MZDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TMlUirS SEVEN
SaOlk Vacciiinie Made -By Clutter Laboratory rdered Wiiftlhidrawini; Mdo -ISepo.rted
Laboratory Sends Urgent Telegram To Halt Use of Polio Vaccine
Berkeley, Calif. (U.R) Cut
ter Laboratories today sent ur
gent telegrams to all health de
partments and drug stores tell
ing them to "immediately" dis
continue use of its Salk polio
vaccine. Simultaneously, the lab
oratories asked "all news serv
ices to maka this information
widely known as soon as possi
ble." The firm, one of the major
producers of Salk vaccine, made
the announcement after it re
ceived a telegram form the Na
all issued unused packages of
mediately sent the following
telegram to all health depart
ments and drug stores which
have received supplies of the
vaccine from Cutter:
"Urgent. No further injections
of Cutter polio vaccine are to be
made: Immediately advise your
physicians. Please return un
used supplies of polio vaccine."
The Cutter statement said the
laboratories have requested "the
assistance of all news services
to make this information widely
known as soon as possible."
tional Institutes of Health at
Bethesda, Md., saying "you are
requested to discontinue distri
bution of polio vaccine until
further notice and to withdraw
the product from the market."
"Kindly notify all consignees
of shipments of polio vaccine ac
cordingly," the institute said.
Cutter officials said it im-
APPROVAL
Indianapolis (U.R) Dr.
Stewart W. Hartfelter made his
usual reminders from the pulpit
to his Prentice Presbyterian
Church congregation of meetings
which failed to get into the
church bulletin. When the serv
ice was over, a departing small
boy greeted Dr. Hartfelter at the
door and remarked: "You did
very well with the commercials
today."
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WRONG ATTITUDE
Minneapolis (U.R) Munici
pal Judge Tom Bergin ordered
Albert A. Bergeron, Onoka, to
spend 90 minutes in the Jail
"bullpen" after Bergeron became
angry over being fined $30 for
speeding.
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Lowell, Mass. U.R5 Cash
ier Ann Higgason, 20, didn't
have far to go to report that she
had been held up and robbed
by a gunman. Police were in a
store directly across the street
investigating a holdup.
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BUSH'S
Government To
Investigate Seven
Paralytic Cases
Washington (U.R) The gov
ernment ordered all Salk polio
vaccine manufactured by the
Cutter Laboratories of Berkeley,
Calif., withheld from the public
pending investigation of seven
paralytic cases among children
inoculated with it.
Dr. Leonard A. Scheele, U.S.
surgeon general, notified the
Dr. Erin Merkel. counly
health officer, said today that
government withdrawal of
Salk polio vaccine manu
factured by Cutter Labora
tories does not necessarialy
mean that the vaccine was re
sponsible for the seven cases
of polio among children inocu
lated with it.
Dr. Merkel said that reports
received at his office showed
heavy polio incidence in the
areas where the cases occured.
He said that children receiv
ing inoculations since the vac
cina was released on April 12
heve not had time to develop
immunity and that the disease
was most likely incurred
through natural exposures.
laboratories of the action today,
It was the first such move
taken by the government since
the Salk shots were licensed for
public use.
Cutter Laboratories, one of six
firms producing the serum, were
ordered "to withdraw all lots of
vaccine manufactured in its
laboratories from distribution."
The Public Health Service said
Cutter Laboratories "immediate
ly agreed to comply." It said "all
state and territorial health de
partments are being advised of
this action."
The service said the seven
eases of paralytic polio had oc
curred among children who had
received shots produced by Cut
ter Laboratories. The cases were
reported, it said, from four cities
In California, two in San Diego,
Ventura, Napa and Oakland, one
In Contra Costa county, and one
in Chicago.
The Health service said it or
dered the Cutter vaccine with
drawn "until completion of an
investigation which is now un
derway."
There was no immediate in
dication how long the inquiry
would take.'""
No Explanation Given
There was no explanation im
mediately of what might be the
source of trouble in the seven
cases reported in California and
Illinois.
Thousands of children were
inocuiatea wun salk vaccine
last year in mass tests conducted
by the National Foundation for
Infantile Paralysis. On April 12,
Dr. Thomas Francis Jr. declared
the tests showed the shots to be
SO to 90 per cent effective
gainst paralytic polio.
Officials disclosed only yester-
nay that the government alreadv
bas approved the distribution of
more than 10,000,000 doses to
the public this year. This is
enough to inoculate 5,000,000
children.
Government approval of all
vaccine is based on rigid stand
ards of safety, purity, and poten
cy. Detailed reports of tests and
other data must be submitted by
manufacturers on each batch to
how these standards have been
met. The government also runs
control tests on some batches to
-make sure the vaccine is safe.
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