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Free Polio Inoculation Program Expected To Drag Into Late Summer
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Washington (U.PJ The Pub
lic Health Service said today it
will take until mid-July or Aug
ust to finish the free polio inocu
lation program for the nation's
9,000,000 first and second grad
ers. Only then will the govern
ment's new voluntary distribu
tion plan go into effect. And only
then will more than 7,000,000
other children from five through
nine begin getting their Salk
hots.
This represents a sharp and
discouraging setback in the vac
cination timetable. But health
service officials still expressed
confidence most fiv e -through-nine
youngsters will receive
their two shots before the polio
" season hits its peak in various
areas in August. and September.
Dr. Leonard A. Scheele, U. S.
surgeon general, said today this
estimate could be thrown out of
kilter if there should be a medi
cal decision to halt shots briefly
during the season peak because
of the possibility of triggering
the onset of polio where it al
ready is incubating.
Wait and Sea
But he said there is no present
recommendation to do this and
that the problem won't be con
sidered until experts see what
happens as the season peak nears
some weeks hence.
It may well turn out, he said,
that protecting thousands against
polio will outweigh whatever
danger there may be in the little
understood phenomenon of polio
sometimes being induced by any
kind of injections during the
height of the polio season.
Congressmen were disappoint
ed at the slowness of inocula
tions but they voiced general ap
proval of the voluntary distribu
tion plan announced by Presi
dent Eisenhower.
Chairmen of key Senate and
H o u a a committees promised
quick approval of Mr. Eisen
hower's request for a $28,000,000
fund to purchase vaccine, if nec
essary, for children of low-income
families.
Most States Approve
The administration plan
knocked the wind out of the
drive for compulsory federal
. controls. But there still is a
move on to give the President
standby powers to crack the
whip if the voluntary system
doesn't work.
Most of the 48 states are back
ing the administration plan.
Even a few which originally op
posed any federal controls indi
cated they will support it.
The big slow-down in inocu
lations stems mainly from a se
vere supply shortage caused by
the recent ban on vaccine made
by Cutter Laboratories and the
government's current double-
check of all vaccine stocks and
manufacturing processes.
Scheele indicated today that
vaccine made by Wyeth Labor
atories, Inc., Marietta, Pa., may
be released today Dr Wednesday.
It would be the third firm whose
supplies have been reapproved.
Crater Gardeners
To Hold Dinner
Crater Garden club will hold
its monthly meeting Thursday,
May 19, at the home of Mrs.
Arthur Straus, 643 Pine street.
Central Point. The meeting will
be preceded by a herb dinner at
7 p.m. Members are to take table
service.
Mrs J. D. Hoist will speak
on herbs and will demonstrate
the preparation of several re
cipes. Installation of the new offi
cers will be conducted byMrs.
C. W. Anhorn immediately fol
lowing the dinner.
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Captain, Family
Guests in Medford
Capt. and Mrs. Douglas Eden
and two children, Beth and
James, are in Medford to visit
relatives before Captain Eden,
an officers in the United States
Air Force, leaves for duty in
Japan. He will leave the states
about June 1.
Mrs. Eden and the children
will remain in Oregon until la
ter, dividing their time between
the home of Captain Eden's par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Eden,
211 Genessee street, and Mrs.
Eden's mothers, Dr. Mabel Har
denbrook, Oregon City. -
Mrs. Bruce Bateman
Honored at Shower
Mrs. Bruce Bateman was hon
ored at a shower recently, the
party being at the home of Bliss
Kay Carrara. Gifts were present
ed to Mrs. Bateman, and re
freshments were served.
Present were Mrs. Peter R.
Bateman, Mrs. E. A. Vinson,
Mrs. Thomas Wingert, Miss Donna-Scherer,
Miss Mildred Wea
ver, Mrs. Arthur Bateman, Mrs.
L. E. Thompson, Mrs. Peter M.
Bateman, Mrs. Thomas Hicks,
Mrs. Al Carrara, the honored
guest and hostess.
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POLIO PROGRAM Health Secy. Oveta Culp Hobby (right)
presents to President Eisenhower an 11-point program for
polio vaccine distribution to go into effect when the present
tree inoculation program for first and second grade chil
dren is completed. The President approved the program.
Society and Clubs
Society of Cosmetic Chemists
Studies Problem of Wrinkles
By ELIZABETH TOOMEY
United Press Correspondent
New York U.R) Several
hundred men devoted a recent
afternoon to a discussion of
women's wrinkles.
Something should be done
about them, they concluded.
And maybe just maybe, mind
you one of these days the
phrase "glamorous grandma"
won't be restricted to an oc
casional Marlene Dietrich, but
will be descriptive of every
body's grandma.
"It could happen," Dr. Peter
Flesch predicted between
speeches at the meeting of the
Society of Cosmetic Chemists.
