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Research Involving Full Community '; EUGENE The problems and perils encountered in organizing a research and planning project that involves an entire commu nity have been outlined by Ed gar W. Brewer, director of pro gram development for the Lane County Youth Study project. Brewer, who is research asso ciate in sociology at the Univer sity of Oregon, gave the lunch eon address at the National Con ference on Problems of Rural Youth in a Changing Environ ment being held this week at Oklahoma State university, Still water. The Youth Study project, sup ported by a grant from the Pres ident's Committee on Juvenile Delinquency, is aimed at assess ing the problems of delinquency in a rural environment and for mulating a program for preven tion and treatment. It is the first grant under this program to be given to a rural area. Despite the time and difficul ties involved in making precise, easily understandable informa tion available to the social agen cies in the community which can make the best use of it, the early results of the year-old project are already being put to practical use, Brewer reported. School Drop-Outs For instance, data on school drop-outs, youth attitudes, and future occupational needs of the county are being used as the basis for developing a youth em ployment training program. The Youth Study project is working with the local office of the state employment service, vocational and training schools. public schools, management, i business and unions on this pro J gram, Brewer said. Any project of this kind must ihave a firm theoretical under pinning, Brewer explained, so that from the staggering amount of information available, re searchers and planners will be able to decide what facts are relevant and where and how "these facts should be gathered. :! St the present time, the proj ' eel staff is approaching the problem from both the sociologi cal and psychological points of .view, "reflecting a recognition The Medical Warts In "Today's Health" I found a pood discussion on warts by Wil liam R. Vath, based on an inter view with Dr. li. William Rosen berg, of Mem phis, who is an expert on t h i s disease. As the doctor said, a wart is due to an infection with a virus. Warts are not cancer ous, and they hi do not turn into cancers. Today, doctors have the impression that all warts, even if they look different, are due to one virus. Warts can occur anywhere on the skin, but the most common locations are the hands, the fin gers, and the soles of the feet. Children are most likely to have those little nodules. Adults get them rarely, perhaps because, through the years, they have de veloped a resistance to the virus. Girls have warts four or five times more frequently than do hoys, but why this is, no one knows. Also curious is the fact that after the age of 20, warts are equally common in the two sexes. Warls are not a source of dan ger. If the victim scratches them, he may spread the infec tion to other parts of his body. Warts on the face are spread by shaving and by combing the hair. A very few people have thousands of warts. Because one person in the family can give the infection to others, all the people in a warty family ought to be treated at the same time. Most Trouble Plantar warts are the ones that give the most trouble and pain. This is probably because they are walked on all the time. When nerve endings are squeezed, they cause pain. Plantar warts vary in size from a pin-head to half a dollar. They are most common in teen-agers and in young adults who have unusually moist feet. Physicians used to think that the virus of plantar warts must be spread when people walk barefoot in showers, locker-rooms, and on the margins of swimming pools, but a number of studies have failed to support this idea. Dr. Rosenberg says that it is possible that some of the so called plantar warts are really onlv nainful calluses. He admits that even with the best of treat ment, only from 65 to 75 per cent of the plantar wans can oe got ten rid of. Two of the most common ways of getting rid of a wart on the hand are to burn it off with electric sparks, or to freeze it with drv ice or liquid nitrogen, Refnre usina the electric needle ; I to avoid pain, the doctor will in ject under the wart a little pro caine. A pencil of dry ice can be . Is Reviewed of both the broad social factors that cause delinquent behavior and the individual and family problems," Brewer said. Secure Cooperation ' Another problem facing the re searchers is to secure the co operation of the various groups within the community and in volve these groups in the entire process of research, planning, and operation of a prevention ana treatment program. Thus far, cooperation in Lane county has been excellent, Brew er reported, even among such groups as delinquent drop-outs who are out of school illegally before the age of 18. "The staff