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ee She Oshawa Times Published by Canadian Newspapers Limited 86 King St. E., Oshawa, Ontario T. L. Wilson, Publisher TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1964 -- PAGE 6 Health Free-Loaders Make Curbs Necessary 'The Royal Commission on Health Services recommended a broad na- tional health program for Canada, but it made a point of urging that patients be required to pay a small fee for medical attention. The fee would help to curb' medical free- loaders. This recommendations has been endorséd by most agencies which have studied other nations' experiences with national health plans. National programs are ex- pensive, and Canada cannot afford to ignore the experiences of others, and profit from them. Family doctors in Britain have just told their government that "free" treatment under the Na- tional Health Service is now re- sulting in so many "unnecessary or frivolous calls on their time" that many general practitioners are not able to provide their pa- tients with a proper standard of medical care, The doctors, through the British Medical Association, are asking the government to re- lieve the "desperate situation" by charging a direct fee for a house or office call, With a government- operated medical insurance pro- gram under consideration in Ca- nada, Britain's experience should be of great significance here. Doctors in the United Kingdom are paid by the state according to the number of patients on _ their list, and the service is financed from taxes. The Briton who calls in his doctor or who goes to his doctor's surgery need pay no fee except one shilling (15 cents) for a medical certificate. The only other charge is two shillings paid to the pharmacist for each pres- cription. : In pressing the government to end "free" treatment, the doctors are not seeking to improve their own incomes. They suggest that the fee should be small enough to be no burden on the poor or elderly, and that it be remitted by the doctors to the government. The revenues, they suggest, could be used to reduce taxation, or to abolish the prescription, charge. Their aim is to discourage the medical free-loaders, reduce over- crowding in consulting rooms and help doctors find the time to pro- perly treat the genuinely ill. There is another factor contri- buting to the "desperate situa- tion." Many doctors, particularly the younger men, are dissatisfied with working conditions in the U.K. and are emigrated to the U.S. and Canada. As a result there is now a growing population and a declining number of doctors, and the chairman of the medical association's governing council states that there is no hope of in- creasing the number of doctors for at least ten years. Reduce Butter Surplus More by good luck than anything else, the butter business is coming under some sort of control. In some quarters, hope is being expressed that the taxpayer may soon be out of that expensive business, but that may be too much to expect. The butter subsidy program has cost. the public about a million dollars a week for the last half- dozen years, ever since an increased subsidy encouraged dairy farmers in many parts of the country to boost butter-fat production far beyond the demands of the market. Ontario, it might be noted, has con- tributed little if anything to the surplus, since production and con- consumption have been pretty well balanced in this province. But Que- bec and Manitoba farmers have pro- duced much more than their mar- kets could absorb. Bad weather elsewhere has once again come to Canada's rescue. After a hard winter and late spring, which cut domestic produc- tion, Britain has had to increase butter imports. Britain's traditional suppliers -- New Zealand, Australia and Denmark -- could not meet the demand and for the first time in some years Britain had to come to North America. As a result, Ottawa has had a chance to unload 80 million pounds of butter that is three years old, or more, at a loss of "only" 36 cents a pound. In ad- diction, some 45 million pounds of butter oil, made from butter stored too long to be edible, is expected to find markets before the end of the year. Canadians. consume about 300 million pounds of butter a year, and production now stands at about that figure. But the con- sumer is being bribed with his own money to eat butter; the govern- ment still pays more for the butter than the consumer does, simply because the government pays what it calls a "consumer subsidy". All of the government's money, of course, comes from the consumer originally. Anyway, the consumer subsidy has been reduced by one cent, and we should probably be thankful for small mercies -- and tiny steps in the right direction. Bureaucracy Expands Opposition Leader John Diefen- baker, had a good point. when he charged Mr. Pearson's government with sponsoring a "multiplicity of bureaucracy" in the administration of the country, the Hamilton Spec- tator suggests. The basis for Mr. Diefenbaker's charge was the fact that the federal civil service has increased its strength by some eighteen thousand members since May, 1964. "This is especially surprising since many permanent civil servants The Oshawa Times T. L. WILSON, Publisher C. 