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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2fi, 13
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THURSDAY, DECEMKKR 2ti, 1963
SiIR JM USING S1U6. YOU W0U10NT WANT THE
Successes Claimed
In Research Work
On Farm Products
WASHINGTON (UPI) - The
Agricultural Research Service
(ARS) claimed a variety of suc
cesses in research work during
1963, including new uses for
farm products, advances in bio
logical control of insects, aid to
rural areas development and to
medical science, and improved
plant varieties.
ARS scientists developed cot
ton fabrics that can be molded
permanently into three-dimensional
shapes. Projected uses of
this material include hats,
shoes, other wearing apparel,
and upholstered furniture.
The Agriculture Department
announced during the year de
velopment of a durable fire-re-tardant
paint. This product
looks like ordinary paint, but
when exposed to flame, it de
velops a thick, carbon-containing
layer that acts as an insu
lating barrier.
AHS developed crisp, flavor
ful dehydrated apple pieces
which are attracting the inter
est of some food manufacturers
ns an ingredient for dry cereals
and baking mixes.
In an effort to retain some of
the markets lost to synthetic
materials, ARh scientists devel
oped new processes for produc
ing all-cotton stretch socks,
which In tesls retained their
stretch properties after more
than 30 Iaunderings. The de
partment said the processes are
expected to open up a new mar
ket tor 50,000 bales of cotton
annually.
Progress was made toward
new industrial uses and mar
kets for wheat, corn, and grain
sorghum. Wheal flour treated
with enzymes shows promise as
an effective paper-sizing agent, i I
Alia said. I he scientists also
discovered that new rigid foams:
made from cereal starches have ;
density, crush resistance, and j
other properties that compare I
favorably with commercial !
foams and should cost less. 1
The agency said ARS ento-i
mologists extracted from cotton j I
plants a substance that repels
boll weevils and developed an
experimental machine that nicks !
up and destroys weevil-infested . I
cotton flower buds.
The scientists found viruses
that infect and kill the cabbage
leoper and the corn earworm
without harming anything else.
A combination of insect at
traclanl and an Insecticide erad
icated the oriental fruit fly from!
the Pacific island of Uota in
5'.'; months.
Working with sugar heels.
ARS scientists developed a test
that Is proving valuable in di
agnosing gnlacloesmia, a seri
ous disease In infants.
Capitol Memo
fcl3S?3 By Zan Stark
llTf Tax Col,ec,or
Hate Season Hears
SALEM (DPI) -In a few
days the HUM "hale the lax col
lector" season will officially
open.
State Tax Commissioners
Paul Lunger, Fred llofke and
Charles Mack have found a re
treat from taxpayer ontago
nism which will mount steadily
until the April 15 climax.
They have a file of "thank
you letters." It's only an inch
thick, and nowhere as big as
the filo of the "oilier kiiui" of
letters, but it can serve as a
comfortable refuge during (he
trying days to come.
First letters in Ihe "thank
you" file reflect Ihe lone nf
many taxpayers.
A Portland man comments
About I h e $25. 22 deficiency
charge ho had to pay. "I must
say I was not very happy about
the doficincy. However I think
H fair to tell you that I was
surprised nl the efficient way
Ihe matter was handled, and Ihe
I'nllrlnsv ovtnilflrH hv flip ljili I
lax personnel to a confused and
unhappy taxpayer. Keep up the 1
courlcous, efficient job It sure- j
ly makes taxpnviiig an easier '
task." " j
A Portland couple was over-;
Joyed al receiving a rotund.
"I, ike most people we are!
more, accustomed lo paung
than receiving. It was a very
pleasant surprise."
A Portland man wrote: "We
thought we might not gel the
amount of refund we applied
for since you had requested a
special clarification of deduc
tions claimed. But you sent ex
actly the amount asked (or! So
we thank you and we thank the
Lord for a wonderful answer to
prayer." I
A Newberg woman was so
impressed with the help she re
ceived in making out her lax
forms she wrote "when you
come to Newberg look us up
and have eolfee with us."
