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Thursday, April 21, 1955
Only Trickle of Salk Vaccine
Available for Commercial Use
Editor-! note: What's the low
down on the new polio vaccine?
Is production and distribution go
ing as planned? How Ions may it
be before the supply meets the
demand?
In an effort to get the answers
to these and other pertinent ques
tions on the new vaccine the
Inited Press surveyed all the
drug companies that are in pro
duction. The results are Included
in the following dispatch.
By JACK WOLISTON
United Press Correspondent
New York (U.R) A survey of
the six drug companies produc
ing the Salk polio vaccine show
ed today that only a trickle of
the fluid would be available for
commercial channels until the
"no charge" program of the
National Foundation for Infan
tile Paralysis is completed.
Even the foundation's pro
gram was lagging, but primarily
it was a case of distribution
not production. The chief reason
was the intensive scrutiny which
each batch of vaccine must be
given by government scientists
to decide if it is safe for public
use.
The survey of drug company
officials showed that unless a
child is between the ages of 6
and 10 the ages generally cov
ered by the foundation program
his chances of getting the anti-
polio vaccine through commer
cial channels in the next eight
As We Live
By ELIZABETH HURLOCK, PH.D.
Shows Off For Her. Bui
Doesn't Ask Her Out
Young teenagers are rarely
really serious about members of
the opposite sex. Its foolish for
a young girl to refuse other
dates and pine away over one
boy who doesn't look her way.
(Q) "I have liked a certain
boy for ten months now. He
deliberately flirts with other
girls while I'm around and
shows off. He knows I like
him and that is why he does
it. I've never had a date with
him though I wish I could. Do
you think I should continue
liking him and wait for him
to ask me to go out or should
I go out with other boys and
forget him?"
(A) If you sit and wait f or this
boy to ask you for a date, you
may- sit until Doomsday. Do
you think that
would be very
sensible? I
don't.
Of course
you should go
out on dates
with other
boys. The more
dates you have
with different
Dr. Hurlock boys, the bet
ter it will be for your happiness
and the better the impression it
will" make on the boy you like.
He is trying to impress you
with the fact that he is a mod
ern Romeo. Why not give him
a taste of his own medicine and
show him that you are popular
too?
If he sees you going out with
other boys, he will begin to
think that he is missing out by
not asking you for a date too.
If he does get around to ask
you for a date, don't jump at the
chance, even though you have
been waiting for this for the
past ten months. '
Instead, play the "hard-to-get"
game with him. Let him wait for
you as you have waited for him.
If he wants to get to know you,
that will be the best tactic you
could use.
As for forgetting him, there
is no reason for you to do so if
you like him. However, you
should try to get a better per
spective on the whole matter.
Since he obviously is not greatly
interested in you, why should
you allow yourself to pine away
for him.
(Copyright 1955.
General Features Corp.)
Brocktoo,- 111. (U.R) This vil
lage of 450 persons cancelled its
scheduled election Tuesday be
cause there were no candidates.
weeks are rather slim.
Vaccine Shipments
The foundation announced
Tuesday night that five of the
six companies manufacturing the
vaccine had shipped enough of
it to provide first shots for 4,
173,120 children. This is not
quite half of the 9,000,000
throughout the United States
and its territories who are slated
to get the two-shot, anti-polio
treatment at foundation expense.
The companies manufactur
ing the vaccine are Cutter Lab
oratories, Eli Lilly Co., Parke
Davis Co., Pittman-Moore Co.,
Wyeth Laboratories, Inc., and
Sharp and Dohme.
The shipments went to 24
states, the District of Columbia,
Hawaii and Southern Califor
nia. Most of the 4,173,120 cubic
centimeters of vaccine (one CC
represents one shot) went to
southern states, the foundation
explained, because of the earlier
incidence of polio and the ear
lier closing of schools in that
area.
Officials said they felt sure
that vaccine for first shots for
the rest of the 9,000,000 children
and for second shots for all of
them would be available by the
original target date, June 1. It
depends on the speed with which
the government certified the
product as to safety, purity and
potency.
Infinitesimal Amount
It was diclosed that to date
only an infinitesimal amount of
the vaccine had gone into com
mercial channels not enough,
drug firm officials said, to form
the basis for ay profitable "black
market."
