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THf NEW BERN MIRROR, NEW BERN, N. C.
Friday, April 25, 1958
News For Veterans
A 16 per cent decrease In the
average daily number of tubercu
losis patients in Veterans Admin
istration hospitals since 1054 was
reported by the agency.
VA said the daily average drop
ped from ^15,221 in fiscal year
1934 to 12,715 in fiscal year 1057,
although the number of admissions
and discharges of TB patients over
the same period remained the
same.
Dr. Roy A. Wolford, VA deputy
chief medical director in Washing
ton, D. C., said the average daily
decrease resulted from a reduction
of length of stay due to drug treat
ment pioneered by VA research
plus a VA program that permits TB
patientsito return home wUle they
ere under drug therapy.
He said while the average period
of TB drug treatment is 18 to 24
months, many TB patients can
leave the hospitals aher eiipit or
nine months, provided they contin-
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ASC Official
Spells Main
Olsiecfrves
“The job we face la one of main
taining the lend now in use at
levels that will assure continued
abundance of food and fiber."
That statement by Tilman R.
Walker, chairman of the ASC state
committee, sums up the objectives
of the 1958 Agricultural Conserva
tion Program. He added, “We need
to offset soil deterioration general
ly, and on many soils, we need to
go even further and rebuild them
after years of mis-use.”
As Walker sees it, the first job
of ACP is to check deterioration, to
prevent the soil from becoming less
and less productive as the top layer
ue to receive adequate medical su
pervision.
To prevent holding patients in
the hospital when they require on-
1/ occasional observation or treat
ment, a program called “comple
tion of bed-occupancy care” has
been developed by VA over the
years, Dr. Wolford said.
Under this program, certain TB
patients may leave the hospital
and return for completion of treat
ment, particularly in areas where
community resources for follow-up
eare are inadequate, he said.
Dr. Wolford said this form of
completion of hospital treatment
also is used for psychiatric patients
on trial visit to their communities,
for cancer patients, and for others
with long-term illnesses.
Veterans Administration will dis
continue study of the newer antibi
otic, streptovaricin, following one
year of use against tuberculosis un
der scientific controls, the agency
said.
The VA study was begun after
reports presented at the February,
1957, VA-Armed Forces conference
on chemotherapy of TB indicated
that streptovaricin showed promise
in treatment of the disease.
Adpiinistration df a combination
of streptovaricin and isoniazid to
TB patients has not proved superior
to use of isoniazid alone, VA said,
and in some cases streptovaricin
produced nausea.
The study was part of VA’s con
tinuing project for, testing newer
TB drugs in cooperation with the
Armed Forces, which,'since 1946,
has given doctors throughout the
world the modern methods used for
treating the disease with strepto
mycin, PAS, and isoniazid.
Q—I am a Korea veteran with a
service-connected disability not se
vere enough to warrant compensa
tion payments. Would that qualify
me for special GI insurance for dis
abled Korea veterans?
A—Yes. A noncompensable serv
ice-connected disability would quali
fy you for the special insurance, so
long as it isn’t a dental condition
for which a rating was made only
for purpose of dental treatment.
Q—I understand a .war veteran
needs at least 90 days military
service to qualify for a pension. If
he was absent without leave, would
that time count toward his 90
days?
A—If his pay were forfeited for
his period of absence without leave,
that time would not count toward
the 90-day minimum service re
quirement.
Q—I am a widow of a deceased
World War II veteran and I never
have remarried. Also, I served in
the WAVES during World War II.
Thus, it seems to me I would have
entitlement to two GI loans. Am I
right?
A—No. Under the law you would
have only one entitlement to
a GI loan, not two..
of topsoil is washed or blown
away. But hand in hand with this
is the job of rebuilding agricultural
resources for the “long pull”
ahead.
Cropping, as well as erosion, de
pletes the soil of plant food. Walk
er pointed out that on an acre of
fertile soil growing a cultivated crop
such as corn, the break-down of the
soil may be as great as losing 20
tons of topsoil through erosioii.
Walker stressed the fact that the
nation is now faced with the ebal-
lenge of adjusting prodtietipng
current needs, and at^the same time
keeping land in condition to meet
the greatly increased demands' of
rapidly growing population in-thd
future. The- ACP, he'ppintR
one of the tools avaikble td farhi*
ers to help them protect, preserve
and rebuild the soil on their fanhs.
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