Thursday, December 23, 1971
The Nysia Gate City Journal, Nyssa, Oregon
Pag* Fourteen
Kidney Machines Keep
24 Oregonians Alive
Herb Sez...
Do you think the United States
can actually keep our collective
There are 24 Oregonians who i supplies.
nose out of the war between
are alive today, who will be en­
The only shortage is the
joying Christmas with their fa­ money to pay for these things! ' India and Pakistan? It will
take a mighty effort but we may,
milies because of the treatment,
Without the help of thepoeple
artificial kidney machines and of Oregon and the Kidney As­ just this once, keep our hands
medical supplies provided by sociation, it would cost each off. If the United States does
the
Kidney Association of family about $10,000 for the 1 get mixed up in the deal which
side will we fight on? I think
Oregon.
first six months to save the
There are, in addition, seven life of a family member. Then we would probably be on the
other Oregon people who were it costs around $4,000 every side of Pakistan. I believe this
kept alive on artificial kidney year to pay for the medical sup­ because this is the direction the
machines under the KAO pro­ plies and other things needed news is slanted. However Mrs.
gram, who had successful kid­ for artificial kidney machine Gandhi has been over here for
several conferences. We have
ney transplants.
treatment for each patient.
seen many atrocities by the
These 31 people have been
Most families cannot afford
rebels and the Indians but very
given the mostpreciousChrist- these staggering costs.
But
The
mas gift they could receive, if every Oregonian would con­ few by the Pakistanis.
entire affair is a mess, as are
the "Gift of Life."
tribute to the Kidney Associa­
But in order to keep its pre­ tion of Oregon fund drive now all wars.
The United Nations went "tut
sent patients alive and to save -- the money -- the only ele­
the lives of new people KAO will ment in short supply would be tut” to India and India responded
admit to its program, the Kid­ available and KAO could go on with a "Nuts to you buddy”. If
anything in particular happens
ney Association must raise saving lives.
$200,000
The
Kidney
Association Russia will again stand off and
These patients, people that knows, that on the basis of past say, "Let’s you and him fight”.
the Kidney Association is help­ statistical records and pro­ Right now Russia and China are
ing are wives, husbands and jected government estimates, going around and around calling
young men and women who all that there will be between 58 each other dirty Communists.
desperately want to go on li­ and 78 Oregorians who will de­ China got a seat on the Se­
ving. Living for them includes velop kidney failure in 1972. curity Council and at last Russia
a competitor that’s as
raising families, working at One or more of these people has
willing to cast a negative vote
jobs and being useful citizens. could be in this area.
as is Russia. If the United
They can go on living with
We urge you to help your i
played it smart we could
the help of KAO and the people fellow Oregonians to be with States
'
of Oregon through donations of their families next Christmas. let Russia andChina wear them­
money to the Kidney Association Don’t wait. Send your check selves out.
of Oregon. KAO’S program is now, whatever you can afford , I still think that the United
successful.
There
is no — your Christmas "Gift of , Nations is just a cave of the
and little difference would
shortage of kidney machines. Life” to the Kidney Associa- winds
.
noticed in world affairs if the
They are manufactured in Port­ tion of Oregon, Post Office be
,
land. Also, there is no short­ Box 151 Ontario. One of your . whole thing was closed out. I
age of trained medical help -- i neighbors will live to thank take that back, a big difference
would be noted in the tax assess­
doctors,
nurses or medical you for it.
ments of the United States. To
close the United Nations would
do away with many things such
as The World Court, Economic
and SocialCouncil, International
Finance Corp., and the Inter­
national Labor Organization.
The main bad point is, it would
sure put a lot of people out
of work. About the only thing
I’d hate to see go under is
UNICEF but I think this could
be continued without the U.N.
Will the United Nations settle
the Egyptian, Israel dispute?
Why expect it to, it has never
settled anything yet.
I can’t believe that we will
get into the Indian, Pakistan
war, or the Israel, Egyptian
war, especially after getting
burned in Korea and Vietnam,
but you never can tell. We
still have 300,000 men in Ger­
many and they aren’t there
to play patty-cake.
Ite Old iumw
“The tip you leave for a
meal now would have bought
it ten years ago.
Floppy Holidays to all
the friends we’ve had
the pleasure of
serving this past year.
O wyhee
steel , inc
THE MARTINS-OWYHEE JUNCTION
ACCIDENT RATES FOR STUDDED TIRES Watershed Control
Urged to Develop
COMPARED TO OTHER TIRES
Natural Resources
STANDARD
TIRES
estimated accident rates
for triggering an accident
due to sliding
/
SNOW TIRES
Sen. Packwood Sends
Out Questionnaire
“Watershed projects are
assuring a dependable water
supply to 78 communities
and are providing more than
5 million visitor days of rec­
reation annually,” Under
Secretary of Agriculture J.
Phil Campbell told the Nat­
ural Resources Management
and Conservation Committee
of the National Association
of Manufacturers.
Asserting that these proj­
ects have given new life to
many communities by "creat­
ing thousands of new jobs,”
he added that it is "no more
than a good beginning on the
total job that must be done.
Annual flood and sediment
damage in upstream areas
still exceeds a billion dollars.
