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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-31

QUESTIONS: Arnold Troy, Of harrington. r. L.,
writes, ~ have JUST been through more than six
weeks Of The nrOSf miserable torture Of my life
from peniciiiin poisoning. wonder whether YOU
could prinf an article about This problem and
also mention all fhe other commonly used anti
bioncs in relation 10 their bad side effects
The american Medical Association suggested
thar We take Mr.. Troy's question 10 Dr. Lang.
Here is his reply:
ANSWER: Many things that are useful to
man may, under certain circumstances, be
very dangerous. This is true in medicine
because drugs which help many people may
turn out to be poisonous to others. The anti
biotics are among such drugs. While they have
been life-saving TO hundreds of thousands, they
may kill or make life miserable for some of u.s.
Last year the US. produced over million
and half pounds Of antibiotcs. Practically
everyone knows someone whose life has been
saved by them. Lobar pneumonia, once called
a Captain of Death, killed about third of its
victims 30 years ago. Today doctors no longer
consider il a dangerous disease. Some forms
of meningitis. which formerly killed from 40
TO 100 per cent of their victims, now have
death rates of less than 10 per cent. Some types
Of this disease, in fact hardly ever occur now
tuberculosis, for which the only treatment
up to 10 years ago was rest is now being cured
much more rapidly by combination of rest,
antibiotics and certain other drugs. Infectious
diseases produced by bacteria are generally on
the retreat all over the world.
Uncounted numbers of lives are being saved
by the proper administration of antibioticS,
but unfortunately thousands Of individuals
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-31
BY PERRIN n. LONG ND.

Dr.. Long, Chairman.
Department Of Medicine,
State University Of New York
DOwnsiafP Medical Center
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who are given these substances are made quite
sick. Some are even dying from reactions 10
antbiotics. because antibiotics may not be
harmless for certain people for whom they are
prescribed.
How does this come about? Well, several
things may happen. Let US take the example
of penicillin. In the first report on the use of
antiboticS in our country over three per cent
OF the patients receiving penicillin developed
fever, rashes, hives In some patients these
signs we're accompanied by painful swollen
joints. These we're what doctors call reactions
of SensitIvity." In other words, these patients
reacted badly, because their tissues were sen
sitlve' TO penlCillin.
As time passed, and more and more people
received penicillin, the percentage of these
reactions increased. More severe, and even
fatal, types Of reactions TO the penicilIins have
appeared. Competent authorities estimate that
between 200 and 800 people will die in the
United States this year from what are called
anaphyldcfOid reactions TO the penicillins
These reactions occur in people who have be-
come sensitized to penicllin, and occur with
in few minutes after the injection or swal-
lowing of penicillin.
Serious Reactions
Other antlbloticS also have their perils Strep-
tomycln has produced uncomfortable dizz-
ness, permanent deafness, fever and skin
rashes, in number Of people. The tetracyc-
line group of antibiotics. while rarely produc-
ing reactions of senstivity. do produce nausea,
vomiting and diarrhea in certain patients
Also, by killing off the bacteria which are nor
mally present in the bowel, they may permit
the overgrowth of other disease producing
microorganlsms, thus unfortunately produc-
ing another disease in the patient
Chloramphenicol is charged with causing
disturbances of the blood in few patients
Bacitracin has caused kidney damage in GER
tain individuals. Eruhromycin has been re-
sponsible for skin rasheS and currently about
10 per cent of - Continued on ne2f pare
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-31
AntibiOtiCS:
Handle With Care!
C-a'9e NcNen

An eminent physician sounds including
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-31

THIS WEEK Moeo zine IMorsh 81. 1857
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-01
ACC Club SIotes
Award to Duke
At Fete Saturday

Coach Bill Murray Of Duke
win receive d trophy in recogni-
ton OF the Blue Devils selec-
ton as the outstanding football
team In the Atlantic Coast Con-
ference at the ACC clubs
awards dinner at 8 pm. Satur-
day at the willard Hotel.
Previously announced rs re-
cipients Of trophies were Earle
Edwards Of North Carolina
State. coach Of the year in the
ACC: Dick Christy Of NC State,
back Of the year. and End I'd
Cooke Of Maryland. lineman Of
the year.
Coach Jim Tatum Of North
Carolina and Or. Shane Mac
Carthy. chairman Of President
Eisenhower's Council on Youth
Fitness. will be speakers. Nor
RE Siegel win be POSTMASTER.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-01
Red Wings Defect
Rangers, 81, us
Kelly Leeds Way

