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Show t t THE SALT LAKE TIMES FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 1961 Page Flvt I TMIE SALT LAME PULSE By BOB HICKS For years, in fact for centuries the problem of mental illness was treated as more of a crime than a disease. Those afflicted were put away from society and tortured or in other ways mal-treated. In recent years we have taken a much more realistic and humane attitude toward these unfortunates in our midst and have realized that with proper care many of these people can be made useful, productive citi-zens once again. Although I am not an authority in the field, I would like to re-iterate some of the things writ-ten in this column a week ago. Retarded children among us need a great deal more than just a passing expression of someone feeling sorry. We would never think, for instance, of ridiculing a person or crutches or in a wheelchair. Our expressions of sympathy naturally follow. Yet in other areas we have been grossly negligent towards those whose handicap is mental rather than physical. : , Most of these children can be rehabilitated and restored to normal life, if proper facilities can be provided. This writer is convinced they can be provided, with the united effort of the state and the community to un-dertake this problem, which is directly affecting all of us. . Emotionalism aside, there rest in Utah a great chance ot set an example to the rest of the coun-try by tackling this problem in a bold manner. We hear so much against tax increases and spend-ing and if I were running for office (which I most certainly am not) I might shy away from this issue, because people hate being hit in the pocketbook, but it seems to me a penny here and there would soon provide a way to build new facilities for these children. A recent tax increase in the legislature has set up sources for funds in other fields. It's time to start something for these neg-lected children even if another take from the public purse is necessary. Utahns have always generously over-subscrib- ed to cancer drives and other worthy causes. It is time now to move ahead in the field of giving re-tarded children a real start in life. Sees Rehabilitation Saving Millions in Insurance Cost Everyone stands to gain when insurance companies rehabilitate accident sufferers instead of pay-ing to support their disabilities. Arne Fougner, an insurance company president, presents the dramatic evidence of this in a May Reader's Digest article, "For Auto-Accide- nt Victims a New Kind of Insurance." "For every million dollars spent for rehabilitation ftthe in-surance business stands to save as much as $100 million in re-- ! duced claims. These savings can be passed on to the policyholder in the form of lower premiums." Mr. Fougner's interest in auto-mobile insurance is personal, rather than professional as his firm, Christinia General Insur-ance Corp. of Tarrytown, N.Y. is a reinsurance company, spe-cializing in fire insurance , "I'm interested in rehabilita-tion because it saves both people and money. Let the victim go to a rehabilitation center where his injuries can be evaluated and where he can be restored to as near original condition as pos-sible. Negotiations and settle-ment can then proceed on the basis of known facts." He recounts the success of Lib-erty Mutual of Boston which has treated more than 6700 patients at its own rehabilitation centers in Boston and Chicago and has paid bills for thousands more at other centers. About 85 per cent of Liberty's disabled patients be-come capable of working; 82 per cent actually return to work. Cited also are rehabilitation efforts of the Employers Mutual of Wausau, Wis., and the Nation-wide Insurance Co. of Columbus, Ohio. Twenty seven of 35 criti-cally injured Wausau patients were restored to a high degree of independence at savings to the company estimated at "from $2,400,000 to $4,700,000!" Native Utahn Signed For Movie Writing Clair Huffaker has been signed to write the screenplay "Hole in the Rock," the multi million dollar motion picture which will be filmed in Utah with outstand-ing Hollywood stars by Ensign Pictures as one of its first proj-ect. Signing of Huffaker was an-- , nounced by Verland T. Whipple, president of Ensign Pictures, or-ganized recently with offices in Salt Lake City and Hollywood to make theatrical motion pic-tures ' and television series in Utah. Mr. Hufaker, Utah born novel-ist and one of Hollywood's top screenwriters, begins work im-mediately, on the "Hole in the Rock" story, a dramatization of the exciting expedition of pio-neers across the Grand Canyon gorge in 1879 to establish the San Juan Mission. Filming of the picture in color with a budget in excess of $2 million, is scheduled to begin in the fall under the supervision of Kermit Sessions, vice president in charge of productions, at the actual location of the historic expedition in southeast Utah. The signing of Mr. Huffaker is part of Ensign Picture's pro-gram of making its projects in association with outstanding Hol-lywood picture talent, a policy to be followed in all phases of the company's creative endeavor. Kennedy Proclaims Farm Safety Week By proclamation of President Kennedy, July 23-2- 9 has been designated 18th annual National Farm Safety Week. Co-sponsor- ed by the National Safety Council and the U.S. De-partment of Agriculture, this year's event will have as its theme, "Safety is a Family Af-fair." Farm safety programs of the National Safety Council dur-ing the week and throughout the year will especially emphasize rural highway and farm machin-ery safety, two critical areas of farm accident prevention. "Accidents claimed the lives of 11,700 farm residents in 1959," said Howard Pyle, NSC presi-dent, "a tremendous waste of lives. "Every farm accident is both a personal tragedy and a blow to the economy of our nation. "It is imperative we take every possible step to reduce the toll of accidental death on the farm. Accident prevention does work. Farm people can help prove it," he said. Blood Transfusions May Prevent Cerebral Palsy Blood transfusions for pre-mature infants may provide a means of reducing the incidence of certain types of cerebral palsy it was reported at the United Cerebral Palsy Association's Rocky Mountain Regional Con-ference in the Hotel Utah. Dr. Lula O. Lubchenco, Pedia-trician in Charge of the Prema-ture Infant Center, University of Colorado, Denver, told United Cerebral Palsy Conference dele-gates that a recent study shows 69 per cent of premature infants (3 lbs., 5 oz. or less at birth) showed handicaps at ten years of age resulting from brain hemorrhages. "The resultant handicaps were chiefly, cerebral palsy and men-tal retardation," he said. "It has been demonstrated in our studies that these premature infants have very low levels of several coagulation factors that theoretically at least or correct-able with blood transfusions. The present endeavor of our research is to correct the coagulation de-ficiency in susceptible babies by giving blood transfusions in the hope of preventing brain dam-age due to bleeding." Other speakers included Dr. Brewster S. Miller, UCPA Medi-cal Director; Dr. Forrest Adams Professor of Pediatrics, Univer-sity of California School of Medi-cine; Dr. John A. Wada, Senior Researcher in Neurophysiology University of British Columbia, Vancouver; Dr. Margaret Jones Associate Professor of Pediatrics of the University of California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, Calif.; all of whom are conduct-ing research under grants from the Research and Educational Foundation of United Cerebral Palsy Association. Rural Health Meet Scheduled for S.L. Physicians and farm group representatives from eight states will meet in Salt Lake City May 5-- 6 for the second regional conference on rural health. "Community Resources for Health" is the theme of the con-ference at the Hotel Utah spon-sored by the American Medical Association's Council on Rural Health. The eight states to be represented included Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming. Two important problems to be discussed will be The Practice of Medicine in Rural Communi-ties or how can physicians and better medical care be provided for small rural communities, and what can be done about Utah's rural and sream pollution health problems. Other important sub-jects will include: Occupational Health in Agriculture, Animal Disease and Human Health, and Medical Manpower Needs. Highlight of the conference will be a banquet address Friday by Gov. George D. Clyde. 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