STUDDED
TIRES
OF ROAD COVER
SOURCE: September 1971 study by Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory
tor Minnesota Department ot Highways
Don’t Ski on Bald Tires,
Industry Warns
Those "thrills of a lifetime”
experienced by skiers swishing
down the ski slope will also be
felt by motorists driving on bald
tires in winter weather.
“Safety experts
estimate
even in good weather nearly one
third of the cars on the highway
have one or more bald tires,"
says Ross R. Ormsby, Chair­
man of the Tire Industry Safety
Council. "If this figure holds
true for winter weather and its
related increase in driving ha­
zards, a lot of motorists are
asking for trouble.”
The Council advises drivers
that the coming season is no
time to economize by continu­
ing to drive on bald or worn
tires until next spring. Any
tire worn to 1/16 inch or less
in two or more adjacent tread
grooves should be immediately
discarded and replaced, and
when feasible with a regular
snow tire, or a safety studded
snow tire.
Bald tires in snow or ice
conditions at the critical tem­
perature of 32 degrees offer
no traction, and thus starting
and stopping ability are prac­
tically nil. Even if the motor­
ist can get his car out of the
driveway, he won’t be driving
down the road, he’ll be skiing.
The dangers of driving on
ice and snow should be obvious
to all motorists. Bearing this
in mind, consider some of the
findings of automotive experts
at the General Motors Proving
Grounds in Milford, Michigan.
Cars with new tires, traveling
at 45 miles per hour on wet
"good” pavement, had a stop­
ping distance of 100 feet. When
tires worn to 1/16 of an inch
were placed on the same car and
driven under identical con­
ditions the stopping distance in­
creased to 140 feet.
Under conditions described
as wet and "slippery” pave­
ment, cars with new tires
traveling at 45 miles per hour
had a stopping distance of 225
feet. Under the same slippery
conditions, tires with worn tires
(1/16 inch or less) achieved a
stopping distance of 450 feet--
twice the distance. Imagine
what the distance might be if
temperature
degrees, and the road was
covered with ice instead of
water.
“The advantages of winter-
type tires with sufficient tread
depth are obvious,” says
Ormsby. “Motorists every­
where must realize that to im­
prove highway safety dur­
ing perilous winter driving
months they must give as much
care and maintenance to their
tires as they do to the rest
of the car.”
"Action is needed and is
feasible in almost 9,000 wa­
tersheds, comprising 726
million acres, or about one-
third of all land in the
United States,” Mr. Camp­
bell said. "Municipal and in­
dustrial water supply stor­
age is needed in about 3,000
project areas, improved
water quality is needed in
about 4,400 watersheds, and
recreation, fish and wildlife
development is needed in
about 6,500 areas,”
Campbell noted.
4. Do you believe all child
Oregonians will have the op­
portunity to voice their opinions care expenses should be made
on several current issues, tax deduc'lble as a business
ranging from wage-price con­ expense?
5. Congress will soon con­
trols to the number of years
a President should be allowed sider legislation which would
to serve, in a questionnaire provide that losses resulting
featured in Senator Bob Pack­ from auto accidents are paid
wood’s December newsletter. without regard to fault. Would
you favor this ‘no fault' ap­
Specific questions include:
1. Do you believe wage and proach?
price controls should, a) not
6. In the area of health in­
be used any longer, b) be surance, do you believe the
extended until inflation is federal government should, a)
checked, c) be made perman­ make it mandatory that all em­
ployers
provide health in­
ent.
2. In most instances, Oregon surance for its employees, b)
laws impose tougher standards subsidize general health poli-,
on air, water and land pollution cies, c) subsidize policies so:
than do federal laws. But if that everyone is protected
Oregon or any other state should against catastrophic illnesses.
7. The
Constitution now
fall below minimum federal
standards, do you believe federal limits a President from serving
standards should be enforced? more thantwoconsecutivefour-
3. Do you believe the Wilder- year terms. Would you favor,
ness Act of 1964 should be a) one 6-year term, b) one
amended to ban mining in any 4-year term, c) no limitation
wilderness area?
on terms, d) no change.
Thus far, projects have
been completed in 3 per cent
of the 9,000 areas and proj­
ects have been approved for
about 12 per cent of the total,
he said.
When all the projects are
completed, the potential pre­
vention of flood damages will
total nearly $14 billion, some
2,800 communities will be
assured of a dependable
water supply, and 200 million
visitor days of recreation
will be provided annually.
“These are almost astronom­
ical figures,’’ Mr. Campbell
said, “but they illustrate the
tremendous importance of
the watershed program to
the American environment
and the American people.
by MARY LEE
Look into windows as well
as out of them when you buy,
build or remodel a house.
They’re not only important
for the appearance of your
home, but its comfort, con­
venience and maintenance, as
well.
Of course windows should
harmonize with the architec­
ture of the house, but each
window also should be func­
tional for the area it serves.
For example, casement win­
dows are frequently pre­
ferred above a kitchen sink
because they’re easy to oper­
ate at arm’s length. Bay and
bow windows add light and
additional space to a room
as well as a more generous
view of the outside. For pri­
vacy, awning windows placed
high on a wall are ideal.
Fortunately for homemak­
ers, today there are com­
plete factory-made window
units available in a variety
of materials.
Basic stock window styles
include the following types:
Double-hung — a two-sash
window with one above the
other, moving up and down.
Casement— the sash is hinged
at the side to swing out, and
generally is operated by a ro­
tary opener.
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