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Some years ago, I represented
an important creditor of a well-
known multi-millionaire who had
very suddenly gone broke. For ob
vious reasons, Mr. X's financial
collapse was a carefully guarded
secret through weeks of negotia
tions in which his creditors fran
tically sought to salvage what they
could from the wreckage. One
morning, our conferences were
interrupted by a visiting clergy
man who insisted upon a strictly
private visit with his old friend,
Mr. X.
They visited for a while and we
were afraid that our important
secret had leaked out. Upon Mr.
X’s return to the conference, he
said: “Don’t worry, my friend in
sists that I give him a hundred
thousand dollars to start his cam-
paign for a new church.” That
was a tragically cynical joke at
which nobody laughed. Anything
that Mr. X could have given to
that clergyman would have been
extracted from his creditors.
What might have looked like
charity would have been a dis
guised form of embezzlement.
The story applies to so-called
“Federal aid” in its various
forms. When Federal money
comes into your state from
Washington to aid the general
welfare, just remember that
this apparent “charity” has
been extracted from the credi
tors of the Federal Government,
and not merely from the taxpay
ers of the state.
And who is the Federal Gov- .
ernment’s most important cred
itor, from whom these “dona
tions” have been embezzled?
That person, my friend, is you.
Your money, to you, is the most
important money on earth.
Yours is precisely the money
that is being filched by the po
liticians who so glibly auction it
off for votes, including, ironical
ly, your own vote.
Senator Byrd of Virginia, put it
this way: “The present public debt
which we now owe is equivalent
to the value of all the land, build
ings, mines, machinery, live-stock,
anything of tangible value in the
United States. We are mortgaged
to the hilt.”
Any time the Federal Govern
ment spends a dollar more than it
collects in taxes, it gets that dol
lar out of your pocket. The process
may leave you with as many dol-
Jlars as you had before, but their
value to you is diminishing be
cause their purchasing power is
weakened by inflation caused by
creating new paper currency to
meet mounting deficits.
Whatever total amount of per
sonal income taxes the Federal
Government collects in any year,
more of that sum comes from
people who earn less than five
thousand dollars a y< ar than
from any other class. L always
has and it always will.
One of the most intriguing
mechanisms to be found in Wash
ington is that patented apparatus
by and through which the Govern
ment manages to spend its own
debts with your precious “take-
home pay.” Senator Byrd explain
ed it this way: “Compare the
growth of the Federal debt since
1940 with the fall of the purchas
ing power of your dollar over the
same period. Assume that your
dollar was worth 100 cents in
terms of 1940 prices. That pur
chasing power had slipped down to
95 cents by the end of 1951, pre
cisely because the Federal debt
was increased by 8 billion dollars
during the same period. Federal
debt-spending thus cost you five
cents on every one of your dollars
in one two-year period, two and a
half percent discount per year, in
other words.”
•Between June 1941 and. June
1954 the Federal debt was in
creased by the addition of two
hundred and twenty-two billion
dollars. That 1940 dollar of yours
has now shrunk to 52 cents, a 48
per cent decrease in value since
1940.
Bootlegging begins to be profit
able when the whiskey tax reaches
a certain high point. The same is
true of personal earning in the
high, confiscatory income tax
eral bills. The bulk of the money
spent by the Federal Government
comes from the middle class tax
payer.
Who is it Mmsible for the
reckless waste 1 our dollars?
Not the President, the Congress
or even the bureaucrats. You
and I are responsible. In our
apathetic ignorance we applaud
and encourage the political
pitchmen who bid for our votes
with our own money.
If our bankrupt Mr. X had an
nounced that he had given the
clergyman the hundred thousand
dollars asked, we would hardly
brackets. The average taxpayer is have applauded. W e would have
not going to work very hard to reached for the nearest telephone
get that top bracket dollar out of
which Uncle Sam takes, 60, 75 or
even 91 cents. But there are not
enough of those high-bracket tax
payers to worry about. If they all
to call the sheriff. Giving away
other people’s money is not bene
volence; it is embezzlement. Think
about that the next time some
politician boasts of the Federal
worked at top speed and paid all
their earnings over to the govern-j mone >’ bem « s P ent !n > ,our com -
ment, they could not pay the Fed-'munity.
