The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 6 April 1965 — Page 4

Th« Daily Bannar, Graancastle, Indian. Tuesday, April 6, 1965

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By UESTEB L. COLEMAN, MJ>.

Hopeful News In Medicine *

SUFFERERS of allergy will be happy to learn abont a new and impressive advance in the treatment of hay fever, allergies, eozema and asthma. A chemical substance called heparin, which has been used as an anticoagulant, is now believed to be effective in the .•••*«« treatment and prevention of of certain allergic conditions. In a recent study conducted by Dr. David A. Dolowitx and Dr. Thomas Dougherty at Dr. Coleman the University of Utah, it was noted that heparin seems to possess a special quality that prevents the release of allergyproducing histamine in body cells. The dramatic improvement in some cases of acute asthma reinforces the hope that heparin might be of vital importance In the treatment of this condi tion. Stubborn cases of “weeping eczema” responded quickly to heparin treatments. Patients with pollenosls (sen sitivity to cottonwood, goldenrod and ragweed pollens) were also markedly benefited from the use of this drug. Though the drug is still be ing tested, the early results offer great promise of welcome relief to allergy sufferers. • • • A new and effective method of treatment to save lives and prevent severe disfigurement from extensive burns is now being added to the many already in use. Dr. Cart A. Moyer of Washington University in St Louis, Mo., has been successfully using in silver nl

trate to combat infection an3 stimulate healthy healing. Dr. Moyer’s studies indicate that the need for skin grafts has been markedly reduced by the use of these dressings. The loss of body fluids Is % major threat to survival in cases of severe burns. This fluid loss seems to be decreased with the new technique. The statement made by Dr. Moyer brings hope that the devastation and disfigurement caused by serious burns will be sharply diminished.

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A word of thanks to the tiny fruit fly that seems to appear almost out of thin air the moment luscious fruit is exposed. Long used in experimental studies on genetics, the fruit fly now is being credited with contributions to the knowledge of space medicine. Dr. Wallace O. Fenn reports from the Space Science Center at the University of Rochester that astronauts and deep sea divers may be benefited by the newer knowledge of oxygen and nitrogen balance obtained from studies with fruit flies. A condition called nitrogen narcosis (related to, but not the same as the “bends”), makes these extraterritorial wanderers dangerously sleepy. The fruit fly, breathing different percentages of nitrogen and oxygen, has given scientists greater insight into a significant problem that confronts space medicine. These columns are designed to relieve your fears about health through a better under* standing of your mind and body. AH the hopeful new advances in medicine reported here am known to doctors everywhere. Your individual medical problems should be handled by your own doctor. He knows you, best

an advertiser’s product even if the claim Is true. The decision was a big victory for the Federal Trade Commisison (FTC), which has been trying for several years to enforce such a restriction. The ruling will be of immediate Impact to hundreds of companies and their advertising agencies, and on their commercials for millions of television viewers. Today’s case dealt with the once widely advertised “sandpaper test" for Rapid Shave, produced by the Colgate-Palm-olive Co. Colgate had been advertising that Rapid Shave had sufficient moisturizing qualities to shave sandpaper. The screen showed what was purportedly a piece of sandpaper being shaved with a safety razor at a single stroke after application of the cream. Actually the demonstrator did not use sandpaper, which does not photograph acceptably for television. Instead he used some sand on a piece of plexiglass— a substitute known to the trade as a “mock-up.”

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On The U. S. Farm Front WASHINGTON UPI — The unassailable barrier the fact Agriculture Department is look- that African countries have ing toward the African conti- largely agricultural economies nent with its 57 countries and;whose primary goal is agricul-

'Savage Killer' Search Is On I WATERVLIET. Mich. UPI— i A "savage killer” was hunted ! today in this Southwestern | Michigan fruit and farm disI trict where the nude bodies of i two women and a 7-year-old girl were found, apparently raped, Sunday night. Police said Diane Carter, a Negro girl who was last seen Tuesday at a small grocery in nearby Benton Harbor, was apparently strangled. A red stocking was wrapped around her

nude body.

