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THE FOREST PARK NEWS. THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1965
The Forest Pork News
1007 Central Ave. Forest Pork, Go. 366-3080
Post Office Box 25, Forest Pork,'Go.
Guy Butler, Editor
Subscription Rate S2OO Year - Published Each Thursday
Entered As Second Class Matter at Forest Park, Ga.
viUMli Abi TA IAA A IBf* E
yKHMAN lALmAUUt
A GOVERNMENT survey on
the widening Sino-Soviet conflict
indicates that Red China is fast
gaining strength and influence
among Communists throughout
the world, particularly in Asia,
the Pacific, Latin America, and
Africa.
According to the report, a
study of mem
bership and
leanings of
Communist
parties in na
tions not di
rectly under
Communist
rule points to
significant in-
roads made by Peking into the
Soviet Union’s scope of influence.
In a number of nations with
sizeable Communist Party mem
bership, there already is strong
pro-Chinese alignment, and in
others bitter struggles for party
control are being waged. For ex
ample, Indonesian Communists,
which number about 2,000,000,
are leaning heavily toward the
Peking camp. The same was said
to be true of Communists in
India, Japan, and New Zealand.
In more than a dozen other coun
tries, there are open splits be
tween the pro-Soviet and pro-
Red China Communists.
It is interesting to note that,
according to the survey, in terms
of the number of members Red
China can claim more card car
riers in its ranks than the Sov
iet Union. The party strength of
pro-Moscow Communists totals
19,020,140, and the total mem
bership of the pro-Peking par
ties comes to slightly more than
20,000,000, a large part of this
due of course to the vast popu
lation of Red China.
A Tale of Three Cities
Science Unravels Secret of Healing in the Sea
INDIANAPOLIS —Do you
really know how much re
*^irch lies behind the medi
cines your physician pre
scribes? Or how many years
discovery takes? Here is a
sma'l test of your knowledge:
A new powerful lifesaving
antibiotic recently made avail
able in the United States was
produced from a weaker anti
biotic found in a sea fungus.
The antibiotic cephalothin
better known as Keflin® was
one of several broad-spectrum
agents obtained in the same
way and the first to be developed.
Can yon guess how long this
scientific effort has gone on? 1
One year? Or five years? Or
seven? Or twenty?
The answer is twenty! And
the work continues.
Some of the problems solved
in this long search have been in
credibly difficult. Scientists of
three nations working in widely
separated laboratories have made
indispensable contributions.
Their co-opera
tion has given
ithe medical pro
fession a re
tnarkably safe
and effective
weapon in se
vere infections,
even those caus
ed by bacteria
resistant to
I niter antibiotics.
But this dis-
Kk
Prof. Brotzu
covery might not have been
made at all but for the alertness,
persistence, an d expertise o f
Oxford University scientists in
Britain and the special research |
capabilities of an American ।
pharmaceutical manufacturer.
The story began in 1945 the
fateful year when World War II
came to its crashing climax. In a
period of 21S days the rush of
world-shaking events was tre
mendous. President Roosevelt
died Benito Mussolini was cap
tured and executed. Berlin fell.
Hitler committed suicide. The
I nited Nations was born. Atomic
bombs destroyed Hiroshima and
Nagasaki. General MacArthur
occupied Japan.
It is not surprising that the
world in 1945 took no notice of an
important discovery by an
Italian professor who was calmly
studying micro-organisms in the
sea off Sardinia, near the sewer
outfalls of the city of Cagliari.
The professor. Giuseppe Brot
zu. of the Institute of Hygiene
of the University of Cagliari,
found a remarkable fungus which
exhibited antibiotic activity.
Crude extracts of the fungus
brought improvement in a num-
A Newspaper
Dedicated to Service
national editorial
THE JUDGMENT of experts
on the question seems to be that
the Sino-Soviet rift is very like
ly to continue for some time and
to increase in intensity. The con
flict, which broke into the open
in 1960, concerns ideological
differences, personality clashes,
economic policy, and competition
for influence. But basically it is
a struggle for power between
two totalitarian giants who are
bent upon drawing more and
more of the world into the grasp
of Communism.
Regardless of the outcome of
this conflict or what turn it may
take, even in the event of a
formal break between the two
powers, it is important to re
member that in no way has the
threat of Communism dimin
ished. The Cold War is still on,
and although ideological differ
ences have them divided at the
moment, they nonetheless are
after the same thing: world con
-1 quest. Their squabble is con
■ cerned with “how,” not “what.”
* * *
I
, THE UNITED STATES, in
the conduct of its foreign policy,
must maintain its determination
to turn back Communist at
tempts to enslave freedom-lov
ing people anywhere in the
world. Our resolve to seek peace
’ and resist Communist aggres
। sion must be firm and unswerv
. ing.
