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MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFOHD; ORE, i1' ORD 't.-.X' TUESDAY. AUGUST t. 1880 Taxicab Driver Who Adopted Children Is Being Adopted By JAIME PLENN United Presi International Mexico City -flffD-A taxi- cab driver who "adopted" more than 300 children is now in the. process of being "adopted himself. The American Society of Mexico has extended its wel fare program to lend a hand to Porfirio (Poppi) Guerrero with the humanitarian job he undertook eight years ago unglehanded. Working with affiliated groups, the society has form ed "Pro-Poppi's Kids Com mittee" to help Poppi Guer- rero finance a building where he can carry on the task he assumed, The San Francisco Cultu- ral Center which Poppi has kept going miraculously, was started by a parish priest who tried to bring rudiments of learning along with food and clothing to children of poor families and orphans, Hauled Padre The priest and Poppi got acquainted while the latter used to haul the padre on some of his charity errands, Learning of the mission, Pop pi soon found himself drawn Into the endeavor, donated his services and soon was contributing cash. In add) tion, he spent all his spare time at the center, and thut's when he came to be known as Poppi to the kids, In 1952, the priest died, and it looked as If the center was doomed. The taxi driver's Inquiries brought no response from any individual or organiza tion willing to carry on. He realized that If the work was going to be continued, he would have to shoulder the burden. Right off he ran into trou ble. The landlady who owns the four-room, one-story building housing the center slapped on a 20 per cent rent Increase, raising it to 600 pe sos ($48) a month. That's when Guerrero THERE'S AN EASIER WAY TO GET EXTRA fP started thinking about build, ing the center its own home. Hea of Plan Jose Martinez Cerrillo, ed itor of the American Soc iety's monthly publication. The Bulletin, heard about Poppi and his brood. He wrote an article, with the re sult that the society's Social Service Committee began making and sending hund reds of shirts, dresses and other articles of clothing to the children. That was a big boost to ward filling the daily needs which Poppi had been trying to provide by his own earn ings and by soliciting from others. The center Is registered with educational authorities as a day school for children from kindergarten to second grade. Theoretically the par ents are supposed to pay a token fee of 40 cents per month for each child. But fewer than half ever pay, so Poppi has to scrape 8,500 Moroccans Still Stricken With Paralysis Philadelphia, Science serv ice-Some 80 per cent of the 10,000 Moroccans paralyzed last November by eating ad ulterated cooking oil are still stricken. Only about 20 per cent are cured, and 30 per cent are making marked progress. To aid treatment of the 8,- SOO in the rehabilitation cen ters established by the Lea gue of Red Cross Societies in Morocco, five doctors from the University of Pennsyl vania here have volunteer ed to spend a month each is medical adviser there. The 10,000 Moroccans were stricken after eating food mixed with an oil used to flush engines of Jet planes. Most of the victims are un der 18 years of age. Twenty-seven Moroccan merchants were found guilty of preparing the poisonous concoction to Increase prof its. Five were given death sentences and the others were Imprisoned for life. Ns To Be Paid The five Philadelphia doc tors will not be paid for their services, but the American Red Cross will provide trav el expenses, and the Medical International Cooperation Or ganization (MEDICO), a non profit organization, will pay living expenses. The .Philadelphia physici ans who will go to Morocco are: Drs. Wilmer M. Anderson, William J. Erdmnn, Albert A, Marlucci, David G. Young and Igho H. Kornblueh. The first to go was Dr. Ander son July 25, who will remain through August. Each doctor will remain for an overlap ping period to break in his successor. At present a medical staff of 50 from Red Cross soci eties In 13 nations is caring for the paralyzed victims. The American Red Cross has provided two nurses and six physical therapists since the outbreak to help with the treatment. SEE COMMERCIAL CREDIT PLAN Why do It the hard way? Call on tha Commercial Credit Plan whenever you can use extra cash. 