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SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carriers in Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax, Pickering, Bowmanville, Brooklin, Port Perry, Prince Albert, Maple Grove, Hampton, Frenchman's Bay, Liverpool, Taunton, Tyrone, Dunbarton, Enniskillen, Orono, Leskord, Broughom, Burketon, Claremont, Columbus, Greenwood, Kinsale, Raglan, Blackstock, Manchester, Pontypool ond Newcastle not over 45c per week. By mail in Province of Ontario) outside carriers delivery areas 12,00 per year, Other Provinces ond Commonwealth Countries 15.00, USA. and forsign 24.00, in Hamilton are being placed on what is known as an "official re- lease list" as the result of the cut- back in defence, yet among the 18,201 employees added to the gov- ernment payroll, 2,181 of them were added to the national department," the Spectator says. "In this regard Mr. Diefenbaker can stand firmly on his record. Ac- cording to Canada Year Book, be- tween 1960 and 1961 the number of civil servants in the country in- creased by 1,060 and between 1961 and 1962 by 759. Such a growth seems modest enough. "However, the increase in the number of civil servants during Mr. Pearson's sixteen months in office, stacked up against the much- vaunted -réeduction in the defence department, doesn't seem to make sense." Bible Thought "There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail, thee, nor forsake thee." Joshua 1:5. The power of faith in the God who lives and loves sweeps away all opposition on the way to victor- ious living. "I am with you." 'EVERY POLICEMAN NEEDS HANDCUFFS' REPORT FROM U.K. Hovercraft Shows Paces On Channel By M. McINTYRE HOOD Special London (Eng.) Correspondent For the Oshawa Times LONDON--<After. five years of experimental. runs and develop- ment, the Hovercraft has dem- onstrated its potentialities as a commercial passenger craft. Handed over tothe Inter- Services Hovercraft Trials Unit, the SRN 3, the largest Hover- craft yet to be produced, has for the first time made an open-sea crossing and proved its merits. Weighing 35 tons and 77 feet long, the SRN made a highly successful crossing from the Solent to Cherbourg, France, and back again and gave a flawless perfromance. On board the Hovercraft for the test crossing were high offi- cials of the Admiralty and offi- cers of the Royal Navy, who are charged with assessing the value of the Hovercraft for mili- tary purposes. ve In appearance, this latest model of the Hovercraft re- sembles an enclosed houseboat, with two airscrews mounted on pylons above the canopy, and at the stern end, three large fins. IDEAL CONDITIONS Cross-channel. conditions were ideal for the test runs, There was a smooth sea with a light south-westerly breeze when the power from the four Bristol- Siddeley Gnome engines, after lifting the craft on a cushion of air, some four and a half feet above the tarmac, took her al- most imperceptibly out to sea. The driver, who is also the commanding officer of the trials unit, sat in a cupola , raised above the bow. Immediately be- low him sat the engineer, who, in addition to controlling the main engines, also operates two Rover gas turbines, to provide hydraulic and electric power, A navigator, an RAF flight lieu- tenannt, a communications rating and a radio operator, made up the rest of the crew of six. f All on board were well pleased with the performance of the TODAY IN HISTORY By THE CANADIAN PRESS Aug. 11, 1964... . The Soviet Union sent its third announced astronaut, Maj. A. G. Nikolayev, into orbit around the earth two years ago today--in 1962. The next day, Russia launched Lt. - Col. Pavel Popovich into orbit, and for many hours the "space twins" kept in constant touch with each other by radio and visual communi- cation. 1934--Rear Admiral Rich- ard E. Byrd was rescued from an Antarctic weather Station after four months isolation, 1884--The boundary he- - tween Ontario and Manitoba was settled. PARAGRAPHICAL WISDOM Another case of rank dis- crimination: Allowing men to wear topless swim suits at beach resorts, and arresting women for doing the same thing. Many a person never pays any attention to the handwriting on the wall until his back is against it. SRN 3, which is designed for cross-channel passenger opera- tions as well as for naval and military purposes. While this first trip was purely a naval operation, army officers are slso being trained in operating the craft. Only a slight bumping motion was perceptible, and- the little spray tossed up by the craft was left well astern as the. vessel made its outward journey to France, On this trip it reached YOUR HEALTH a speed of 50 knots an hour. In a little less than two hours after leaving Lee-on-Solent, it came straight up on to the beach at Quertville; some four miles from Cherbourg. For the return journey, the Hovercraft rode down the beach into the water, and made the crossing back to England at nearly 70 miles an hour. Some thick weather was encountered halfway across the channel,: but this speed was maintained, this being made possible because a radar watch was maintained throughout the whole trip, both journeys, the SRN 3 haved perfectly, and gave a fine demonstration of its capabilities, Another Hovercraft, a West- land seven-ton, 60-miles-an-hour SRN 5, is now regularly in ser- vice' commercially, providing a pid service from Southsea to e. Excess Of Sugar Shown By Kidneys By. JOSEPH G. MOLNER, MD. Dear Dr. Molner: My son is 22 and when he went for his army physical, they found sugar in the urine. W2 had a blood sugar test made and the doctor said he had rena) dia- betes, and tiierc wasn't any- thing that could be done except diet. Could a kidney specialist do anything?