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Show VOLUME 29, NUMBER 18 THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1958 OREM - GENEVA TIMES Published Every Thursday at Orem, Utah HAROLD B. SUMNER, PUBLISHER Hollls Scott Editor, Advertising Mgr. Entered as second class matter November 19, 1944 at the post-office post-office at Orcm, Utah, under the act of March 3, 1897. Member Utah State Press Association National Editorial Association Sutscription Rates: One year, in advance $3.00 Your Doctor Says . . . The folhuing is one of a seriti of articles written by members of the Utah Stale Medical Association and published m (ooperation uilh foul local newspaper. Thtst articles are scheduled It appear evert other week throughout the year in an effort to heller acquaint yo with problems 4oJ health, and designed to imptoit the well-being well-being of the people of Utah. j THAT ACHING BACK Ever since doctors began to practice medicine intelligently that symptom usually referred to as low back pam has been somewhat of a curse to the human race. By this statement we mean that a great many people suffer from low back-' back-' ache. A great many things are done for it and total satisfaction following treat-' treat-' ment is more often the exception than the rule. For many years backache was every doctor's problem, but in later years courageous specialists have developed de-veloped their own ideas as to cause and cure. The gynecologist, for instance, frequently blamed the "fallen uterus" in women and advised a sizable surgical procedure. The genito-urinary specialist in treating men patients looked for infection in the prostate gland and worked from that angle. But since the advent of X-ray, the orthopedist or bone specialist has really gone to work on the problem and at the present time it would seem that low back pain is largely his responsibility. About twenty years ago a very fashionable complaint in the bone department de-partment was the sacre-iliac slip. The sacro-iliac joints are broad, almost immoveable im-moveable unions between the edges of the sacrum or lower spine and the two inner borders of the wings of the pelvis. At one time a great many low backaches back-aches were said to be caused by a looseness loose-ness of one or both of these joints. X-ray X-ray men made lots of film and truss experts did big business in what is known as the Mayo belt. According to all reports, the latter was a rather uncomfortable un-comfortable appliance. Indeed, many a patient who wore one has decided that the cure in this case was almost as bad as the disease. At any rate, the sacroiliac sacro-iliac slip one day went out of fashion like the Charleston. Belts were probably put up into the attic with Grandma's corsets and folks with bad backs had a new disease known as the hernialvl disc. Various names are being applied to this condition. Some doctors like to refer to it as a herniated nucleus pul-posa. pul-posa. Others just call it a "disc" and let it go at that. The spinal disc is a fibrous spongy cushion that lies between the bodies of any two adjacent vertebrae and serves to smooth out the jolts of life. There are 23 such cushions, but the one w hich causes the most trouble lies between the lumbar and sacral spines in the lower part of the back. When the walls of this particular disc become weak and bulge back against the spinal cord the results are local pain and aching, numbness numb-ness in the legs, and sometimes paralysis. In severe cases the best treatment is surgical removal cf the "bulge" with possible fusing of the vertabrae involved. Milder cases recover with rest in bed followed by avoidance of back strain. Disc trouble is by no means the only cause of low back pain. For instance, about 6 per cent of the whole human race is born with a deformity of the lower back which might be designated as an architectural botch. Some lumbosacral lumbo-sacral spines are "lop-sided", some curve forward too abruptly, and some have joints that come together wrong and may eventually be dislocated if too much strain is put on them. -If a young man should by chance discover that he is the unfortunate possessor of this type of back he wouid do well to choose his occupation accordingly and avoid disability later. In conclusion the following generalizations general-izations may be offered: 1. Most low back pain is of bony origin. 2. The sacro-iliac slip was probably a diagnostic error in many cases and is not presently taken very seriously. 