members wear a middle-aged and middle-class badge at all times," Brewer not ed, and this presents a problem in "getting close" to delinquent youngsters and their families, who in Lane county appear to come predominantly from the lower end of the economic and educational scale. In addition, most of the staff members have an urban rather than a rural orientation. One proposed solution may be the use of rehabilitated delin quent youths, who are closer to the youngsters in age, education, interests, and background, as volunteers or paid staff mem bers, Brewer said. New Fund Raising Method Is Tried NEW YORK (UPD- A new twist in fund raising was tried by a medical research founda tion in Chicago recently, says Card Commentary, when 500 families with a sense of humor gave $100 each to enjoy a Quiet Evening at Home. Promoters of the scheme fig- used that these 500 families would save $225 each by not going to a benefit ball (new gown, baby sitter, parking fee, etc.). Before dinner time, each contributing family received a bottle of champagne, a deck of cards and a score pad to pro vide a party night for the stay-at-homes. Roundup Emeritus Consultant In Medicine Mayo runic Emeiitui Professor of Medlctn Mayo Clinic (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1963) pressed against the wart from 10 to 60 seconds, and this will cause it to shrink up. With this freezing treatment, there is less chance of leaving a scar than with the burning treatment. Warts can be burned off also with a strong acid which can be applied with a little cotton on the end of a tooth-pick. Corn plasters usually contain salicylic acid which is designed to sotten the wart so that it can later be scraped away. A disinfectant called formaldehyde, well dilut ed with water, is sometimes used on plantar warts. Another drug used is cantharidin (not cantharides). It is made up with acetone and collodion and is applied with a glass rod. The wart is then covered with an air tight dressing. Usually, within 24 hours, a blister forms and in a week or ten days this dead skin, with the wart, can be cut away. O f t en more than one treatment is needed. No medi cine taken by mouth seems to have any effect on warts. Hardest To Treat Warts under the finger nails are the hardest to treat. They can be destroyed with dry ice. Warts on the private parts can be treated with a podophyllin resin which is painted on. Many warts need no treatment. One can wait until they disappear. As Mark Twain knew, lor some strange and unknown rea son, warts can be charmed away by suggestion. Somebody once collected reports of 125 types of home cures, such as painting the warts with grasshopper's "tobacco spit." Curiously, a French physician used to cure warts by having the patient send him a piece of paper with an outline of his hand, showing just where the warts were. Then, for a small fee, he'd "witch" them off. Dr. Rosenberg says he sometimes charms warts off of children's hands. If the doctor will destroy the largest wart a child has, and will then say, "Now that the mother wart is gone the baby warts will go," they are likely to go. Skin specialists have re ported cures in 30 to 55 per cent of patients with suggestion alone. A home r e m e d y is to rub warts with castor oil morning and night. It may work. Another home cure is to soak the warty hands in water as hot as the per son can stand. The heat may kill the virus. Multiple Sclerosis, a much dreaded disease, will in some cases quiet down and leave the patient alone for years, or even for the rest of his days. Dr. Alvarez has prepared a little booklet about the disease which you may obtain by sending 25 cents and a self-addressed, stamped envelope with your re quest for it to Dr. Walter C. Alvarez. Dept. MMT. Box 957, Des Moines, Iowa 50304. War Orphans Attend Schools in State Under Act Approximately 325 Oregon young men and women will be in training in colleges and schools this fall under the seven-year-old War Orphans Educa tion program, R. J, Novotny, manager of the Portland Vet erans Administration Regional office, has announced. This education program is for the sons and daughters of vet erans whose death was from dis abilities or illness incurred in active service. The eligible "children" generally must be from 18 to 23 years of age. They are called "orphans" even though one parent may be still alive. They may marry without losing eligibility. Also, the pres ent marital status of the surviv ing parent does not affect their eligibility. All applicants must have com pleted courses or have been a student in a regular high school. They may pursue a college edu cation or take vocational courses leading to a future field of em ployment. The program was originally established for those children whose veteran-parent's death was due to wartime disability or illness. It has since been amend ed to include those whose par ent died as the result of disabil ity