Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 284, Decatur, Adams County, 3 December 1959 — Page 12

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w [ THE WONDERFUL WONDER DRUGS IP _____ Th« Record Since IMS: awa -tiOflflß a 1 • — i ■ mwN Ji fy £’ '£ | ■■ DOWN DOWN- \7 X *2. tn _ jt—m £ 1° MM DOWnX> s°. % Mt Mk « 7r ° • <7 H , n ■ ■ DOWN - V ? > * ■■ 85% DOWN V I »9°° DOWN j c IHH 92 °° i .[■■■■■■■■ SUCCESS STORY — The “wonder" drugs, which since the end of World War II have become medicine’s most potent weapons in the unending war against infectious diseases, have been well-named. According to the U. S. Public Health Serv- j ice antibiotics have slashed deaths from diseases from 33 pert cent to as much as 92 per cent since 1945 (see chart above).!

Expects Wafer Pond As Christmas Gift By HORTENSE MYERS United Press International INDIANAPOLIS (UPD A PuL aski County farm wife is expecting a very unseasonable gift for Christmas—a pond of water. Mrs. Charles Odom, who had been dubious about the likelihood that a fortune in stolen Spanish silver bars was hidded on the family farm near Medaryville, reported that she now is sure there isn’t, although the hunt for it still is in progress. “We are going to have a nice pond out there in time but I’m not even sure it will freeze for skating,” she laughed. *'My husband says the water seems to flow in from all directions and it may not freeze easily. And it will be deep” All summer long a group of volunteer treasure hunters worked on the Odom farm under the direction of Tom O'Hare, 62, Paxton, 111. Mrs. Odom said that for a time her husband and her 12-year-old son Michael were among the diggers. “But they gave up long ago,” she said, “and we haven’t paid much attention to the work going on down there recently. Someone built a little hut with a stove in it. They have a fire in it, and some of the neighbors still are digging for silver.” Mrs. Odom said she became a confirmed doubter when the digging operations went deeper than O’Hare had originally thought they would need to go. O’Hare, a professional treasure hunter, came to the Odoms last spring and told them his research in old historical papers had convinced him that a cache of silver -bars which the Indians had stolen from a group of Spanish soldiers was buried on their land. At that time, the spot designated by O’Hare was a hill, but |t now is a hole in the ground. And in that big hole is another hole, 12 by 14 feet in diameter, where O’Hare still hopes to find

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I the silver bars. If he ever does, the neighbors who have helped with the digging and the Odoms would get half the find. Mrs. Odom said that the workers now are trying to drive a “sort of a tube” further down into the earth, inside the small excavation. She said she has been told that her pond—when she gets it—may be too cold for swimming in the summer because of the spring : water supply. But she said philosophically that “maybe the fish will like U.” Most women would consider a key chain a minor sort of gift, but not Miss lona Ahrens, Valparaiso. She collects them The former school teacher is attempting to fill a map with a keychain from each of the 50 states. In addition to those cherished for their U.S. geographic significance, Mi s s Ahrens has several from foreign countries including one which is a replica of a shoe worn by Greece's King Paul. From one key chain dangeles a leather purse made by Indians, from another a gold nugget sent from South Dakota. Nevada is represented by a miniature slot machine. Miss Ahrens became a confirmed believer in the power of a small classified advertisement. She offered through a hobby magazine to exchange crocheted silk handkerchiefs for key chains. The resulting mail has come close to fulfilling her hope of covering a map with the chains. It also has kept her busy making the handkerchiefs to fulfill her part of the trade. Pleasure Center ANN ARBOR. Mich. (UPD—Research at the University of Michigan -shows that tranquilizers powerfully affect the “pleasure centers" of the brain. During the experiments, rats were conditioned to press a lever to receive an electrical stimulus producing satisfaction. But after receiving a tranquilizer, the rats no longer cared to press the lever giving the pleasurable stimulus.

