be an sorbed from under Ihe tongue. The dose is 10 milligrams. is well also lo carry a 10 per cent solution of either calcium gluconate or calcium lactate. This injection can he repeated over a period of 32 hours. Animal Bites, Rabies: For rabies there are two types of vaccine; the Pasteur one, made from the spinal cords of rabbits, and the new one made of hen's egg embryos. The Pasteur treat ment is not always perfectly safe, but the risk must be taken because once a person gets rabies he dies. I have read that the new vaccine works very well and has advantages over the old one. An immune horse scrum can also be used. Always, if possible, the animal that did the biting should be found and kept under observa tion. If it has rabies, it will be dead within 14 days. Then, examination nf the brain will show the Negri bodies which are characteristic of rabies. j The Pasteur vaccine, consist ing of 14 daily doses, gives good protection alter 30 days. Rabies has now been found, not only in dogs, but in cats, horses, cows, sheep, swine, foxes, skunks, raccoons, squir rels, civet cats, and bats. Cat Scratch Fever: This can cause much trouble. There is no definite treatment, and the probably viral cause has not yet been identified. Human Bites: These may have to be treated with ani- biotics. If you would like to know more about Parkinson's disease send 25 cents and a stamped, self-addressed envelope with your request for "Parkinson's Disease or Shaking Palsy" to Dr. Waller C. Alvarez, Dept. MMT, Box 957, Des Moines, Iowa, 50.104. Family Council F.rlllnr't Notr: Thr Family Court HI cnmlM nl a judce, a psyrhla trlr.1. Ihrrp rlrrrymrn. a newspaper editor, a w,imon's rrlttnr, and two wrllrrt. F.arn artlrle la a mimmarv nf an artual cast) history. The rnnnrlt reports on problem .hat have been dealt with hv respon alble acrnrlrr. and munition, trnpvrlcht lllfi:! General Featurrt Corp.) Norma F. She called me at a had time. Betty G. I'll never sneak to her again. Norma F. I can't under stand why a friendship of 20- years should be broken over a telephone call. I had to hang up on Betty last week she got me while a repairman was working on my television set and 1 wanted to watch him. I knew she had a lot to tell me and I asked her to call back, but she refused. Belly G. - That did it. I'm fed up with the runaround Norma gives me whenever 1 ring her It ; number. I tried to figure a good solution time and chose mid-morning The (nil mil: To get a tele phone installed all you need is nf epinephrine with a sterile j My cake was in the oven and I needle and syringe. ' was all set to tell her about the Ticks: Rarely a person will bridge game she'd missed the develop paralysis following a i night before, but as usual she tick bite. Dramatic recovery i played hnrd-to-get. Well, I won't usuallv follows removal of the try any more. tick. It is important not to pull the body off, leaving the head buried in the skin. Burning the tick with a cigarette, or pouring proof of solvency, not of sense a little ether or chloroform over I If users had to pass a (est on it, or spraying it with ethyl j proper handling of the instru chloride wili help to remove it i ment, they'd be as scarce as head and all. space capsules. Betty is wrong Spider lilies: The spider that to interpret a no-can-talk-now has most medical importance j ns a rebuff Don't forget, lady, is the black widow, which on its that you called Norma when il under surface has a yellow, red j was convenient for you. You or orange hourglass design. gambled on it being an okay Shortly alter Ihe bile the per-1 time for her. The first rule son gets intense pains through j of good telephone manners is the the chest, abdomen, and lower j old business dictum: Caveat em back muscles and leg muscles, ; plor he who makes the call together with nausea, restless-j must he prepared to lose out ness, headache, diffuse pcrspira-1 To Norma we say, no need for tion. and perhaps difficulty in further explaining and apology, talking. The important point is Betty's pique may run deep that no surgeon should make a She may bo using Ihe phone mistake and operate on the pn- frustration as the peg on which tient, suspecting that he has a In hang a vague annoyance with ruptured slnmat h ulcer or ap-: you. In future, though, you pendix. ! might ask yourself when busy: Relief can be obtained with I Answer and risk hurting a an intravenous injection of 10 j touchy friend' Or let il ring un milliliters (cubic centimeters) of ! til she concludes you're nut. km IZ. M. Litwillfr Economy A WE ARE PROUD . . . CM our tunrtjil Hpmtv "Thrr i rvn fmfr nywhfr In So OffQon," This tommfnt i rvt Pufv if frimf, from ot.NHrr whn OkhjIH linn. bu'aine Sfrvitf. Nn-cmr rgnuv I rV' Litoiler Mr,l,vd' lie Library Monday night Mrs. Logan, who, though a Democrat, held state appoint ments under both Gov. Douglas McKay and Paul Patterson, was appointed first to an unexpired term and then to a full four year term on the State Indus trial Accident Commission by Governor Hatfield. She was told by the governor when appointed, she said, that the agency was a "mess," and he gave orders for a complete reorganization and house clean ing. This, Mrs. Logan said, she and Commissioner Sidney Lew is, with the help of other ex perts on hand, proceeded to do until they came up with a hicb ly efficient and workable pro gram of reform that won com mendation from the governor in a speech he made at the west ern conference of workmen's compensation organization. Staff Is Reduced In three years, Mrs. Logan said, the staff had been dras tically reduced without firing anybody. When a worker left the agency for some reason, others divided the work and no new personnel was hired. The budget was reduced by $230,000. A rehabilitation center was established in Portland where men injured in industrial acci dents were retrained, salvaged and rehabilitated, so they would not become burdens to society but could continue earning and maintaining themselves and families, she stated. "However, from being the- governor's 'golden haired girl' in his praise of my contribu tions to this program," Mrs. Logan said, "suddenly early this year. I discovered mvsclf the victim of a well organized war of nerves designed to force me to resign." The effort against her, carried on by the governor's 'hatchet men," she said, follow. ed a pattern most effectively used against women employees. First, she said, came a whisper ing campaign, then disparaging leaks to the press, then a rash of anonymous letters implying threats to disclose alleged in efficiencies and even immoral conduct. It was a campaign, she said, of "character assassina tion." Mrs. Logan implied that sim ilar tactics were used against her predecessor, Mrs. Cecelia Galey, the first woman, a Re publican and lawyer, to hold ap pointment on the commission. Mrs. Galey resigned and now holds an office in a federal agency. Budget Is Increasing Since her resignation earlier this year, Mrs. Logan said, the rehabilitation center has been virtually decimated and the whole reorganization program scrapped. At the same time, she said, more people are being hired than before and the budg et is on its way back up. In the question and answer period, Mrs. Logan said that the governor's sudden disen chantment with her seemed to stem from her willingness to answer questions on the agency put her by the legislature at the time of the Three Way Bill leg islation. 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