Another taxpayer lauded the
commission (or its help in mak
ing out lax returns, and com
mented "we certainly regret
that we arc now Washington re
sidents.. .Seattle. ..is a l ull man's
Portland. You know of course
about Ihe four per cent sales
lax..."
A man who moved lo Wash
ington slate wrote: "Host re
gards to young Mark (Governor
Hatfield) long live the stale in
come lax and cussed by Ihe !
per cent sales lax, 10 cent pel
pack cigarette lax, 10 coin per
gallon sales tax, and $'J.r aulo
license fee."
And a Klamalh Falls business
man who had warned his em
ployes lo prepare for a many
day session because Ihe lax
auditor was coming, wrote: "In
addition to being a most plea
sant fellow, he finished his work
in 20 minutes. To top it all off
he found we were entitled lo a
refund of about $50. 1 just want
ed to loll you you have a damn
nice fellow working (or you and
he is welcome any time in our
office. "
And so It is when Ihe tax col
lector gets tired of hearing com
plaints, lie can pull out his spe
cial "thank you file" and feel
like a human being again
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Try and Stop Mo
-By BENNETT CERF-
IRANK LOESSER, who composed the great score of "Guys
A and Dolls" nd "How to Succeed in Business Without
Really Trying," once invented a game that afforded his
young daughter consider-
aole amusement.
He would press one of
his coat buttons and im
mediately stick out his
tongue, hunch up his
shoulders and goggle his
eyes. His daughter's task
was to push the button
above, thereby restoring
him to normalcy. One
evening Loesser pressed
his button according lo
the accepted formula and
his face assumed the
proper resemblance to an
agitated lauehinc hvena.
This time, however, the daughter failed to react according
to Hoyle. She slipped off his lap, took her mother's hand,
and cheerfully suggested, "Let's leave him that way!"
Dick Keller, at NBC, tinned down an offer ha received in the
mail to head up a new Egyptian school for masseurs. "You must
have me mixed up with somebody else entirely," replied tha
justifiably mystified Keller. "This, obviously, is a job for a
Cairopractor."
Overheard in Fort Lauderdale: "She- swore she'd go throueh
anything for me and an hour later my pockets were empty!"
O 1903, by Beuu.tt Ccrf. Di.lrlbuted by King Feelure. Syndic!.
Ihe Medical Roundup
i CrtiiMtlUnt In Medic In
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11)63).
TtcEtitcr and '
Transplanting Kidneys
Some weeks ago I wrote a
column in which 1 pointed out
that some experts on kidney
transplantation have been warn
ing our people against too much
enthusiasm about transplanta
tion of kidneys into patients
whose kidneys have failed. Since
I wrote that column, some pa
pers have been full of descrip
tions of efforts lo transplant
into a paticnl kidneys taken
even from a monkey. As any
expert could have prophesied,
there was mighty little chance
of such an operation succeed
ing; and according to the paper,
it did not succeed.
In the November U Issue of
"Modern Medicine," Wendell
Weed has said there is an ex
cellent summary of our present
slate of knowledge in regard to
Kidney transplantation. As he
said, al Boston s Peter Bent
Urigham Hospital, the trans
plantation of kidneys has been
pioneered since (ho early 1050 s,
but even there Ihe doctors con
sider their work mainly investi
gative. Ilieir besl results have
been obtained, naturally, with
ID transplants between identi
cal twins; but even among these
most favorable cases, there are
only III patients who are still
living. Three died ut periods of
from four months lo mure than
five years after the transplan
tation when the ingrafted kid
ney became diseased. Many oth
er transplants between related
and unrelated persons have
been attempted with six of the
last II patients still alive.
I read that in two of Den
ver's hospitals, surgeons have
transplanted more lhan 4(1 kid
neys between both related and
unrelated persons, with appar
ent success in about 70 per cent
of Ihe cases. This, of course, is
an excellent record. That the
doctors are learning more and
more about the operation is
shown by Ihe fact lhal most of
the postoperative deaths oc
curred among Ihe first 13 pa
tients worked on.