Newberry Men In Service At
Stations Around The World
Shown above is James Osborne
Wilson, son of Mr. and Mrs. O.
L. Wilson, of Route 1, Newberry
as he dropped by the Navy Re
cruiting office in Columbia recent
ly. James is presently home on
leave from the USS Franklin D.
Roosevelt, a fast naval attack air
craft carrier based at Mayport,
Florida.
Having recently returned from
a six months cruise of the Medit
erranean area, James had some
interesting comments to share. His
ship stopped at such fascinating
ports as Naples, Athens, Barce
lona, Tripoli, and happened to be
at Cannes, France during the film
festival.
A 1960 graduate of Newberry
high school, James enlisted in the
navy in November 1960 and has
found it an interesting and re
warding career, receiving on-the-
job training as an aviation struc
tural mechanic in the aviation
metalsmith shop aboard the car
rier, in addition to visiting the ex
citing ports of call on his cruise.
James is the brother of Mazie
Bisseii, who appears frequently
on WIS-TV in Columbia. The Wil
son family has every reason to be
proud of their son’s naval venture
and Mazie herself has proven to
be a friend of the Navy on prev-
ous occasions.
Chief Jones, who is in Newberry
every Tuesday, extends an invita
tion to all interested young men
to contact him at the Draft Board
in the County courthouse. He will
be glad to explain the opportuni
ties available in the naval service.
tember and completed basic train
ing at Fort Jackson.
He is a 1958 graduate of Pros
perity High School and was em
ployed by Prosperity Furniture
Co., before enter!the Army.
FT. EUSTIS, Va. (AHTNC) —
Army Pvt. John W. Fu mer, 22,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey B.
Fulmer, Rt. 1, Prosperity, recent
ly was assigned to the 124th
Transporation Company at Fort
Eustis.
Fulmer, a stevedore in the com
pany, entered the Army last Sep-
Army Privates Wayne B. Ag-
ney, William F. Werts Jr., and
David L. Sligh have completed
eight weeks of individual training
under the Reserve Forces Act
program at The Air Defense
Training Center, Fort Bliss, Texas.
All three received training in the
duties and responsibilities of an
automatic weapons crewman.
Pvt. Abney, the son of Mr. and
Mrs. James B. Abney, 1200 Sec
ond Street, attended Newberry
High School and was employed by
Bobbs Service Station before go
ing on active duty.
Pvt. Werts, whose parents live
on Route 3, is a graduate of New
berry High School and was form
erly employed by Burns and Sum
mer.
Pvt. Sligh, son of Mr. and Mrs.
R. S. Sligh of Route 2, also attend
ed Newberry High School.
MAYER MEMORIAL
LUTHERAN CHURCH
10 a.m., Sunday School, Harold
O. Cook, Supt.
11 a.m., The Service. The Ser
mon Topic will be “Where God
Meets Life.”
Tuesday, 7:30 p.m., Choir Prac
tice.
Wednesday, 3:30 p.m.. Weekday
Church School and Catechetical
classes.
Sunday, Jan. 14: 3:00 until 6:00
p.m., the Luther League will at
tend an area workshop meeting at
Silverstreet Lutheran Church.
The members are asked to start
making plans to attend the annual
Congregational meeting on Satur
day evening, Jan. 20 with a cover
ed dish supper at 7 p.m. followed
by the meeting.
By THOMAS COLLINS
KNOWLEDGE OF REAL AGE CRUCIAL IN RETIREMENT
A G „
OF REALTY
Newberry No. 1
Bertie P. Blackwell to Harold E.
