Scope - Volume 05, Number 13

              9,000 starve each day
Humanitarian relates story of courage and peril
Every four days a city the
size of San Bernardino ( 100,000
population) will be wiped out
by starvation. This is the con
dition that will prevail in the
small west African country of
Biafra by Christmas unless a
cease- fire can be arranged be
tween the warring Nigeria and
its breakaway province of Bi
afra, according to Sherman A.
Nagel, SM ' 40.
Dr. Nagel, who is currently
fulfilling speaking appointments
in southern California, recently
returned from Biafra where for
the past four years he has been
medical director of the North
ern Ngwa County Hospital, op-
Loma Linda University
Loma Linda, Calif. 92354
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erated by the Seventh- day Ad-ventist
church. He and his wife
have served on the African con
tinent as medical missionaries
for 22 years, 15 of which were
spent in West Nigeria.
When Dr. Nagel was relieved
last September 17, an esti
mated 5,000 people were starv
ing to death each day. " Ac
cording to more recent infor
mation, between 8,000 and 9,000
are now dying each day," Dr.
Nagel says.
" Unless a drastic change
comes about before Christmas,
the death rate will climb to
25,000 a day."
Dr. Nagel says he is not try
ing to take sides in the dispute
between Nigeria and Biafra. " I
am appealing as a humani
tarian. I can't go on seeing
people dying. I speak as a pri
vate individual. I don't speak
for any organization. I've seen
pregnant mothers they're eat
ing for two down to 80 pounds
when they should weigh 120.
I've seen a year- old child who
should weigh 20 pounds down
to five."
What little relief there is
available for the Biafrans is
currently being flown in at
night. Planes would be shot
down by Nigerian gunners if
they tried to make the flights
in the daytime.
In the four years that Dr.
Nagel was medical director of
the small Seventh- day Adven-tist
hospital, he did not see
one military bomb casualty.
" It could have been by acci
dent that all the casualties
were civilian, but if so, then it
was a strange accident. It looks
to me that there was a definite
intent of actually cutting peo
ple down."
Recent reports say that Rus
sian- built planes flown by
Egyptian pilots are currently
making indiscriminate bombing
raids on the Biafran popula
tion.
Until replaced by the Red
Cross relief team, Donald R.
Wilson, University Hospital
resident in surgery; Ronald E.
Krum, SM ' 60; Ronald E.
Rothe, SM ' 44; and Terry
Brown, a male nurse, Dr. Nagel
was the only physician at the
hospital.
During this time, the staff of
the 30- bed hospital had to care
for 90 patients at a time. Medi
cal cases increased from 50 a
day to between 250 and 300 a
day.
Because of his foresight, Dr.
Nagel was able to have medical
supplies on hand that were bad-
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Vol. 5, No. 13 Wednesday, November 6, 1968
Zubin Mehta conducting
Los Angeles Philharmonic
to perform in Loma Linda
The 106- member Los Angeles $ 3.50 at the office of the vice
Bieber schedules progress
report for University
Philharmonic Orchestra, con
ducted by Zubin Mehta, will be
presented in concert at Gentry
Gymnasium on the Loma Linda
campus next Sunday.
The program will include
Mendelssohn's " Overture to
' Ruy Bias,' opus 95"; Mozart's
" Symphony Number 39 in E
fiat major;" and Beethoven's
" Symphony Number 5 in C
minor, opus 67."
Mr. Mehta studied music in
Vienna, Austria, and did his
first professional conducting in
Belgium and Yugoslavia. He
won first place in the 1958
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic
competition for young conduc
tors in Liverpool, England.
At age 24, he was named con
ductor of the Montreal Sym
phony, and a year later won
the same post with the Los An
geles Philharmonic Orchestra,
thus becoming not only the
youngest conductor of a leading
United States orchestra, but
also the only man ever to direct
simultaneously" two major or
chestras in North America.
Tickets for the 8: 15 p. m. per
formance are available for
president for student affairs on
the Loma Linda campus, the
Loma Linda Market courtesy
center, and at the office of the
dean of students on the La Si
erra campus.
