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the Post-Crescent A 9 Friday, December 13, 19C8 Flu Epidemic Spreads, Shuts Many Schools Across Nation Stringent Gun Control Enforcement Adopted i jer Dr. E. leases, predicted 30 per cent of "7 i jr i i -4f Xv r- 7'- 'X A i i l- All rr i--f iu is -s 1 YnMltmMWMmmmmmmmmmmMmmKmmMmmmwtmmh u.iiWnmm By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The spreading Hong Kong flu epidemic has forced the closing of some schools and colleges and raised absenteeism in busi ness and industry. It even prevented a New York City woman from being present when her husband was named a member of the new Cabinet. The absent Cabinet wife was Mrs.

Maurice Stans, whose husband was named secretary, of commerce Wednesday night by President-elect Nixon. Reached at her home Thursday and asked about the Washington events, Mrs. Stans said, "I didn't make it. I have the Hong Kong flu. I am one very sick cookie.

Los Angeles to New York The new strain of flu has spread from Los Angeles where officials say almost 300,000 adults and children are absent from work or school to New York City where Adelphi University in suburban Garden City canceled undergraduate classes until Jan. 5, saying, "The Hong Kong flu has hit." The Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point began Christmas vacation eight days early after about half the 728 midshipmen were stricken. The National Communicable Disease Center said deaths from pneumonia and influenza have exceeded normal expectations and termed the flu outbreak an epidemic. The center said outbreaks of flu and respiratory diseases from 30 states have hsn rpnnrfprf with Hnntr Krma Krumbiegel said three-fourths of Milwaukees population would have Hone Kong flu by Jan. 1.

California Los Angeles county health officials say the epidemic is expected to reach a peak between Dec. 17 and Christmas. Gov. Ronald Reagan's voice is husky and he's coughing frequently. All mem bers of the police department have been immunized.

In San Diego, four judges, eight court cierKs and five court reporters are out sick. Schools in Los An geles reported absentee rates of 10 to 25 per cent, instead of the normal 5 to 6 per cent. increase in Absenteeism Michigan Two Catholic schools in Detroit were closed because of flu and a spokesman for the public school system said 13 per cent of the students were absent Thursday. The nor mal absenteeism rate is 5 to 10 per cent. Chrysler Corp.

reported "a significant increase in ab senteeism," and a General Mo tors Corp. employe said, "You could tell something was wrong. The expressway traffic was to light this morning." Classes at public schools in suburban Livonia, were canceled after 150 students came down with the flu. Illinois Hospital administra tors in Chicago said employe absentee rates were four times as high as normal and warned outpatient services at some hospitals might have to be curtailed. Wheaton College in Wheaton, 111., said it would close for Christmas vacation Friday flu.

the people in the greater Boston area would get the flu when the epidemic reaches its peak ex pected around the first of the year. Nebraska Spokesmen for the Omaha school district said the number of absent teachers has increased from a normal figure of 80 to 85 to between 110 and 140. Creighton University sus pended Friday and Saturday classes at the colleges of busi ness administration and arts and sciences. Hospital Visitors Washington, D.C. The Hospital Council of the National Capitol area asked for voluntary restrictions on hospital visitors, warning that visitors can bring flu to hospitalized patients in weakened condition.

Officials reported 24 of the 47 nuns who teach at Trinity College, a Catholic girls school, have the flu, and 6 per cent of the employes and patients at St. Elizabeth's, a federal mental hospital, are suffering with the disease. Virginia Randolph Macon College for women at Lynchburg was closed Thursday be cause of more than 100 cases of flu-type illness. Hollins College at Roanoke, Lynchburg College, Woodberry Forest preparatory school and two public schools closed earlier because of flu outbreaks. South Carolina The Citadel in Charleston suspended classes after 165 cadets were hospitalized with flu.

Washington State Fort Wright College in Spokane dis classes Thursday for By Revenue WASHINGTON (AP) The Internal Revenue Service has reversed an earlier interpretation of the 1968 Gun Control Act, putting strong new teeth into the controversial measure four days before it becomes law. "This is going to disappoint a lot of these gun people," said a spokesman for the IRS which is charged with enforcing firearms control. Over-all, the bill that was prompted by the assassination of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy last June and cleared Congress Oct.

10 bans the interstate mail order sales of all guns and ammu nition. It also bans over-the-counter sales to nonresidents of a state unless the states are adjacent and the law in each state "permits" such sales. Adjacent States When the IRS issued proposed regulations embodying the law last month, it said the adjacent-state sales would be legal unless one or both states enacted laws specifically prohibiting them. But Thursday the IRS said it had been wrong that such sales would be permitted after the over-all bill takes effect Monday only when states pass laws permitting them. The effect, said an IRS attor ney, is to shut off at least temporarily all individual sales of firearms across state lines.

The section of the gun control act that applies says a sale to a resident of a contiguous state is to be legal "if the purchaser's i It's Friday the 13th, but that doesn't worry 8-year-old Janice Hutcherson of Macon, because she is sure the open heart surgery she is undergoing today will be a success. Janice's parents give her a kiss before the complex surgery at a hospital in New Orleans, La. (AP Wirephoto) Inauguration Parade mnfirrr.oH in 14 statue tw.Lfivo KrRico and the District of Co-the that the inaugural committee advised them of the band's se lection, saying it would be the only one from California in the parade. Whittier Band to Lead WHITTIER, Calif. (AP) The 113-member band of Whittier High School will lead President-elect Nixon's inaugural pa rade Jan.