Most of the drug firms said
they would not supply vaccine
to commercial channels until
they have completed their com
mitments to the National Foun
dation to supply two shots each
for the 9,000,000 children. These
include all children in the first
and second grades, all children
who participated in the 1954
field trials of the vaccine, and
the 440,000 children who actual
ly received the vaccine in 1954.
Trie last (group will receive
booster doses only.
One unavoidable factor delay
ing shipment of the vaccine,
drug firm officials said, was the
strict tests which samples of
each batch must undergo at the
biologies control laboratory of
the National Institute of Health
in Washington.
Eli Lilly Co. pointed out it had
nine months' production on
hand when the vaccine was
approved for use by the govern
ment following release of the
vaccine evaluation study April
12. It said each batch produced
by the company during that
period had to be re-tested after
April 12 and the results of those
tests sent to the National Insti
tute of Health (NIH) for its okay.
Testing Period
The company said it took from
21 to 28 days to re-test each
batch and prepare the scientific
data which accompanied the test
sample to the NIH. There, the
sample and the written mate
rial comes under closest scru
tiny by NIH scientists who ap
prove it only if it meets federal
Medford Delegation
To Attend KC Meeting
Grand Knight Rudolf J. Bat
zer, and a delegation from the
Rogue River Council 1594,
Knights of Columbus, will attend
the 47th annual meeting of the
Oregon jurisdiction of the KCs
on May 13, 14 and 15, it was re
ported today.
Representatives from 45 sub
ordinate councils are expected.
The Most Rev. Edward D. How
ard, Archbishop of Portland in
Oregon, will open the conven
tion, and among the speakers
will be the Most Rev. Francis
Leipzig, bishop of Baker, and
Rt. Rev. Abbot, Damon Dentges,
abbot of the Benedictine abbey
at Mt. Angel, Ore.
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standards as to safety, purity
and potency.
Manufacturers said the NIH
at this time probably was "over
whelmed" with a considerable
number of samples, but they
agreed that such cautious and
minute checking was necessary
to safeguard the public health.
In Washington, an NIH
spokesman said the government
had not rejected any batches of
Salk vaccine through Tuesday.
He said that in a few cases final
clearance of batches had been
held up pending receipts of tech
nical data required by law from
the manufacturer.
Another factor contributing
to the shortage of the vaccine
for a time- was the lack of
rhesus monkeys, whose kidneys
are used in the production of
the vaccine. But this shortage,
caused by a government ban on
export of monkeys from India,
was only temporary and a suf
ficient supply of the animals
now are at hand.
The Indian government cancel
led the ban only a few weeks
ago.
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Portland (U.R) Gov. Paul L.
Patterson will be the principal
speaker at the seventh annual
reunion of the University of Ore
gon Alumni Association here
Sunday.
QUICKIE COURSE
Baton Rouge, La. U.R)
Louisiana State University be
gan a short course on rabbit
breding today. The course ends
Friday.
4-H Club
Gold Hill Club
A Breakfast club for 4-H be
ginners was organized April 14
by Mrs. Ralph Hixson with
Patty Sears, Carolyn Morse and
Marilyn Hixson as junior
leaders. 4
Officers elected were Judith
Higgins, president; Reba Taylor,
vice-president; Sue Woodward,
secretary; Gregg Schmidt, news
reporter; Mary Beth Baily and
Susan Sears, song leaders. Other
members are Vervia Beman and
Barbara Schatz.
First thing we learned was
how to measure the right way.
We will take turns bringing re
freshments. ,
Gregg Schmidt
- Reporter
Central Point Club
Crater Clothing club of Cen
tral Point met April 18 in the
homemaking room of Crater high
school.
At this meeting we completed
plans for our Mothers' tea. The
tea. is to be held May 2 at the
home of Pat Snook.
Refreshments and the demon
strations for the first meeting
after our tea were planned.
Joan Dobrot
Reporter
WANTED QUICK RIDE
Pope Air Force Base, N.C.
(U.R) Mike Waller, 6-year-old
son of TSgt. and Mrs. Rex Wal
ler, set out early" to visit his
grandmother at Columbus, Ga.,
taking his dog .Sneezy and a
bundle of clothes. Mike and
Sneezy were found perched on
the wing of an F80 jet plane
waiting for the craft to take off.
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St. Paul, Minn. (U.R) Sen.
Gordon Butler (R-Duluth) said
he voted against a $1,200 ex
pense allowance for state legis
lators because he expected to
make sacrifices when he sought
public office. The measure pass
ed anyway, with Butler the only
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