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Relative hardness of the felt can be controlled both by the length f timo the felt is left in the solution and the tem perature of the bath. Aim of the improved proc ess is to lower the cost of felt manufactun by reducing the amount of mechanical beat ing now required to harden felts. together additional money to pay each of the five teach ers the low fee of $8 a month they charge-but which they do not get most of the time. There also are quite a few orphans among the children of the center. Donate Services Eleven doctors now donate their services to watch over the health of Poppi and his charges. One is nearly al ways on duty. The tiny dis pensary is filled with medi cal samples that the doctors donate. Nearly 200 breakfasts are sent over each morning from a public school program's office. Sometimes Poppi gets leftovers from restaurants, sometimes private citizens or companies send money or boxes of food. A new - found friend is American Society member, Ralph K. de Loach. He took an interest in the center and is now making regular con tributions of eggs and other food from his farm. He also is introducing some U. S. -type organization and form ed the committee to sponsor the center. Contributions also are coming in from all over Mex ico, and from many residents of the U.S. who have heard of the work. Nationalist China Campaigns For African Support By ALBERT E. KAFF United Press International Taipei -(UPD- The Nation alist Chinese government is waging in Africa one of Us biggest diplomatic cam paigns since it lost the China mainland to the Com munists 11 years ago. President Chiang Kai- shek's Kuomlntang admin istration on Formosa hopes to win enough support from new African republics to maintain its seat in the Unit ed Nations. With some Latin Ameri can nations eyeing Peiping for the first time, the emer gence of a new family of na tions on the dark continent may well determine the next United Nations vote on the China membership question. The Nationalist govern- met made a dramatic bid for African friendship recently by announceing a gift of rice to the slrlfetorn Congo, Recognise Reds Seven African nations rec ognize Nationalist China, diplomatic recognition t o while five have extended diplomatic recognition to Communist China. The African bloc became particularly important to the Nationalists last year when the first crack appear ed in the once solid Latin American support for the Formosan government. Cuba abstained in the United Nations membership vote on China last year, the first Latin American nation not to vote for Generalissi mo Chiang's government. Recent developments In Cuba point to support for Peiping. May Loie Support Venezuela and perhaps one or two other South American nations may with draw their United Nations support for Taipei. Formosa has sent three special missions to Africa this year, one headed by a cabinet minister, and Is plan ning to send a fourth dele gation. President Chiang appoint ed Chou-Shu-kai, chairman of the government's Over seas Chinese Affairs Com mission, a cabinet post, to represent him at the Inde pendence ceremony for the Malagasy Republic. African nations which rec ognize Nationalist China are Cameron, the Federation of Mali, Liberia, Lybla, Mala gasy, Togo and the Union of South Africa. Recogniz ing Communist China are the United Arab Republic, Sudan, Morocco, Ghana and Guinea. Ethiopia, Tunisia, Somalia and Congo have recognized neither Chinese govern ment. HELP SUPPLIED New York - IUPD - Over 10,000 college girls with of fice skills will find jobs this sumnvr through the Kelly Girl Service, Inc., which calls Itself the largest supplier of female help to American in dustry. Astronaut May Be Fired Into Orbit During Next Year By LILLIAN LEVY Science Service Writer Washington - Out-of-thls-world predictions by the Na tional Aeronautics and the Space administration will put a man on the moon about 10 years from now, fire an astronaut into orbit next year, and launch an orbitjng astronomical observatory by 1964. . Judging by past perform ances since January, 1959, the target dates for these goals and others set by the government's civilian space agency may be achieved as predicted. Early in 1959, NASA oifi cials told a Senate commit tee that eight satellites and two deep-space probes would be launched in 1959, and six satellites and four deep-space probes in 1960. In 1959, 12 satellites were successfully launched under NASA's auspices, of which one was a deep-space probe. Transmit Dale As of today, five of the six promised satellites have been fired into space, including Pioneer V, another deep space probe. What is even more important, the 1960 U. S. satellites still are trans mitting scientific data. Also promised for this year are close to a hundred rocket soundings to an alti and a sub-orbital launch of tude of about 4,000 miles, an astronaut In the nose-cone of a rocket. There is some inclination to doubt the astronaut firing because NASA's program in this area called for several successful launch and recov ery of animal-occupied rock ets. There have not been enough of these to warrant rocketing a man into an earth orbit, it it believed. ' ity in One Polio Shot Seen Cophenhagen -(Science Service) - Immunity against poliomyelitis should be pos sible with just one injection of killer' polio virus vaccine, Dr. Jonas E. Salk of the Uni versity of Pittsburgh school of medicine told Science Serv ice at the Fifth International