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Taylor .Daily Press, -.Sunday, March 11,. 11)62,„ 3?,age %
Dr. Alvarez
# Should One be Operated
On for Ruptured Disc?
By WALTER C. ALVAREZ, M.D.
Thousands of people today com-
plain of a miserable back that
hurts them greatly. Sometimes
there is sciatica with it (pain
down the back of the thigh on
one side. In many such cases,
nothing can be found on examina-
tion except some signs of arthri-
tis in the lower back.
Sometimes not even this can
be found with ordinary x-ray
films. In some cases today
one or two of the discs which
lie between each of the verte-
brae (spinal bones—became' di-
seased, and in three out of four
of these cases the diseased disc
ruptures (herniates) backward,
and some of the material that
comes out of it presses on the
nerves which run down from the
lower end of the spinal column
and into the thighs. When this
happens, there may be a, terrible
backache and perhaps a sciatica.
As I often say, if I had such
a bad' back, I would like to go to
Jjk| a place like the Mayo Clinic
where I would first have a gen-
" era! examination, and then I’d
have one or two x-ray examina'-
tions made with a special technic.
I would have a neurologic exam-
ination by a nerve specialist who
would look for signs of pressure
on one of the spial nerves, and
I would have an examination by
an orthopedist (bone and joint
expert), and advice from an ex-
pert on arthritis.
Then, I would be seen by a
man who spends most of his time
operating on discs. I would place
much faith in his tremenbus ex-
perience. He might be able to
say right off just from my story
■that I had a ruptured disc.
But even with all this expert
advice and then an expertly-per-
formed operation, and even if a
ruptured disc were found and the
material removed, I would have
perhaps a 15 per cent chance of
still having my backache.
I hear from a good many per-
sons who, instead of having a
ruptured disc removed', had two
or three vertebra (spinal bones)
splinted together with a piece
of bone taken from their leg.
Many of these people tell me they
didn’t get any result, apparently
because the operation they had
“was not the one they needed.
They may have needed the remo-
val of the remnants of a 'ruptured
disc.
Many people who suffer each
^Hr/ear with hay faver have written
^vo ask me where they con get
^n:he “one-shot” treatment. I thirik
if I had hay fever I would be in-
fluenced by the recent editorial
in the splendid New England Jour-
nal of Medicine in which the writ-
er points out that there have been
a number of disturbing reports
—especially from experimenters
with animals — reports which
suggest that the new, slowly-ab-
rsorbed vaccine may not be en-
tirely safe for all persons.
In some it conceivably could
do harm. As the editorial writer
says, “Complacency regarding the
safety of ‘repository’ iniections
appear to be inappropriate in
the light of the evidence now
available.” What this means is
that it might be advisable for
most people with hay fever to
wait another year to see if any
unfortunate results from the
use of the new treatment. Doubt-
less, the technic will be well stu-
died this summer.
The name, colitis, is unfortunate
because it may mean only pure
nervousness. However, there is a
true colitis—the chronic ulcera-
tive colitis—which demands im-
Taylorites Attend
Migrant Session
Three Taylor people, who are
interested in the migrant pro-
gram, attended the state confer-
ence on education for adult mi-
grant farm workers in Austin
Thursday.
Reports and plans were heard
from the governor of Texas, pro-
fessors at the University, and
others, who understand the pro-
gram and hope for improvement.
Attending from Taylor were
Mrs. C. J. Warren, president of
the Taylor Council of United
Church Women; Mrs. Elmo
Moore, who has directed the mi-
grant program here for several
years, and the Rev. Josef Barton,
pastor of the Brethren Church.
ATTENTION
FARMERS!
PLANTING
SEEDS
Of All Kinds
CHECK WITH US
BEFORE YOU BUY
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mediate attention and treatment.
To know about colitis, read the
book, “Colitis,” by Dr. Alvarez.
To obtain it, send 25 cents and
a stamped, self-addressed enve-
lope with your request to Dr.
Walter C. Alvarez, Dept. TP, The
Register and Tribune Syndicate,
Box 957, DCs Moines 4. Iowa.
(Released by The Register and
Tribune Syndicate, 1962)
Night-
(Continued from Page 1)
complaint change their minds
when the time trolls around.
