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PAGE SIX HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON THURSDAY, MAY 29, 195S Army Set To They'll Do It Every Time - By Jimmy Hatlo FRANK JENKINS Editor BILL JENKINS Managing Editor FLOYD WYNNE City Editor Safely Vays By BILL JENKINS Probably the greatest single safety factor in looking forward to the Memorial Day traffic situation is forethought. Think ahead and try to visualize your feelings should you happen to have an accident. Consider the sick feeling that comes with the sound of crum bling fenders, the total discour agement of standing there in the middle of the road watching the water drain from a bashed-in radiator, the mental anguish of knowing that your vacation is now a thing of trouble rather than the thing of joy you had planned. All that will result from a mere pileup without injuries. If you are unfortunate enough to become in volved in a serious accident with death or injury then not only your Jong weekend but in many cases the rest of your life is ruined. A little thinking along those lines before you leave will do no harm. And they may keep the old foot well enough out of the carburetor to assure you of a safe and happy trip. Let's hope that the drivers of the Klamath Basin will prove them selves capable of safety over the weekend. Let's hope fervently for an accident-free Memorial Day holiday. Remember, too, that it doesn't make any difference whether an accident is your fault or the other fellow's. The damage is still done. Reports coming in from Dia mond Lake on the opening day would tend to show that people spread out a little more. Apparent ly fewer than half as many people showed up this year as did last year, the first year after poison ing and replanting. Docs this mean that many fish ermen were trying to avoid a cal culated crowd or does it mean that a lot of fishermen went up last year because they thought it Was going to be a cinch? Hard to say. But the reports were better by far this year, Memorial Day last year was hot and muggy with lots of thun- derhcads hanging around but no ra n. Unusual. Another thing to remember is that under a new ruling log trucks will be allowed to operate 24 hours a day except for Saturday after noons, Sundays and holidays. Since Memorial Day starts officially at 12:01 a.m. on Friday this means that those starting their vacation trips on Thursday night will prob' ably be running into log trucks late at night. It, would be well to be on the lookout for them. In the past the trucks have been limited to those hours between four' in the morning and nine at night. I'olio Shots By FLOYD L. WYNNE Only about 50 per cent of the students at KUHS havo received Salk vaccinations for polio. As the nation heads into the polio season, it was interesting to note that nearly half the U.S. popula tion under 20 either has no vac cination at all or has nut complet ed the full series of shots. Checking locally, wc found fig ures indicated that whilo high schools like Henley, Morrill and Malin reported almost 100 per cent vaccination, KUHS was estimated at only about 50 per cent. Not long ago 53 teen-agers from all parts of the nation, represent ing 34 national organizations an swered a summons from the Na tional Foundation for Infantile Paralysis to explain why teen agers, one of the most susceptible groups, had put off getting their Salk vaccinations. Here were some of the reasons given by the teen-agers themselves and note, also, that none of these reasons appears to be valid: Polio Is wav down, so why bother? sheer laziness or indifference fear of the needle "thought it was an infant's disease and couldn't happen to me" didn't know that "somebody else's vac cination doesn't protect you. These same teen-agers also had some ideas on how to get the bal ance to secure the vaccinations Their advice in a nutshell was "Scare the pants off thorn." They also suggested making vac cinalion a fad, like wearing white buckskin shoes or Yul Brynner haircuts. Other suggestions were notewor thy. Among them were these: Di rect information on the dangers of polio especially to the teen-agers since they consider themselves a special group, neither children ner adults. Also, persuade parr-nls ot the necessity lor vaccination, since; teen-agers are swayed by the as? tiona of their parents. Entered a second claw nutter el the poet office at Klamath Fella, Ore., on August 30. 