Nothing must lull us into com
: placency or into falsely believ
i ing that the purpose of Com
. munism is any different than it
was at any time in the pasß
i
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| her of patients with severe bar
j terial infections. Obviously the
fungus excreted an antibiotic
I substance or substances.
For three years Professor
Brotzu tried to isolate the mys
terious antibiotic principle. But
his modest laboratory did not
have the necessary facilities nor
were industrial resources avail
able in Italy to carry out such
a project.
A Fascist government decision
in 1939 had outlawed drug
patents. Without this protection
the Italian pharmaceutical in
dustry had not deemed it wise to
establish research laboratories
whose discoveries could be freely
pirated by anyone. The trail of ।
discovery might have ended
there.
Fortunately for all mankind. J
however. Professor Brotzu's fas
cinating fungus found its way to
Oxford University and into the ,
capable hands of the same scien- i
tists who had rescued Alexander
Flemings penicillin from ten
years of oblivion.
These men immediately saw
the importance of Professor Brot
zu's discovery. But in those early
days of antibiotic research the
problems were complex and
much had to be learned. By very
fine chemistry, the British iso
lated and studied a half-dozen
antibiotic substances, none of
them too promising.
Amazingly Safe
It was while purifying one of
these substances in 1954 that the
alert British researchers detected
tiny amounts of a new and dif
ferent antibiotic hiding in the
fermentation broths. Isolating
this elusive agent was a fine
achievement. By i 960 they were
able to publish its complete
structure.
The new antibiotic was a real
prize. Laboratory tests showed it
to be a killer of various bacteria,
significantly, of bacteria which
are able to destroy penicillin. In
laboratory animals it cured a
wide variety of infections — it
NOTICE
Bicycles are being held by
the Forest Park Police De
partment. If not claimed in
30 days, these bicycles will
be sold at public out cry in
front of City Hall at 10 a.m.
on August 31, 1965.
New Insurance
Firm Repotrts
3 Million Sales
Georgia’s new United Trust
Life Insurance Co. has report
ed policy sales of more than
$3 million during its first two
weeks of operation.
In a semi-annual report to
stockholders, President Paul
Light announced that the first
policyholders were former
Georgia Governor Ernest Van
diver; Charles R. Yates, Pre
sident of the Georgia State
Chamber of Commerce; and W.
A. Pulver, President of Lock
heed-Georgia.
Eddie Mathews, star third
baseman of the new Atlanta
Braves, and Whitlow Wyatt
Braves pitching coach from
Buchanan, Ga., were also
among the first to purchase
policies. ।
Visit Delta Base
Den #2 of Pack 118, Moun
tain Wiew, visited the Delta
Air Lines jet base last Satur
day, with their Den Mother and
Cubmaster, Mr. and Mrs. Shar
on Coltey.
They saw the many phases of
aircraft maintenance and re
pairs, including rebuilding of
landing gears, flight controls,
electrical and hydraljc com
ponents, engine buildup, test
cells and equipment used for
maintaining aircraft.
was truly broad-spectrum. And it
proved to be amazingly safe.
It had two “defects.” both criti
cal: It was extremely difficult to
produce (an antibiotic is virtual- i
ly useless until it can be made '
in quantity) and it took too much j
of the drug to do the job. indi- |
eating its action was weak.
While its general use in human
medicine was impractical, it had
qualities too valuable to discard.
If only away could be found to
increase the antibiotic power of
this remarkable substance with
out destroying its amazing gen
tleness. a new lifesaving medi
cine could be created.
Wanted: Knockout Punch
The Oxford scientists decided 1
on just such a search. They rea- t
। soned that one of the antibiotic
molecule's two arm-like struc- ■
J tures might be responsible for
the troublesome weakness. ’The
solution? Replace it with some
thing else! in effect, amputate
the weak arm and graft another
in its place — one strong enough
to deliver a knockout punch
with every blow aimed at in
vading bacteria.
After years of work they suc
ceeded in producing small
amounts of the antibiotic mole
cule minus the weak arm. When
a strong arm was grafted to it.
the result was a new antibiotic of
greater healing power. Thus, the
original plan was shown to be
sound indeed.
If this development was to be
translated into practical results,
however, a method must be
found to produce the one-armed
molecule in quantity so that the
powerful two-armed antibiotics
might be manufactured injiseful
amounts. And to do this one had
to have large quantities of the
original fungus-produced drug
upon which one might perform
the molecular surgery.
