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Kennedy Held To Wheelchair In 1954

By DAVID D. LEWIS United Press International WASHINGTON (UPD— Scarcely six years ago, a 37-year-old U.S. senator lay in critical condition in • New York hospital. Priests had given the last rites of the Roman Catholic Church to John F. Kennedy. Today he is President of the United States. He plays golf and swims. His daily pace of activity continues to amaze men younger than their 43-year-old chief executive. • But, in the fall of 1954, Kennedy was confined to a wheelchair and crutches. He had undergone an operation for metal plate spinal fusion. A staphylococcus infection had set in around the plate. Three times he was placed on the critical list, during which period a number of doctors worked on his case. Kennedy had a second operation to remove the plate and, following this, in the spring of 1955 a woman physician was called in by the orthopedic surgeon to give medical treatment for rehabigitation after surgery. She was Dr. Janet Travell, who was selected last Thursday as Kennedy’s White House physician. Silver-Haired Grandma She looked like a grandmother, which in fact she was. She had silver hair and a soft voice. But she also had ideas on how to cure this disabled, but still young, man —and she had an amazing history of rehabilitating seriously crippled patients. Os this period in the President’s life, all that Dr. Travell has said is: “He got well while he was under my care.” Members of the Kennedy family, however, have quoted the President as saying he feels that, but for Dr. Travell, his career—perhaps his very life—would have been in grave jeopardy. At infrequent intervals over the five years, 1955-60, Dr. Travell was called upon to minister to the senator from Massachusetts. Just prior to the Democratic National Convention at Los Angeles last July, Dr. Travell and Dr. Eugene Cohen of New York sent a letter to Kennedy asserting their considered opinion that his health and stamina were more than adequate for the requirements of the job he sought—the presidency. After his election, at the request of the Secret Service, she made several trips with Kennedy. Woman of Many Facets The new President’s personal physician is a woman of many facets: Mother, grandmother, homemaker, athlete, warm friend and extremely capable physician. Dr. Travell gave up more than 30 years of medical practice in New York City to assume her new position. She is the first woman to fill the post and the first civilian to hold the job since the Harding resign a dual appointSjefiSHlUj' associate professor of ainioti pharmacology on the of .Cornell University Medi--51 pgllege and as a member of tfeqfinieal staff of tfie department m rrtofiicine of New York Hospital. "'■RrtJfKstonal ethics decry listing arsons she has helped. Bui it is a toatier of public record that Sen. Qarry Goldwater. y R-Ariz., has skid he is her patient. It was the then-Sen. - Kennedy who referred Goldwater to bet. Gojdwater has credited her with restoring fuH use of an arm that bad been incapacitated by muscle spasm. Not just the prominent and the wealthy have benefitted from her ministrations. Countless victims of muscular ■ trouble incurred from illness, athletics ° and accidents have been put back in action under her care. They include this correspondent and members of his family. Urges Regular Exercise Her prescription for longevity calls for regular, healthful exercise, in moderation and suited to the,needs and abilities of the individual. An advocate of “exercise from the cradle to the grave,” she has cautioned patients, however, that "ovet-exercise is almost as bad as no exercise at all.” She is an excellent tennis player, swimmer and horseback rider. In private life, Dr. Travell is Mrs. John W.G. Powell. Her husband is associated with an investment counsel firm. The Powells have two married daughters.

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Democrats Are Inquiring On Sen. Capehart By EUGENE J. CADOU United Press International INDIANAPOLIS (UPD— Demo-

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crats have been inquiing about the health of Sen. Homer E. Capehart, a veteran GOP senator who has been hospitalized with an ailment described as a slipped spinal disk but is now back at the Capitol in a wheelchair. Hoosier Democratic leaders admit privately that they fear Capehart in an election battle more than any other Republican in the state, and the next test is scheduled for the senatorial contest of 1962. Capehart many months ago an-

nounced he would run for reelection. He is sure of renomination by the Republican state convention and has an excellent chance to retain his seat in the fall election, in the opinion of njost political observers. Known for Campaigning Former Gov. Ralph F. Gates, Indiana GOP national committeeman, has praised Capehart as the best political campaigner in Indiana his relection bld has chilled many Democrats. Hand - shaking by the thousands, somewhat like

former Gov. Henry F. Schricker, is the acme of Capehart’s campaigning. There has been no serious GOP opposition to Capehart to date—and there probably won’t be any. On the other hand, quite a few Democrats are weighing their chances for next year’s senatorial bid. Included are Sen. S'. Hugh Dillin, Petersburg, Senate president pro tern; Sen. Marshall Kizer, Plymouth, who may be detoured, however, by appointment as a federal judge or as U. S. district

attorney; Rep. Birch Bayh. West Terre Haute, House Democratic floor leader; and former Secretary of State John R. Walsh, Anderson. The senatorial hopefuls are quite concerned about how Governor Welsh will handle the huge Statehouse patronage in the struggle for senator. Opposite to Welsh All of the men listed have been on the opposite side of the fence to the governor in times past. Dlllin ran against Welsh for the 1956 gubernatorial bid and Bayh

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geographically was compelled to back the winner, Terre Hau t e Mayor Ralph Tucker that year. Two years later, Welsh supported Sen. Vance Harixe against Kizer. And in 1960, Walsh was a foe of Welsh for the party s gubernatorial nomination. The attitude of Hartke in the gubernatorial melee remains in question. The junior senator has a long record of fence straddling with respect to all nomination contests in his party, from the White House down.