“Sometimes you’ve almost go£
to be a preacher,” Lantzsch says.
“We try to settle family squab-
ble's with ‘fatherly talk.’ We ask
the husband and wife to consider
the children. Often they get to
crying and the thing is settled
then and here. But every case is
different. None follow a pat-
tern. And sometimes you have
to lock somebody up overnight.”
The best thing about night pa-
trol work, Jone's and Lantzsch
agree, is just plain love of law
enforcement work.
“Respect for your partner is an
important part of it,” Lantzsch
explains. “We always work as a
team and we’re always conscious
of our responsibilities in protecting
our partner. We are each other’s
keeper. That’s why we take pre-
cautions in stopping a strange car.
That’s why you’ll never see two
policemen walking side by side
when they’re investigating a dis-
turbance in a public place. One
always walks behind the other,
to back him up in case there’s
serious trouble.”
Neither Jones nor Lantzsch has
ever been shot at, but they’ve
had several knives pulled on them
and they’ve had to take pistols
and knives away from many
trouble makers. Incidentally,
knife users always keep a match
stud stuck in the handle to keep
the blade “cocked” so that it
can be opened while it’s being
brought out of the pocket.
One of the night shift’s bigge'st
responsibilities is safeguarding
businessmen’s property. It takes
something like an hour and a half
to patrol the downtown area and
the business aireas further out.
Patrolling commercial buildings,
with periodic scouting of residen-
tial areas, takes up most of the
night patrol’s time.
The patrol pattern is constantly
being altered, so that would-be
burglars, for example, could not
break into a building on the basis
of the squad car being at another
location for a certain period of
time.
The burglary of the City Bar
was broken up several months
ago because of the irregular pa-
trol pattern. A group of teen-
agers admitted to police after
they had been apprehended that
they cut a chain and stole tires
from a service station rack, work-
ing on the theory that the patrol
would be by at a certain time.
They didn’t get away with it.
They said they thought they had
the “routine” figured out.
Are there any special ways to
observe a business area for irre-
gularities?
Jones and Lantzsch explain
that the “trick” is constant and
close observance. “We get accus-
tomed to what we see,” they said.
“We get to know each building
ve'ry well. We get to where we
can tell at a glance when some-
thing is out of place. Things have
a particular place. Quite a few
businessmen leave lights on. If
one isn’t .burning, we investigate.
An open window glares out at you,
as does a cut screen or a broken
lock. Even a bent piece of tin
on the roof tends to stick out like
a sore thumb.”
Patrolmen recommend that bus-
inessmen leave some kind of
light burning. They maintain that
one of the biggest mistakes mer-
chants make1 is “hiding the safe”
in a dark back room someplace
where safecrackers could be at
work over while the patrol car
is passing.
Night traffic work includes in-
KTAE Radio Log
SUNDAY
6:30—Sign On
6:31—Lutheran Hour
7.00—Sunday Morning Hymns
7:30—Quartet Association
8:00—Sunday Morning Music
8:30—News
8:45—Hillbilly Hits
9:30—News, Weather, Sports
9:40—Hillbilly
10:00—Hit Parade
11:00—Music
12:00—Music
12:30—News —
1:00—Hymn Program
1:30—Music
2:00—Polka Time
3:00—News, Music
4:45—Nygard Farni'y
5:00—News & Weath'er
5:15—Music
6:15—Sign Off
MONDAY — FRIDAY
5:30—Sign On, Latin American
6:00—Aaron Allan
6:55—Farm News
7:00—News
7:05—Weather
7:10—Sports
7:15—Tommie Griffith
7:30—News
7:45-—Morning Music
9:00—Koffee Kup
9:15—Switzer Show & Weather
9:30—Switzer Show
10:00—Musical Houseparty
10:30—Headlines & Houseparty
0:45—Houseparty, News
<1:00—Polka Parade
1130—Want Ads
11:45—Farm News & Stock Markm
12:00—J amboree
12:15—News
12:30—Aaron Allen Jamboree
2:00—Tony Von
3:00—News, Griffith Show
4:00—Tommie Griffith
5:00—News, Weather & Music
5:15—Music by Candlelight
c:15—Sign Of!
