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.
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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
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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.
All this scientific "evalua
tion"" came to this reporter
from social scientists who
thought statistics were just
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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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