Koon, Sr., one lot and one build
ing, $10 and other valuable con
siderations.
Stuart C. Merrick to John E.
Kesler, 20 acres, $5 and other val
uable considerations. . *
Thomas Earl Bigby, et al to
Lewis E. Davis, one lot, 1223
Glenn street $5 and other valuable
considerations.
H. B. Wells and W. Fulmer
Wells to Hoyt W. Hamilton, one
lot on Osborne St., $5 and other
valuable consideratioins.
Newberry Mills, Inc., to Mayer
Memorial Evangelical Lutheran
Church, one lot, $5.
Newberry No. 1 Outside
J. Walter Huckabee to Statisti
cal Tab Accounting Bureau, two
lots, 10 and other valuable consid
erations
Alda Rae Boland Hendrix to
Daniel J. Cook, one lot and one
building, $5 and other valuable
considerations.
Maggie Nance to Wise Homes,
Inc., one lot $75.
Silverstreet No. 2
International Paper company to
Champion Paper company, Inc.,
336.30 acres$,a 5
396.30 acres, $5 and exchange of
R. E.
J. P. Stevens and company to
A. L. Bradley, one lot and one
building, 63 Church street, $10.00
and other valuable considerations.
James C. Abrams to Joe H.
Simpson, Sr., one lot and on e
building, (store building) 205 Main
street, $5 and other valuable con
siderations.
Whitmire No. 4 Outside
A Lawrence McMurtury to Leo
A. Kinard and Brunelle C. Kinard,
two lots $200.
Prosperity No. 7
Frank Farr and Mary Farr to
J. Manley Bedenbaugh, one lot
and one building, $5 and assump
tion of mortgage,
v T. B. Stockman to Antioch Bap
tist church, 1 1-4 acres, $5 and
other valuable considerations.
Bush River No. 3
John Lester Braswell to Bush
River Fire Station, Inc., one lot,
$5 and no consideration.
Pomaria No. 5
George R. Lathrop and Pauline
G. Lathrop to Consolidated No. 5,
Inc., one lot, $50.
MILLS CLINIC PATIENTS
Mrs. Cleo Burgess and baby boy,
Batesburg.
Mrs. Vida Thomasson, Prosper
ity.
Mrs. Mary Shealy and baby girl,
Gilbert.
Mrs. Anna Long, Pomaria.
Miss Florence Miller, Pomaria.
Mrs. Claudine Morgan, Joanna.
Dewey Glymph, Newberry
Bruce Padgett, Batesburg
James Earl Wicker, Newberry.
Mrs. Geneva Crumpton, Newber
ry
Shirley Mae Hicks and baby
boy, Pomaria.
FORT HOOD, Texas (AHTNC)
— First Sergeant Charles H.
Stoudemire, 35, whose wife, Lil
lian, lives on Rt. 2, St. Matthews,
recently re-enlisted for three
years in the Regular Army while
serving with Headquarters Battery
of the 1st Armored Division's 73d
Artillery at Fort Hood, Texas.
Sergeat Stoudemire entered the
Army in 1944.
The sergeant is a graudate of
Pomaria High School. His moth
er, Mrs. L. Stoudemire, lives in
Little Mountain.
ACROSS
IDEAS
FROM
OTHER
EDITORS
Recent Marriages
Benson Claude Herlong, Jr. and
Edith Anderson of Greenwood
were married on December 30 at
Pendleton by Rev. Randolph Kow-
daki.
Harry Elliott Mayer, Jr. and
Linda Gayle Long of Newberry
were married at Newberry on
December 29 by Rev. Otis Brown.
Michael Leroy Yarbrough, of
Whitmire and Vickie Ann Willing
ham of Newberry were married by
Rev. James R. McKittrick at Kin-
ards on December 31.
