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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.
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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.
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