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Polio Vaccine Verdict Due Week From Today; Questions About Immunization Plan Answered A week from today, on April 12, University of Michigan scien tists will announce the verdict on the Salk anti-polio vaccine This verdict which is expected to be favorable, is based on 1954 field trials, in which some 440,000 American school chil- dren received the vaccine, with another 1,390,000 children serv ing as "controls" for compara tive purposes. The records of these children are now being studied to deter mine the effectiveness of the vaccine in preventing paralytic polio. The Oregon State Board of Health recently authorized use of the Salk polic vaccine in the state if the widely publiczed red product is licensed by the federal government. Licensing will be dependent upon the find ings of the University of Michi gan studies. Questions Answered The following questions and answers have been prepared by Dr. A. Erin Merkel, Jackson county health officer, to help keep interested parents and teachers of the county informed on this important subject. Q. How will we know the vae- -eine is really safe? A: As far as we know, all 440, 000 children received it last year without ill effects. It will not be licensed for general use by the national institutes of health un less it has been proved -to be completely safe. Q: Who will receive the vac cine this year if it is licensed? A: The vaccine will be offered to all American children who are enrolled in the first and second grades of public, private and parochial schools as of this spring, and all children who were enrolled in the first three grades of schools in the 217 test areas at the time of the 1954 field trials who did not receive the vaccine. It will also be avail able to others through their private physicians. Q: Does your child have to re ceive the vaccine? A: No, the vaccine will not be given to any child unless the parents or guardians make a written request for the immun ization. The program will be en tirely voluntary. Q: How much will the vaccine cost? A: If your child is one of those eligible to be immunized at school this year, the vaccine will be supplied free by the National Foundation for Infantile Paral ysis, and cost of administering the vaccine will be donated by private physicians with the help of health officers from your community. You may consult your physician about the cost of receiving the vaccine as a private patient. Q: Why were only certain grades selected to receive the vaccine this year? A: First and second grade chil dren were selected because of the higher polio incidence in their age group and because their accessibility in schools would speed completion of the vaccination program. The na tional foundation also feels it has a moral obligation to offer vaccine to those who partici pated in the 1954 field trial and did not receive the vaccine be cause they served as "controls" for study purposes. Q: How many shots are nec essary? A: Children should have three inoculations to receive protec tion. The second shot is given one week after the first and the third shot is given four weeks after the second. Inoculations are given in a muscle of the arm Q: Who will be in charge of the program? A: The plan of administration of the vaccine in Oregon is under the direction of Dr. Harold M. Erickson, state health officer, in cooperation with the state and county medical societies, na tional foundation for infantile paralysis, state department of education and local public health and school authorities. Q: How much vaccine will be available this year? A: In the hope that the vaccine would prove successful, and to keep production going while the results of the 1954 field trials were being studied, the national foundation contracted for enough vaccine for 0,000,000 American children this year. Oregon will receive its propor tionate share based on its popu lation. Manufacturers will make available additional supplies for purchase, to be administered by private physicians to those not eligible for or not desiring to participate in the school pro grams. Q: Will volunteers be needed to help the school immunization programs? A: Yes, many physicians will volunteer their services, and other volunteer workers will be needed. If you wish to help, con tact your local health depart ment or local chapter of the na tional foundation. Q: Does this mean polio is de feated? A: No. Remember, results of field trials have not yet been an- Three-Hour Service Se! by Ministers On Good Friday A three hour service, spon sored by the Medford Minister ial association, will be held on Good Friday from noon to 3 p.m, at the First Presbyterian church, Seventeen ministers will have parts in the service, which will be on the theme "People That Meet in the Cross." The same afternoon, starting at 1:15 o'clock a short service for junior high students will be held at the church of the Nazarene, with two additional ministers partici pating. Those taking part in the joint service will be the Rev. Messrs. Willis J. Loar, Eastwood Baptist; Norman K. Tully, Jacksonville Presbyterian; Elmore J. Gilstrap, Central Church of Christ; Law rence Krause, Bethel Assembly of God; Sherman Moore, Pilgrim Holiness; Thomas McCamant, Congregational; F. Wildon Col- baugh, Medford Assembly of God; Lt. George Johnstone, Sal vation Army; William C. Piper, First Christian; C. V. Stern, Church of the Brethren; Floyd H. Yeats, Temple Baptist; Clyn ton G. Crisman, Friends; R. H. Mathewson, Foursquare; Herbert Hunter, First Baptist; Raymond W. Hum, Church of the Nazar ene; Robert W. Root, Free Methodist; and Raymond E. Bal- comb, First Methodist. The two ministers in charge of the Junior High service will be Dr. D. K. West, Presbyterian, and the Rev. J. Thomas Dixon, First Methodist. Music for this service will be by the Junior High Mixed Chorus under the direction of Ray Lewis. nounced, and the vaccine has not yet been licensed. Even if the program is conducted this year, many Americans will still be unprotected against polio. Q: How can I obtain more in formation about the vaccine? A: Just as soon as findings of the field trials are released, they will be widely publicized through the press, radio, tele vision, pamphlets and public meetings. Informational