While the British were strug
gling with these problems, the
industrial laboratories of Europe
and the United States also began
Ab • EDITORIAL W
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Your whole system is drained when eyes compensate for the
abnormal condition of glare. Distorted lenses found in most
“bargain” sunglasses also
cause a drain on energy which
leads to overall fatigue. p, jSSBr
Thus, a good pair of- _
sunglasses should be /
considered an essen- w \ // a
tial part of the dress 1 V ZJ P //ft
of anyone who is in , W. '£.—^*■ll //f/
the sun or driving an -* In" xx^A/y f/
automobile. Bausch M w
and Lomb makes Ray- M
Ban sunglasses which
are scientifically cor
rect and, at the same //
time, in the midst of
the fashion swing. ___ ;
Baptist Assn. Honors
First Minister’s Memory
The Georgia Baptist Associa
tion, founded in 1874, through
one of its pioneer churches,
honored the memory of the
first Baptist minister ordain
ed in Georgia in special ser
vices August 1.
The County Line Baptist Chur
ch, six miles south of Rayle,
which was organized In 1797,
paid tribute to the first pas
tor of the congregation, The
Rev. Sanders Walker, who was
the first Baptist minister to be
ordained in the state of Geor-
working on the cephalosporin
puzzle.
For the final solution we must
travel to the research labora
tories of Eli Lilly and Company
in Indianapolis. Here scientists,
like their colleagues in Oxford,
have a tradition of antibiotic re
search going back to the earliest
days of penicillin.
Because the capabilities of an
industrial research organization
of such experience are uniquely
suited to the solutions of the kind
of developmental problems posed
by the cephalosporins, close co
operation developed between the
Oxford and Lilly laboratories.
What followed was months of
further frustration, but now it
was international. By whatever
means the Americans used to
remove the weak arm of the
molecule, the result was the same
as the British had experienced,
a disintegration of the remainder.
Certain chemical reactions, it
। was seen, were not being con
। trolled. As fast as the desired
I compound was formed it was
being destroyed in the test tubes.
Finally, one of the chemists
reasoned that the trouble was
caused by ordinary water present
in the chemicals. So anhydrous
(waterless) chemicals were tried.
Success!
This bit of inspiration — and
inspired it was — provided the
long-sought breakthrough. The
one-armed molecule was now ob
tained in useful amounts and the
way opened to creating a series
of new. powerful antibiotics.
Signals Major Effort
The word was given for a
major developmental effort and
soon from 150 to 200 men ai»Q
women were involved.
Among the new agents synthe
sized, the compound Keflin was
chosen first for clinical trial be
cause of its potency and its gen
tleness in animals. Approved aft
er several years of clinical
.study, it was distributed to hos
pitals for a time on an emergency
basis because of its short sjipply.
The problem of producing the
original antibiotic from which
the new drugs were derived still
was resisting solution.
Howevet;, within six months
developmental scientists were
able to scale up output to levels
which led to the lifting of a re
striction on distribution and even
permitted a 20-percent price
reduction.
The story of the cephalosporins
is not at an end. Several years
may pass before their full poten
tial is known. Could Professor
Brotzu have guessed — in 1945
— that his mysterious fungus
might set off a quarter century
of research involving scientists
of two continents? Nature in
deed guards her secrets well.
gia, and who served the chur
ch from 1797 to around 1805.
The Georgia Association Is
the first association organized
in the state, and includes chur
ches in the area of Washing
ton, Lincolnton, Union Point,
Greensboro, and surrounding
territory.
The remains of Rev. Walker
and Mrs. Walker, interred in
a cemetery about three miles
from the old church site, have
been removed to the old church
site, which is about one-half
mile from the present loca
tion of the church. Marble mar
kers at the graves will give
the historical record of Wal
ker’s ministry.
The Rev. R. B. Moody, Jr.,
of Union Point, is pastor of
the church. The road in front
of County Line church has been
named the Sanders Walker Me
morial Road, with bronze mar
kers indicating the name.
Walker was born in Virginia
in 1740, and began preaching
in 1767. He died in 1805 at the
age of 65. He also served as
pastor of the Fishing Creek
church in the Georgia Associa
tion.
Plans for the honor were an
nounced by the Rev. R. L.
Duke, Washington, missionary
for the Georgia Association.
Speirs Open
New Cycle
Business
Headed by Elzie and Lee
Speir, Metro Cycle Sales,
Inc., opened at 1419 Main
Street in Forest Park this
week, featuring the world
fajnous "Suzuki” motor
cycles.
This is the second outlet
for Metro in greater Atlanta.
The other store is located at
1158-60 West Peachtree. Two
others are planned in the
near future.
Suzuki is the lightweight
champion of the world be
cause in the past three
years the Federation Inter
nationale Motorcyliste has
awarded it five World
Championship trophies in
50cc and 125 cc classes. They
get up to 200 miles per gal
lon. go anywhere, park any
where. Prices start at $275.
Elzie Speir is president of
Metro. Born and raised in
Clayton County, he’s well
known in the insurance
business and is also pastor
of Forest Primitive Baptist
Church on Main Street in
Forest Park.
Lee Speir is secretary
treasurer of the company.