NEW YORK, Nov. 80 H9.--
Red Kelly. an all-star defense
man playing a forward posi-
ton TO add strength to q sagging
offense. scored twice today and
led the DETROIT Red Wings to
q 81 National Hockey League
victory over the New York
Rangers.
Kelly's FIRST goal tied the
score after the Rangers took
an early lead. His second clinch-
ed matters while the New York
ers were pressing the attack
late in the third period.
Gordie Howe produced the
winning marker when with the
score lei. he fiicked the disc
past Goalie Marcel Paille after
40 seconds of the final session,
The spirited game. televised
nationally. was witnessed by
l0.0l2 spectators In Madison
Square Garden.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-01
Gu in Opener
OF Muson-D Dixon 5
Basketball Season

Catholic University and 10y.
ola Of Baltimore meet Tuesday
night at Loyola TO open the
Mason ; Dixon Conferences
basketball season. Game time
Is $50.
The Cardinals, 1913 last year,
again will be coached by Meiggs
Reilly. The 0reyhounds. lT-0.
viii be handled fer the 20th
year by Emil Lefty Reitx.
dean Of conference basketball
coaches.
Mount st. Mary's. coached by
Jim Phelan. had q 27-5 record
last year and paced by Jack
Sullivan. former st. Anthony
High School star. went on 10
the conference title.
Phelan has nine lettermen
returning. including four start
ers from last year and the
Mounts again figure to be
tough to handle. Another team
expected to be in the race Il
American u. coached BY Dave
Carrasco and headed by Dick
Wells. e-foot-4 former Spin
gnrn High star.
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M Club Will Honor Sievers
AS Leading Athlete Of Year

Roy Sievers. the Senators
slugger who led the American
League In home runs and runs
hatted in this year. will be hon.
ored as athlete Of the year'1by
the IN" Club at It's annual
banquet December IA at the
Statler Hotel.
Sievers. who also led the
league IN total bases, has been
collecting trophies consistently
on the banquet circuit since
the close Of the season but che
M Club. composed Of Univer-
sity Of Maryland monogram
winners. selected him for It's
citation many weeks ago.
Sievers viii be one Of many
sports celebrities at the dinner,
being held in Washington for
the FIRST time.
Charley Keller. New York
Yankees coach and a former
slugging outfiielder with that
club: Jake slagie, former
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-01
Towel Gets Decision
Over Mexican Boxer

JOHANNESBURG. Nov. 80
Willie Towel. British En-
pire lightweight champion. out
pointed Al Nevares Of Mexico in
a l0-round nontitle bout to-
night.
Nevares scored the only
knockdown. dropping Towel to
his knees just before the final
bell. Towel. partially of bal
ance as he took the blow, was
up without q count.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-01
AIexondrio's Boys Club
Inkes Three Games

Alexandria Boys Club teams
yesterday won three games for
the first time In five years OF
competing in the Boys Club Of
Greater Washington Football
Conference.
The scores were 1870 over
Mclean in the i00-pound,
i4-l2 over Jelleff Branch in
the 1iS-pound class and $50
over Mclean In the l35-pound
class.
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Two Games on Top
In Soccer League .

Prince Georges plays British
Lions at Prince Georges and
Andrews Air Force Base meets
Washington Sports Club at
Andrews in National Soccer
League games today. both at
2::30 pm.
The Central Valet knights
of Columbus team will play the
olympians at 2:30 pm. at
Clifton Park Field, Baltimore,
in the second round OF the
amateur cup competition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-01

Princeton All-American quar-
terback, and Theodore Straus,
i40-pound halfback and la
crosse star at John Hopkins Ia
the le90's. wiz be indicted in
the Maryland, Sports Han of
Fame. At the same time the
late DR.. M. Morris Mickey
Whitehurst. who played at
North Carolina State, win be
enrolled in the Hail Of Fame
John w. Miller, president Of
Rosecroft Raceway. and Her
bert H. Goodman, longtime
Maryland booster, win receive
honorary Ms.
One Of the hiehlights will.
be the presentation Of the Bill
Guckeyson Memorial trophy,
offered for the first time this
year. to the Maryland under
graduate excelling in athletics,
scholarship and leadership. The
recipient win not be named
until he receives the award.
Tickets for the dinner, now
nearly . sellout, may be OBJ
tanned by calling Bob Boucher
at Sterling 3-7722.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-01

