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Russians Putting Uve Polio
Virus Into Candy Successfully
Washington (Science Serv
ice)- Russian scientists and
confectioners are making
batches of candy that contain
live viruses.'
This medical bon-bon not
only tastes like candy, but,
more important, the viruses
so far have produced safe
levels of polio antibodies, Dr.
Albert Sabin, a researcher in
the field of live virus vaccine
at the University of Cincin
nati, told Science Service.
The Russian confectionery
industry is currently working
on this project,' Dr. Sabin
learned from a recent trip to
that country. The candy vac
cine is not available for gen
eral distribution yet.
International Year
Dr. Sabin will be -one of
50 specialists attending a
World Health Conference on
the live polio virus vaccine
in Washington. He refers to
1959 as the "ILPWY," Inter
national Live Polio Virus
Vaccine Year, comparable in
scope to the recent IGY (Irt
ternational Geophysical
Year).
Scientists from throughout
the world will pool informa
tion and results of studies to
date concerning the practic
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Some Interesting
Fads About Sand
Surprising that just com
mon sand comes in such a
wide variety of species, tex
tures, colors, degrees of hard
ness and grittiness.
There are more kinds than
you can "shake a shovel at."
The sand may be "sharp or
dull." It's pretty important,
too, in ways other than fill
ing up a hole in the back
yard, or in the manufacture
of glass. ' - '
Even in literature, there is
. a great deal said about sand.
The "sands of time" are con
stantly "running out," and
the number of "footprints"
that have been implanted in
sand, 8nd erased, are beyond
calculation. Both "quicksand"
and the "shifting" variety
have a significant quality of
i utter instability that has be
come almost a legend. Houses
that have been foolishly' built
on "restless" sand cause ever
lasting regret to those who
build there.
Sand Trap
The golfer worries about
the sand trap. The mariner is
haunted by the hidden sand
bar, and the small boy is al
ways trying to elude the
"sandman." . .
The philosopher speaks of
longevity by promising a
thing will last until "the
sands of the desert "grow
cold." . The scientist admits
, ignorance of how long a time
this will be, but definitely
states that individual grains
of sand are constantly grow
ing smaller, until they lose
whatever shape they have,
and become nothing.
' Every grain of sand on a
beach is being constantly, and
everlastingly rolled against
its neighbor by every wind
that blows or wave that rolls
up on the beach. 'Like tiny
atoms, under the powerful
impulse of natural forces,
they are colliding forcefully
with one another, or with any
, other obstruction. Here in the
" mighty cyclotron oZ nature,
one atom of sand becomes a
projectile, another .a target
. The never-ending force re-
duces the grain to dust, then
to invisibility.
Rocks and the countless
sea shells, which are only
limestone, -are constantly
crumbling. They are reduced
to grains and these to smaller
grains, growing progressively
smaller. Other grains keep
forming. The supply is ample,
the process endless, the end
inevitable.
Under the water's surface,
the lowly mollusks are pa
tiently extracting the dis
solved minerals from sea
water, solidifying them into
shell to protect their soft
bodies. Bi the "sands of
time" run out for these creat
ures too. The time coms
when they cease to be, and
their limy "homes" are cast
up on some waiting beach.
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ability and safety o. using
live virus vaccine. Conditions
all over the world are dif
ferent in regard to polio, Dr.
Sabin, developer of one of
the three strains of live virus
vaccines being tested, point
ed out. For instance, the
tropical and subtropical cli
mates of South America af
fect outbreaks and control of
polio in a different manner
than would be found in the
Soviet Union.
Experimental Dos
Dr. Sabin sent live virus
vaccine to Russia where 3,
800,000 Soviets received an
experimental dose. An addi
tional 143,000 Czechoslovak
ians, 200,000 citizens of Sing
apore and 2,500,000 Mexicans
also received the vaccine. Re
sults seem to be good, Dr.
Sabin said. "
Another mass inoculation
program was conducted in
the Belgian Congo where an
epidemic of polio had broken
out. Dr. Hilary Koprowski of
the Wistar Institute of Phila
delphia, developer of another
stnin, reported favorable re
sults from that program. In
stitute scientists are just com
pleting inoculation of 75,000,
bringing the total .of those
Small Worlds
Around Us
By Lynn M. Watkins
water, friction, weight and
time, these hard objects lose
their shape and are reduced
to grains. They break "again
and again, from piece to
grains, then to dust, and even
back again to a liquid. Dis
solved in sea Water, it again
becomes available to mol
lusks that will live in some
future sea. Over and over is
this repeated, times . without,
end.
But as long as the sun con
tinues to shine down in burn
ing intensity, the "sands of
the desert will never grow
permanently cold. For so long
as the winds blow the grains
will become steadily smaller
into the infinity of time. "The
mills of God grind slowly,
yet they grind exceedingly
small."
(Released by The Register and
Tribune Syndicate, 1959)
MONDAY, JUNE 29, 1959
vaccinated in the Belgian
Congo to 320,000.
Most of these Africans re
ceived type one vaccine only
since that type is most pre
valent in- the Congo.
