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01RL MI WINBOW er one of 28 human guinea pigs are spending the summer leading a sealed-up We for science Even while she reads she wears plastic helmet so doctors at National Institute of Health can chart reactions. These All-Night Co-ed Anticts Strictly For Cause Of Science By JERRY BENNETT NBA Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON (NEA) A group of pretty co-eds have talked their parents into letting them swallow tranquilizer pills Vhih summer, stay up all night and eat nothing but milk shakes. They aren't trying to start a nev fad among collegians to replace pantie raids. 'Nor are they the bit worried about ruining their health, In fact, their d'octcxs have given their wholc-heaterd approvall, The girls are of of a larger group of volunteer human guinea Posse Tracks Down AWOL Sailor After Ambush of Couple ST. GEORGE.

Utah, iffl A posse tracked down James B. Grainger in the arid hills of southwest Utah and the 19-year-old sailor from Phoenix, was held in jail today in connection with the molesting of a doctor and his wife who had pulled off U.S. 91 to take a nap. Mrs. Isidore Matilsky, about 45, of Norwalk, was shot in the chest.

She underwent surgery for removal of the bullet 'and was reported in good condition. The all-day manhunt star ted When Dr. Matilsky drove into St. George at 5 a.m. Monday medical help for his He said they were awakened by a gunman, who demanded i car.

When they refused to unlock the doors, the gunman shouted "I'll kill you," and fired into the car. Dr. Matilsky jumped behind the'wneel, shielding himself with a pillow, and managed to drive away. Possemen tracked Grainger to the Santa Clara river. He had become so thirsty and drunk so much water he could barely move.

Sheriff Roy Renouf said the sailor told him he was AWOL from the carrier Saratoga. FOX TRAP CHESTER, Va. The Rev. Roy Everett heard a commotion outside the basement door of Providence Methodist Church. He opened it and in dashed a red fox, who was trapped by closing the clo.T.s to a hall, Hunters arrived and put the fox in a bag.

The pastor remarked that they ought to contribute five dollars for his building fund and he got it the next Sunday in envelope marked "fox OFFICIAL DESPAIR HONOLULU Territorial William H. Hill says he is getting pessimistic about Hawaii's chance for statehood. "It seems statehood is always around the corner, then there Is another corner, and there are so many'that they are soon rounded off and now we're going in circles," he told an audience. The width of Norway varies (from a maximum of 200 miles in the south to 20 miles in the north. pigs at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center in Bethesda, Md'.

And. their unusual vacation pastimes, which sound like fast- living delinquent antics, are actually complicated scientific experiments used to track down the cause of disease. This summer 21 girls and four boys, all in perfect health, have volunteered to go through a battery of about 40 highly skilled medical tests being carried out by the mental health, heart, neurology and arthritis and 1 metabolic institutes. What doctors learn about the of a-normal body will help them find out exactly what goes wrong to make a person ill, They hope this knoweldge will bring them closer to discovering the cause of such diseases as cancer and multiple sclerosis. Clinic physicians stress the volunteers are never placed in any danger.

But that doesn't mean their vacations are as pleasant as a summer in the mountains or at the beach. They have out that some c.f the experiments can get pretty uncomfortable at times. POP instance; doctors' keep several of the patients awake for 72- hour stretches. (Not. even a quick cat-nap is allo wed.

Then after the three days are up, they are put through a series of tests to find out the speed of their ractions. Others are put on severely restricted 1 diets so scientists can learn abort the many ways the 'body uses food. Probably the most unpopular is the rice diet. For several weeks without a break, volunteers can eai only -Although the clinic', hard to make it pal atable, most of the students are ready for a thick juicy sirloin afte; the first week. The apparatus for one test looks like a scene 'from a science iictior thriller.

A student wearing a ligh plastic space helmet lives inside i sealed air-conditioned room. He is fed a liquid diet made up of a specially prepared milk shake type of dWnk. By of intricate con trote outside the" chamber, doctors study how the patient 'turns foot and air into energy When these'clinical workouts be come too monotonous or hectic, pa tients can look forward to the quiliser experiments. Doctors givi the happy pills to. patients so thej can learh how different people re act to the.drugs, Most of the student patients ar recruited by the Mennonite and Brethren Churches, Some work a the clinic only during the suirtme while others remain for as long a 18 months.

This is one way they follow church doctrines which stress mean hers should do everything possible to help their fellow man. Since many of the men are con they can sub stitute this medical, work for servic in the armed 1 forces. These churche also repruit students from other de nominations as well. This summe there.are Baptists, Methodists, Fres byterians and Jews undergoing th tests. Before an experiment is tried pul it Is 'studied by a JO-wan board top doctors to make sure it is risk proof, Final approval rests with th NIH director.