the Army. returning to hit 2Ss
with Evansville. Ind. in 1854
He hatted .243 with Jackson
vile in 1855 and .264 with Aus
tin. Tex. the following year
With Wichita this year he &C.
cumultaed rs doubles. Z triples
8 home runs and 81 runs batteC
in.
A spray hitter, Malkmus 4
liked primarily for his stead,
fielding. The Senators suffered
at second base last season. xitl
Milt Boiling. Herb Plews. Jerr,
Snyder and Runnels regarded
as inadequate for the job b.
Lavagetto.
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dorsey Says Baseball
is Heodedfor Regulation

and waiver abuses. correct your
bonus player situation. ask
Congress to legislate not 70
broadcast ir minor league ter
ritory and show Congress that
you mean TO again erase from
Judge Lands sformer commits
sioner) did, such words Is 'un-
der the table deals and actions
baseball vocahularies. such a
punshing honest teams.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-01

C. Leo Deorsey. member Of
the Senator's board Of direc-
tors, yesterday predicted base
ball is headed toward antitrust
regulation and said the sport
Is gravely In need Of leadership
Dorsey declared baseball
has q lot ct stake" in the ma
jor-minor league meetings al
Colorado Springs this week and
forecast that Congress will ap-
ply antitrust laws to baseball
THE extent 1t does this will be
measured In some degree BY
what baseball really does
Dorsey said.
Commenting on the shift Of
Dodger and Giant franchises
into Pacific Coast League ter
ritory. Dorsey said. This TAX
! ing over the sovereign powers oi
eminent domain by club owners
and their utter disregard for the
lay Of the land will not set well
with the legislators
Dorsey said Warren Giles
president of the National
League, had testified to what
he called under the table deal
ings" with the salaries Of minoi
league players. And he said
club owner and 4 general man.
ager had been quoted as sayinl
there had been similar deals In
awarding bonuses to PROMISING
youngsters.
"Ff there are under-the-tablt
dealings. Commissioner Fore
Prick should do something
about It," DeOrsey said. Il sa,
to the baseball men-get lead
ership. and II you think yol
already have 1t. arouse YOU
leadership. correct your draf
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-01

Dan Shannon Of Boiling Air
Force Base. former Notre Dame
end. viii be guest speaker to-
morrow night at q combined
awards night for st. Camillus.
St. John the Baptist and st.
Jerome's athletic teams. The
activities win be held at st.
Camillus in Silver Spring. start
Ing at 7:30 O'Clock.
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Senators Likely to Droft
| halkmus; Dsois Sought


enthrall Manager Cookie Lava
getto.
,centerneld. where Karl Oh
son, Whitley Herzog. Bob Usher
and Faye Throneherry played
with no great skin. represents
another problem. So does right
Geld, where the shoddy fielding
Of Jim Lemon and Schult hurt
the club.
SO Grifiith Is prepared to
tRede swarm Of players. In
Gliding Lemon. Ed Yost. Run
nels, Thrcneherry. Usher.
Schult, Becauer. Catchers Clint
Courtney and Ed FitzGerald
and almost his entire pitching
staff, including Camilo Pascual
and Pedro Ramos. II he can
swap on q reasonable basis.
Accompanying 0rifiith to the
meeting are Lavagetto. Vice
President Joe Haynes. Farm
Director Sherry Rob ertson.
Scout Joe Fitzgerald and Pub
LEFTY Director Herb Heft. H.
Gabriel Murphy. 10 per cent
stakeholder but not . member
of the ofiicial family. also viii
be here. 4aS
Important Session
The possible scrapping of the
controversial bonus rule, pro-
posals to change the player
draft and other important leg
islation promise to make the
convention the most momen-
tous Of recent years.
The St. Louis Cardinals. Chi
cago White Sox and Detroit
Tigers are leading an effort To
scrap the bonus rule. with nc
alternative to regulate the bid
ding for free agent talent
Basically the present bonus
rule provides that any young
ster who Is given more than
$4,000 to sign must be retained
by Q major league club for two
years.
A strongly supported pro-
posal for an unrestricted draft
Of four-year players. sponsored
by the nine-man major-mincI
league executive committee
headed by Commissioner Ford
Prick. also viii be presented. II
provides that all players re-
served by clubs Of IA classified
tons and up would be UP FOR
unrestricted selection II they
, had four years Of service In or
ganized baseball.
Opposing that and plans u
eliminate the bonus rule Il
George Weiss, general manager
Of the Yankees. who said. III
these proposals are approved
any club would be crazy II Il
attempted to maintain q b.l
organization. such as We sup
port now"
The Senators trimmed theti
major roster to So players. fouI
below the limit. by releasing
Pitcher Joe Black yesterday
The former Brooklyn standoui
tried q comeback with Wash.
ington last season but contin.
ued TO be hampered by q sort
arm. He recently reported 4
his bosses that the arm hadnr
improved on o transforming
trip this fan.
Malkmus. the Senators likel,
choice Monday. lives at Hill
side, N. j. He was an all-Statl
selection while playing with
South Side High School II
Newark and was signed BY thu
Braves after graduation. SEN
to Bluefield Of the Appalachian
League in 1851. he batted .273.
Malkmus spent two years II
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-01
Motorcycles in Action