1M6. under act of Congress, March I. irn) 8EBVICE8I ASSOCIATED PRESS UNITED PRESS AUDIT BUREAU OP CIRCULATIONS S erring Southern Oregon And Northern California Which brings us back to the sit uation in Klamath County. Actual ly, from reports, the county as a whole is far ahead of the national average. It is estimated that ap proximately 75 to 80 per cent of all children in the county under the age of 15 have received their Salk vaccine. But, in Klamath Falls, in the most susceptible age group . that of the high school age, only 50 per cent have had them. How about you parents of those high schoolers who have not had their shots? Have you had yours? Why not do some checking to day . , . and if your high school youngster is among those who have not had them, make sure he or she gets them. This added pro tection could mean the difference between their going forward to ac tive useful lives or being relegated to the sidelines by the crippler. And you teen-agers who have not had your shots, yet. How about a bit of self-examination? It will take a complete combined effort to wipe out this tragic disease, and that means it needs your coopera tion. The effectiveness of Salk vac cine is no longer open to question. The polio reduction rates in all sections of the nation point up the fact that Salk vaccine is provid ing safety and protection against polio. Dairy Mouth By FLORENCE JENKINS June Dairy Month starts next Sunday. It calls attention again to a food we tend to take for granted. Wc arc fortunate in the Klamath Bas in to have fine dairies and a Grade Producers Association to keep them at a superior level as well as excellent creameries to distri bute dairy products. Milk production in Oregon is up about two per cent this spring over spring of last year. Nationally, flu id milk production shows a slight increase over previous records. Oregon's total milk production for the Inst year on which complete figures were available was 1,156, 000,000 pounds. Good milk and high sanitary standards are no accident. They are brought about. Much of the credit for the high quality stan dards of milk in Oregon must go lo a small, slight woman who lived for more than 50 years in Portland. The late Maria Clopton Jackson, widow of Sam Jackson, founder of the Oregon Journal, de voted years ot her lime and a great deal of money lo the proj ect of bringing the standards of Oregon milk and cheese up to the level of international trade. In 93 years of living, she didn't consider this one of her major accomplishments, but her early campaigning for clean dairies and sanitary milk undoubtedly was re sponsible for lowering the death rate of Oregon babies. Ironically, during her later years, she developed an allergy which forbid her using milk or cream. riming By HAL BOYLE NEW YORK (APi-The poor man s philosopher: If a man wants to find out how really dispensable he is. both at home and in the office, all ho has to do is to come down with an out-ol scnson illness. One of the arts of staying happy in this world is knowing when to fall ill, and when lo stay healthy. Illness at the right time, say in the dead of winter, lends a man stature in his community. This is the season to be sick, and people more or loss respect you for it. They may even bo proud of you Poqo KB if your ailment is interesting and.ries. your struggles are dramatic enough. They reward you with sympa thy, attention, flowers, books and get well cards. After all, it is win ter time, there isn't much else go ing on and, besides, their turn may come next. But a man who shows the bad grace to fall ill at the wrong time. say on the eve of summer, does so at his own peril. He is as lonely as a hippopotamus at the North Pole. He has violated one of the unwritten rules of civilized living. Here is what happens: You might, for example, wake up with a bad sore throat. There is a change in the house. Father, the tall column, is com plaining now from a horizontal view point. Strength overnight has become weakness. As the head of the family you try to give your final orders. ' Your ultimate benediction is never quite translated because. feeling father is at death's door, mother and child summon the doctor. The doctor, a practical man, pulls you bock from death's door very swiftly. 'Such nice weather . . , infect ed throat," he murmurs crossly. Humbly, as you accept his pres cription, you realize that a hidden defect in your ancestors a thou sand years ago has suddenly cropped out and interrupted his golf game. Alerted to the fact that father has both feet firmly braced against death's door, mother and child make the patient as com fortable as possible. Then they abandon him to go off on a wild swing of end-of-the-year nursery school birthday parties. The doctor says you should rest two days more but you dress your self and totter into the office. Oh. duty! There, overcome with your own sense of quiet heroism, you are greeted: "How did you enjoy the fair in Brussels you look pale, you dog?" 