If any, of these, sped Jalists believes danger in volved, the test idea is abandoned Soviet, NATO Nan Maneuvers 3ff Europe LONDON, Naval forces of both the Soviet Union and NATO are scheduled to carry out man- niVers in arctic waters off Europe his month, but they apparently will be operating about 1,006 miles apart. Moscow radio announcedi the Soviet war games today in a warning to foreign ships and ilanes to steer clear of "hazardous" operations in the area. A 3efense Ministry statement said he Soviets would take no responsibility for damage incurred in the danger zone 1 The Russian operations will be held from Sept. 10 to Oct. 15 in in area directly north of the Ural fountains, centering on the Soviet lovata Zemlya (New Land ands.) The islands form an archi- jelago of 35,000 square miles the Barents and Kara seas.

The closest part of Scandinavia Norway, about 300 miles to the southwest. The broadcast said air and naval maneuvers will be held with different types of modern weapons and warned all ships and jlanes it will 'be dangerous to en- er the waters or the air space of he area. North Atlantic Alliance officials lave not pinned down the NATO maneuver area, except to say it will be north of the North Sea. The Nato exercises will be held Sept. 19-28.

About 85 American ships are sailing from Norfolk, today for the maneuvers. Some 300 warships of six NATO nations will take part. NATO also has scheduled smaller exercises in the Atlantic dur- ng the next six weeks and operations in the Mediterranean Sept. 24-28. Another Moscow announcement said two more Soviet warships are on their way from the Baltic to the Adriatic.

The Communist party newspaper Pravda said the cruiser Zndanov and the destroyer Svobodny sailed Sunday on a good will visit to Yugoslavia. They are following the same route through the Baltic, No th Sea, Atlantic and (Mediterranean taken by a Soviet cruiser and destroyer which reached Albania Friday. There has been some speculation that the movement of the Soviet vessels' in the Mediterranean may 'be designed to impress the countries of the Middle East. Falls Into Columbia Clutching Daughter ASTORIA UK A 48-year-old Ilwaco, man, with his 3y 2 year-old daughter clutched; in his arms, fell into the Columbia. Riv er from a drowned Monday evening.

The girl was saved. Albert Kangiser's horrified wife and four other children were aboard the boat with others on a holiday outing when Kangiser holding his daughter, Dorothy, fel overboard. The occupants of a nearby skif: pulled the little girl from, the swirling river but Kangiser sank from sight 'before his daughter' rescuers could reach him. The Coast Guard conducted search operations from the time o. the mishap until darjcness withou, recovering Kangiser's body.

MARKING AN 5 At Trmiels Rebecca, neba and Roberta Hedgepath of Nashville, weal 1 prettiest dresses and before skating: party on their tenth birthday. ent Kills 1 Program As Inflationary WASHINGTON Itf) President Eisenhower killed Tuesday legislation to extend and expand a direct loan program for veterans housing in rural areas and small communities. announcing a pocket veto of the measure, Eisenhower said it would have "a potential inflationary effect upon the economy." He also termed the proposed program "discriminatory." Because Congress already has the President's memorandum of disapproval has the effect of killing the bill, the proposed legislation seeks to do is to make substantial amounts of additional mortgage funds available by providing 'for direct, government loans at interest rates well 'below the current market," Eisenhower said in his memorandum. President Vetoes Payment For Road WASHINGTON UP) President Eisenhower has vetoed a bill to pay $581,121 to the state of Washington in satisfaction of a claim for the cost of replacing a 28 mile section of Highway 11-A. Eisenhower in veto message public, by the iWhfte.

House said the claim, involving a section'of road taken by, the government in 1943 'as part of the Hanford atomic energy project, had 'peen thoroughly litigated and its payment denied in the courts. No equitable reason for ruling the decision of the courts has been Eisenhower said. He said both the federal district court for Eastern Washington the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that in 1943 there was no necessity for replacing the road since adequate substitutes were Kreager Named Head Of New State Dept. ill Coniinerce, Development OLYMPIA An industrial consultant from the nation's capitol Saturday was appointed director of the new State Department of Commerce and Economic Development at a salary of $18,000 a ye.T. He is H.

Dewayne Kreager, 45, an associate of John R. Steelman in 'an industrial consultant firm in Washington, D.C. Steelman was econo.nic advisor to former Pres-. ident Harry S. Truman.

Kreager's appointment had been expected for days. In announcing selection of the D.C., man, Gov. Rosellini said "Kvaeger will bring to the state a valuable knowledge of industrial relations and development. "I feel that he will provide the leadership under which the Department of Commerce and Economic Development can realize its great potential value to the state." Gov. Rosellini asked the last 'Legislature to establish the new to develop new industry and promote tourist travel.

