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Boise, Idaho U.R) Repub lican National Chairman Leon ard Hall said Saturday the value of the dollar "has changed less than a half a cent in three years" of the Eisenhower administra tion. Medford Tribune Northwestern Paraguay is call ed the Gran Chaco. ?ftMJ -MMy WOODWARD, OC BALTIMORE, MO. United Press Full Leased Wire United Press Full leased Wirt Second Section MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1956 Pages 1-6 :J):M.Y K . ' . ' it -w 0 yMac twan isx in ac Dines RJMOS WAVE S1W SO PR POO TOMMVt CARE ... DOCTOCS SAV WE'LL NEED CASE POR "VSAR.S TO COME" BE -VtE CAN WALK. WITHOUT CRUTCHES. K, ToMMVS SISTER, ",1N" ONE Of THE. run rtopu WHO GOT MARCH of niUFS POLIO VACCINE IN 1955. II ajUK flS DAD, VEPyL WOODWARD, IS A MARINE CORPS PAC1PIC COMBAT VET ... HIS MOTHER ViAS BEEN A MAR.CN of OWES VOLUNTEER FOR IO VEARS. TOVMV WAS STRICKEN WHEN WE WAS 14 MONTHS JUST WHEN HE WAS LEARNING TO WAIX. ui Ri AMBITIONS ARE TO BE A POLICEMAN AND TO PXINtJUST LIKE CHARLIE? HIS Z&YEAR OLD BROTHER. Mil the MARCH OF DIMES Juuwu 3S - Dulles Schedules Far Eastern Visit Washington (U.R) Secre tary of State John Foster Dulles will visit the Far East in March to devise new strategy for pro tecting free nations from Com munist economic or military penetration, it has been dis closed. Alithoritative sources said the much-traveled Secretary of State plans to fly to Karachi, Pakistan, for a meeting about March 6 of the Southeast Asian Treaty Or ganization, the so-called "Manila Pact" alliance .which the United States regards as a kep bulwark against Red aggression in the Far East. While plans for the trip are not complete, it is likely Dulles will expand his itinerary to in clude visits to other Far East ern capitals. Last April, when he attended a Manila pact meet ing in Thailand, Dulles went on to visit Formosa, Burma, the Philippines and other countries in the area. FIR SLAB WOOD From Dry Decked Logs o CALL ifP 2-8086 . . ffsr a m Company RCFJxfS OHWN TlMBERP BIG FIVE TIER LOADS! Medford Price ....$8.75 Phoenix Price .....,$9.75 J'Ville Price ......$9.75 Central Point Price $9.50 Demand for Salk Polio Vaccine Said To Be Gaining on Available Supplies Editor's note: The United Press has made a state-by-state survey of the polio vaccine situation. It shows that Salk shots are currently being pro duced faster than they are being used. But demand is picking up fast and is expected to outrun the supply again when the polio season begins in the spring. The following dispatch on this nationwide survey is by Michael J. O'Neill, UP Washington correspondent who has covered the Salk vaccine story from the start. Br MICHAEL J. O'NEILL United Press Correspondent Washington (U.R) Salk polio vaccine now is rolling off the production lines faster than it's used. But demand is picking up fast and is expected to run far ahead of supplies in the next few months. A nationwide survey showed today there are currently about five million shots the equiva lent of nearly two months' out put on the shelves of doctors' offices, drug stores and local health departsments. But state health authorities said they are not concerned. Main reason for the delay in the vaccine's use, they said, is that many areas have been stock piling shots for mass innocula tion programs. A month, or so ago public health officials were worried about lagging demand for the vaccine. Now their main con cern is whether they will get enough vaccine to provide pro tection to millions of eligible children before the 1956 polio season hits next spring. "Demand -has been increasing steadily," said Dr. Malcolm H. Merrill, California health direc tor. "There is a question at this moment whether vaccine pro duction can keep up with de mand, especially if the current increase in acceptance con tinues." . There have been conflicting reports about how well the na tionwide inoculation program has been doing since the gov ernment's voluntary distribu tion system went into effect this fall. To get the facts, United Press correspondents " went to top health officials in the 48 states. Highlights of their re port: Demand Great in Five States Demand for the vaccine was reported to be very great in 0 (3 ASTER AREA SERVICE TO PRUDENTIAL POLICY HOLDERS Prudential Managers and Prudential Agents have been alerted to give disaster area victims every possible assistance and consid-, eration. If you have any questions about your' Prudential Insur ance protection, please get in touch with the Prudential Agent who serves you. If you cannot reach him during this emergency, call on any Prudential office near you. They have complete infor mation on extension of premium grace periods, on borrowing against your insurance, and on what to do if your policies-have been lost or destroyed. - SEE YOUR PRU DENTAL AGENT THE PRUDENTIAL 0 INSURANCE COMPANY Of AMERICA WESTERN HOME OFFICE LOS ANGELES A Mutual life Insurance Company five states, substantial in 18, 1 thorities have declared the vac cine insufficiently safe but at least one community has gone ahead with vaccinations any way. , In Kentucky, physicians took a stand against