Live Vaccine Reasons
The reasons may scientists
favor live vaccine are as fol
lows:
The attenuated, or live,
virus vaccine is preferable to
the Salk killed' virus because
it produces longer lasting im
m u n i t y. Furthermore, the
killed vaccine protects only
against paralyzation. The live
virus on the other hand, pro
tects from both paralyzation
and infection. Thus a person
who has received the live
virus cannot be a "carrier"
or spreader of the disease.
Persons immunized by a live
virus vaccine also pass the
immunity . to others within
the family. This results in a
protective antibody level for
some members of the family
who would not receive shots.
Despite all of this favor
able evidence, however, the
United States Public Health
Service has taken a position
of conservatism on the live
virus vaccine question. Sur
geon General Leroy E. Bur
ney has pointed out the ad
vantages of this vaccine r-
lower cost, -longer immunity.
and ease of administration.
(The vaccine can be given in
syrup, spray or pill form.)
, But, many questions re
main unanswered. First, does
the live virus invade and
damage the nervous system?
Second, how successful or
harmless is the spread of the
virus from one member of a
family to another? Can all
three types of polio virus be
combined into one effective
dose? How valid is the data
from those countries that
have used the live vaccine?
Dr. Herald Cox of the Le
derle Laboratories, Pearl
River, N. Y., the researcher
of the third strain of live
vaccines, will also be on hand
to add to the information
that will help the USPHS set
up criteria for the eventual
use of the vaccine. The vac
cine has. not been tried on a
mass scale in the United
States because a great per
centage of this population
has become immune through
the use of the Salk killed
vaccine. These three Ameri
can researchers plus 47 other
specialists around the world
will attempt to establish a
program to eliminate polio
throughout the world. -
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Burma Objects
To Asylum for '
Soviet Diplomat
Rangoon, Burma (UPD - The
Burmese government has an
nounced it does not recognize
the American embassy's right
to grant assylum to Soviet
Diplomat Alexander U. Kana
cheev, who took refuge there
June 24.
The government statement
came after U.S. Ambassador
Walter P. McConnaughty call
ed on Burmese Foreign Min
ister U Chan Htoon Aung to
notify him of the Russian dip
lomat's position.
"Since the government . . .
does not recognize the right
of any embassy or legation in
Rangoon to afford asylum
which covers protection," the
government statement said,
Kaznacheev's presence in the
U.S. Embassy is "being con
sidered." "
Asylum Granted
Kaznacheev, information of
ficer in the Soviet embassy
here, applied for asylum June
23 and it was granted the next
day. McConnaughty Friday
told the foreign ministry he
would be moved "to another
country," U.S. Embassy sourc
es said.
The Russian diplomat issued
a statement in which he said
"the Soviet government uses
terror; subversion and police
state methods to achieve its
aims ..."
"I desire a life of freedom,
which is not possible for citi
zens of the USSR, and request
asylum."
Tyranny Denounced
He denounced the "cruel
and oppressive tyranny of
Communism," and said he had
been forced to "spy on my
fellow Russians as well as my
Burmese friends."
Raznacheev was the second
Russian diplomat here who
has turned against the Krem
lin in the past two months.
Col. Mikhail I. Stryguine,
the Soviet military attache,
was hustled off to Russia un
der guard after he toqk an
overdose of sleeping pills and
latere tried to escape from the
hospital where he was being
treated.
In the hospital,' Stryguine
shouted denunciations of the
Soviet system and appealed
for asylum, but Russian
guards intervened before help
arrived. .
About 25 per cent of the
U. S. southern cotton crop is
harvested mechanically.
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HEADING up review of
steel-union breakdown talks,
United Steel Workers 'Presi
dent David McDonald set to
make report to union. Strike
deadline is June 30.
Governor's Soviet
Trip Criticized
Salt Lake City - (01?) - The
Utah State Democratic Cen
tral Committee has con
demned the action of Gov.
George D. Clyde in leaving
his duties as the chief execu
tive to spend a month tour
ing Russia.
In a resolution, adopted at
a committee meeting here,
the Democrats called Clyde's
trip a "one month's paid va
cation." .
The resolution said the peo
ple of Utah should clearly
understand that they are foot
ing part of the bill for Clyde's
trip. ;
"The governor is being paid
by the taxpayers of Utah
$1,000 per month, plus an al
lowance for living in his own
home. These emoluments con
tinue to be paid to him in his
absence," the resolution said.
It said the governor's job
is here-not in Russia. -
Clyde is in Russia on a
three-week tour behind the
iron curtain with eight other
U. S. governors. They are
traveling under sponsorship
of the Sloan and Rockefeller
Foundations.
Ashland Students on
College Honor Roll
Ashland - Frank Conley,
son of Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Con
ley, 477 Laurel st., and Vi
vienne Murray, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Leo S. Murray,
star route, box 72, are among
89 . students at Linf ield col
lege, McMirinville, listed on
the honor roll for the spring
semester.
Conley is a sophomore
physics major and Miss Mur
ray is a junior history student
at the college.
Students must receive at
least a 3.5 grade point average
out of a posible perfect grade
of 4 to be on the honor roll.
Names of More Interest
Than News of Robbery
Waverly, Tenn.-WPD- When
Police Chief Floyd Hardin was
told that five gunmen held up
a poker game here and escap
ed with about $10,000, he
said:
"I think most of the people
here would rather know who
was in the game than the
names of the bandits."
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