suffered in performance of duty or extra hazardous duty while on active service in a pe riod not considered wartime. Children who enter upon this educational program may re ceive as much as 36 months of schooling with the VA paying an allowance of up to $110 a month for each month they are at school. They will also be given vocational counseling prior to entering upon their courses to help them select both a goal and adequate preparatory classes. , TILE VS. TERMITE NEW YORK (UPD Ceramic tile is widely used for buildings in warm, moist climates be cause termites which thrive in such areas can't penetrate or damage the dense, durable bodies of real tile. Cords Casual Wash Pants 3 Husky uiGoa ran 19 DIiia Iaih Heavyweight uiuc ucano Short Sleeve Cotton Shirts Short Shirts Sport Coats . . convenient parking makes It 10 easy to visit Robinson Bros., Pick's and other down town Medford stem and shops. USE THEM . . , they're FREE when you shop DOWNTOWN IN MEDFORD! MEDFORD Today's Bride May Have Best of However alert to current fash ions she may be on all other occasions, today's bride cher ishes a liking for romantic tra ditions of yesteryear when it comes to her wedding gown. This fall's turn to the classic as an inspiration for all fash ion means that the bride may have the best of both worlds yesterday's traditions plus the today look in styling. Clas sic simplicity rules in bridal gowns, with romance and ele gance provided by superb shap ing and fabulous fabrics. High-rising waistlines remi niscent of the empire look, soft ly belled skirts with a sugges tion of the A line, softened CAPE INFLUENCE Import ant cape influence appears in a fur coat of Tourmaline, Emba natural pale-beige mink, with calf tie. Dollar Days CDmAIC j From Our Boy's Dept.! Sizes 8-18 Sizes 6-18 Sizes 2-27W, 1-28W 5.95 Heavyweight Sizes 28W to 36W ... 3.98 Foam Jackets I2.V4.16 10.98 2.49 2.98 3.49 Sizes 2-20 2.98 Sleeve Knits 400 Ban Ion Short Sleeve 4 98 Sizes 6-20 ... KNIT SHIFTS Mi Next to Pick's Apparel MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, sheath effects give the bride the traditional loveliness she likes. Thoroughly romantic and fashionable, too, are long, slim Trevi Fountain Custom Now Tabu ROME (UPI) A custom common to both native Italians and foreign tourists of taking a pause that refreshes on a hot day by dipping their bare feet in the cool waters of the Trevi fountain is heading to an end. After scandalized howls in the local press, Rome's Mayor Glau co Delia Porta has posted spe cial vigilance squads by the Eternal City's most renowned fountain with orders to fine any body cooling off in this manner. The Trevi fountain, the most exalting example of Barocco ar chitecture existing in Rome, is without doubt the favorite land mark of foreign tourists. Tradition says that if you throw a coin in the fountain you will return to Rome. No visitors ever fail to visit the fountain and throw coins in the water. Every 15 days the fountain is cleaned by a team of municipal ity workers. By an equally-observed tradition, the coins thrown in it belong to them. The fortnightly take ranges from 40,000 to 50,000 lire ($64 to $80). The district's urchins are the enemies of the fountain clean ers. No sooner has a cop turned his eyes than one or two jump in the fountain and mop up the coins. Mayor Delia Porta is cracking down on that too. From now on the urchins too, or rather their families, will pay a fine if they're caught in the fountain. PRECISION SEATTLE, Wash. (UPI) -The Boeing Co. has developed a device which can weld wires half the thickness of a human hair to surfaces only a few thousandths of an inch thick. The new machine solves prob lems which emerged with the growth of microminiaturized electronics and it took nearly a year to perfect. VV r 4, ,,,, tt 1 i I . i t w ey' I nifv -MUMiawTftu.. ,Ja h Ji if -J Reg. SALE 4 98 3.00 mT 5.98 4.00 l 1 3 98 2.00 ) 450 3.00 A AA 2.00 ft 7.00 Tjfi 2.00 VJ; 3.00 NX. 1.00 0) 2-00 3.00 . 9.00 fir fM .m. 15.00 VS OREGON sleeves. Princess lines and coat dress shapes show still other instances of the simply elegant bridal trend. Are Appropriate Velvets, brocades, damasks, crepes, satins, taffetas and peaus are opulently appropriate for wedding gowns. In keeping with the classic trend, cording often replaces embroidery. A surprise is the Spanish in fluence, in gowns that look very Bulletin on Fossils Published in Kansas LAWRENCE, Kan. (UPI) -The state Geological society recently released a report en titled: "A Preliminary Report on Conodonts of the Merame ciam Stage from the Sub-surface of Western Kansas." The report concerns fossils of marine animals, normally re covered from the cores of oil wells... The 31.2-square mile area of New York's Manhattan island is assessed at a valuation of al most $16 billion, according to building authorities at Allied Chemical's Barrett division. 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