the vaccine but agreed health officers could give shots to those who request ed them. Some medical opposi tion to mass inoculation pro grams also was reported in New Jersey and Kansas. Priority Restriction Limited Only about half the states are adhering strictly to the govern ment recommendation that age priorities be limited to a 10-year span between birth and 15. Many are using the whole 15 year span and five have stretch ed their priorities through 19 years Minnesota, Nevada, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming. Minnesota was typi cal. It enlarged its priorities group because of lack of demand for the vaccine in the smaller eli gibility group, s Illinois suspended commercial distribution of the vaccine until Feb. 1. Dr. Ruth Church, state about equal to supplies in 15 and small in only six Idaho, M a s s a chusetts, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Tennessee, and Vir ginia. Four states didn't report. In many areas health authorities have been discouraging demand because of limited supplies. The 43 states which were able to supply figures reported a total of 4,968,144 shots currently in the hands of health authori ties and physicians. The figure is believed conservative. Esti mates were not available for five states and the number of unused shots in the hands of physicians could not be deter mined precisely. Also, more than three million shots, recent ly released by the government, now are en route to the states for use. ' ; Some of the vaccine appar ently has not been used because of , local apathy. But the big reason for large unused stocks in some areas in the effort of health departments to stockpile enough shots to keep a mass inoculation program rolling once started. These departments ar gue it would be unfair to dis tribute small amounts of vac cine piecemeal. Inoculation Pattern Varies Some inoculations are now being given in most states but the pattern varies widely. Injec tions are currently being given on a statewide basis in 13 states, in many communities in nine states, and, in only a few com munities in 11 states. In another 11 states, very few injections are being given, because of in adequate supplies or opposition to the vaccine. Four states didn't report. . . Substantial opposition to the inoculation program was report ed in five states. In Idaho, where Cutter-inoculated children were hard hit by polio, both the state health and medical authorities have opposed mass, injection programs.- In Massachusetts, au- "there was a feeling that some vaccine had been diverted to non-priority groups." She said the supply situation will be re evaluated in February and a de cision made about resumption of distribution in commercial channels. Three -Main Reasons Cited. Health authorities cited three main reasons for .tre sharp drop in demand for the vaccine this fall: 1 Public uncertainty about the vaccine's- safety; 2 Natural apathy setting in after the polio season ended, and 3 A slump in mass " inoculations during the change-over from the school pro gram of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis and the voluntary, state-by-state distri bution system. These same factors, in reverse, are cited as reasons for the new pickup in demand. There have been numerous official reports confirming the vaccine's safety and effectiveness, many parents are becoming conscious of the approaching polio season, and many states and communities are getting tneir. inoculation pro- vaccine co-ordinator, , reported ' grams underway. Feeling ltS belter! Nothing like a friendly phone call to cheer a person, up when Tie's temporarily laid low. And like as "not you've put your telephone to this good use in the past. Come to think about it, there are just lots of times when your telephone makes it faster and easier to show your thoughtfulness. And why not? That's one of the things it's for. The men and women of Pacific Telephone work to make your telephone more useful every day. c Bulganin Says War Moscow (U.R) Soviet Premier Nikolai A. Bulganin has declared that possession of mass destruction hydrogen bombs by-both the East and West does not rule out the possibility of nuclear war. The communist leader said the only way to prevent such a war is to ban all atomic and hydrogen weapons, and to estab lish an effective international control of armament. Bulganin warned that the arms race was- increasing the threat of a new war, rather than diminishing it . The Soviet premier sounded his warnings in a question and answer interview with the American Telenews Television company. "It is wrong to -assert that in asmuch as East and West possess hydrogen weapons, the possi bility of a thermo-nuclear war is automatically excluded," Bul ganin declared. "Assertions of this kind can, in fact, lull the vigilance of peo ples who support the elimination of the threat of an atomic war. "Of course, the fact that under present conditions atomic and hydrogen weapons . cannot be used with impunity has some deterrent effect on those circles which would like to unleash war, using 'weapons of mass annihilation." 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