The big problem has been to
suppress Ihe normal immune
response In the implantation in
a person of a bit of tissue which
the hody treats as a foreign
invader, killing It and throwing
it out. When success in a trans
plantation has been obtained,
big efforts have been made to
suppress this immune reaction.
In some hospitals, for a while
the recipient of u kidney, first
htid his spleen removed but now
this is being Riven up. For
awhile, Ihe thymus gland in the
chest was first removed, bul
one group of surgeons abandon
ed this after it failed lo work
well. For awhile an effort was
made In destroy Ihe immune
reaction by X-raying the whole
body, bul I read thai in Denver
this procedure has been aban
doned. In many places, much reli
ance has b:cn placed upon the
giving of a drug called Imuran.
Sometimes this drug cannot be
given for long because of bad
side effects. Another drug used
is prednisone (a cortisone-like
drug) which is given in large
doses. Also, actinomycin C (an
antibiotic) may be given, per
haps together with drugs de
signed to lower a high blood
pressure. The surgeons say that
the tendency to rejection of a
kidney probably cannot be com
pletely wiped out, but more and
more is being learned about the
art of suppressing it.
Another place in which trans
plantation nf kidneys is being
porlormod is in the medical col
i lege In Hlrhmond, Va. There,
i
Dr. David M. Hum believes
that surgeons must go on study
ing the operation, but it is not
yet so perfected that any sur
geon can perform it. No one
should undertake Ihis work who
is not fully prepared to com
bat the immune reaction which
so often causes the death of
the patient. The Richmond
group have performed 20 non
twin kidney transplants in 18
patients, 10 of whom are still
living. It has been found that
when the first kidney transplant
ed is rejected, a second one,
put in, may work, at least for
l a few months.
Since writing my last column
on this subject, 1 have learned
that a method has been worked
out by which a person, at inter
vals, can be hooked up for
some hours to an artificial kid
ney and then unhooked and sent
back to his or her work. This
sounds very hopeful.
Dr. Alvarez' new booklet. "An
Enlarged Prostate Gland." will
be ot interest to many men. You
may obtain a copy by enclosing
25 cents and a self-addressed,
stamped envelope with your re
quest lo Dr. Waller C. Alvarez,
Dept. MMT, Box 957, Des
Aloines, lown 50304.
Churches Request
Release of Money
WASHINGTON (UPI) Sec
relary of Stale Dean Rusk has
been asked by Protestant
church leaders to reconsider a
U. S. government ruling that
prevents American churches
from sending money to churches
in Cuba.
The request was made to
Husk Tuesday by representa
tives of the National Council of
Churches and the Southern Bap
tist Convention. Dr. Eugene
Carson Blake of the United
Presbyterian Church, who head
ed the group, said the meeting
produced no definite results.
Transmittal of dollars to Cuba
in general is barred 'under U.S.
regulations adopted last Julv.
They were designed to further
inolalc the Castro regime anS
deny it foreign exchange.
The church group argued that
their humanitarian use and the
fostering of religion in Cuba
was in the U. S. national interest.
4-H NEWS
Sugar Cookies
The December meeting of Hie
Sugar Cookies 4-H club was
called to order by our new
president, Brenda Long.
Wc had a demonstration on
making "Plain Muffins" by Di
ane White. While the muffins
were baking, we played games.
When the muffins were done,
Ihey were served to us and we
then judged them and ate them
as refreshments. Our next meet
ing will be at the home of Mrs.
Gladys Long, 617 E. Cedar St.
Linda Guss,
Reporter
Tricky Trailers
The Applegate Tricky Trotters
4-H Horse Cluh held their meet
ing recently at the Brion's home.
Our leader passed out some
new literature. We also saw
some slides about riding aids.
The next meeting will be at the
Applegate School, Jan. 13.
Marilyn Winningham,
Reporter,