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SIXTEEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Tuesday, November 22, 1955
The Polio Vaccine;
Qyestions, Answers
Following is the last in a series
of five articles dealing with
questions and answers on the
Salk anti-polio vaccine. The art
. icles were prepared by the Na
tional Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis and released through
the Jackson county chapter.
Q. "Why were there delays in
the 1955 school vaccination pro
gram? A. Some delay was inevitable,
since no new medical product
can be produced instantly for
all who want it. The National
Foundation ordered 59,000,000
worth of vaccine before the ev
aluation results were known,
but full-scale production for gen
eral use had to await the Fran
cis Report. In addition, the new
and more stringent testing reg
ulations drawn up by the Public
Health Service necessitated re
testing of some existing vaccine
and the establishment of length
ier new procedures for the man
ufacture and testing of subse
quent vaccine.
Q. Is gamma globulin the
same as polio vaccine?
A. No, it is derived from hu
man blood which contains polio
fighting antibodies. It is a tem
porary preventive only, its effect
lasting from five to eight weeks,
but it acts immediately after in
jection. If given before exposure
lo the virus, there is considerable
evidence that GG is effective in
preventing paralytic polio. If
given shortly after exposure
(within a very few days) it may
reduce severity of any paraly
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Columba's Kirk."
HOW A0UI STEVENSON CAMPAIGNS.
At Read the touching, exhausting
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AT DR. SP0CK talks with mothers
Jc. about children's jealousy . . .
parental tensions that result.
tA YOUNG ROYAL COUPLE'S exciting
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In all: 37 articles,
stories and features.
' sis that occurs. GG, which in
1953 and 1954 was controlled
by physicians. The National
Foundation also has a supply,
purchased with March of Dimes
funds, available without charge
upon request of state or local
health officers for use in epi
demics. March of Dimes gamma
globulin has been used in scores
of communities in 1955.
Q. What research still is need
ed ing the vaccine field?
A. March of Dimes research is
continuing to improve the Salk
vaccine, to find out how long its
effect lasts, to determine the
best times and sizes of doses for
long-lasting protection, to find
out if occasional booster shots
are needed over the years, and
to discover more effective strains
of virus for the vaccine. Also,
experiments are under way to
find more readily available cells
in which virus for vaccine may
be grown, and eliminate the
need for expensive monkeys
whose kidneys now are used to
grow the virus. Other types of
vaccine also are being sought.
Q. What is a live virus vac
cine for polio?
A. It is another type of vac
cine, still in the experimental
stage, which would consist of
live strains of polio virus which
have lost their ability to cause
disease, but would retain the ab
ility to stimulate antibody pro
duction. The smallpox vaccine,
commonly used, is such a pre
paration. No live virus polio vac
cine now exists for practical use,
but March of Dimes work to
ward one continues.
Q. Can a live virus vaccine
and a "dead" virus be used to
gether? A. Theoretically, yes. It has
been suggested that the final
answer to polio prevention may
come from an injection of a vac
cine like Dr. Salk's, followed by
an injection of live virus vac
cine. This procedure is being
studied, but obviously must wait
for the development of a suitable
live virus preparation.
Q. What did it cost to develop
the vaccine?
A. Records at the National
Foundation indicate that S25,
500,000 was used in supporting
virus research and the vaccine
field trial up to April 12, 1955.
This includes research done by
many scientists over many years.
The 1954 field trial alone re
quired $7,500,000 in March of
Dimes funds. Dr. Salk's work
has been supported by nearly $2
000.000 and his laboratory is re.
ceiving March of Dimes funds
for his present research on im
provement of the vaccine.
Q. When will adequate sup
plies of the vaccine be avail
able? A. This is impossible to pre
dict. Manufacturers are in large
scale production and, as lots are
cleared by the Public Health
Service, supplies are going io
the states under the government
al plan for voluntary control.
The. National Foundation has
concluded its summer program
but is supplying vaccine for sec
ond shots in schools for children
who did not receive them. Sure
ly during 1956 there should be
Would-Be Bank Robber
Gives Up Dragnet 'Gun'
Los Angeles (U.R) Citizens
National Bank guard E. R. Swen
son said he noticed Richard
Sauer, 44, acting suspiciously in
the bank lobby Monday and
asked Sauer what he was doing.
"You'd better call the FBI and
police," Swenson quoted Sauer,
"I was just about to hold up
your bank."
Police, who arrested Sauer on
suspicion of bank robbery, said
they found in his pocket a toy
plastic gun with "Dragnet"
stamped on one side and "Badge
714" on the other side.
KMED Files Suit
To Recover Taxes
Radio Medford yesterday
brought suit in Federal court in
Portland to recover SI, 522 in in
come taxes from the govern
ment. The corporation claims it was
taxed at too high a rate for an
agreement made when it pur
chased Medford radio station
KMED from Blanche Virgin
Randle in 1950.