Building Safest School In Chicagd

By IRA LURVEY United Press International CHICAGO (UPD "The safest school in the city” was being built today at Our Lady of the Angels parish, where fire killed 92 youngsters and three nuns one year ago. Meticulously, almost piously, workmen erected the reinforced concrete and steel girders for the new, $1,250,000, 33-room Roman Catholic parochial school. Architect James Barry called it “the safest school in the city.” There was to be fireproof tile flooring and panic doors and coordinated alarms—and an eternal memory. It was only minutes before afternoon dismissal that cold Dec. 1 last year when choking, black smoke and lapping flames sudden,y engulfed the old, three-story parochial school. Almst immediately, firemen ar- . rived but even in that short time panicked children, some with ' clothes afire, had started jumping 1 from windows. Others sat trapped 1 at their desks by the sufocating rooftar filled smoke. The few who groped towindows were dead be--1 fore firemen could reach them. ’ A shocked nation mourned the dead—and took a hasty look at all its school.s Has Been Improvement Now, one year later, at least ' 53.000 U.S. school buildings have ; made fire-prevention improve- ’ ments, the National Fire Protec--1 tion Assn. said. The association, a non-profit fire I 1 safety organization, warned, how- | i ever, that 18 million youngsters ' : still were “being exposed to need- ■ less fire hazards." “There has been some improvel ment, thought,” the association i said- “There now are 4,500.000 > American school children whose lives are better protected against > fire than at this time last year i and another 9,700,000 youngsters i are attending schools where at ' least some fire hazards have been reduced.” i Chicago, particularly, spent • $1,900,000 for fire prevention and i safety in its public schools. City 4 1 ordinances were proposed for re- '■ quiring sprinkler systems, school alarms hooked directly to fie"* sta- ■ tions, /monthly fiemen-supervised 1 evacuation drills, elimination of stairwell closets, annual electrical • inspections, panic hardware and : enclosed boiler rooms. Oficially, the Our Lady fire still ’ was “of undetermined origin.” > "One Cannot Run” “There’s not much mentioned ■ about the fire, now," said Mrs. ' John Gorski, who lives down the block from the school. “I feel it was God’s will. If it did happen, there's nothing you can do.” Nick Procaccio runs the grocery around the corner. “We just go about life as usual,” hesaid- “What are people going to do’o it happened so it happened.” For those directly affected, however, the answers were not that simple. “My Raymond is dead and I am a mother and a mother never can forget even a little,” Mrs. Joseph Makowski said. “But still I live here next to the school because one cannot run. Where is there where one can run to escape life?" “Their faith has been more than I ever would have prayed for,” the Rev. Joseph Ognibene, assistant pastor, said. "They even came to console us at the funerals- We, who had gone to console them, they came,to console us.” Faith Returned to Parish There was, however, some friction. Parents of five injured youngsters filed damage suits totaling $1,750,000. As recently as last week, parents of two dedeised children each filed $30,000 suits against the archdiocese and .the city of Chicago charging '“wrongful death.” “Our parishioners are, after all, only human," Father Ognibene said. “Right after the firewe unfortunately began to be involved with some pettyness and bickering. A few became bitter toward the church. Others, since wd and Catholic Charities paid all medical and funeral expenses, felt they ■ 'I I ~ 'A 1 s.• ■ a. ■ TIRED OF SITTING — Capt Shelton J. Anthony Jr. slumps in seat he occupied for 80 hours, 36 minutes while flying ■ B-47 jet some 39,200 miles to set an in-flight record for the big planes. He’s with the air research and development command at Wright Air Development Center, Dayton, Ohio. <

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had not gotten enough money. Those that had their own health insurance obviously needed less than others but thought this was ■ not fair. It Was most ing“Gradually, I am grateful to say, faith returned to our parish.” Much Double Talk Made By Politicos By EUGENE J. CADOU United Press International INDIANAPOLIS (UPP)—lndiapa soon will be due for campaignyear oratory with high-sounding phrases , pious enunciations and mine-run double talk. One of our cynical friends has suglested that we translate into brutally frank English a few .of these noble utterances. Here goes; ..“This is no time for false economy." This sometimes means that the boys in power are about to embark upon a costly program that will mean rakeoffs, contracts and sinecures for the faithful. “The two-party system must be preserved to maintain the integrity of our nation.” In other words, unless the outs watch the ins rather closely, someone in power may swipe the i Statehouse dome. | “We rejoice in our debt - free : i Indiana and in our financially 'healthy climate-” Indiana is sure to be free of debt because the State Constitution specifically prohibits any state bond issue. a “We cannot afford the questionable luxury of feuding with each other.” , Afford or not, there are still four major political parties in Indiana,

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. two Republican and two Democratic. “Women and young voters have contributed heavily to our victories at the polls and they are entitled to a greater share in the i leadership of our party.” When the dust of the election has settled down, it will be discovered that the reporter or clerk of the Supreme and Appellate courts is a woman and that a few youngsters have garnered puny jobs in other departments after the elderly males have huddled and decided to toss them a few

p crumbs from the victory table. “I shall not discuss my own jpersonal .political .future.’ ’-The i strain and stress of my Resent office call upon my greatest endeavors and talents.” i This usually means that the pol- ' itician is campaigning all over the lot for the other office and spends a few hours a week in his present bureau. The big bosses have not yet decided whether to give him the nod and he has not to date dug up the necessary connections with which to finance his campaign.

“Ours is noble heritage.” Way back when, the party has elected a few of its able, courageous and honest candidates who have taken the curse off many of their unworthy successors. “This is one of the most crucial elections in the history of our nation.” All of them are, from township trustee up, in the minds of the candidates. , “Damable and senseless waste in foreign aid must be stopped forthwith.” If this oratorical candidate Is elected, he often votes for a foreign aid budget that finances overcoats for the Hottentots. Abv for PMs Wednesday Dec. 2

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