The Legislature authorized the department 'and it an ap- of $1,500,000 for the two year period ending' June 30, 1959. Up to now, the department has' been under the direction of co- ordinatop Arthur W. Burchill, on loan 'from the State Department of Security. Rdsollml said Burchill will remain with the Commerce Department for some time to aid Kreager. Kre.ifeer's salary, $3,000 more 'than Ihe governor, will be second only to the $20.000 a paid the directors of the State Depart' ments of Highways and Institutions.

Kreager, who was reared in Ritzville and still maintains his legal residence there, has held various governmental positions in the nation's capitol for the last several years. WSC GRADUATE He was graduated from Wash- ington State College in 1934 and received his master's degree, from that the following year. He took post graduate work at Dulte University and Harvard University, receiving a doctor of philosophy degree from the latter school. Since 1939 he has served as assistant to the director of the Office of Economic Warfare, director of field operations of'the Surplus Marketing Administration, assistant to the director of the Office of International Trade of the Department of Commerce; director of the Foreign Service Institute of the Department of State, executive secretary of the National Security Resources Board, executive officer of the Office of Defense Mobilization, executive Secretary of President Truman's National Advisory Board on Mobilization policy, and Deputy administrator of the Economic Stabilization Agency. Gov.

Rosellini said Kreager will assume his new position here in October, but plans to come to Olympia within the next two weeks for a brief period of famil- arization. LAST STRAW Va. UP) Malcolm Watldns didn't report it to police When a radio was stolen from his restaurant. But it was a bit too much when a man came to the restaurant and tried to sell him, the same radio. Police charged the wculd-be salesman with 9runken- ness and petty larceny.

AGVA TAKES IN STRIPPERS NEW YORK (IP) queens and; chorus girls are, organized by the American Guild of Variety Artists. Previously they had a union of their own, but its 20- year-charter was revoked for failure to organize the show field sufficiently and failure to protect per formers adequately. Latest Movies Going To Home TV Sets In Unique Experiment BARTLESViLLfi, Okla. UP) About 300 families today will begin viewing Hollywood's latest films from local movie theaters via their own home television sets. It was the beginning of a unique experiment that has the movie industry, picture producers and distributors watching closely.

The Telemovies known as could prove the salvation of toll- TV advocates TM Is piped Into the homes by coaxial cable and is outside the Federal Communication Commission's jurisdiction, The films are from four theaters here owned by Video Independent Theaters, Oklahoma City. Video is banking on the success of the venture and has tentative plans to make similar installations in some of its 170 other theaters in the Southwest. It has received permits from several cities. Bartlesville's population is 28,000. Video President Henry S.

Or iff ing said he hopes Co have 2,000 subscribers to the vice within a year At the current charge of $9.50 per month per set, 1,600 custorfiers would permit the company to 'break even, Griffing said. Officials of the movie Industry have toeen invited here to observe Sept. 3, ISM the operation. Public of the system could metitf tiimwide movement tor. similar setups.

Grimng said ntovte makers look favtM-awy toward; movies as one metflod of aicreas- ing their market, cut By sion. Bartlesville, 60 miles north of fulsa, receives the three ftiajof TV networks and was selected for the test so it could -tte detefftuned if the fresh movies cotltd BttJvide strong competition With TV. The films, one a day, are tinuous from noon until midnight and are received in black and white. Mistake In Seeding Provides Best Yield BAZINE, Kan. Julius Mater planted 10 acres of His silo crop before he discovered hfs-drill Was set for only one pound of seed to an acre.

He yet the drill for a much heavier rate of seeding and finished sowing, intending to correct his costly mistake on the 10 acres by reseedlng. Maier didn't get around to re- planti.ig, however. Now the 10 acres promise a bumper yield of 40 to 50 bushels an acre, while the rest of the crop is expected to make only 15 bushels. Maier had no explanation. FACTS OF LIFE IT IS A CORRUPTION OF THE FRENCH CAN APIAN ENGLISH LATER SAIP THE WHICHMCAMfmUSH! PENINSULA FUEL CO.

215 N. Laurel Ph. 9404 GERMAN COMEBACK NEW ULM, Minn. UP) The German language is staging comeback in Now Ulm, founded by immigrants from Ulm, Germany, in 185'4. A teacher has been hired to teach a course in German at New Ulm High School next year.

The language has been "dead" in the schools for many years, although many of the older residents still speak German and one church still has a German service. YOUNG DR. BARNES CORPUS Tex. UP) Say, who was baby sitting who? Mrs. Rose Lambright a i ed while caring for her grandson, Arthur Barnes, When she revived, Arthur wa.s patting her neck and wrists'with alcohol.

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