The agreement, representing
some S82,000 of the S290,000
sale price, stipulated that Mrs.
Randle would not engage in a
competitive operation within 10
miles of Medford for 10 years.
The federal government col
lected taxes at regular rates,
but the corporation said the
agreement with Mrs. Randle
should have been subject to tax
concessions, and asks for a refund.
Driver Injured
When Car Overturns
A Modesto, Calif., man was in
jured early today when the car
he was driving skidded and -overturned
on Highway 99 between
Rogue River and Grants Pass,
according to state police.
Driver of the car was Clyde B.
Haddock, 43. He told police he
was traveling north at about 50
miles an hour. The car went onto
the shoulder of the highway and
then went out of control, skid
ding and turning completely
over.
Passengers in the car were
the driver's wife, Exa, 39, and
their three children, Francis, 19,
Roger, 18 and Louie 8. The fam
ily was taken to Sacred Heart
hospital.
Haddock received a broken
collar bone. The others were re
leased after a checkup.
Morristown, 111. (U.R) Au
thorities had difficulty finding
a law to cover Henry Roth's
traffic offense but finally charg
ew tme 28-year-old Tampico, 111.
ed the 28-year-old Tampico, 111.
fined him S75. Roth was charg
ed with driving his car along a
five-mile stretch of railroad
track thinking it was a "short
cut."
port Pope HessrH 'True, Disf inetf
Voice of Christ Unconfirmed by Vatican
Vatican City (U.R) Italy's
leading newspaper reported to
day that Pope Pius XIII heard
the "true and distinct" voice of
Christ during a vision as he lay
near death last December.
The Corriere della Sera of Mi
lan, the nation's influential and
biggest circulation newspaper,
said the Pope had told this to a
group of 20 "qualified accle
siasts." There was no immediate con
firmation of the report in au
thoritative Vatican quarters.
Details Eagerly Sought
Inquiries brought only terse
"no comments" as the Catholic
world eagerly sought more de
tails of the second supernatural
experience reported for the
Pope in the past five years.
The Corriere della Sera ver
sion was the first which added
any purported details to those
disclosed in the Italian weekly
magazine Oggi last Saturday.
The Vatican confirmed the Oggi
version Monday.
The semi-official Vatican or
gan Osservatore Romano still
had not mentioned reports of the
vision.
Pope Pius' confirmation of the
Oggi reports already had in
creased the likelihood that he
will someday be proclaimed a
saint of the Roman Catholic
Church.
To Weigh Importantly
The Vision, announced by the
Vatican press office on the au
thority of the Pope himself, was
the second attributed to the Roman-born
pontiff, now 79 years
old and in the 17th year of his
reign.
Vatican quarters said the vi
sions would weigh importantly
in the eventual cause to beatify
and later to canonize Pius XII.
Ordinarily, to be beatified, a
person must have inspired two
miracles during his lifetime or
after his death and two addi
tional miracles between his
beatification and his canoniza
tion. Saw Sun Rotate
The first vision attributed to
the Pope was announced by
Federico Cardinal Tedeschini at
the Shrine of Our Lady of Fa
tima in Portugal. He said during
the 1950 Holy Year the Pope had
seen the sun rotate on three oc
casions just as reported by three
shepherd
seeing a
Mary at
1917.
children who told of
vision of the Virgin
the Fatima shrine in
EX-LOOK EDITOR WEDS
Los Angeles (U.R) Fleur
Cowles, who resigned recently
as associate editor of Look mag
azine, has married British lum
berman Tom Meyer here after
obtaining a Mexican divorce
from Gardner Cowles, it was dis
closed today.
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Mining Claim Fraud
Charged in Lane
Eugene (U.R) A 875,000 suit
charging fraud in mining
claims sales has been filed in
Lane County Circuit Court.
Norman A. Phillips of Baker
named as defendants State Rep.
Loren L. Stewart, Fay H. Ste
wart, Lawrence E. Chapman,
William J. Bartles Sr., Julia A.
Bartles, William J. Bartles Jr.,
Kathrun Bartles, Fred J. Bartles
and Harriet A. Bartles, and the
Bryce Creek Mining Co.
Phillips charged that he has
been unable to gain clear title
to 25 mining claims in the Bo
hemia area near Cottage Grove
because of a timber and mining
agreement between the Bohemia
Lumber Company and other defendants.
enough vaccine for all children.
Q. Is polio conquered yet?
A. No. But we now know its
control is feasible. When sup
plies allow vaccination for all
those in the most susceptible
groups, we should see a dimin
ishing rate of paralytic polio.
But large numbers of cases are
occurino in 1955 and there mav
be many cases in 195G. The Na
tional Foundation will continue
its research and professional ed
ucation programs, and must con
tinue to provide care for the
many patients for whom the vac
cine came too late.
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