A motorcycle scramble. ,
sponsored by the Arlington
Round Runners Club. will be
held at ! pm. today on the
drag strip adjoining Old Do
minion Speedway.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-01
Title Bout Postponed

BUENOS AIRES. Nov. 30 (Rl.
The world flyweight title bout
between Champion Pascual Pc
rez Of Argentina and Challen-
ger Young Martin Of Spain,
scheduled for tonight. was post
ppned q week because Of rain,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-01
NEW srFp.vAM BoDIEsI

Three all-new Stephan models
are ready to cut costs and save
work in door-to-door delivery
service! New walk-in bodies e,
10 and IL feet long) take on
king-sized cargoes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-01
NEW MIpplEWueHI MopELs

Viking Series so and so cab
and-chassis models meet more
needs than ever before! With a
72-inch cab-to-axle dimension,
they are ideal for 9-foot dump
bodies or long 3s-foot tralers!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-01
SAFER SEEING WITH Z ueHTa

Handsome new dual headlamps
put more light where its most
needed for better, safer seeing
at night. And they complement
Chevrolet's new, broad-shoul-
dered front-end styling.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-01
DIG NEWS IN EvERY ENGINE

You get more work-whippine
power. new economy and de-
pendability features in the
Task-Force So engine line. from
the new l45-h.p. Thriftmaster
8 in Series 80 and 40 to the big
new VS's in heavyweiehtsl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-01
NEW TAsK-FoRcr sTYlIMel

They're the best-lookine Chew
rolet trucks ever with q bold
new broad-shouIdered appear
ance. You see new style in the
bright new grille, sleek new
hood and fender contours, new
colors, and new interiors;
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-01
NEW DRIVER CONVENIENCE

NEW DkIVkk CONVENIENCE
'SS Chevy cabs are designed
with the driver in mind! Con-
trolls are convenient to reach,
the accelerator pedal is newly
positioned to add to driving ease,
and a new 20 wheel cuts steer
ing effort in heavyweights.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-01

A REVOLUTION IN w DESIGN
A new kind of heavy-duty truck
engine from Chevrolet It's the
230-h.p. Workmaster V6 with
revolutionary Wedge-Head de-
sign for extra pulling power at
lowest cost. Featured in Series
80 and 100 heavyweightsl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-01
sURE-FoorFp +wHEEI DRIVE

SUNt-TVVITV r-WHtkt UNEVu
New Chevrolet 4-wheel drive
models will 60 anywhere of the
road = through mud, flooded
areas. and up towering grades!
With twice the traction of a
2-wheel drive truck, you'll haul
where you never could before!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-12-01

An IMPROVED PowFRMAnu
Chewolet's great Powermatic-
optional at extra cost in Series so
through l00-is more efficient
than ever with an additional
drive range, 3-S. This new range
means even better performance
and economy in traffic.
Evening star., 1957-04-12