School of Dentistry honors
Monnment Valley dental clinic
The third annual President's Convocation will be held Tuesday, November 12, at
7: 30 p. m. in Hole Memorial Auditorium on the La Sierra campus of the University.
In his second major address on the state of the University, President David J.
Bieber will report to the University and te general community on the progress of the
various aspects of the Univer-
LLU talent program
slated for Saturday
The School of Dentistry will
commemorate the second anni
versary of its Monument Valley
Community Oral Health Serv
ice, Mexican Hat, Utah, with
a special cachet to accompany
the new United States stamp
" Chief Joseph," saluting the
American Indian.
These cachets may be or
dered for 25 cents each. They
are available in throe forms:
with first day covers of the
date of issue of the stamp, No
vember 4; postmarked from
Monument Valley ( not first day
covers); or uncancelled for
senders of private correspond
ence.
Orders for the cachet and the
" Chief Joseph" stamp may be
placed with the School of Den
tistry Century Club, Loma
Linda University, Loma Linda
92354.
The Monument Valley dental
clinic is staffed by Kenneth E.
Wical, DDS, assistant professor
of restorative dentistry; two
senior School of Dentistry stu
dents; three resident dental as
sistants; and a secretary- recep
tionist. The clinic provides den
tal treatment for over 10,000
Paiute, Navajo, and non- Indian
families scattered throughout a
14,000 acre area on the Ari
zona- Utah border.
The annual University Talent
Program, this year sponsored
by the Kalindha Club, will fea
ture entertainment from folk
music and yodeling to classical
piano music at 7: 30 p. m. No
vember 9 in Burden Hall, Loma
Linda.
The Kalindha Club, an or
ganization for women of the
residence hall, has voted to use
the money received from the
program for dormitory im
provements.
Admission to the talent pro
gram is $ 1. Tickets are avail
able at the Loma Linda Mar
ket, the University Hospital
cafeteria, the vice president for
student affairs office, and at the
door the night of the perform
ance.
Scheduled performers of the
evening are James C. Szana,
SD ' 70, on the piano; Barbara
L. Nelson, SN ' 71, yodeling;
Darrell J. Ludders, SM, ' 67,
singing; Robyn M. Chapman,
SN, ' 70, singing; a trio of Mary
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sity since the merger between
Loma Linda University and the
former La Sierra College.
Other topics scheduled for
discussion by Mr. Bieber in
clude evaluation of the Univer
sity interms of its objectives
and philosophy, a review of
various University programs
with relationship to their oper
ating costs, and current student
attitudes toward higher educa
tion.
Invitations to attend the
event have been sent to govern
ment, business, and profes
sional people in the area, as
well as to University trustees,
faculty, staff, and employees.
Community residents are also
invited to attend.
The first President's Convo
cation was held in 1965 on
Loma Linda University's 60th
Anniversary.
In his report to the public
last year, President Bieber dis
cussed the future of the Uni
versity including specific prob
lems such as federal aid to edu
cation versus private support,
student unrest, capital improve
ments, the Loma Linda Founda
tion, and the University struc
ture.
Eight gold medals awarded
Loma Linda University dairy
THE LOS ANGELES Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Zubin Mehta will appear in concert at
Loma Linda University November 10. The orchestra founded in 1919, was the first major symphony
orchestra in the western United States chosen by the State Department for a tour overseas on the
International Cultural Exchange program.
Loma Linda University's
eight gold medals awarded this
summer in county fairs provide
" one of the best showings"
made by the dairy, John E
Carr, chairman of the depart
ment of agriculture, said last
week.
Mr. Carr reported that the
dairy, a part of the University's
La Sierra campus, won four
gold medals in both of the
county fairs held in San Ber
nardino and Los Angeles coun
ties. The medals were awarded
for the purity and quality of
dairy products, including homo
genized milk, non- fat milk,
whipping cream, and half- and-half
milk and cream.
Tests were made on random
samples taken by inspectors
during unannounced visits to
the dairy farm.
The dairy has consistently
won gold medals since 1961. In
1962, the dairy was awarded
the Grand Trophy at the Cali
fornia state fair in Sacramento.
The dairy is part of a 350-
acre farm with 100 buildings
which includes an eight- acre
poultry area. There are 500
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