Fred Warren Thompson and
Brenda K. Byars of Newberry
were married December 30 at
Newberry by Rev. John A. Sand
ers.
m
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From The Italy News-Herald,
Italy, Texas: Back in 1941 Presi
dent Roosevelt and state depart
ment officials held meeting after
meeting with representatives of
Japan in an effort to work out
some kind of agreement on dif
ferences between the two govern
ments. In the latter days of the
year, discussions were going on
even as the Japanese fleet was
enroute to Pearl Harbor.
Since before the end of World
War EE in IMS fdmflar efforts have
been going on to reach agreement
with Russia on a multitude of
world problems. Many agreements
were entered into prior to the end
of the war, far too many of which
made unnecessary concessions to
Russia. Other agreements in her
favor have been made since. Vir
tually all concessions and compro
mises have been to the disadvan
tage of the free world.
Despite the leaning over back
wards that has been done by us
and our allies, Russia has yet to
live up to any agreements when
it suited her purpose better to
ignore it.
Still, there are those in Wash
ington who continue to kowtow to
Russia, to ignore her dishonesty.
her discourtesy, and her bra zee
disregard of solemn agreements,
in the apparent hope that she will
change her ways and become a
good world citizen
In a move, strangely reminis
cent of Japanese treachery before
the attack on Pearl Harbor, Russia
has resumed the testing of nuclear
bombs. To be sure, an announce
ment was made that testing would
be resumed, but there is evidence
that a test was actually made
shortly before the announcement
was made
The numerous tests made since
the abrupt end of the truce on
testing indicates that this was no
sudden decision. Apparently all
preparations had been made and
the bombs constructed for the
tests long before the world was no
tified that tests would be resumed
Just how long will it take our
officials to realize that interna
tional bandits cannot be trusted;
that treaties and agreements with
people lacking in moral integrity
are not only useless, but actually
dangerousl
During World War 11 the slogan.
“Remember Pearl Harbor,” was
a constant reminder that we were
in conflict with a ruthless enemy
AMERICANA
University Notebook
The University of Wisconsin
By C. A. DEAN, M.D.
MEDITORIAL: Sun lamps in
the home are widely uaed. There
is some support for their use, but
sometimes they do more harm
than good, being used to, treat con
ditions from which no benefit can
be derived. W. K. writes that a
member of his household recently
purchased a sun lamp and that
some friends believe use of it may
produce cancer.
There are essentially two types
of sun lamps, ultraviolet and in
frared.
The infrared lamp is the safest
of the two. It emits only hesu
rays, which cannot burn the skis
except by scorching (fif lamp is
held too close). It Is used as a
source of dry heat for a variety of
purposes, bnt does not have any
special advantages over a heating
pad. The infrared lamp is often
preferred, however, because of Its
convenience and ability to cover
a wider area. Occasionally this
lamp is used to keep a hot, moist
compress from cooling.
Dry heat from an infrared lamp
is beneficial to many muscle and
joint maladies, such as certain
forms of bursitis, arthritis, muscle
spasms, sprains and strains. Heat
increases circulation, which aids
in the process of healing and
loosens tight, tense muscles. It is
important to use heat on muscles
that nre in spasm before therapeu
tic exer cises are begun.
The degree of beat should be
such as to produce a comfortable
and soothing sensation of warmth.
Towels may be placed next to the
skin to absorb perspiration and
also to prevent overheating, es
pecially of the bony prominences.
Heat should never be applied to
anyone who is asleep or uncon
scious.
Infrared heat is safe and in most
instances will cause no adverse
affects. Ultraviolet light is quite
iiffarent in many ways—I shall
iisc:uss this ;omorrow.
WASHINGTON A
SM A
3 u
War has been
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The 25 year old cold war that
has been waged against the
people of the United States
through various administra
tions and different partisan af
filiations by the U. S. State
Dept., the international social
ists, the inter
national
telists,
left wing pro
fessors, has
now becom
the battle for
survival.
