FAA Carries On
Functions off CAA
With the birth December 31 of
Ihe Federal Aviation Agency the
tiivil Aeronautics Administration
disappears after 32 years of ser
vice to U.S. civil and military
aviation..
Headed by Elwood R. Quesada,
the FAA will combine in one in
dependent organization most of
tfie federal activities, functions
«id programs concerned with the
safety of civil aviation. In addi
tion, certain military personnel
mm be assigned to duty with the
FAA .11 air traffic, both civtt
and . y, will be under control
of tl. v personnel.
Re. n; ons of the CAA, es
pecial y f * those relating to safety
in air operations, will continue in
force until such time as changes
are announced by the FAA. In
Alaska, the additional complica
tion oi the official recognition of
the new State, coming also at the
beginning of the new year, will
have its effect upon certain rules
and regulations affecting civil
aviation. All such rules relating to
safety will be administered by the
FAA without change for the time
being, and flight safety aids will
Arthritis is New large!
of '59 March of Dimes
RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS affects children .as well as adults. John Sutton,
16, of Fairview, W. Va.r a patient at the Institute of Physical Medicine
and Rehabilitation, New York University-Bellevue Medical Center, be
came ill at the age of 2 years, has worn a leg brace since the age of
4 years, suffers recurrent periods of high fever. Research and patient
aid in juvenile arthritis is an integral part of the program of the
National Foundation. Polio and birth defects are other Faces of Crip
pling looking to the March of Dimes for Greater Victories in 1959.
Arthritis, the No. 1 crippler of manpower in the U.S.
today, is high among the targets of the National Foundation
as it launches its “Greater Victories” March of Dimes this
January.
Having tamed polio with the*
Silk' vaccine, the March of
Dimes organization now is tack
ling new problems.
Its expanded program will
move forward into b:oad new
areas of unmet health problems,
many of which have been
opened up by research done
while finding a preventive for
polio and rehabilitating its vic
tims. That is why the 1959
March of Dimes theme is
“Toward Greater Victories.”
Medical scientific research, pa
tient aid and the training of
professional disease fighters are
the core of this program, which
will cover initially polio, arthri
tis, birth defects and research in
virus diseases and disorders of
{he central nervous system.
Arthritis and other rheumatic
diseases bring pain and crippling
io more people in the United
States than any other chronic
disease. Over 11,000,000 persons
are afflicted. Some 320,000 are so
disabled they can no longer
work. The loss to the nation in
wages, working hours and taxes
is a billion and a half dollars
* year.
The National Foundation will
dffer patient aid to juvenile
and adolescent arthritis patients
thorough age 18. Of the 16,000
children likely to seek treat
ment each year, some 5,000 to
f,000 may need medical care as
extensive as that required by4
paralytic polio patients. This age
group is the most hopeful with
whtan to workf with the pos
sibility of bringing many to ma
• iiirity able lead normal, pro
to
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ductive lives. What is learned
here will be of benefit to arthri
! tis patients of all ages.
Nearly every person over 60
has had some form of arthritis.
But children as well as adults
may be victims of this unpre
dictable disease. Some 30,000
youngsters each year have juvo
nile arthritis. In addition to
swelling of the joints, causing
pain, stiffness, restricted motion
and crippling, the rheumatic
diseases may attack the heart,
eyes, kidneys or skin.
Experts say the cause and
cure of arthritis are largely un
known, and doctors warn that
there are no “miracle” drugs.
Aspirin, hot baths and exer
cises bring relief. Some new
drugs like cortisone may re
duce inflammation but canaot
be counted on to stop the prog
ress of the disease/ doctors say.
In most cases, however, crip
pling can be prevented or re
duced if treatment is started
early. Techniques of rehabilita
tion pioneered by the National
Foundation in the treatment of
polio are valuable for arthritis
patients. Children especially can
benefit by these techniques.
Researchers for the National
Foundation are now trying to
unlock the mysteries of the
rheumatoid diseases and find
causes, cures and preventives.
Some scientists believe viruses
may offer clues. Others are
studying what is known as th*
"rheumatoid factor" discovered
in the blood of afflicted person*
to determine its origin ani* fun*»
lion.• *
^continue as at present v
The FAA takes over all the
functions, personnel and duties of
the CAA, the Airways‘ Moderniza
tion Board and of the Air Coordi
nating Committee. Certain rule
making functions of the Civil
Aeronautics Board also are placed
with the FAA, and a small number
of CAB employees are transferred.
Employees of these organiza
tions are assured by the Federal
Aviation Act of 1958, which creat
ed the FAA, of continuance at
their present salaries for a period
of one year. No changes in the
direction of the Fifth Region of
the CAA in Alaska have been an
nounced.
TODAY
Two westerns are featured on
the same billing. One, entitled
“Racing Blood” introduces the
son of Bill Boyd, famed as Hop-a
long Cassidy, Jimmy, in his first
starring role.
The story is about a colt, newly
born, but condemned to death be
cause of injury at birth. The boy
hides the horse from its owners
and raises it. In Super Cinecolor,
the picture also features Bill Wil
liams and Jean Porter,
The second picture is “The Ride
Back!” It is a western tale of
burning realism, depicting the
hardships and terrors encountered
by two rugged characters, a sheriff
and his prisoner on the way back
from Mexico to the United States
where the prisoner is to stand
trial for murder.
Starred in the film are Anthony
Quinn and William Conrad. Lita
Milan is cast as a fiery Mexican
girl, sweetheart of Quinn, who
doggedly tries to accompany him
back through the hard Mexican
land to the U.S.
SUNDAY and MONDAY
‘The Gift of Love,” Twentieth
Century-Fox*s romantic drama in
Cinemascope and DeLuxe Color,
stars Lauren Bacall and Robert
Stack with Evelyn Rudie and
Lome Green.
The heart-filling story concerns
a brilliant young atomic scientist
and his wife who take into their
home an orphan who changes
their lives. •
TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY
Barry Sullivan "and Dennis O’*
Keefe star in the^'BVagobt^ Wells
Massacre,” a Cinemascope pro
duction in color by Deluxe.
The cast include Mona Freeman
and Katy Jurado.
THURSDAY and FRIDAY ' ’!
United Artists’ “Crime of Pas
sion,” stars Barbara Stanwyck
and Sterling Hayden, and co-stars
Raymond Burr.
Miss Stanwyck has one of her
strongest roles as an ambitious
newspaper woman, whose ambi
tions are carried over into her
private life. When she marries a
police officer, Hayden, she works
on him to pitch for the job of in
spector. Her intense drive ends in
tragedy.
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