"So far, however, much more is
unknown than is known. The
major secret is still a secret."
The fact that for the first time
the chemists devoted an entire
afternoon to listening to learned
papers on the subject of age
and its effect on the human skin
was viewed as a significant step
in the right direction.
"Until further chemical stu
dies are carried out, it is futile
to expect any rational method
for the rejuvenation . of aging
skin," Dr. Flesch, assistant pro
fessor of dermatology at the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, said
bluntly.
"You can make the appearance
better, but any fundamental
change must await further stu
dies." If the day dawns when we will
be rosy-cheeked and blooming
at 50, the Hungarian-born skin
specialist predicted it would re
sult from a substance that could
penetrate the skin, not be rubbed
on the face.
"Maybe in 10 years we will
have something, maybe longer,"
he said.
In the meantime, the will to
remain young which is a built-in
feature of most modern women
is strong enough to confound cer
tain scientific charts.
Protect Skin
"We cannot set a definite age
when a wofnan's skin begins to
show signs of age," Dr. Flesch
admitted. "The will to remain
young can make a big differ
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Men, in the husbandry cate
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over the face cream, facial, chin
strap and careful makeup rou
tine that women resort to in
their attempts to outwit nature.
But not these scientists.
"There is more than vanity
involved," Dr. Edward Hender
son, president of the American
Geriatrics Society, told the men
at the meeting. "If a woman
feels she looks attractive, her
whole outlook on life changes.
The percentage of women past
the age of 60 steadily increases
in our society, yet we live in a
world where the accent is on
youth. Women are made acutely
aware of the handicaps of an
"old appearance."
Anyway, she" who chuckles
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the nation better pay respectful
attention to what goes on grand
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these days he may find himself
the only old-looking members
of the family.
Mothers Return
After SOC Visit
Mrs. Robert Rukovina, Mrs.
John A. Carter, Mrs. Richard D.
Werner and Mrs. R. L. Sevcik
returned home Sunday after
spending the week end at Ore
gon State college for the an
nual mothers' week end pro
gram. Mrs. Rukovina visited her
daughter, Miss Patricia Ruko
vina; Mrs. Carter was with her
son, Brent; Mrs. Werner visited
her son, Ricky, and Mrs. Sevcik
her son, Robert.
The women attended the inter-fraternity
sing and a produc
tion of "The Mikado" as well
as luncheons and dinners given
for the mothers.
Ricky Werner, freshman in
engineering recently pledged Pi
Kappa Phi, social fraternity, at
the school.
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May erupted today with gener
ous rains and tornadic winds in
the arid Southwest and wintry
snows in the north.
Up to two inches of rain
pounded drought - parched crops
in Texas, Oklahoma, and North
east Colorado. More downpours
swept through Nebraska and
thunderstorms were common
early today from Texas to the
Carolinas.
But the welcome rains also
brought tornadic winds and
flash floods. Buildings were
whisked away in Texas last
night and 20 persons in Texas'
Taylor county were evacuated in
the darkness when spring and
valley creeks spilled over.
Flood waters also spread in
the Oklahoma Panhandle. The
weather bureau warned they
could pose a serious threat if the
rains keep falling.
In the north, a Canadian cold
wave had spread seven inches of
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snow over parts of Idaho and
dealt heavy damage to the Utah
strawberry crop.
The spring snow storm cut vis
ibility to a half mile at Laramie,
Wyo., and spread into parts of
Montana and Utah.
More than 100 smoke genera
tors were rushed to Central
Utah's fruit belt to fight a killing
frost. They laid a dense pall
over the area and traffic was
slowed to a crawl.
Meanwhile, Canadian air was
sweeping over the Midwest,
dropping temperatures from
summery peaks. The mercury
fell from 79 to 48 degrees at
Chicago, from 80 to 45 at Du
luth. Minn., and from 76 to 35
at Houghton, Mich. Tempera
tures were near or below freez
ing early today in the Northern
Great Lakes.
It was warmer farther east,
but a rash of forest fires flared
up in New Jersey's dry wood
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whipped through part of the
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before it was brought under con-
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Vaco Doused
In Texas, Waco was doused
with 2.2 inches of rain to the ac
companiment of 58 mile per hour
winds and the 1.15 inches at
normally bone - dry Abilene
boosted the city's May total to
2.07 inches.
Colorado City, Tex., had a
weird combination of a dust
storm, followed by hail, follow
ed by a .40 inch rain. In three
West Texas counties a three
fingered tornado played hop
scotch while farm families in a
large area scurried to their cel
lars. There were no injuries, but at
least five barns and three houses
were blown away east of Sny
der. Northeast of Harmleigh a
several-hundred-gallon storage
tank was ripped off its founda-
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