3. The present day diagnosis of herniated disc in the lower back is a very plausible explanation of low back pain. Surgery for this W. I I1 THE AMERICAN WAY W rj $ TROUBLE SPOTS fe Ml JEIMg X MM EAST S 4S mMT PEOPLE YOU SHOULD KNOW IN OREM Picking Another One BOB TAYLOR U. S. Press Assn. Washington 1) fell xclusioe I deformity. GRAND OPENING ON MOTHER'S DAY MT. TIMP CAFI 1674 NORTH STATE, OREM Under New Management 5 COURSE DINNER FROM 1 TO 10 P.M. Contact us for Banquets and special Parties for Clubs. TIME FOR A RED condition, however, is by no means CHINA PLANK 100 per cent successful and should ' Since the majority of UN mem-be mem-be resorted to in only the most ber nations is willing, the Gen-severe Gen-severe cases. j eral Assembly of that body will The lumbo-sacral region of the riot convene until after the Pres-human Pres-human spine is obviously a weak idential election is safely out of spot in the skeletal structure and the way. The original meeting often the site of a congenital date of September 18th was post poned to November 12th. News dispatches from that New York City No-Man's Land naively state that the United States favored the postponement. It is just possible that the further fur-ther fact that admission of Red China is item one on the Assembly Assem-bly agenda had something to do with the change of dates. But, whatever is back of this gentlemanly gentle-manly international concern for the serenity of our election campaign, cam-paign, it can not be denied that Americans lace no graver issue ed by highly-placed Red goons attached to the UN delegation. The remaining four, who Joyfully Joy-fully regaled the Senate Internal Security subcommittee with how they told off Soviet Ambassador Zaroubin when he sought to persuade per-suade them to go home, expressed express-ed sorrow at the probable fate of the five who had been kid napped. Their Moscow state' ments of returning voluntarily were lies, declared the Senate witnesses. Further corroboration was secured by telephone from shipmates still in Formosa where the Tuapse was captured by the Chinese Nationalists. A further witness," Msgr. Bela Varga, president of the Hungar ian National Council, charged the Hungarian Minister to the US and two Legation aides with ter rorism in an organized Commun ist secret police drive on refU' gies. Meanwhile the Department of State warned the Polish Em bassy against pressuring Polish seamen to go home after they had asked and received US asv lum. Three have thus far yielded to such pressure. ' 1 It all makes the "land of the free and the home of the brave" look foolish and helpless. Per haps we shouldn't offer asylum u we can't provide it. Scera To Fete Mothers Over 65 In keeping with a policy of Scera instituted two years ago than that of whether the ruthless ' the management of Scera Theatre Phone AC CHEF De CUISINE -9823 - FRED VONS Chou cn-Lai and his murderous regime are to be whitewashed by the Assembly, and our ally, National Na-tional China, thrown out to make room for these Asiatic Reds. If the Administration is in any doubt as to the attitude of the American people on this momentous momen-tous question, a mandate can be had bcfqre Nov. 2th. The Republican Repub-lican convention needs only to include a Red China plank in its forthcoming platform. In fact, it is the duty of both parties to declare themselves clearly and unmistakably on this point before be-fore asking for public support. To duck the question is to suggest sug-gest that it is none of our business, busi-ness, or to admit uncertainty or arouse the ugly suspicion that we have already been committed. commit-ted. STRONGARM DIPLOMACY It now seems clear that the nine sailors of the Soviet tanker Tuapse who asked asylum in the US meant . what they said, and that the five who returned to Moscow April 7 were Shanghai- extends an invitation to all moth ers and grandmothers 65 years of age and over to be their guest for the film showing of "Carousel" "Carous-el" on either Monday, "Juesday or Wednesday nights of next week. The film is in CinemaScope and is highly recommended by Scera. For the past two years Scera has provided free entertainment to mothers over 65 during the Mother's Day week. More than 200 Utah 4-H club members and Future Farmers have entered the annual state wide "Chicken of Tomorrow" contest, according to C. Elmer Clark, Utah State Agricultural College extension poultryman. Last year, Utah hospitals cared for a total of 94,891 bed patients. CITY OFFICIALS Mayor LeGrande J arm an City Councilmen V. Em 11 Hansen, Han-sen, Elwood Baxter, Merlin R. Manning, Weston Kofford, Par-lell Par-lell Peterson. City Manager O. V. Farm- worth City Recorder Floyd Wing City Treasurer E. H. (Ted) Calder City Attorney Hugh Vera Wentz City Judge E. H. Johnson Chief of Police Reed Burgener City Building Inspector Lloyd Louder City Librarian Mrs. Bernice Cox. City ReceptioUst Mrs. Lenora Johnson City Engineer Leonard Beck-man Beck-man City Planning and Zoning Committee Com-mittee chairman Joseph T. Smith. Metropolitan Water Board chairman chair-man Luzell Robbins HEADS OF CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS Chamber of Cummeice Glenn Robertson. Lions Club Ed. E. Wickman Auxiliary Police M. Verne