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) Bulk off March of Dimes Money Assists Patients, Report Shovs New York Sixty-nine cento out of every March of Dimes dol lar used in the fight against polio goes for the treatment of chil dren and adults stricken with the disease. This was revealed today In the 15th Annual Report of the National Foundation for Infan tile Paralysis which traced scientific progress toward a polio vaccine against a background of the worst epidemic of infantile paralysis In the nation's history. While scientists were consoli dating their gains in 1952 the report for the year ended last Dec. 31 pointed out the National Foundation was spending almost $25,000,000 for treatment of 80, 000 persons stricken with polio in 1952 and before. Unpaid Bills for Fifth Tear This represented an expendi ture of 69 cents out of every March of Dimes dollar and left the organization, at year's end, with unpaid bills for the fifth year in a row. Research and professional edu cation, meanwhile, used almost 19 cents of the same dollar. The remaining 12 cents went for chapter and medical department services, state office operations, public information and adminis tration. The report told a story of "an anxious year in the fight against polio . . . the year of the greatest threat and the greatest promise." In a foreword, Basil O'Connor, president of the National Founda tion, paid homage to those who helped make the "promise" pos sible- "It is to the volunteer." he said, "that the nation must pay tribute for the fight against polio in the year of the nation's worst epidemic. To the hundreds of thousands of selfless men and women who met that challenge . . . this report is especially dedi cated." Paths Opened In 1952. the report declared. -science was beginning to ex ploit to good advantage the paths opened by the removal of three key roadblocks": No. 1 Before scientists could hope to produce a vaccine, serum or drug that would prevent paralysis, they first had to know exactly how many different types of virus they were fight ing. The National Foundation undertook the removal of this roadblock as part of its exten sive research program. When the project was completed, investi gators had identified three sep arate and distinct types of polio virus, each capable of causing paralysis in human beings. Scientists also determined that although clinical symptoms caused by all three virus types are identical, infection by one does not result in immunity to either of the other two. Investi gators then knew that any future polio preventive would have to protect against all three virus types. No- 2 Scientists long since had protected laboratory animals by stimulating the production of antibodies in their blood. But in 1952. the relationship of anti bodies to protection of the body against paralytic polio was clari fied through the mass inocula tion of children with gamma globulin a blood derivative containing disease-fighting anti bodies. This gave substantial sup port to the theory that protection against paralytic polio could be attained by the presence of a small amount of antibodies in the blood. Thus vaccination against polio became a practical goat Escape From Monkey Era No. 3 Elimination of road block No. 3 marked the escape of science from the so-called "monkey era." Experimentation on animals, with emphasis on the monkey, not only was tre mendously expensive and time- consuming but could not yield virus in quantities sufficient for preparation of a polio vaccine Nor could it produce a virus pure enough for safety. A whole new era was born when a March of Dimes grantee developed a method for growing all three types of polio virus in test tubes containing bits of non-nervous tissue. "The significance of this remarkable discovery," the re port disclosed, "was felt almost iirmediately throughout the en tire broad field of virus research. It gave the green light to studies long held up by the 'monkey bottleneck'-" The way was thus opened for production of large quantities of sufficiently . pure virus for experimental vaccine studies. Meanwhile, the extent of last year's record polio epidemic and its economic effect on the Na tional Foundation found reflec tion in the number of states that required assistance from national March of Dimes headquarters; 47 states were forced to call for such help in coping with polio outbreaks in 1952. The national total of 57,628 cases reported by the end of 1952 was more than double the an pual average for the previous five years. Nineteen states suf fered their worst polio outbreaks in history. Nebraska was hardest hit with a rate of 170.1 cases per 100,000 population. Then followed South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Kan sas, New Mexico, Wisconsin, Michigan, Idaho and Kentucky. California Leads In numbers of cases, California led with 4,151 victims, followed by Minnesota with 4,112; Illinois, 4,015; and Texas, 3,989. The National Foundation countered the record epidemic with 'record shipments of sup plies: 2,530 respirators, 292 rock ing beds (used to wean patients from. iron lungs) and 541 hot pack machines, used in physical therapy. On the personnel front, the National Foundation Tinanced the emergency recruitment , in 1952 of 1,463 nurses, 128 physi cal therapists, 16 medical social workers and 26 resident physi cians. The report also revealed that the National Foundation had awarded its 3.000th scholarshio for professional training in 1952. Of 5,000 qualified physical ther apists in the nation, it pointed out. almost 2,000 were trained with financial support from the March of Dimes. It was also announced that de tailed national statistics on the care of polio patients were avail able for the first time last year, the result of a new service established by the National Foundation. These statistics disclosed that 77.9 per cent of all polio patients admitted for acute.care were less than 20 years of age; 22.1 per cent were 20 or older. Polio