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Thursday, December 8, 1960
Diseased Arteries
Can Be Replaced
(Editor’s Note: This is one
in a series of articles about
your health which will appear
regularly in The Covington
News as a public service fea
ture.)
By The Medical Association
Os Georgia
* * * *
Blood vessels are like pipes
carrying blood to and from the
heart. There are about one
thousand miles of blood vessels
’n the average human body.
These vessels range in size
from about one inch in diame
ter to a size smaller than the
diameter of a straight pin.
Blood supplies oxygen and
nutrition to the tissues. So, if
the arteries which carry blood
are clogged or closed, the tis
sues to which they supply
blood will die. Arteries become
diseased with emboli, thrombi
or aneurysms.
An embolus is a blood clot
which moves along the artery
until it lodges somewhere and
blocks the artery. It usually
comes from the heart. Depend
ing on where it lodges, it pro
duces a heart attack, stroke or
gangrene of the arms or legs.
If an embolus can be found
within a few hours after it cuts
off the blood supply through
the artery it can be removed
through surgery and the af
fected extremity saved from
amputation. So me t i m e s the
permanent effects of a stroke
can be prevented in the same
way.
Thrombi are clots from in the
w-all of the vessel. They are
usually caused by arterosclero
sis. This is a condition in which
fatty deposits form on the in
side walls of the vessels, mak
ing them thicken and harden.
This narrows the passageway.
Along with the narrowing, the
vessels become less elastic. As
a result of these changes less
and less blood passes through
the artery. The blockage usu
ally is so gradual that death
of the part does not occur but
disability of varying degrees
does.
Muscles may cramp on walk
ing, the skin of the feet may
be cold and the color and con
sistency of the skin may
change.
Recent advances in surgery
markedly improved the sur
geon’s ability to correct this
disease. These thrombi can be
removed in much the same way
that a drain pipe is cleaned.
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Vigilance Against Surprise Attack
Hoegh Explains
Warning Network
The surprise which an enemy
achieved in the Pearl Harbor
disaster cannot be repealed to
day, says Director Leo A. Hoegh
of the Office of Civil and Defense
Mobilization.
His job includes responsibility
for operating the National Warn
ing System (NAWAS), with its
coast-to-coast network of 376
warning points.
A comparison of measures In
effect Dec. 7, then and now, re
veals preparedness progress:
THEN . . .
The air attack warning system
guarding Pearl Harbor on Dec.
7. 1941, consisted of five mobile
radar sets. Their limit of detec
tion, about 130 miles. Liaison with
civil defense—none. Personnel—
newly-trained in radar opera
tion. Alert status at moment of
attack—in midst of training ex
ercise. officially alerted only to
possible sabotage. No air attack
alert in effect. Contact with pub
lic information media—none.
Warning time between moment
of attack and first widespread
public warning—so minutes.
NOW ...
In Dec. 1960, the entire North
American continent is guarded
by thousands of miles of radar
nets and continuous air patrols
that extend our detection system
wound the earth. These detec-
The material blocking the ar
tery or pipe is scraped away or
washed out with certain ma
terials.
Another surgical treatment
is removal of the diseased por
tion of the artery and replac
ing it with a new artery made
of synthetic material. A ma
terial called Teflon has proved
most satisfactory for this pur
pose. Sometimes the diseased
portion of the artery isn’t re
moved. It is allowed to remain
and the artificial graft is at
tached to the artery above and
below the blocked section, thus
forming a by-pass.
An aneurysm is a weaken
ing of the wall of a blood ves
sel with a ballooning out of the
vessel at the weak point. This
balloon fills with blood clots
and this trouble spot may block
the flow of blood in the vessel.
But the greatest danger of an
aneurysm is that it will rup
ture, causing the patient to
bleed internally.
Aneurysms may also be cor
rected by the use of synthetic
grafts. The part of the artery
> UK. '
OCDM, Air Force officers at work in NORAD headquarters
tion outposts are linked directly
to civil defense warning units
which are tied to NAWAS warn
ing points by safe communica
tions. An approaching attack
would trigger a nationwide
CONELRAD ALERT from North
State Study Shows Railroads
Are A Major Georgia Taxpayer
Georgia's state and local
governments collected a total
of $6,000,000 in taxes from
Class I railroads last year, ac
cording to the Association of
American Railroads.
These major railroads dur
ing 1959 also provided jobs for
an average of 17,000 people in
Georgia, pouring an estimated
annual payroll of $103,000,000
into the economic lifestream of
the state, the A.A.R. reported.
A key purchaser of Georgia
products, the railroads spent
additional millions of dollars in
। the state for supplies, fuels and
new equipment. Though figures
are not available on a state-by
state basis, the A.A.R. pointed
out that, nationally, Class I
railroads spent $1.4 billion dur
ing 1959 for operating materials
and an additional SBIB million
for new train equipment, mod
ern traffic control facilities and
other capital improvements.