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TOGETHERNESS—With her home, job and. baby all in one
compact package, Mrs. Clara Hicks of Los Angeles pulls her
rig into Baltimore, Md. Mrs. Hicks and a woman employe
live in the quarters between the cab and trailer and share
the care of the baby. They haul produce to the east coast.
vestigation of all types of viola-
tions. Patrolmen are' on the alert
for theft-from-ca!r cases, wreck-
less or drunk driving, speeding
and stop sign and traffic light
violations. Except for events that
attract large crowds, the. regular
night patrol also handles the flow
of traffic.
All taverns and other public
places, as well as large crowds
that might congregate anywhere,
are checked at intervals. While
one patrolman goes into a tavern
to look around, the other remains
in the patrol car in direct radio
contact with headquarters at City
Hall.
Patrolme'n keep up to date on
what’s going on, so they’ll know
where the crowds are, by tread-
ing the paper and listening to
radio.
They also have a record of li-
cense numbers of stolen cars to
be on the look out for. “We have
quite a few strange vehicles come
through here,” Jones said. “We
know practically every car in
town. It’s easy, to spot a car
that doesn’t belong.”
Two other things that make a
car suspicious are time and loca-
tion, Police often take down li-
cense numbers when a car passes
through town in the wee hours
just fdr future reference, parti-
cularly if the car is “off the
beaten path.”
Night patrolmen ride most of
the time, as much as 100 miles
or more a night. They return to
headquarters only to put some-
body in jail or when they’re re-
quested to come in. When they
stop for coffee, they must check
in with George Rayburn, night
dispatcher, by radio. And they
can drink coffee only at places
where there are telephones, so
that the dispatcher can contact
them that way if necessa'ry. The
dispacher must know exactly
where the patrolmen are at every
moment.
The number of special calls
night patrolmen get ranges from
none to more than 20 or so, with
the average being between 10
and 15. It depends a lot on the
season of the year. Cotton pick-
ing time is worst, the patrolmen
agree, but add that it isn’t as
bad as it used to be.
Still, it’s not at all unusual to
find 20 or 30 people in jail on
Monday morning, particularly
transient workers picked up for
being chunk or disturbing the
peace or otherwise fighting and
causing trouble.
“When this class of people have
money, they’re going to spend it
and have a real good time,” the
patrolmen said. “The number of
disturbances of this kind decreas-
es when times are harder, but
on the other hand the number of
thefts and burglaries increase.”
Most calls are routine, includ-
ing tavern disturbances, family
rows, stray dog calls and burg-
laries.
Jones and Lantzsch admit that
patrolmen get tired of talking to
their partners once in a while,
but that by and large they’re
busy enough with activities of all
kinds not to get bored.
As Jones said, “There’s always
something to watch, and time
passes, particularly on the first
shift from 6 p.m. until 2 a.m.
By 2 a.m. most everything that’s
going to happen has happened,
so time does seem to pass a little
slower from then until daybreak.”
Irregular sleeping hours is the
hardest thing to get used to, they
agree. Shifts are changed every
couple of weeks and new adjust-
ments have to be made. Not to
mention that most of the police-
men hold part time jobs. Jones
said he goes to bed and gets up
three times a day.
But the drawbacks are not
serious enough to outweigh their
love for night patrol work.
They seem to enjoy studying
human nature, and they deny that
they ever lose faith with the
human race because of the kind
of people they come in contact
with.
They say there are some kinds
of people that you can talk with
sensibly about their violations.
Others they have to get rough
with. They say they can tell in
nine out of 10 cases when a man.
is lying to them.
Lantzsch says a patrolman must
remember that dealing with many
of the more undesirable people
is just a job that he has to do
and then forget what he has
done.
Patrolmen can’t hold grudges,
they agree.
“I can fight with a man while
putting him in jail,” Jones said,
“and the next day we’ll be friends
if he is willing. Most of the time
these people will apologize to
you.”
Besides their numerous respon-
sibilities in keeping law and or-
der, Jones said patrolmen also
are “expected to know most
everything, to be able to answer
any question put to them by any-
body they might encounter in the
performance of their duties.’
But that, too they enjoy ... at
least trying to answer questions.
