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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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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,
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your request for "Parkinson's
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Dr. Waller C. Alvarez, Dept.
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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:!
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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.
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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. She said that the gov
ernor, at first threatening to
veto the Three Way bill, which
would let private insurance com
panies complete for the funds in
the Workmen's Compensation
coverage, later reversed his
stand to that held bv labor and
said he would sign the bill if it
came before him. The bill did
not pass. i
Mrs. Logan, former state pres
ident of the League of Women
Voters, will leave soon with her
husband, a professor chemistry j
at Oregon State university, for
a trip around the world. They
will visit many of Professor Lo
gan's former students, who are
now serving as technical experts who have received training in
in various fields, in his program our universities." They will re-
to encourage "on the ground turn to Oregon after the first
training of technicians by those the year.
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