Contributions of the rail
roads to the “Empire State of
the South” went considerably
beyond the totals shown for
Class I lines, tne A.a.R. re
ported. Smaller railroads and
switching and terminal com
panies also play key roles in
the state as taxpaying citizens,
employers and purchasers.
Twelve Class I railroads op
with the aneurysm is removed (
and the graft substituted.
Surgery in which sections of
arteries are removed or by
passed is relatively new but it
offers great hope for many
patients afflicted with artery
disease. Many of these grafts
have been in patients for years
and are still functioning well.
Doc MAG says:
1. Artery disease isn’t the
frightening, almost helpless
thing it once was. The disease
is being controlled by drugs,
diet and other measures. Cor
rective surgery is now avail
able too. Meanwhile, research
ers are trying to find out what
causes the disease. When they
do, the disease probably can be
wiped out altogether.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
American Air Defense (NORAD)
headquarters, activating the civ
il defense emergency broad
cast system comprising nearly
2,000 radio stations.
Personnel — warning officers
with years of experience. Alert
erate a network of 5,634 miles
of road in Georgia and provide
all-weather access to all parts
of the country.
These lines originated about
6,750,000 tons of forest pro
ducts, including 5,650,000 tons
of pulpwood, in a typical re
cent year, or nearly 15 per
cent of the total national rail
movement of this commodity.
In addition, the railroads origi
nated some 7,800,000 tons of
products of mines and 5,750,000
tons of manufactures and mis
cellaneous products. This in
cluded nearly 1,400,000 tons of
paper and wood fiber products.
Altogether, 20,750,000 tons of
railroad freight were originat
ed, and 27,000,000 tons were
terminated in the state during
the year.
Historically, railroads have
been a foremost contributor to
the growth and prosperity of
Georgia. The first charter re
sulting in the construction of
a railroad in Georgia was is
sued in 1833 and the company
opened a line a few miles west
ward from Augusta in 1837, ex
panding as far west as Greens
boro in the following year.
Development of railroading
in Georgia proceeded at a rapid
pace, expanding from 185 miles
in 1840 to 4,532 miles by 1890
as new links were forged to
I cover the state with a closely
' knit network of rails linking
Georgia with the rest of the
country.
Nationally, 111 Class I line
haul railroads serve 50,000
communities, operating 219,000
miles of steel roadway, em
ploying 800,000 people and pay
ing $5 billion in annual wages.
These railroads operate more
than 28,000 diesel locomotive
units, pulling 2.000,000 freight
and passenger cars. They carry
nearly half of the nation’s in
tercity freight load and over
one fourth of its commercial
passenger traffic.
A plastic laundry basket
placed tactfully around shrub
bery and trees in your back
yard to simulate various cast
ing conditions provides an ex
cellent target for practice with
fly, spin or casting tackle.—
Sports Afield.
Community News From
Mansfield
By Mrs. J. D. Wyatt
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HELD FROM LAST WEEK
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Brantley Jr. >
of Washington, D. C. and Mrs. W. ,
R. Galambos and daughter Janey (
lof Lake Worth, Florida were visit- j
I ors of their parents through the ■
i Thanksgiving holidays. Their par
j ents returned to Florida for the
winter with Mrs. Galambos and
Janey. They also will visit other
children. Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Knepfier at West Palm Beach and
Mr. and Mrs. Fillmore Goodrich
and daughter Carmen in Riviera.
I Florida.
Mr. Frank Lindsey and daughter
and Miss Helen Austin stopped 1
over from Griffen enroute to the 1
' Georgia-Tech game in Athens to 1
visit Mr. and Mrs. Brantley. ।
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Miss Emma Kate Loyd of Atlan- s
ta visited the Goodriches and their c
I children the past week. I L
status—24-hour vigilance against
air or sea attack. Contact with
mass public information media
—instantaneous, through radio-
TV national networks and press
wire systems. Warning time-90
seconds or less to every State.
Caesarean Operation Now Safer
Opening the abdomen and
then the uterus to aid the birth
of a child is called a caesarean
operation. The term probably
comes from the Latin word
“caesum” which means “having
been cut.” Some say, however,
that it is derived from the
name of Julius Caesar who is
said to have been born by this
method. However, there are no
records to substantiate this. At
any rate, caesarian operation is
one of the oldest surgical pro
cedures and was referred to in
writings of PHny who lived
from 23 to 79 A. D.
Today a caesarian operation
or section is one of the safest
types of surgery. Formerly it
was a dangerous operation.
Nowadays with the develop
ment of new forms of anes
thesia, new methods for con
trolling bleeding and new ways
of determining the condition
and position of the baby, it is
much safer. Almost five per
cent of all births in hospitals
are by caesarian section.
Indications for caesarian sec
tion are many. Among them are
unusually large babies carried
by women with a small pelvis,
bleeding as the birth ap
proaches, abnormal positioning
of the babv and a poor or pro
longed labor.
The number of babies being
born by caesarian section has
increased for two main rea
sons. It is a safer procedure.
The second reason is that many
women who previously would
have been advised against
pregnancy or who would not
have lived long enough to be
come pregnant are now having
babies by caesarian operation.