Rabbit Fever
On Increase
During 1961
AUSTIN — Tularemia* — alias
“rabbit fever” — increased in
Texas last year compared to
1960. The actual number of cas-
es, 13 during 1961 as against nine
for 1960, is not startling, but is of
concern to victims and to people
engaged in encommunicable di-
sease control.
The figures are tallied each
week by the Texas State Depart-
ment of Health from reports ga-
thered throughout the1 State. In all
probability there were actually
more cases than were reported.
Tularemia is caused by an oval-
shaped' organizm called Pasteur-
ella tularensis in dubious honor
of Tulare County, Calif., where it
was first discovered as an in-
fection of wild rabbits and squir-
rels.
The disease is transmitted, to
humans by the bite of an infect-
ed fly or tick, or when the germ
is accidentally introduced into
the body during the process of
dressing wild game. It can also
be acquired by eating insufficient
ly cooked meat from an infected
game bird' or animal. The death
rate of untreated cases is usually
about five per cent.
The infection has been and is
still known all over Teaxs, bul
is reported most often from the
eastern section of the State. Out-
doorsmen are more susceptible
than the general population be-
cause of a greater chance for ex-
posure.
According to the best authori-
ties, on a nationwide basis 90
per cent of human cases are ac-
quired from rabbits, chiefly wild
cottontails. Other susceptible na-
tive animals are coyotes, opos-
sums, skunks, de'er and some spe-
cies of snakes.
As for domestic animals, natur-
al infections have been found in
cats, dogs, hogs, and sheep.
Among susceptible wild birds are
quail, chicken hawks, and homed
COURTHOUSE
RECORDS
NEW CAJtS
Donald K. Barrington, Taylor, Ford;
Maxie E. Brune, Tay’or, Ford; P. A.
Marshall, Taylor, Ford Pu; B, V. Hod-
re, Taylor, Ford; R. A. Koy, Sr.,
Granger, Ford; Roy E. Meadows, Tay-
'or, Ford; Bobby Neil Barnes, Taylor,
‘‘onitiac; Nancy Ellen Howard, Taylor,
Pontiac; H. D. Youngb ood, Rockdale,
GMC % ton Pu; Edwin A. Mason,
Taylor, Pontiac; Alvin R. Rozaeky.
Taylor, Pontiac; Eva Allen Mauck,
Taylor, Pontiac; John E. . Huefcr,
Houston, Pontiac; A, J. Zvonek, Tay-
or, Pontiac; E.. iC. Eulenfe'd, Taylor,
Pontiac.
A. O. Mears, Austin, Mercury; F
Wuithrick, Taylor, Mercury; Albert H.
Wut'hrick, Taylor, Mercury; W. R
Vlangram, Austin, Mercury; Earl T.
Tyree, Austin, Mercury; E. Garleth
Carter, Taylor, Chevrolet; Charles V.
Pelton, Austin, Chevrolet; Joe Zim-
merhanzel Jr., Taylor, Chevrolet; A. R
Corne’l, McDade, Chevrolet pickup;
Rudolf Sortena, Austin, Chevrolet; Ed-
vard E. Zucknick, Taylor, Chevrolet;
Mrs. Kathryn Fields, Taylor, Chevrolet:
Ted Bloyd, Austin, Chevrolet.
Leroy Schwertner, Schwertner, Ford;
Glynn E. Perkins, BeUaire, Ford;
Laurence P. Petrie, Bartlett, Ford; Jer-
ry D. Davidson, Houston, Ford; Wil-
iaim Pekar, Granger, Ford; W. H.
Reed, Bartlett, Ford; Texas Power &
bight Co., Taylor, Chevrolet; Braker
Motor Co., Taylor, Rambler; Calvin C.
Ichaefer, Taylor, Rambler; Eugene
Raesz, Taylor, Rambler; Roy Sinnig-
son, Taylor, Rambler; C. A. Clayton,
Austin, Plymouth; Oscar Seggern, Tay-
lor, Chevrolet; Robert M. Kreig, Mel-
vin, Chevrolet; I. E. Sanders, Austin
Jodge.