SOS
Active hos
tilities were
announced
with the In- c. W. Hardsr
formation that pressure will be
put on Congress to enable the
government to ally with the
European Common Market,
probably through an extension
that would be called the North
Atlantic Common Market,
s s s
A big argument that will be
advanced is that the growth
rate of the gross national prod
uct in Western Europe is now
at an annual rate of 4.5% com
pared to 2.6% in the U.S.
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No mention will perhaps be
made of the fact that the West
ern Europe growth rate has
been greatly helped by a large
share of the $100 billion re
ceived in U.S. foreigiK give
aways, and also to the fact
that American corporations
who had less than $2 billion
invested in European plants
in 1950, now have over $7 bil
lion invested.
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Cheap labor was one hire to
American corporations. While
the average U.8 % manufactur
ing labor cost I* stow $2.68 per
hour, in Hcliand It’s only 57
cents. In fact, the wage scale
(c) Nitlntnl r>d« ration of Indewndwt Bailnei
in no European
ket nation equals that
en, which is not in the
as yet, but even Sweden’s
is only $1.06 per hoar.
Neither will it be menti
by proponents that
countries g
taxes on
preciation alio
other concessio:
business to grow,
porations abroad esca;
taxes on earnings, pay
only small taxes to
they operate in. If a
will locate a plant in Sic
home of the Mafia, and
other parts of underdo
Southern Italy, the Italian
ernment forgives all taxes
a ten year period.
0 0 0 if 4
It is not hard to if
what would happen hi
England, hard hit by the
of cheap textile imports,
government forgave
there for a ten year period.
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But there is only one
the ointment. Cheap la!
Europe can produce a lot of
goods for American firms locat
ed there. But cheap labor can
not buy much.^
In the
Market n;
is only 76 per 1666. In the
it’s 339 per 1606. The same
holds true in TV and radio sets,
telephones and a]
s s i
Thus, under guise of c
mg bonds for peace, U.S.
be asked to scrap protective
tariffs to bail out U.S. corpora
tions operating in Europe.
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The peril to America
great. Probably never
has it been so important
those who believe ftu the
can way to keep in close
tact with their
In
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Auditor’s 1962 Tax Assessment
Returns of personal property, real property,, new buili
..
mgs and real estate transfers, and poll tax are to be mi
at the County Auditor’s Office beginning:
JANUARY 2nd, 1962
through
FEBRUARY 28th, 1962
All able-bodied male citizens between the ages of twen-
ty-one and sixty are liable to (1.00 poll tax.
All returns are to be made by Tax Districts. Your farl-
ure to make return calls for penalty as prescribed by law.
RALPH B. BLACK,
Auditor Newberry County
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Mothers-to-be Must Diet Properly,
March of Dimes Research Shows
is perhaps the most im
portant single fact to the man or
woman growing close to retire
ment. It is a fact that too many
people treat lightly.
Here are the people who are
getting into trouble over their
age . . . along about 60 or so:
1. The man who said he was
two years older than he actually
was when he went off to enlist in
World War I—and got stuck with
the error.
2. The woman who began falsi
fying her age after her 25th birth
day and has kept at it, only better,
es'er since.
3. The man who had a chance
lo get a fine 38-year-old job when
he was 44. He trimmed his eye
brows and got it and has been six
years too young ever since.
4. The men and women who
have never had anything but arti
ficial evidence of their age—the
word of Mama when they were
4 years old that this was their
fourth birthday. They’ve been
building on that for a lifetime
Maybe Mama was right. But in
50-odd years the remembrance
might have gone astray.
5. The men and women who
just don’t know their age—be
cause a doctor wasn’t there at
birth, because no vital statistics
were kept then; because the
courthouse burned down; for all
sorts of reasons.
There are others who are now
in a quandry about their age. But
these five groups cover most of
them. In the order given above,
here are some factors for them
'.o consider;
1. The man who is two years
rider than he is—your life insur
ance policies are fouled up; so
are any annuity policies you have.
(You’ve overpaid on both.) Your
Social Security account is out of
kilter. So is your pension account
with the company. Furthermore,
you’ll be retired two years too
soon.