He’s a top insurance man
and was recently re-elected
president of the Georgia As
sociation of Mutual Insur
ance Agents.
General manager of the
stores Is Thomas E. Fried
man, former manager of
the Southern British Auto
Parts and a popular sports
car racer, holding some 130
trophies.
NEWS : yjEWS
• FEATURES • OPINIONS
YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY
state our name and business, Rawls said. If you have reason
him to hang up so you can call him right back. Look up the number for the Social Security
Administration “in the phone book. You will find It under U.S .Government. When the operator
answers, “Social Security Administration”, ask for the person who cdlied you byname
All Information given to the Social Security Administration Is confidential and Is used only to
administer the social security laws. We are prohibited from supplying Information to anyone
for the purpose of locating missing persons, collecting bins, or ^^rform^n^nh
people know this Md are wining to give us any and all Information we need to perform our job.
Help us keep personal Information about you age, Income, and family confidential. Be sure you
are not giving Information you want kept confidential to someone who Is unwilHng to identify
himself and only Implies he works for social security.
QUESTION: I’m 64 years old. I have a small business that I run in Florida during the winter
season from October through March. I make about >4,000 a year profit from it. I can t get any
of my social security as long as I make that much, can I?
ANSWER: Yes, you can still get some of your payments. You see, no matter how much you
make for the year you will receive your social security check for-any month during which you
aren’t active In your business. You will get your regular benefit for all the months In which
you don’t operate your business. , , .. ,
QUESTION: Some of the older teachers In the school where I teach get social security payments
every summer. They aren’t retired yet and plan to continue teaching when school starts again.
How can they get payments if they haven’t retired? „ .
ANSWER: Any teacher who’s worked long enough under social security to be insured can get
social security for any month In which she doesn’t earn over SIOO or Isn t active in a business.
Most older teachers can get benefits for July and August. Some school boards pay teachers their
salary over 12 months. This won’t keep the average teacher from getting social security In the
summer, however, since their salary Isn’t earned In the summer months, it s just paid them.
QUESTION: A neighbor of mine said she thought I could pay my mother a salary for helping
around the house, and build credit towards social security benefits for her. If this true?
ANSWER: No, work performed as an employee by a parent for her son or daughter, or any
work by a child under 21 for his parent, by a husband for his wife, or by a wife for her hus
band, Is not covered by the social security law.
Citizens of Jonesboro
Vote Expansion Bonds
Jonesboro citizens have
approved a $250,000 general
obligation sewer bond issue
that will raise their taxes
3.5 mills.
Mayor Hugh Dickson said
254 persons voted in favor
of the bond issue and 168
voted against it. Jonesboro
has about 900 registered
voters.
Mayor Dickson said the
$250,000 from the bond issue
will be matched with an
other $250,000 gained from
selling revenue certificates.
He said this money will be
used to install more than
double the present amount
of sewer lines and will fur
nish sewerage service to 95
per cent of Jonesboro’s citi- । J
Spend less, enjoy it more.
THE CASE OF THE WORN-OUT SHOES
(and frazzled nerves)
iw
The man in these shoes cut a fine figure . . . once! By the
time he had trudged many a weary step seeking relaxation, fun
and recreation in some far-away vacation "paradise/ 7 he looked
as bedraggled as his shoes. His nerves were frazzled; his feet hurt,
his vacation budget was overspent and he still hadn't found his
"paradise."
Why leave your home state to make good in your vacation
excursions! Looking for values . . . variety . . . exciting places?
Right here, in Georgia . . . you'll find fair prices ... the same ex
citement, beautiful scenery, modern accommodations you seek in
any vacation area anywhere! In your own Georgia there are no
parking problems ... no long distances to travel. Save money
time ... and shoe leather . . . vacation in your own Georgia this
year... and return home rested, relaxed and with money in your
zens.
He said sewer outfall lines
will be installed this year
and the homes attached to
lines early next year.
Mayor Dickson said all
Jonesboro citizens will have
a $3 hike in sewerage bills to
pay for the revenue certifi
cates.
The Saturday bond issue
was the first in many years
in Jonesboro. Mayor Dickson
said the town had no bonded
indebtedness prior to the
bond issue and had the low
est tax rate of any town in
the country.
The tax was set at 10 mills
until Saturday when it was
raised to 13.5 mills.
Junior Lifeguard
Training Begins
An intensive training course
for junior lifeguards will begin
Monday, Aug. 9. Miss Ruth Ann
Long, lifeguard, will train ad
vanced swimmers 11 and older
to serve as junior lifeguards.
Classes will be given at the
Jonesboro Optimist Club swim
ming pool on Smith St.
For additional Information
call 478-9174 during the af
ternoon.
WARREN DIXON
VICE PRESIDENT
JONESBORO OPTIMIST CLUB