'Boy, what a night club tan! How is it in Havana?" And the boss says: "Your vacation has done you a lot of good. It shows in your face Where did you go?" Moral: Never claim you feel bad when the sun shines on every body else. Rain makes the audi ence. vSllM'SS By DELOS SMITH United Press Science Editor NEW YORK (UP)-People are putting much too much stress on stress, even people who should know better, said an internation ally known medical scientist. "To believe one is under stress or strain is easy and acceptable. "Acceptable to. doctors because it explains much that cannot be otherwise explained. "Acceptable to patients because it excuses much that cannot be otherwise excused. "And acceptable to drug houses because it provides a demand for drugs that would not otherwise be demanded." However, continued Dr. Richard Asher, "speed and complexity" are not the same as "stress and strain." "Cavemen probably suffered as much strain over the problem of choosing the right cave as busi ness men suffer today over choos ing the right stocks." he said in lecturing a scientific audience in London. "Tension," lo him, "is a vague word." But if there has boon any increase ill "tension" due to mod ern living it "is more apparent than real. Under different names, it has troubled men for centu- SUBSCRIPTION RATES CARRIER I MONTH 1 SO MONTHS . a t oo 111.00 I YEAR . MAIL I MONTH t MONTHS ...... t YEAR .. t I SO a 7.80 I1J.0O The difference now is that publicity has made it "respect able." His reference was to the tran quility produced by the tranquil izing drugs. "If there is any real increase in tension it may well be the result of tranquilizers because their withdrawal encourages the symptom to develop," he said. Tranquility can also be pro duced by massage, by heat, by "appropriate sights and sounds." There are many means of pro ducing it, but it is "more logical to quieten a mind directly than by stupefying its physical cas ing." The technique for that is psy chotherapy. He said he had ap plied it to a young man and had been thanked for it by the young man's father in these words: "1 think it's done him a lot of good being able to tell all his troubles to someone. When I was his age, I used to tell all my troubles to large rubber duck, and it seemed a great help. I suppose you're much the same sort of thing." This, said the eminent doctor, had made him feel "rather small; it was "humbling" but it also was '"enlightening." Tran quilizing psychotherapy is not ap plied simply by listening. "The doctor, however effective a rub ber duck he may be, has to emit an occasional quack." Like tranquilizing, stimulation can be achieved by a number ol means drugs, cold baths, and such psychological things as mu sic and conversation. But "one man's sedative, and like tranquil izing drugs, stimulating drugs "should be used only to tide a patient through a critical phase, not as a permanent requirement like insulin for a diabetic." He granted that "stimulants are necessary to saver trie humdrum and to enliven the drab. But they must be used sparingly. Over- stimulated senses are less percep tive. Diet lads By NORMAN KEMPSTER United Press International Experts at the University of California fear that you may be starving yourself. Dr. Gladys Everson of the school's Home Economics Depart ment said today's teen-aged girl is a member of the most poorly fed group in America. The girls and their mothers., she said, want to be slim, beautiful and popular. For this reason, says the home I economist, the modern American woman isn't getting enough lo eat of the right kinds of food. She points out that many wom en, and girls, refuse to drink milk because they are afraid milk will make them fat. But she says a milkless diet is damaging to health, and besides milk is not very fattening, anyway. Dr. Everson says the snack at the corner soda fountain, or the quickie luncheon with the girls may not be any help either. She said snacks often have little food value, and only spoil the appe tite for a good, well-balanced meal. One of Dr. Everson's colleagues. Dr. Salvatore Lucia, warns against going on a food fad diet. Head of the school's Department oi Preventive Medicine, Dr. Lucia said many of the so-called calorie less foods will reduce hunger but do not solve the, problem of in discriminate eating. Dr. Lucia warned that food fads may load, the way to nutritional disturbances and the loss of en ergy. Both the food experts suggest that school teachers, so cial workers, druggists, and med ical people be taught (he basic principles of nutrition. In this way. they say. the general public will be brought back lo good eating habits, and to good health. With June just around the cor ner, bridal showers are foremost in many women's minds. Several novel twists have boon recommended for the tradition al showers, that won't put too much of a load on the wallet, or the energy. A five-and-dime shower can solve both the gift problem and the hostess chore for entertaining her guests. The hostess asks her guests to bring the bride small chance instead of the traditional present. The woman being honored, and all the guests, traipse down to the local variety store, and the hrido-to-be uses hor small change (or buying the kitchen utensils she wants and needs. In this way. all the utensils can he bought to match the color scheme nf the now 'household and will match ca;'h other. Another new type shower is the pair, or couple, parly. The bride groom-to-be also is invited to this shower, along with the husbands of other guests. The gifts arc also paired. 