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Medford 54th Year Price 10 Cents Tribune 2nd Section MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1960 Pages 1 - 8 'HOT' DOG Dorf, a three-months-old dachshund, swallowed a piece of uranium ore and now suffers from "fallout". His hair is coming out. His owner, Larry Williams, blames the ore but scientists are skeptical. . (UPI Telephoto) New Strains of Live Polio Virus Claimed Successful New York (Science Service) New strains of live polio vi ruses that appear more bene ficial than those used in the live polio vaccine fed to mil lions of Russians during 1959 have been described here. Dr. Albert Sabin of the University of Cincinnati, de veloper of the -live virus polio vaccine recently tested on mass scale in Iron Curtain countries, reported his suc cess to date with new strains of live virus to colleagues at tending the Gustav Sern sym posium on viruses here, These new strains, which in clude polio viruses types I, II and III, were taken from healthy children, Dr. Sabin told Science Service. He re ferred to them as "cold mu tants," or 25-degree Centi grade (77- degree Fahrenheit) mutants. Monkeys Not Paralyzed Experiments with these new strains showed that when doses of these strains were injected into the spinal cord of rhesus monkeys, the am mals did not become para lyzed. The monkeys develop ed neither paralytogenic symptoms nor lesions, the vi rologist said. ( Some monkeys that have been used to test the pres ently developed live virus vaccine did develop lesions, which, in turn, influenced the U. S. Public Health Service in its decisions to request fur ther testing before recom mending use of the oral vac cine in this country. If Dr. Sabin's new strains will multiply in the intesti nal tract of humans, which is essential for the develop ment of immunity, they may replace the strains used in the present Sabin oral vac cine. Tests to determine the ability of these new strains to multiply and create im munity begin within the next two weeks. Dr. Sabin said. He will visit Russia in March. There, Dr. Sabin re ported, the Russians are now using the year-old oral polio vaccine developed in Cincin nati. Every person between the ages of two months and 20 years in the Soviet Union, Hungary and Czechoslovakia is receiving the vaccine in either syrup or candy form. Russia Continues Use Russian scientists last sum mer developed a medical bon bon that contains the three types of Sabin live polio vi rus. The oral vaccine contin ues to be used in Russia on a wide scale to eradicate po lio. Dr. Sabin said. Three U. S. pharmaceuti- a beautiful "new room1 in just one day with (HE DELUXE LATEX WAIL PAINT cal firms, Pf izer's laboratories in England, Pittman-Moore of Indianapolis and Wyeth of Philadelphia, are now devel oping the Sabin vaccine. These oral vaccines will be tested and ready to submit to the U. S. PHS for licensing by the end of this year, Dr. Sabin predicted. Uranium Ore Eaten by Pup Said To Be Causing 'Fallout7, Appetite Loss Henryetta, Okla. -(DPD- The owner of a dachshund who suffers from "fallout" insist ed today his pup was "radio active," but an official of the Atomic Energy Commission was skeptical. "He makes my geiger coun ter go like mad," said Larry Williams, 54, a Henryetta fu neral home operator. "Why, I'm afraid to go look at him without dark glasses." Hair Falling Out The trouble with Dorf, a three-month-old dachshund, is that his hair is falling out and he's lost his appetite. Williams, an amateur rock collector, said it was because Dorf ate some refined uran ium concentrate ore that Wil liams brought back from Mex ico last week. He said the dog ate "probably about a spoonful" of the potent pow der. That was five days ago. A Two other oral polio vac cines have also been devel oped in the U. S-, Dr. Herald Cox of Lederle Laboratories, Pearl River, N. Y., and Dr. Hillary Koprowski of the Wis ter Institute, Philadelphia, have each develope doral live virus polio vaccines. couple of days later, the dog's hair started falling out. "He's not bald by any means," Wil liams said, "but he's losing his hair." But in Washington, Dr. Charles L. Dunham, director of the Atomic Energy Com mission's division of biology and medicine, said he doubt ed that uranium ore could provide enough radio activity to have that effect. Normal Shedding? Durham suggested the dog might be shedding normally, or be suffering from some dis ease, and that might erron eously have been connected with the swallowing of the uranium ore. Williams is having Dorf treated by an Okmulgee, Okla ..veterinarian, and said "some medical doctors" also had examined him. He said the veterinarian had given some hope for Dorf's recovery. Some 5V2 million American homes now have some form of air-conditioning an in