2. The woman who is two, five,
or maybe eight years younger
than she is—You probably have
nobody depending on your insur
ance or retirement income except
yourself. Your crisis is whether
you need to retire at your normal
age or need to work until your
falsified age comes up.
3. The man who is six years
younger than he is—You are in
fine shape on compulsory retire
ment if, like most men, you never
want to retire. You’re in a mess
on everything else. You’ve under
paid on your insurance. You’ll
overpay on your pension. You’ll
lose six years of Social Security
you could have.
4. The men and women who
THINK they know how old they
are—For all concerned you would
be wise to prove what you think.
5. The men and women who
just don’t know how old they are
—You should contact the County
Clerk in the county where you
were born to see if he has a rec
ord of your birth. If so he can
give you a photostat of your birth
certificate. If there is no official
record of your birth, contact any
body who was present at your
birth—a midwife, doctor, aunt,
older brother or sister. Ask one
of them to give you an affidavit
on your birth.
For a eorr of the new Golden Yeara
booklet by Thomas Collins, send M
cents In cotn fno stamps) to Dept.
XWNS, Bo* 167S, Grand Central Sta
tion. New York 17. N. Y.
The University of Wisconsin, which today ranks among the leading
institutions of higher learning in the country, had its humble begin
ning more than a century ago in a borrowed room with an enroll
ment of 20 and a faculty of one.
It was on Feb. 4, 1849 that Prof.
John W. Sterling rapped for order
in the Madison Female Academy
Building and launched what over
100 years later was to be a uni
versity with an $88,000,000 phys
ical plant, a teaching staff of 3,000,
an annual resident and extension
enrollment of some 50,000, and an
international reputation as a cen
ter of deep research and broad
public service.
Today, the boundaries of the
University of Wisconsin campus
are literally the boundaries of the
state. Although University head
quarters are located at Madison,
just a mile down State Street from
the Capitol building, scattered
over the state are eight extension
centers—at Green My, Kenosha,
Manitowoc, Marineue, Menasha,
Racine, Sheboygan and Wausau.
The former Milwaukee Center has
been merged with the Wisconsin
State College to form the Univer
sity of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
The three functions of teaching,
research, and public service are
found in all the schools and col
leges at Madison. In many cases
they cut across college and de
partmental lines.
Under 10 major subdivisions of
the University of Wisconsin are
38 departments offering more than
1,350 different courses, a thousand
productive scholars engaged in
1,500 research projects, and 26
bureaus devoted to public service
Among the more than 200,000
Badgers who have attended the
University are famous aun.ors,
stars of stage, screen, radio and
television, outstanding doctors,
lawyers, educators, senators, top
military leaders and distinguis ed
scientists.
Authors include the later Mar
jorie Kinnan Rawlings, Edward
H. Heth, Elizabeth Corbett, John
Scott, Esther Forbes and Harrison
Forman.
Wisconsin alumni who went or
to stage, screen or TV fame in
clude: Macdonald Carey, Nancy
Olson. Frederic March, Tom
Ewell, Don Ameche, David Sus-
skind, Victor Wolfson, Robert
Shaw, and Alex Gottlieb.
No doubt many a healthy
young mother-to-be has
wondered why her doctor
puts so much emphasis on
proper diet during pregnan
cy—especially if she’s never
been ill a day in her life,
and she has a yen for whole
some foods.
But there’s good reason for
it. More and more it’s becoming
evident that fc the sake of her
child a pregnam woman must
have a diet adequate in vita
mins and minerals, particularly
in the early stages of the baby f s
development.
The reason lies in the dread
words: birth defects.
Until about 20 years ago,
scientists generally went along
with the idea that birth defects
in higher animals—and that in
cludes man—were due for the
most part to heredity. So if a
baby had picked out the right
ancestors, he had a better than
good chance of coming into the
world perfectly normal, and
sound of mind and limb.