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He was introduced by Mordecai Ham. an 86-year-old somi-retired evangelist from Louisville, Ky., who induced Graham to make a decision for Christ 24 years ago during a North Carolina tent re vival meeting. Graham was then 15. Ham said Graham's popularity climb was the greatest miracle he had ever seen. "He's better known than our President or the Pope," Ham de clared. After Graham's sermon 293 per sons made decisions. REDS CONFER VIENNA (UPI) A confence of leading officials of the state hanks of Communist countries is currently underway in Prague, the Czech Communist Party news paper Rude Pravo reported today. Delegates are discussing the sup port necessary for the stabiliza tion of political economy in the amercnt countries, the newspa per s a i d. Represented at the week - long meeting are Russia, Albania, Hungary, North Korea, North Viet Nam, Red China, Mon golia, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria and Czechoslovakia. 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By BILL DECKER Plans are being made to es tablish a community council in Mamath Falls to study the needs for better health, education and welfare facilities in this area. We wish the undertaking the best of luck and otter them lor their lirst project the results of a year of Four Killed In Coal Mine MADISON. W. Va. (AP) A massive fall of slate dropped on six men in a coal mine yesterday, killing four and trapping two others for four hours. Rescue teams worked through the night trying to remove three bodies still inside the Whaton No. 2 mine of Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates at Barrett. The body of Harry Hartman. 28. was brought to the surface last night. Still beneath tons of slate were William Bain, 34, sec tion foreman; James Stone, 36, and Cecil Brown, 47. One of those trapped but escap ing alive, Holley Brennen, 35, was injured. His condition was good at a Charleston hospital. Ihe mining town of Barrett is 25 miles southeast of here and about 40 miles south of Charles ton. George Walls was one of 13 men working in the section about two miles from the mouth of the mine when the, fall came. "I just looked up and saw it fall," he said. "It hit about 20 feet from me. If they (the six hitl had been standing 15 or 20 feet About250men were in the mine from where they were, they wouldn't have been hurt." About 250 men were in (he mine when the slate fell. . Fish Didn't Get Away, For They Cauajht None PLAINVIEW, Tex. (AP) Mr. and Mrs. Bo England and Mr. and-Mrs. Maxwell Stone set out on a camping-fishing trip to Lake Brownwood. In the first 28 miles of the 500- mile round trip they ruined a new tire. Fifty yards from their favorite fishing spot their boat trailer, rear car bumper anfl trailer hitch pulled loose. They dragged the boat trailer to the lake edge and as a precau tion tied the trailer's hoisting cable to a tree. One of the men slipped and fell and boat and trailer rolled into the lake. The cable held, but the boat caTne off the trailer and sank in 30 feet of water. They recovered the boat hours later. As England drove lo Brown wood. Tex., to get the bumper and hitch fixed, a state highway patrolman arrested him because he didn't have , a rear license plate. It was on the bumper which had come loose. They finally got out on the water by 1:30 p. m. the following day. Then a 3-inch rain hit them. They bailed and bailed and finally made shore. A wind blew Iheir tent "down and all their bedding and gear were soaked by the rain. England contracted pneumonia. En route home they had five flat tires. Any fish? Not even a nibble EVEREST & JENNINGS WHEEL CHAIRS and WALKERS finest Aldt for the Handicapped Sturdily constructed and easily controlled, Everest Jennings Folding VI heel Chairs and Walkers inspire complete confidence in the user. Two of many fine Everest Jen nines aids for the handicapped. J fc aeivtioMf' WslWr Authorised Daolar Rentals and Sales . Currin's- for drugs 9th & Main Ph. TU 2-3475 BUT IN 4N EMERGENCY- WHEN SOMETHlNG BIG BLOWS, WHERE IS HE ? JUST TRY TO FLUSH HIM OUT. investigation into the local hospi tal situation. According to the most reliable figures available there are ap proximately 49.000 residents in Klamath County and estimates are that this figure will increase at the rate of nearly 1,000 peo pie per year. The 1958 revised edition of the "Oregon State Plan For Construction of H o s p 1 1 a 1 s. Public Health Centers and Medi cal Facilities" reports that Klam ath County is served by two hos pitals with a combined total of 142 beds. This means that there are less than three beds for ev ery thousand people. The United Slates Department of Health, Education and Welfare has estimated that there should be between four and five hospital beds for every thousand people. This means that we already need almost a third again as many beds as we now have. With our pop ulation increasing at the rate of ,000 each year we might well ask; ourselves where are we gome to be in terms of hospital facil ities ten years from now? Members of the Klamath Coun ly Medical Society have Ions been aware of the fact that oUr existing facilities have been ex ponded to the limits of their ca pacitics and that the community is headed for trouble. The com-j mittee appointed by