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20 THE OSHAWA TIMES, Saturday, June 3, 1961 HEADGEAR HASSLE IN VICTORIA Council, Police War Over Style VICTORIA (CP) -- City coun- cil has revived the idea of get- ting Victoria policemen back into British - style bobby hel- mets. It appears to have about as much chance of success as it would have fitting patrolmen ivto size-five dancing pumps. One of the first acts of the po- licemen's union when it was formed in 1947 was to get a clause in its contract that any change of uniform must be ap- proved by the men. The bobby helmets were the chief reason for that clause This, however, does not deter the city fathers from renewing their efforts every so often to make the local constabulary more like their British counter- parts. Victoria's reputation as a "lit- tle bit of olde England" is the magnet that attracts thousands of tourists here each summer. All efforts to enhance this im- age are seriously considered by civic authoriites. But police draw the line at headgear, pre- ferring the flat - topped, peaked hats familiar in most Canadian cities. NOT GIVING UP Commissioner William Hamil ton notes that motorcycle police wear safety helmets and con- cedes that the high bobby hel- mets would be impractical for constables in patrol cars But there were a few men in the tourist areas of the city who could wear bobby hats and the commissioner planned to dis- cuss the possibility with the un- ion. "They make us look ' like damn fools," said one large con- stable with a short temper. When police won their battle to get rid of the helmets 14 years ago, it was with the pro- vision that two officers patrol- ling the downtown section retain them. Two years later the un- ion managed to have this provi- sion eliminated The issue came up again re- cently when Alderman Geoffrey Edgelow said in council police] should be made to wear the hats and if they didn't like it "they don't have to be policemen." Police chief John Blackstock said "I personally prefer the helmets but the men don't like them much." OPPOSED TO CHANGE Mayor Percy Scurrah sug- gested that perhaps if the chief asked the men in a "friendly way"' they would see the coun- cil's point of view The following day a man for the policeman's replied "We will not tolerate any change of uniform. It is clearly set out in the union contract that any change must be approved by us. The men don't like being a showpiece for tourists. The hats are easily knocked off in a scuffle and the men feel they are made a laughing stock by local citizens. They don't feel they get any respect through wearing them." The police got some support from a citizen who wrote to council suggesting that if it was so anxious for tourists, its mem- bers should dress in traditional English style with tricorn hats and fur-trimmed robes of office and let the tourists take photos of them If the aldermen don't like it, he said, "well they don't have to be city aldermen." spokes- union TIDAL AREA Tide effects in the St. Law- rence River are seen as far up- river as Trois Rivieres, more than 700 miles from the sea Cholesterol Cut By New Hormone By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Topics this week: Hor- mones and hearts, a diag- nostic test in burns and dan- gers from human bites. HORMONE PROTECTION? A new synthetic ma= sex hormone apparently can re- duce the amount of cholesterol and other fats circulating in the blood, a physician reports Whether this actually reduces the risk of having a heart at- tack is not yet proven But it provides an interest ing possible new approach to- ward preventing heart at- tacks, says Dr. Donald Berko- witz of Philadelphia The synthetic hormone, oxy- metholone, is only half as masculinizing as the natural male sex hormone. Dr. Berko- witz wondered whether it | might protect men against bload fats and artery clogging much as the female sex hor- mone is believed to do for women. The hunch appears correct, he says, and maybe this or other hormones can point the way toward greater Rrotection BURN TEST The five-year-old girl was badly burned, with burns covering half her body. Doc- tors used a standard test--in- jecting a blue dye--to deter- mine how much blood she had lost. But the test also told them something new--which areas of skin were so badly burned that they would not re- cover later, and so had to be covered with skin grafts The Rlue color spread to body areas which had not lost all skin covering. The finding is expected to prove valuable in caring for burn victims, says Dr. Dicran Goulian Jr. of New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Centre. MAN BITES MAN Man's bite can be more dan- gerous than a dog's For human bites are likely to cause serious infections particularly on the face, and particularly if neglected, re- port two University of Illinois medical school physicians Adolescents and young adults are likely to use their teeth when involved in brawls Such bites need quick atten- tion to prevent or control in- fection, and plastic repairs if necessary, said Drs. John W. Curtin and Paul Greeley. SHAKING PALSY The medical outlook is im | proving steadily for patients with shaking palsy, or Parkin son's Disease. 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