Complex Factors Involved
Today, however, doctors
know the story is not that sim
ple. An increasing number of
studies have shown that a wide
variety of factors play a part
in the birth picture. If a mother
gets either too much or too
little of such vital substances
as hormones, oxygen, minerals
or vitamins during certain
stages cf her pregnancy, the
baby may fail to survive, or
may be born malformed.
Under a research grant from
The National Foundation-
March of Dimes, Dr. Marjorie
Nelson at the University of
California has been trying to
determine just how the absence
of a vitamin or mineral may in
terfere with normal prenatal
development.
She has found that in rats
the absence of even a single
one of certain important min
erals or vitamins during early
pregnancy can produce drastic
effects.
Apparently nature has set up
a delicate balance which a
mother’s body must maintain,
[f this balance is upset even for
a relatively short time, perma
nent damage may result to the
offspring.
Or. Marfori* Nelson, March of DtattS
grant** at th* Univarsity of California,
inspects research specimens under Hie
microscope. It's part of her study to
datermino the influence of vitamin
and mineral deficiencies as causes of
birth defects.
In her San Francisco labo
ratory Dr. Nelson has demon
strated that even a temporary
deficiency of a vitamin such as
folic acid during early preg
nancy ckn cause birth abnor
malities in these young labo
ratory animals. The defects
may range from the relatively
minor to the very severe which
include brain damage, displace
ment of intestinal organs, cleft
palate or serious malformations
of the heart and eyes.
Timing Is Critical
When Dr. Nelson puts the
normal pregnant animals on
such a folic acid-deficient diet
during the second week of their
pregnancy, at least 80 per cent
of the embryos die or are mal
formed. However, if she carries
out the same experiment about
a ^ /eek earlier or a week later,
the young appear to suffer no
adverse effects, thus underlin
ing the importance of proper
diet at the critical stages of
pregnancy. In a woman, the
comparable period of preg-
rmey extends primarily from
tne second to the eighth week
of the baby’s development
Radioactivity Used
Dr. Nelson has also obtained
a high incidence of skeletal de
fects in young rats when the
mother animal’s diet was defi
cient in the mineral manga
nese. She is extending these
studies with support from The
National Foundation-March of
Dimes using radioactive mate
rial in the diet to trace what
goes wrong inside embryonic
cells to hinder their normal de
velopment
According to Dr. Virginia
Apgar, director of the division
of congenital malformations of
The National Foundation, “Dr.
Nelson’s project has a direct
bearing on the question of birth
defects in humans. It is defi
nitely known, for example, that
severe folic acid deficiency in
a woman can lead to loss of a
baby during eaijy pregnancy.”
And as Dr. Nelson has point
ed out equally significant the
congenital malformations in
the young animals that survive
are irreversible. No amount of
vitamins given later in preg
nancy can undo the damage
once a deficiency has occurred
during the critical period of
pregnancy.
Clinics Are Established
Because of the increasing
problem of birth defects—it is
now estimated that significant
malformations occur in one in
every 16 babies born in this
country—each year—The Na
tional Foundation - March of
Dimes has recently established
a number of Special Treatment
and Clinical Study Centers for
coping with this crucial med
ical question. The Birth Defects
Treatment Centers are in Jack-
son, Miss.; Atlanta, Ga.;
Seattle; Portland, Ore.; San
Francisco: Little Rock, Ark.;
Indianapolis; Morgantown, W.
Va.; New York City; Balti
more; and Washington, D. C.
These are supported on the
local level by The National
Foundation’s chapters.
In addition. Birth Defects
Clinical Study Centers are lo
cated in Oklahoma City; Nash
ville, Tenn.; and Columbus,
Ohio. These Centers are main
tained on a national level with
March of Dimes funds which
are being applied by The Na
tional Foundation to continue
support and expansion of such
Centers for the development of
total medical care for young
sters afflicted with congenital
defects.
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