material will also be sent home to parents of all children eligible to receive the vaccine during the school programs. Q: How rapidly will the pro gram begin if the vaccine is li censed? A: Supplies of the vaccine will immediately be flown to the state board of health in Port land, which will in turn im mediately distribute it to the counties. The program will be under way within a few days after the green light is given. Details of the program have al ready been worked out so that no delay will be necessary if the vaccine is licensed. Q: What if the vaccine is not licensed? ' A: If the vaccine is not li ensed, the immunization pro gram will not be conducted. The search for an effective vaccine to prevent paralytic polio would continue. u OR MORE For Your Old REFRIGERATOR ON A NEW Automatic DE-FROST Refrigerator HURRY! Limited Quantity O "Medford's Exclusive 'HOTPOIIMT' Dealer" 1TY APPLIAHC 127 NORTH CENTRAL AVE. Across from Penney'j PHONE 3-5743 Patterson Plans Gorge Preservation Salem (U.R) Plans to spend $50,000 on the Columbia Gorge to assure a watershed for the various waterfalls and to pre serve scenic areas have been made public by Governor Paul Patterson. ' Long-range planning on the state's park system will be done by the State Highway Commis sion's tourist subcommittee, which will be expanded into a tourist park committee accord ing to the agreement with the Highway commission. In addition to the $50,000 planned for the Gorge, Patter son said the Highway commis sion plans to spend $165,000 in the next biennium to devel op Rooster Rock park on the Columbia river. Patterson said the plan should solve within existing agencies the problems which have led to demands for a Columbia Gorge commission and for a separate state park commission. He said that commission fi nancing from gasoline taxes would eliminate the knotty prob lem of getting an appropriation from the Ways and Means committee. Tuesday, April 5, 195S MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE TTE " SHOCKED BY VERDICT, Mickey Jelke, millionaire oleomar garine heir and wife meet press outside New York court after jury found him guilty of compulsory prostitution involving two young girls. He faces 40-year prison term. (International) Married People Live Longer Than Single Ones, Scientists Say Irate Hog Forces Morse To Use Cane Boise (U.R) Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.), limped off a plane with the aid of a cane here and told reporters he was the victim of an irate hog. The Senator, here for the first of four Northwestern hearings on a Federal Hells canyon dam proposal, explain ed that he picked up a new born pig on his Poolesville, Md., farm and was charged by the animal's mother. The rush sprained his leg, Morse said. By DELOS SMITH United Press Science Editor New York (U.R) The social scientists tell you that if you want to live a long time you must get married and stay mar ried. There's no question about it: Married people live longer than single people; and people who were once married live longer than people who were never married. The public health service's na tional office of vital statistics has proven this to be a fact. But the social scientists tell you that it wasn't in need of any proof, that it should be as evident as the nose on your face, The big reason why this is so is that there are no pent-up peo pie among married people, as suming, that is, that they "com municate" with one another, and if they don't, they don't stay married. No Pent Up Emotions . Perhaps a husband and his wife have learned disrespect for one another. This makes them prone to tell one another off, each is happy to explain why the other's faults are extremely lr ritating. So each has a sounding board. Neither is pent up, both get their troubles off their chests. But if they're happily married, each has a weeping wall and a con fessional and a builder-upper, all combined in one person. Each has an outlet with a guaranteed non-stick valve. But whether married people like one another or not, they're assured of excellent attention from their mates. The wife who thinks her husband is a jerk and tells him so, feeds and - cares for him with zeal because she wouldn't want to have mistreat ment of him on her conscience, the social scientists say. Concern Over Wife And the husband who tells his wife she's a shrew and a nag, also calls the doctor for her at the slightest excuse because, feeling as he does, his conscience tells him that he has to give con stant proof that he doesn't wish her ill. 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How ever, the statistics of the na tional office of vital statistics in dicated that not being pent-up worked better for men than for women. Basing his figures on the 1950 census and mortality rates for 1949, 1950, and 1951, statistician Dewey Shurtleff showed that deaths among bachelors were al most two-thirds greater than among husbands. Among di vorced men and widowers, the rate was half again more.' ' Solon Objects To President's Use of Church in Politics Fairmont, W.Va. U.R) Sen. Matthew M. Neely (D- W.Va.) stood firm today on his criticism of publicity surrounding the church activities of President Eisenhower. "I will" continue ' to cry out against the popping of' flash bulbs and reservation of news paper space for the furtherance of political ambition," Neely said. The senator, visiting his home town here while en route to Sen ate subcommittee hearings on unemployment at Pikeville, Ky., said he is preparing a rebuttal to cries of outrage from Repub lican leaders and some church men. Conscience Clear Neely charged "in a speech before the United Automobile Workers convention in Cleve land last week that the Presi dent was making political capi tal of his church attendance, al though Mr. Eisenhower had not formally joined a church until after his .election. "My conscionce is clear," Neely said. "I would make the same criticism again under the circumstances." Objects To Use of Church The Bible-quoting senator said the fact the President did not join a church until later in life had no bearing on the criticism. "I am glad Mr. Eisenhower joined a church," he said. "It is only his use of it to which I object," Neely said. 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