The body of a white woman, Mrs. Amerlia Boyer, 60. of Benton Harbor, also was found in the field in a scotch pine thicket. She had been stabbed

and slashed.

The third body was that of Esther Jones, 37, Benton Harbor. She had been decapitated and had been missing for nearly three months. Authorities said Mrs. Boyer disappeared after visiting n laundromat in Benton Harbor

bodies caked with blood. Nearly 50 state troopers and sheriff’s deputies combed the area for clues to the slayings. They also feared they might find other victims. Benton Harbor police also reported finding the body of a nude woman two weeks ago in a burned out house. They believe she was murdered. The Southwest Michigan city is about 10 miles west of the isolated area where the three slain victims were found. Members of the state police

crime lab were on the scene early today also looking for clues to the murder. Sheriff Henry Griese called the slayings the worst crimes he has seen in more than 25 years.

State Courts Must Comply WASHINGTON UPI — The Supreme Court declared Mon-

day that state courts must comply with the federal constitutional rule and provide a person accused of crime with an opportunity to confront and crossexamine witnesses against him. The 9-0 ruling said that this protection in the Sixth Amendment to the U. S. Constitution was essential to the conduct of a fair trial. “It cannot seriously be doubted at this late date that the right of cross examination is included in the right of an accused in a criminal case to con-

front the witnesses against him,” Justice Hugo L. Black said for the court. “And probably no one, certainly no one experienced in the trial of lawsuits, would deny the value of cross examination in exposing falsehood and bringing out the truth in a criminal case,” he added. Black said other decisions holding that the Sixth Amendment does not apply to criminal trials in state courts “can no longer be regarded as the

law.”

GROWING NEW YORK (UPI) — Major medical expense insurance is the fastest growing form of health insurance nationwide, the Health Insurance Institute

reports.

S This insurance, sometimes called “catastrophe' insurance, j provides benefits ranging up to '310,000 and higher. At the end ; of 1963, more than 42 million i persons were protected by this

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territories as a prime market for U. S. farm products. There are numerous difficulties and hazards in Africa for the U. S. exporter. The roads aren't much. Modern transportation and storage facilities are not first class. There is a low density of population. Cultural differences are great. The average per capita income is about 3100 a year. There is political unrest. David L. Hume, assistant administrator for export programs in the Foreign Agricultural Service, said that even so, returns could be high for the enterprising exporter with an eye toward the future. That would be the businessman who gets in on the ground floor in molding consumer tastes and building a reputation for efficient serving of trade needs. Hume does not count as an

tural self-sufficiency. This self1 sufficiency may be a long way off, Hume said, and may never ! be obtained. One of the problems of the i U. S. exporter to Africa, accordi ing to Hume. Is to encourage ! consumer tastes that U. S. products can best satisfy. Among the products the I United States is sending to Africa are wheat, flour, vegetable oils, rice, poultry, non-fat dry milk, and tobacco.

Court Rules In 'Shaving' Case WASHINGTON UPI — The Supreme Court ruled Monday in the controversial “sandpaper shaving case” that a television commercial may not resort to sham to prove something about

about 10 days ago. The girl was reported missing in about the same area three days later. All three bodies were found within several hundred feet of each other. The field, in an isolated area, was used as a wind breaker for an orchard on the Harry Baiers farm. Sgt. Don Jewell, of the Berrein County eheriff’s patrol, called the killings the work of a “savage killer”. The bodies were badly disfigured, authorities said. They were found by Bryce Hyler. 12. and Philip Rose, 15 of near WatervlieL The two youths had been prowling around the field earlier in the day because they found 25 cents. They re--tumed to look for more money when they came upon the | bodies. Deputies said they found a cigarette butt near one of the

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