hit comparatively few persons aged 40 or older . Another survey- reported on an analysis of 1,113 patients who had used iron lungs or other respiratory aids for one month or longer. Fifty-four per cent of these patients were spending 17 to 24 hours daily in their res pirators; 26 per cent were in nine to 16 hours a day; and 20 per cent were in one to eight hours daily. Half of all these patients were 15 to 29 years of age. Dr. Astin Resumes Duties As Permanent Director of National Standards Bureau REINSTATED Dr. Allen V. As tin is shown back in his office at the National Burean of Standards fa Washington, reinstated by Com merce Secy. Sinclair Weeks. His ouster last March as director of the Bureau touched off nationwide controversy and congressional investigation. Information Sought On Brilliant Meteor Oregon's leading astronomer has asked for information, con cerning a brilliant meteor which was reported over Oregon at about 8 p.m. Friday. Dr. J. Hugh Pruitt, extension astronomer for the University of Oregon, Eugene, is also Paci fic regional director of the American Meteor society, and as such makes a point of collect ing data concerning larger meteors. The information he needs in clude the time the meteor was sighted, in which direction it was going, its estimated speed and height, and a description of its relative brilliance- A BIT PREMATURE Danbury, Conn. (U.R) Seven of 49 calves were killed when a truck that was carrying them crashed into a tree. However their brothers didn't fare any better. They ended up in the Danbury slaughter house where the truck was taking them. Washington U.B Dr. Allen V. Astin has resumed permanent directorship of the National Bureau of Standards under new reforms stripping him of some of his former powers- In a complete about-face, Commerce Secretary Sinclair Weeks announced Friday that he had dropped his plan to fire Astin ."because I am convinced that it is in the best interests of the bureau and the public' Forced Resignation Weeks forced Astin's resigns tion last spring in a row over the battery chemical, AD-X2, but later reinstated him tempo rarily after scientific groups raised a storm of protest. He acknowledged that the per manent reinstatement is "con trary to my previous views." But he said Astin had "expressed his willingness and desire" to con tinue as a key official in the new administration and "as such he is from here on a member of my team." Taking Responsibility At the same time. Weeks an nounced that he was assuming personal responsibility for non technical aspects of tests on commercial products, like AD X2. In the future, he said, the bureau director's responsibility would be "limited to the tech nical area." Astin, nationally-known sci entist who helped develop the proximity fuse of World War II, said he was "very pleased" at the secretary's action, and that he "naturally will .stay for awhile." There were no strings attached to his agreement to re main, he said. Weeks acted 24 hours after the Post Office Department can celled a previous "fraud" order issued against AD-X2 on the basis of the bureau's findings that it was worthless. TV CAMERAS STOLEN Hollywood U.R) The Amer ican Broadcasting Company re ported an 85-pound television camera stolen from its Holly wood TV studios. Engineer Mar vin Headrick said the camera cost $8,000. But in order to oper ate the camera $80,000 worth of additional equipment is neces sary. . . WEATHER By United Press Northern California: Fair to day, tonight and Tuesday except showers extreme northern mountains. did you know? That for Value, Service, Quality and Satisfaction yon are invited to bring your prescript ions to Mc La ill's, your Professional Pharmacy. Prescriptions delivered free within city limits or immediate vicinity at any time and promptly McLain's Drug Centre trophy Bldg. No. 8 North Central Ave. Mehrin Peterson, Reg. Ph., Manager Richard Shem!!, Reg. Ph.-Wayne Mack, Reg. Ph., Prop. Phone 2-7113 Open daily from Night Emergency , r 8:30 a.m. to . 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Angus! 24, 1153 MESFORD rORECOm MAIL TBIBUHS TRREZ Back Stairs: BrovneH Stranger By MERRtMAlf SMITH United Press Correspondent Denver (U.PJ Backstairs at the summer White House: Attorney General Herbert Brownell Jr. finished his confer ence with President Eisenhower, at Lowry Air Force Base here last week and called the Air Force motor pool for a car to take him to his plane. 'Brownell?" asked the careful airman at the other end of the telephone. "Is he a brigadier or a major general?" , - "If I had any sense, I wouldn't turn my back on those bushes." This from the President after snarling a dry fly line in the streamside undergrowth at Bal Swan's ranch . outside Pince, Colo. This was his only tangle in several hours of casting and in a relatively narrow stream. Outside the President's Lowry Field offices is a sign-in register where Air Force officers report for temporary duty. White House staff member had quite a start the other day when they looked at the register and saw that . 'Truman" was on hand. Turned out to be Capt. Simon Truman on a five-day mission from Ft. Riley, Kan. DIDN'T WANT TO CO Philadelphia (U.R) Clay Brook, 31, was in custody today because he was picked up in con nection with a case he knew nothing about. Brook broke the wrists of both policemen who sought to question him and then I bit one of them. Mr. Eisenhower thinks that deep sea fishing is fine for those who like it But he doesnt And why? Not enough scenery. He thinks that tracking trout through a mountain stream beats the tar out of sitting in the stern of a bobbing deep sea cruiser. "Up here," he said the other day in the mountains, "if the trout aren't biting, you can look up at these majestic mountains and it makes you want to take a picture or paint a picture." He is itching to get his paint ing kit out and go to work on the snowcapped mountains ring ing the ranch at Frazer. 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