DRIVER KILLED IN CRASH
DURANT, Okla (7P> — Richard
A. Timberlake, 26, of Durant d'ied
n the flaming crash of his late
model car early Saturday morn-
ng five miles south of here.
owls—all native to Texas.
There is no truth in the belief
that rodents are tularemia-free in
winter, health authorities advise.
Cases occur every month of the
year, but mostly in April, May
and June, the months of great-
est tick activity.
The danger of contracting tu-
laremia is another reason for not
drinking raw creek or lake water.
The organism can live in water
where the disease prevails in
wildlife.
The use of rubber gloves when
handling wild game, refraining
from drinking raw water, thor-
ough cooking of all game, and
prompt disinfection of scratches
and insect bites will help prevent
tularemia infection.
(A weekly feature of the Health
Education Division, Texas Depart-
ment of Health.)
SHILOH NEWS
SHILOH, March 9 (Spl) — Mr.
and Mrs. Kenneth Scruggs, Mrs.
Peggy Connell and Bonnie Kay
ri Georgetown, Mr. and Mrs.
Bobby Scruggs of Thrall, Mr. and
Mrs. Sonny Scruggs and Mr. and
Mrs. Joyce Scruggs and children
visited Mr. and Mrs. Horace
Scruggs during the weekend'.
Mrs. Lula Davis and Mrs. Lela
Watkins were in Taylor on bus',
ness Tue'sday.
Mr. and Mrs. Willard Oline and
Cindy Lou recently visited Mr.
and Mrs. Gus Diekdrson of Thorn-
dale.
Mrs. Mary Gore and Miss No-
ma Jarrell visited Mrs. Olive Lee
md Mrs. Emma Dooley Tuesday
night.
Miss Villa Smith’s home burned
Monday ■ morning about 8:30. It
was a total loss.
Mrs, Lela Watkins and Mrs,
Lula Davis visited Mrs. Mary
Watkins in Austin Friday.
Mrs. Bobby Sanders and Mrs.
Gaston Davis were in LaGrange
to meet Miss Susan Renee Dooley
last week.
Mrs. Russell Martin, Mrs.
Mary Klattenhoff, Miss Sharal
Debbie Martin of Taylor visited
Mrs. Louis Scruggs Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. John Hubble were
Taylor visitors Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Davis
were recent Taylor visitors.
Mrs. Emma Dooley. Mrs. Myr-
tle Olive and Mrs. Olive Lee
were Taylor visitors Monday.
Mrs. G. C. Lawrence and Mrs.
Drama Jordan vsited Mrs. Doro
thy Simmons Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Frazier of
Elgin recently visited her sister.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lawrence.
PILOT INJURED
WICHITA FALLS (IP) — Don
Estes, 27, cf Wichita Falls was
s’ighlly injured Friday when the
wheels of his small plane struck
a farm tank dam, and crashed
near here.
•-o-
VETERAN SHERIFF DIES
PLAINVIEW UP)— Hale Coun-
ty Sheriff Ted Andrews, who had
held the post longer than any man
in the county’s history, died Fri-
day of a heart ailment. He was
63.
Farmers Have
Tax Options
It’s time to file income tax re-
turns again and one point farm-
ers may want to keep in mind in
figuring their earnings for social
security purposes is that they
may be entitled to use an option-
al method of reporting their in-
come.
(1) If your gross income from
agricultural self-employment is
not more than $1,800, you may
count as your net farm earnings
either your actual net or twd-
lhirds of your farm gross income;
(2) If your gross farm income
s more than $1,800, and your net
farm earnings are less than $1,200,
you may use either your actual
net or $1,200;
If your gross farm income is
more than $1,800, and your net
farm earnings are $1,200 or
more, you must use the actual
amount of yoiir net earnings.
Because of the option available,
self-employed farmers with gross
Income as low as $600 can obtain
social security credit for 1961—
and so build protection for them-
selves in their old age, or if they
become disabled, and protection
for thbir survivors in case of
death.
Information regarding taxes due
and tax return forms can be ob-
tained at the Internal Revenue Of-
fice at Austin, Texas. If you
have any questions about old-age,
survivors, or disability insurance,
he people in the social security
office at 1107 Guadalupe Sreet
n Austin, Texas will be glad to
mswer them.
Save gasoline and shop at home.
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