--MRS. L W. Relax, You are too much up- set over something that doesn't warrant it. For that matter, Suppose your son had real dia- betes? It's not '"'good" but it isn't tragic, either. Even with diabetes mellitus, peop!e now live useful and happy lives. Thiryt or 40 years ago, no. But now, yes. But you aren't even con- fronted with a real case of dia- betes. Perhaps no diabetes at all. But I'll explain. With diabetes, the body can- not make use of the sugar in the diet. Instead of being used, the sugar first accumulates in too large concentrations in the blood. After that the excess sugar begins to "spill over" into the kidneys, and is ex- creted through the urine. Hence a urine test is the first (and simplest) test for diabetes. Your son ha$ been found to have what you call renal dia- betes, but a much better term is renal glycosuria. (Glycosuria means "sugar in the urine." This does not necessarily mean too much sugar in. the blood. What happens is that the blood sugar "'spills over" at a lower blood level. In short, the blood sugar can be at a safe and nor- mal level, but because of the "spilling," the sugar in the urine can be higher than usual. This 'situation is a peculiarity rather than a disease, Thus with renal glycosuria, the urine always shows too much sugar and the immediate thought is, "This must be dia- betes."" But when further tests are made, it turns out that it isn't diabetes; it is that rarer condition, renal glycosuria. A sugar tolerance test dis- tinguishes between the two. This test is better than either a simple blood sugar test or the simple. urinalysis, There is no treatment for renal glycosuria. It is not a kidney disease. Most people with real renal glycosuria do not develop dia- betes. A few do. Yherefore, there are two things which a person with renal glycosuria should do: 1--Realize that it is not dia- betes mellitus. 2--Realize, also, that in a few cases diabetes may develop anyway but is unrelated to the renal glycosuria, Diabetes is a very common ailment. It oc- curs in three to five per cent of the population, 3--Play safe, and have the Sugar tolerance test repeated at intervals--every few years-- to make sure that real diabetes isn't developing, yet masked by renal glycosuria, Dear Dr. Molner: I am 27 and in six years have had four miscarriages. I also have thy- roid trouble and am very. much overweight. Can you explain why I keep having these mis- carriages and what I can do to prevent them?--O L. There are many causes of miscarriages. Both correction of obesity and thyroid trouble are important approaches to the problem. But in view of your weight, I think you shoyld have a thorough check for dia- betes, including a sugar toler- ance test. Unrecognized dia- betes is often a factor in mis- carriages, Other possible causes can be considered by your doctor. In some instances there is no rn but many times there s. Dear Dr. Molner: I have the terrible habit of chewing coffee grounds. Is this harmful? I have been told it will dry up my blood. Td call jt a quirk of appetite rather than a "terrible habit." I see no harm in it and it cer- tainly won't "dry up your blood." OTTAWA REPORT Big Show Planned By Prince Albert By PATRICK NICHULSON ties ana OTTAWA--Among the spate of distinguished anniversaries now being planned across Can- ada, the city of Prince Albert, Sask., is to celebrate its 100th birthday in 1966, % Bert Cowan, the popular gen- eral manager of The Daily Her- ald in that city, always plunges deeply into community activi- " BY-GONE DAYS (60 YEARS AGO) |. Aug. 12, 1904 An agent of the Canadian Horticulturist was in town and made what The Vindicator call- - ed a "brave" attempt to estab- lish a Horticultural Society with a home. improvement branch. He could find only one or two interested persons. Splendid summer rains had improved crop prospects in On- tario. The country. was "'full of hay" and some farmers were reported to have as much hay as money. It had now been settled that a new union station would be built in Toronto. Funds for the station, to run from York to Simcoe streets, were to be sup- plied by the CPR, Grand Trunk and Canadian Northern Rail- ways, Two Danes, brothers, were astounding the public by walk- ing on their heads. They wore pads fastened to their heads, legs and arms held out horizon- tally. They moved by making "a series of hops,raising the body by using the muscles of the chest and back." The Canadian National Ex- hibition, running from August 29 to Sept. 12, offered the Black Watch band in three concerts daily and "The Relief of Luck- QUEEN'S PARK