that organi zation to study the situation recent ly reported that thev found con ditions such that the community should be alerted and urged to consider the need for a survey ot future requirements. When the community council is formally established it would do well lo investigate the need for a new hospital and set to work at once to determine the best meth od of filling that need. The local medical men have expressed their willingness to help in anv wav that they may be asked in attaining tne necessary goal, but the com munity itself must bear the re sponsibility and choose the course to be taken. The Herald and News proposes to publish a series of articles de signed to point out steps which may be taken toward achieving a new hospital. The purpose of these articles is not to criticize the existing facilities, but rather to consider the various methods by which our community may meet its anticipated needs. Furth er, we do- not intend to promote any one type of institution over any of the others. There are num erous types of hospital organiza lions and several methods of fi nancing available. The communis must decide what it wants and how it intends to get it. An up to date community hos pital would he something in which we could all take nnde as evi dence of the fact that we have ained stability and foresight, and as insurance against disaster. We know wc need it, let's go to work lo acnieve it. JUVENILE FATHER . NORRIS CITY, 111. (UPI) This has been a week of blessed events (or Ronald Haddock, 18. Monday his wife Sandra presented him with a baby daughter. Wednesday his hish school principal presented him with his graduation diploma. FLOWERS Everlasting Wreaths, Crosses and Sprays Potted Plants Many Varieties of Cut Flowers Container Arrangements Order Now For Out of-Town Delivery Open Thursday till 9 p.m. and Memorial Day till noon. Charlie Mack's Klamath Flower Strop 1211 Main St. Shoot Moon SEATTLE (AP) Army nreDa. rations for a "shot at the moon" were revealed here by Lt. Gen. Arthur G. Trudeau, Army chief of research and development. Whether the shot would only be a probe or an actual attempt to propel a missile into orbit around the moon. Trudeau told reporters Wednesday he couldn't say. He also refused to discuss the timing of such a lunar shot. The general came here lo speak at Seattle University commence ment exercises. Whether a moon shot will actu ally be tried, Trudeau continued, can only be determined by Amer ica's needs. Specific orders on a definite timetable, however, is part of the Defense Department's Advance Research Project Agen cy, he added. The research chief also theo rized about the cessation of radio signals by the Explorer HI arti ficial earth satellite, which was launched in March. "We feel there is a good chance that sometime in May Explorer III encountered micrometeorites from Halley's Comet on a colli sion course, which would have brought the two forces together at about 130,000 miles per hour," the general said. If this occurred, Trudeau add ed, the satellite's radio antennas would have corroded, causing further radio signal to be cut olf. Aide To Place Altar Wreath RINDGE. N. M. (AP) - A wreath from President Eisenhow er at the Altar of the Nation, in the Cathedral of Ihe Pines, will convey his tribute on Memorial Day to all America's war dead, military and civilian, in all tha nation's wars. This will be the sixth successive year the President's tribute will have been sent to the altar in this nonsectarian place of worship on a pine-clad hilltop. Congress has recognized the altar as a national memorial for men and women who have laid down their lives, whether in battle, or on merchant ships, in factories or as civilians in war service. In the afternoon services in the "cathedral." overlooking a pano rama of lakes and forests, Rear Adm. Cornelius A. Brinkmann, USN, Ret., will read the Presi dent's tribute. Further tributes from the gov ernors of the 48 states and the six territories will be placed at the altar. Beside them will be laid a wreath from President George Meany on behalf nf the 15 million members of the AFL-CIO recall ing the sacrifices of men and women producing the sinews of war. Generally Mild Over Nation By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The nation's, weather showed only minor changes today, with generally mild temperatures in most areas except in the Great Lakes region. . A spring heat wave continued in the Far Southwest, after more than a week of daytime tempera tures of above 100 degrees in many areas. Coolest spots were in the north ern Great Lakes. Temperatures dropped into the 30s but were in the 40s from Wisconsin into Penn sylvania and New York. Readings in the 50s extended from New England southward along eastern sections of New York and Pennsylvania into Vir ginia westward through the Ohio Valley into the mid and upper Mississippi Valley. In other areas, ihe 60s and 70s were the rule ex cept in the hot Southwest, where Ihe mercury was in the 90s in some sections. 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