Goldfarb, has been that the ma
terial used for desensitizatior
has been a mixture of chemicals
Of unknown composition. 1t is
known only that they produce
the symptoms of hay fever in q
mild form.
Differs From Year to Year
Chemical analyses at the Chi
cago medical school, he reported,
show that the material is bound
up with an inert carrier and that
its concentration differs from
years to year and probably from
one place to another. This may
explain, he pointed out, why
certain patients get relief from
hay fever shots one year but get
no benefit from the same dosage
another year.
Isolation and publication O;
the allergy causing material in
cottonseed meal was announced
by DR.. Joseph r. Spies of the
allergy section of the Depart
ment of Agriculture in Washing
ton. This is similar in its
chemical structure, he said, to
the allergens in castor beans and
other oil seeds and nuts.
All allergens. he said. belong
Evening star., 1957-04-12

rat for depression Of locomotor
activity and conditioned avoid
ance responses and In the
monkey for their tanning effects
The most potent of the COM
pounds tested is now under
going extensive clinical tests.
Ragweed Ingredient Isolated
Isolation from ragweed pollen
Iof the substance that may be
responsible for hay fever, from
which thousands suffer every
year. was announced before the
society here today.
DR.. A. r. Goldfarb Of the Uni
versity of Chicago Medical School
told the chemists that he and his
associates had obtained a pure
ingredient from this pollen,
which provoked positive skin re-
actions and aSthmatic attacks in
susceptible persons.
The standard treatment up to
now has been a series of injec-
Itions. The first shots" usually
are given about eight weeks
before the start of the hay fever
season and the dose is gradually
increased as the season ap-
proaches.
The main difficulty, said DR..
Evening star., 1957-04-12

to the chemical family Of pro.
teins, and previous work hal
shown that when these protein,
break down into simpler chem.
ical compounds they gradually
lose their allergic properties
The human body. he said, con-
tains many substances known as
engines which are capable oi
splitting proteins. These en-
zymes, which precipitate chem
ical reactions without entering
into them. may be the body's
first line of defense.
The amateur photographers
dream of an effective, single
solution process for quickly de-
veloping and fixing films is nea,
realization. DR.. Harry S. Keelan
of Boston University reported tc
the society.
The new process. he said. also
will enable commercial firms to
process their films in a tenth OF
the time now required.
Process Speeded Up
AS a result of this process, the
chemist reported, news reels fol
transmission or television car
Evening star., 1957-04-12

easily be processed in 30 seconds
in a single handling.
Clothing made of sugar cane
now is practical, it was reported
by DR.. Adre H. Locus Of Cleve-
land, who has carried out ex-
Iperiments in cooperation with
the Department OF Agriculture's
northern research laboratory.
Ways have been developed to
make rayon from bagasse. the
f1brous waste left after sugar is
pressed from sugar cane.
At present about 80 per cent
of rayon is made from wood
pulp. In many countries, DR..
Locus said. the high cost Of wood
pulp and the increasing demand
for rayon have made necessary
Evening star., 1957-04-12

chemical compounds differing
slightly from each other in
molecular structure. These were
then tested on rats, mice, mon
keys and dogs.
The drugs" said Miss Sher-
lock, were administered by in
lection into the abdominal cavity
and observations were made with
a minimum of these animals at
each dose level. Drugs found to
possess depressant activity in
the mouse following doses of one
millionth of the animals weight
were further evaluated in the
Evening star., 1957-04-12

Sherlock of the Schering Corp.
of Bloomfield. N. j. This indi-
Gates that the material may
prove useful in combating mo-
ton sickness as well as in treat
ment of psychiatric disorders.
The drug was described as a
central nervous system depres-
SAINT. 1t is a synthetic product.
closely related to chloroproma-
zine. The basic starting mate
rials are ammonia and various
coal tar products.
Compounds Prepared
The Schering team Of chem
lists prepared a large number Of
Evening star., 1957-04-12
Duty Coll Is FoIse

CATLETTSBURG. KY. R.-
Volunteer fireman Ross Kirk
missed the fire truck as it whizzed
away to answer an alarm. Nom
plussed, Kirk caught a ride on a
city bus. but he needn't have
bothered. 1t was a false alarm.
Evening star., 1957-04-12
New TronquiIizing Drug
Is Reported by Chemists
BY THOMAS r. HENRY
Star Stan Correspondent

MIAMI April IA tranqulizing drug described as
to 10 times active than the widely
promazne was reported to the American Chemical Society
meeting here today
The new compound surpasses choropromazne to
greaten extent antemetic drug, said
Evening star., 1957-04-12

the finding of a cheap substitute.
Bagasse appears to be one of the
most promising.
Milford chronicle., 1957-03-01

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