now," described as the "grandp est military display ever seen in Canada." A special at- traction was Dare-devil Schreyer in his leap from a bicycle into a tank of water 108 feet below. The Dominion parliament sessions, which had recently closed, were described as dis- astrous by the editor. Annual expenses had gone from 63 to almogt 75 million dollars. Board of Education members in Oshawa decided to fit up the Sons Hall as a two- roomed school and have two junior divi- sions Jocated there. It was de- cided to buy the Disciples' Church and move it to the High School grounds, adding one junior division to the town's school system. Whitby decided: not to sell its waterworks debentures "in the present money market" and a renewable five. per cent Joan was negotiated from the Domi- nion Bank, covering the amount needed to complete the water- front and put it into operation. Toronto Scots joined local and district countrymen at Hyedn- shore Park in Whitby for a day of Scottish specialties including piping, dancing and taiking broad Scotch." Speaker's Office Demands Respect BY DON O'HEARN TORONTO -- It seems this may be carrying "democracy" just a wee bit too far. A news story the other day told us that the Speaker of the House, Hon. Donald Morrow, has been acting.as a bartender this summer at a Quebec hotel in the Ottawa Valley. At the hotel, which is owned by a friend, Mr. Morrow appar- ently has not only been running the taps behind the bar but also, as a waiter, has been dealing them off the elbow to the cus- tomers. Everybody, it seems, been having a fine time. PAR sy NEED DIGNITY Mr. Morrow undoubtedly thinks he is being very demo- cratic and showing the people that men in government are very good fellows. However, a bit of further thought might show him that really he is making a fool of himself, and incidentally let- ting down his office. When Mr.. Morrow presides over the proceedings of Parlia- ment he is decked out in a re- galia which includes a coeked hat, winged collar and dickey, silk gown and white gloves. The purpose of this attire is not as a suitable background for Mr. Speaker's beauty spots. It is worn as an outward show of the dignity which ac- companies his office, and which must accompany it. At times, when you see Mr. Speaker sitting on his Throne, you might laugh at his appear- ance, as you can laugh with Mr. Morrow when he serves bar. But, actually there is a very strong purpose in having him togged out as he is, A certain dignity is necessary in Parliament. 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So, we purposely have a bit of an aura surrounding our parliaments, And Mr. Speaker, in his traditional robes and with his mace etc., is the symbol be- fore the public of this aura, of the "dignity" which breeds re- spect. In the same way our clergy- men have vestments and col- lars to build a somewhat artifi- cial respect. " So Mr. Morrow might be bet- ter out of the bars. world-famous neurological sur- geon was mentioned here; but the suggestion died off when it became known that Dr. Pen- field is not a native-born Cana- dian, but an immigrant from the U.S. He was born in Spo- kané 73 years ago. MAP OF THE WORLD The Hon. W. M. "Bill" Beni- . dickson, minister of mines, has just announced that his depart- ment has published what must be the most up-to-date map of the world. It was finally re- vised as recently as July 10, to depict. the latest of the world's new independent nations--Mal- awi, formerly Nyasaland, which is. slightly larger than New Brunswick in area and has a population of less than 3,000,- 000. This is the fifth Map of the World published by the Cana- dian government, previous edi- tions being dated 1922, 1930, 1938 and 1954. It is colored, it meas- ures 45 inches by 30, and it can be obtained for $1 from the ' Map Distribution Branch, De- partment of Mines and Techni- cal Surveys, Ottawa." One useful feature of this map, which will no doubt be widely used in schools, ts that it includes tables giving the dis- tance in nautical miles between the chief ports of Canada and the world, and the air distance in statute miles between the chief airports of Canada and the world, HORSES ON PAYROLL? Remember the scandal which the industrious Conservative leader George Drew unearthed about ten years ago--non-exist- ent horses on the payroll at Camp Petawawa? A nice little follow-up comes from an interested reader of this column down Sarnia way, -Hank Giesbrecht. He asks me to check up on a story that the post of blacksmith at Camp Petawawa was abolished only three years ago. If the horses were only pa- per entries created for the pur- pose of swindling the taxpayers what sort of horse-shoes did the blacksmith put on them? asks Hank. That's a good question. Will the new "unified come mand" cut out the costly ex- travagance of the military? "Over 80 Years' * Experience" Your local Agent . « co. 80 SIMCOE NORTH "EVEN WITH YOUR EYES CLOSED .. ." Yes, sir, even with your eyes closed you can tell a BAKER CLEANED rug. It 'feels' so clean right through that you can just visualize how brigt and "'room-freshening"' right they'll appear in your room. 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