crease of three quarters of a million during the past year. To sell this growing market, manufacturers invested near ly $2 million in newspaper advertising in 1958. Back Stairs: Story of Mamie's Derision By MERRIMAN SMITH UPI While House Reporter Washington-flJPD-Back stairs at the White House:' Those close to the President say there is nothing whatever to rumors in diplomatic cir cles about why Mrs. Eisen hower decided not to accom pany her husband to South America this month. The story in question was that the first lady was taken out of the trip plans because of intelligence reports from South America that anti-United States factions might try to "cause trouble" for the chief executive. What changed Mrs. Eisen hower's mind was the report of White House officials who recently made an advance swing through Brazil, Argen tina, Chile and Uruguay. They told Mamie that the combina tion of torrid summer wea ther and long hours in the air made for a mighty uncomfort able trip for a lady who must conserve her energy and rest frequently. She agreed quick ly. Plans for the trip then had to be redrafted. State dinners had to be re-planned and as a result, there will be several major social functions shifted to the stag category. This sounds like Barbara E i s e n hower, the President's daughter-in-law, will not be along on this trip to represent the distaff side of the official family. In Rio de Janeiro, a city of about 3,500,000, officials are expecting a welcome crowd in the streets of the beautiful Brazilian metropolis of more U.S. diplomats in South America have advised the State Department and the White House that the Presi dent should be prepared for enormous crowds, some every bit as large as the huge turn outs for Eisenhower in India last December. Number of Farm Tractors Increases Washington (Science Ser vice) The number of farm tractors in the world has in creased by about 70 per cent in the past decade. During the same period, the farm horse population has dropped by seven per cent. The number of tractors in 1957, excluding Russia and Red China, had gone up to 8,728,000 against 5,149,000 in 1949, the Food and Agricul ture Organization of the Unit ed Nations reported here. Ninety-three per cent of the world's farm tractors are concentrated in North Amer ica, Europe and Oceania. The remaining seven per cent are spread over various countries in Latin America, the Far East, and Near East and Afri ca, regions that account for 65 per cent of the world's ar able land. Four reasons cited by the FAO for the expansion in farm mechanization were more favorable prices for farm products, the rising cost 01 agricultural manpower, a greater variety of machines more suitable to local condi tions, and increasing machine consciousness coupled with wide-spread government encouragement. than one million persons on the afternoon of Eisenhower's arrival there. And officials in another Brazilian city, Sao Paulo, vow that their welcome for Eisen hower will be every bit as large as the show in Rio. Reports are coming in, too, from Japan where the Presi dent will visit in June. Ameri can embassy officials in Tokyo I are forecasting that Eisenhow er's public reception there will be the largest thing the President has ever seen. As of mid-1959, the na tion's coal stockpiles con tained about 70 million tons - enough to satisfy normal re quirements for about 62 days. The President is reported privately to be somewhat burned up by two recent in stances of where he thought his picture was being taken solely for private purposes. The photographs in question- were offered for publication within hours after they were taken. The incidents involved took place while he was hunting in Albany, Ga., and more recent ly on the golf course at La Quinta, Calif., where hotel of ficials urged the President to stop for a look at one of their trout ponds. Someone handed him a rod baited with cheese and he fish ed embarrassedly for . a few minutes. His picture was made at the time, he thought, for someone's private album and yet within an hour or two, the picture was in commercial cir culation. So, beware the next "ama teur" photographer who tries to shoot an exclusive picture under circumstances where the regular White House news photographers are within ready call, but are staying away as part of their bargain with the President to respect his privacy. See The Dinah Shore Chevy Show in color Sundays, NBC-TV the Pat Boone Chevy Showroom weekly, ABC-TV. I STEP ' . - I IN IT-" - 1 - dot S ... -o- This is the elegant Impala Sport Sedan STEP OUT ITS Get the quiet proof of Chevrolet's superior performance on the road No other car in the low-priced three can match the borne-on-the-wind sensation you get from a ride in the 1960 Chevrolet. 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