Poliomyelitis conference here. The question of how many shots are needed for complete Immunization is one of poten cy. Dr. Salk said past vaccina tions show that, in some cases, complete Immunization was achieved with one shot. General rules for the beha vior of killed virus vaccine have been found by analyzing experiences with the vaccine during the last five years. Dr. Salk said that more shots were needed in cases where the vaccine was not so potent. In the United Slates immunity has been 90 per cent to 92 per cent effective after two doses and 96 per cents afte. three doses. In other countries, the killed vi rus vaccine has been 95 per cent to 96 per cent effective after three doses. There is no known decline in invuunity after six years, Dr. Salk said, although such permani-nce was not expect ed. Shortly after the vaccine has been given, Immunity is high. Then it levels off, and so far the level of immunity has not ,ecllned. The immu nity had been expected to drop. Dr. Salk said that the cost of the killed virus vaccine should not be a limiting fac tor in using the vaccine. Federal Law To Increase Protection Washington -(Science Serv-lce)-Proposcd federal regula 1 1 o n s governing interstate movement of breeding poul try, baby chicks and hatching eggs will offer Increased pro tection against pullorum dis ease and fowl typhoid, the U.S. department of agricul ture reports. The proposal would require that poultry and hatching eggs shipped interstate must originate from flocks not in fected with pullorum or fowl typhoid as indicated by an official blood test. COMMUNICATIONS London - (UPD - The world's longest single telephone ca ble handling transmissions in both directions Is being laid under 530 nautical miles of the North Sea to connect Brit ain with Sweden. NEED 220-100 AMP SERVICE LET SEARS ARRANGE INSTALLATION AS LOW AS $85 Nothing Down, 3 Years To Pay On Sears Modernizing Credit Plan Includes: Service for Range, Dryer and Hot Water Tank Up re 30 Feet Each. Plui S Circuits. PHONE SP 3-6661 FOR FREE ESTIMATES 4- Poisons Isolated P. F roiif C la mis Mo re 1 ToxicTHan Gasses Washington, Science Serv; ice) Poisons "isolated- frdrii clams and from the puffer fish have rbeert found to be several timeS nrtore toxic than the most powerful nerve gas es known. r Small amounts of these an imal poisonsf.can temporar ily block nervous transmis sion and donSuction, but how. they do it ity still a puzzle" -I A research team at Colum bia university found that the equivalent of one drop in a rain barrel (a concentration of .0001 microgram per mil liliter) of either poison would block electrical activity in the frog sciatic nerve fiber within 30 seconds.' '. Different concentrations of each poison were, roauired to effect blockage under, certin conditions - m experiments with electric' eels. But each poison was capable of shut-, ting off both direct and indi rect stimulation. Presence of Curare ,' The presence of curare, a drug tljsj!,r',',parfilyzes muscled by jamrVing;,'the;; transfer; of; an impvflsBivffp'm nerve '' -ttf muscle, nact no etrect on tne amount of clam or puffer-fish- poison required to block re sponse to' direct stimulation.' Several explanations have been proposed1 ,f or the; auction. lot" these; poisons, ,but,'all ;to date - have either been' ruled out.', by ; preliminary, tests or have- not been . tested, suffi ciently.'.; . '. . t "At present,. . no ,' satisfac tory , explanation, can . be giv en of ' the underlying chem ical reaction," the research ers 'report here, but the poi- '.sons- promise to provide bio logists. :with "a new potent tool for the analysis 61 events associated with nerve activi ty.", : ' . : The .research is reported by 'Drr.W. D. Dettbarn, H. Higman j P! Rosenberg and. D. Nach'mah'sohn, all frofn ' the departments of neurology and biochemistry, college-. of physicians and surgeons, Co lumbia, university, New Yofk. New Process Would Cut Uranium Expenses ! London IUPD - A New Zea land scientist has proposed a method of p -ocessing uranium .ore from deposits found on the west coast which will cut heavy treatment plant expen ditures. J 'DrVti-J.-'Williams, dean of h'e-'faci'lty of technology at ptago university, said the .method .involves burning coal with which the. uranium is as sociated', and leaving an ash containing from 18 to 36 per cent uranium oxide. "Thl easy process resulting In so great an upgrading opens up new hopes," he said. Fisher Has Story About Good Fishing Dallas, Tex.-OIPD-In his cam paign for county commission er Bill Fisher passed out wal let cards which showed the best days for fishing. It turned out election day was designated as a dandy day for anglers. Fisher's sorry about those cards. He lost the UNION PACIFIC EARLY ARRIVAL IN ON THE T&ffteJ&fL ITY OF PORTIA! (8:35 A.M. second morn- . ing). Allows a full day for .business or for easy con nections East and South. 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