There are several types of
caesarian operations and var
ious types of anesthetics avail
able for use during them. The
choice depends on where the
surgery is being done. Most
doctors use local or spinal an
esthetics. An incision is usually
made low in the abdomen
through which the baby is de
livered surgically.
It used to be that women who
had given birth by caesarian
section were told that they
must limit the number of
children so born to two. Now,
however, doctors feel the
number of future children need
be limited only by the healing
of the mother’s womb. The
danger is that the would might
break open during a future
pregnancy. If the incision heals
well, this isn’t likely to occur.
Generally speaking, it is true
Ga. Christmas
Festival Set
For Dec. 21-23
The Fourth Christmas Festi
val at the University of Geor
gia Center for Continuing Edu
cation will feature a play en
titled “Once Upon a Christmas
Time.” It is the story of a king
who forgot about Christmas
and a dragon who was afraid
of the dark.
Public performances are
scheduled for Dec. 21, 22 and
23. Other special performances
are slated for Dec. 16, 17 and
20
In addition to the play, the
festival will include a work
shop with games, songs, stories
and things children can make
and carry home. A display ex
hibit on a medieval theme will
feature art work for public
schools of the rea. Other spe
cial plans will be announced
later.
(Largest Coverage Any Weekly In The State)
Shelter Seen
Best Defense
For Fallout
Nineteen years ago this Dec.
7, the Japanese attack on Pearl
Harbor caused all Americans to
realize “it can happen here.”
Dec. 7 this year will mark the
third annual National Civil De
fense Day, dedicated to the con
viction that vigilance must be
maintained night and day be
cause of enemy threat*. Against
such threats our Nation's vast
warning net is designed to be so
reliable that the enemy could not
achieve a surprise attack, civil
defense officials assert.
Most Americans could be
saved by taking simple but
adequate civil defense meas
ures now.
Director Leo A. Hoegh of the
Office of Civil and Defense Mo
bilization points out that “fallout
shelter protection is the best sin
gle non-military defense meas
ure for the greatest number of
our people.”
He has called home fallout
shelters “the lowest-cost family
insurance obtainable.” These
cost from $l5O for a “do-it-your
self” basement shelter to $1,500
for a custom-made shelter fixed
up to serve as an extra room.
Key to the effective use of such
shelters is the National Warning
System geared to alert Amer
icans from 376 warning points
linked to the North American
Air Defense Command.
that once a women has de
livered by caesarian section,
future babies must also be born
that way. This isn’t a hard and
fast rule, however. The doctor
must decide according to t h e
circumstances of the individual
case.
Doc MAG says:
1. Caesarian section is not
the dangerous procedure it
once was. Many medical staffs |
in hospitals have had more
than 1,000 such operations;
without losing either a mother
or baby. To further protect the :
mother and infant, many hos- ;
pitals require consultations i
with another physician before
a caesarian operation is de- i
cided upon and done.
2. In general, families need
not be limited because the mo
ther has had a baby by caesar
ian operation.
It takes about 90 days to
finish out a 75- pound shoat,
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Public Safety Director To
Seek New Traffic Laws in r M
Shortly after being installed
as director of the Georgia De
partment of Public Safety in
1959, Col. William P. Trotter,
a former legislator who served
in both the State Senate and
House, proposed a number of
changes in Georgia’s traffic
safety laws.
Not too many of them were
enacted into law by the 1960
General Assembly, but obvious
ly his proposals laid the
groundwork for future consid
eration. At any rate, the House
Vehicle Study Committee has
been giving the matter of traf
fic legislation a thorough go
ing over lately and has come
up with some recommendations
for the 1961 Legislature.
For example, the committee
plans to ask the upcoming Gen
eral Assembly to pass an au
tomobile title registration law
aimed at making it tougher to
dispose of stolen cars in Geor
gia.
Bibb County Rep Taylor
Phillips, secretary of the com
mittee, said his panel will not
recommend a particular reg
istration bill “due to the com
plexity of the problem,” but
would urge that one be adopt
ed.
The House Committee, be
fore concluding its recent study
of legislation in *he motor ve
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hide field, discussed but did
not come up with any recom
mendations on five-year re
examinations of drivers with
licenses or on annual safety
checks of vehicles.
The committee did agree,
however, to urge the new Leg
islature to pass a law provid
ing for five-year vehicle li
cense tags but not to pass a
law requiring every driver to
have compulsory automobile
liability insurance.
Rep. Phillips also said he
plans to introduce a bill to have
driver licenses expire on the
birthday of the holder rather
than on March 31 as at pres
ent. Its purpose would be to
spread out the work load of
license renewal over the entire
year rather than having the
great majority of work thrown
on the State Patrol at one
time.
Following the special com
mittee’s report, Murray Chap
pell, director of the State Mo
tor Vehicle License Division,
said he favors adoption of the
uniform title registration law
now being used in several
states. It is the one drawn by
the American Assn, of Motor
Vehicle Administrators.