Thurber. Lady Lions Mrs. William Jac- obson Jayeees Jack Childress Melodian Chorus Mrs. J. D. Pyne Orem Women's Club Mrs. iMerlin Finch. O. F. Club Mrs. Dale Larsen Business and Professional Women Helen T. Wentz Oram Garden Club Mrs. O. V. Farnsworth Orem AAUW Mrs. Joan H. Thomas Lai Cos Mrs. Jack Simonson Timp Saddllers Mrs. LaMar r- I canbrack. Jaycee Wives Mrs. Wayne Gammon American Legion M. L. Drake Legion Auxiliary Mrs. M. L. Drake Disabled American VoUrani Wesley Graff DAV Auxiliary Mrs. Bill Baker Veterans of Foreign Wars Stanley Stan-ley Houston LaMero Club Mrs. LaMar Edwards VFW Auxiliary Mrs. Grant J. Johnson Kiwanis Club Leon If. Frailer Orem Literary Club Mrs. Boyd C. Davis Civil Defense Torval Nelson, director Mrs. D. Orlo Allen, women's dl rector. CHURCH OFFICIALS CHURCH OF CHRIST Minister Don Nielson SHARON STAKE Presidency Phllo T. Edwards, President; G. Milton Jameson, Clyde Lunceford. Ward Bishops: Orem Fourteenth C. Eldon Bitter Orem Fifteenth Bruce Clark Provo Seventeenth Verlin M. Clegg Provo Eighteenth LeRoy Orem Thirteenth William Taylor Dalebout Orem Sixteenth Luzell Rob-bins. Rob-bins. Orem Eleventh Lawrence M. Palmer Lake View Paul Taylor Orem Twelfth Laird Billings OREM STAKE Presidency Walter R. Holda-way, Holda-way, President; E. Carry le Bunker, M. Dover Hunt Ward Bishops: Orem Seventh Clay Benson Orem Second Lloyd Louder Orem Third W. M. Vernon Orem First Fay R. Johnson Orem Fourth Hwold R. Baker Bak-er Orem Fifth Phil Shumway Orem Eighth Rulon H. Petty Orem Ninth Vernon L. Greenland Vineyard Ray Gammon Orem Sixth Milton Smith OREM STAKE Orem First remains the same Orem Second - Vermont Orem Third - Sharon Orem Fourth - Geneva Orem Fifth - Geneva Second Orem Sixth - Windsor Orem Seventh - Timp View Orem Eighth - Beverly Orem Ninth - remains the same Vineyard - remains the same. SHARON STAKE Orem Eleventh Timpanogos Orem Twelfth - Hill Crest Orem Thirteenth - Lincoln Orem Fourteenth - Crest View Orem Fifteenth - Crest View Se- ond. Provo Seventeenth - Grand Vtew Provo E ghteenth - Grand View Second Lake View - remains the Latest reports from Lyman Rich, Utah State Agricultural College extension dairyman, show that 96 Utah cows owned by 56 diarymen in 13 counties produced 00 pounds of butter-fat butter-fat or more during the standard 305-day milking period last year.' MORTUARY 185 EAST CENTER FRANKUN 3-1840 How Standard invested its money last year to meet your growing oil needs New Refinery Unlta to fe, i. i,iu, ., . luanc iiiguci wtauc gaav- line took a big part of the $30 million we spent for plant improvement. Exploration for new oil sources cost $134 million. Standard Oil Company of California produced oil and gas from more than 8600 wells in the U.S., Canada and South America to supply your petroleum needs. Petrochemicals for plastics plas-tics and other new products; prod-ucts; fertilizers and sprays for bigger crops, took a $20 million investment. Regearch and technical techni-cal services cost nearly $13 million. One result was a technique which promises to greatly increase yields from oil wells, helping con serve U.S. resources. One in every seven Utahns was hospitalized in 1955. An ad' 1 innntsi, uiuunai iira,o persons, or one in every six persons, were treated treat-ed as out-patients at Utah's 40 hospitals. ALL THE WAY ON WHEJ APACHE FLYER ROUTE 1111 i i in! : I ALBUQUERQU E S a.T LaWe"! PORTLAND SEATTLE w ulI lAK (IIr i PIKE SUIANCOt AUUQUEI0UE MEXICO CITY $34.75 EL PASO, TEXAS $23.05 ALBUQUERQUE $16.65 ssiiSSS AIRIDE Transportation Facilities to bring our products from oil field to you were a $10 million item. New and Modernized Service Alaska to Mexico cost -iv $16 million, made Standard products more convenient for you. 1 sfm m&x mi ' s- J vjl -e- , i u and Modernie4:Or.VJ5Y. ka to Mexico cost -IVSLi .....'.S.",a :.-.-- J i production-exploration refineries asphalt refineries Standard marketing area STANDARD IMPROVED its ability to serve you last year by investing $347 million for new production and distribution facilities and exploration. The rest of our $ billion income was spent on such items as wages and benefits for our 86,869 employees, supplies from more than 10,000 U.S. firms and crud oil from independent producers. We paid a $107 million tax bill, and our 119,793 stockholders received 11 of each dollar we took In ' as a return on their investment in the Company. If you wish a copy of our Annual Report for 195S, write to Standard Oil Company of California, Rra. 2153, 22S Bush St., San Francisco 20, California Pefroeum progrett meant. . . to keep pace with your need, oil companies must invest $74 billion in new U.S. facilities by 1965 nn 9$6 1961 Dtaand he ptfrofwm product! trill hcnoM about 50 iw Hi next fin vein CONTINENTAL TRAIL IV AVS STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA put petroleum progret to work tor you II PASO |