20 in Washington. Nixon was graduated from the school in 1930. School officials said Monday Iowa Several cases of vatduo" wlul;" "du fww'UWHbeen scheduled to begin next flu have been confirmed Tuesday. I I jmm pk n. PM inirril A MiilT A lumbia.

Actress Died Tallulah Bankhead, died Thursday of pneumonia, which developed after she came down with the flu. Here's a rundown on what effect the flu has had on some areas of the country: Wisconsin In Milwaukee, two private schools were closed after flu outbreaks and public school officials reported teacher absenteeism running 365 to 400 a day compared to the normal 75. Business and industry in the city also report high absentee rates. City Health Commission- ro nionnmiT i NY i fpM3rjL I- -i Cuttotnars Calling In ij wSn- i r-" j0maL by 9:00 Today for r- Vlffl a Bf Order NO MONEY DOWN 'LZZLl Former Justice Hughes Dies as Car Hits Bus Service state of residence permits such. a sale or delivery by law, (and) the sale fully complies; with the legal conditions in both.

contiguous states." Permitted Where Lawful However, a Senate attorney; who worked on the legislation; when it was in House-Senate' conference committee, said" What it means is that sales are permitted if lawful in each- state. It doesn say there is to be positive action." The IRS said it reviewed its interpretation after objections by Sen. Thomas J. Dodd, D- just before a public hear ing on the proposed regulations Nov. 21.

A spokesman quoted Dodd, one of the staunchest backers of strict gun controls, as saying he had commented at least once on the intent of the section during a Senate proceeding. Asked whether it was usual for the IRS to revise its interpretation of a law worked out in conference committee when a single senator objected, an IRS spokesman said: Pursue Law "We don't take the word of one person. But when we are pressed to pursue the law and a second look convinces us they are right, we'll change it." "Our job is to interpret and implement the law, but we cannot go beyond it," said the spokesman. "Often this gets very sticky," he added. 05HKO4H 1 I 3 I I -IJv 1 S.

I Jr 1 1 i Kong at the University of Iowa in Des Moines and at Parsons College in Fairfield. Dr. Arnold Reeve, chief of the preventable disease division of the state health de partment, said there was no epi demic yet, but warned the dis ease could spread when college students went home for Christ mas. Massachusetts College infir maries are reported filling up, although no schools or colleges are closed. Dr.

Nicholas J. Fiu-mara, director of the state's division of communicable dis- Isnimhf the spat -in: a snprial election when McCarthy died. He attended Oshkosh State Teachers College, Marquette University and Georgetown Uni versity, Washington D.C., where he received his law degree. Hughes was a member of the national, state and county asso ciations. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m.

Saturday at St. Peter Catholic Church, with burial at Lakeview Memorial Park. There will be no visitation. A memorial has been established. Mrs.

Kennedy, Daughter Both in Good Condition WASHINGTON (AP) Mrs. Robert F. Kennedy and her newborn daughter remain in good condition, Georgetown Medical Center reported today. A spokesman said Mrs. Kennedy, widow of the slain senator from New York, spent a restful night after giving birth by cae-sarean section Thursday morning.

The baby, still to be named, has been moved to the regular nursery from an incubator, the hospital said. Use of an incubator is routine immediately after birth by cae- sarean section, the spokesman said. Mrs. Kennedy and the baby, her 11th child, are to go home late next week. Gen.

Johnson Expects Next Crisis in Korea CLAREMONT, Calif. (AP) -The world's next trouble spot probably will be Korea, says Gen. Harold K. Johnson, retired Army chief of staff. Johnson told a Claremont College forum Thursday North Korea is step-Ding up warlike activities against South Korea in the be lief that the U.S.

commitment in Vietnam "has so stretched us militarily and economically that we are unable to perform any where else." Russet Burbank fee -Nr 'jm urn jljw- sssi m. 9 CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 He was a Municipal Court judge and Circuit Court judge in Winnebago and Calumet counties from 1937 until he was elected to the Supreme Court 10 years later. Hughes stepped down from court in 1957, saying the salary wasn't enough. Since then he has practiced law in Oshkosh. In 1952, Hughes was named chairman of a Winnebago County! citizens committee supporting the late Sen.

Joseph McCarthy, R-Wis. He unsuccessfully Draft Evader Comes Attired For Occasion PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -Clad in top hat and tails, Raymond Frenchman, 21, of Berkley Heights, N.J., refused induction into the Army while his girl friend waited outside in a full-length gown and carrying flowers. Frenchman and Sue Calautti, 19, arrived at the center Thursday in a small foreign car decorated with streamers and carrying a sign which said, "Just refused." Maj. Nicholson S.

Ellis, the center's commander, said Frenchman was informed of his rights and the penalties under the law for refusing induction but declined to take the oath. Miss Calautti said she was "Ray's girl friend." About 15 persons accompanied her, but instead of conducting a demonstration as they had planned, they left the center when they were asked to do so. The girl said Frenchman is classified 1-A, but awaits a decision from an appeal to his New Jersey draft board. After processing, Frenchman left the center. An Army spokesman said any prosecution for the refusal to take the oath is up to the U.S.

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