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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9,1962
GLENWOOD
SOCIALS AND PERSONALS
RUBY PAGE Phone LO-8-2873
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DeLeon Rowland, of Savannah
spent the weekend with Mr. and
Mrs. Bill Rowland.
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Mrs. Bobby Dixon underwent
surgery in a Savannah hospital
last week.
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Smith McDaniel visited Mr.
and Mrs. Walter McCurdy in De
catur last week.
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Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Dixon
and daughter Gail, of Vidalia
visited Mrs. Lillian Sightier Sun
day.
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Mr. and Mrs. Lester Humphrey,
of Reidsville, Penny Mae Rich
ardson, of Mt. Vernon and Kurt
Anderson visited Mr. and Mrs.
Carl Rogers Saturday.
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Visiting Mrs. Larry Holland in
the Macon Hospital in Macon
Sunday were John B. McDaniel,
Mrs. Marie Selph and Mrs. C. F.
Brack.
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The Rev. and Mrs. Robert
Steinberg, of Swainsboro visited
friends in Glenwood Monday en
route to Hazlehurst to visit Mr.
and Mrs. Al Simmons and baby
son.
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P. O. Box 296 Glenwood, Ga.
Visiting Jekyll Island during:
the weekend were Mr. and Mrs. I
Wallace Adams and son Wally,
Mrs. W. A. Wheeler, Mr. and ■
Mrs. J. P. Morrison Jr. and Miss
Rosalie Galbraith.
Mrs. Elizabeth Williams, of 1
Alamo, Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Bish
op, of Cochran and Mrs. P. S. :
Smith, of Charleston, S.C. were '
weekend guests of Mrs. C. A. 1
Stewart and Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Williams.
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Mrs. Jack Towns celebrated
her birthday Sunday with Mr. !
and Mrs. Paten Towns, of Dub- :
lin; Mr. and Mrs. Charles An
derson and children, of Atlanta; <
Mr. and Mrs. Milton Smith and
son, of Florida and Mi-, and Mrs. ‘
George Towns, Rita and Rickey, !
of Alamo.
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THE WHITE PAPER on
Cuba issued by the United
States Government last month
is an even more damning indict
ment of the State Department
which drafted it than it is of
Castro’s Communist police state
90 miles off our shores.
The paper’s declaration that
Cuba now is regarded to be “a
| Sino - Soviet
। bloc beach
! head in the
i Western
Hemisphere”
cannot ex
plain away
the fact that
the State De
| partment ig-
nored the warning of our
Ambassador to Cuba in 1958,
Honorable Earl E. T. Smith,
that Castro was a Marxist and
that his movement, if not Com
munist controlled, was at least
Communist infiltrated. In fact,
according to the sworn testi
mony of Mr. Smith before the
Senate Subcommittee on Inter
nal Security, it was in the teeth
of that warning that he was
ordered to act contrary to his
judgment and advise Dictator
Batista to relinquish control of
the Cuban Government to Cas
tro.
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FOR THE STATE Depart
ment to awaken three years
later to the long-evident truth
that Cuba under Castro poses a
“serious threat to the individual
and collective security of the
American Republics” represents
the ultimate in attempts to lock
the barn door after the horses
have been stolen. It is a con
vincing argument for a thor
ough, top-to-bottom houseclean
ing at the State Department to
eliminate the policy - making
subordinates to whom the Pres
ident and his Secretary of State
have lost day-to-day control
over the conduct of the foreign 4
affairs of the nation.
Fred Holton, of Macon visited
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Adams Thurs
day.
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Mrs. W. A. Wheeler, of Savan
nah is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Wal
lace Adams.
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Mr. and Mrs. Howard Montford
and children visited Mr. and Mrs.
Preston Bailey in Uvalda Sun
day.
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Congratulations to Mrs. Robbie
Murphy and Mr. Harvey Clark,
who were married in Mcßae Sat
urday.
Gertrude Stone
Florist
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For All Occasions
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Anywhere, Phone JA 3-3144
Visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Dixon
Morrison last week were Howard
Ennis and Mr. and Mrs. Larry
Hearn, of Atlanta.
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Mr. and Mrs. Bennie Adams
announce the birth of a daugh
ter last week in the Glenwood
Medical Center.
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Mrs. Jim McDaniel, of Charles
ton, S.C. died last week and was
buried at Sardis Baptist Church
Thursday.
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Mr. and Mrs. Nolan Page, Mrs.
Fred Page and Stewart Bradley
visited Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Bishop
in Cochran last Sunday.
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Mr. and Mrs. Joe Williams and
son Joey were supper guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Grady Robinson in
Alamo last Sunday.
Snow Hill H.D.C.
The Snow Hill Home Demon
stration Club met at the home of
Mrs. J. B. O’Quinn on January
29 at 7:30 p.m., and was called
to order by Mrs. W. F. Anderson,
the president. Eight members
were present.
During the business session the
Dress Revue was discussed and
plans made for the new year. At
the conclusion the hostess served
delightful refreshments.
The next meeting will be at
the home of Mrs. Dan Riddle on
February 27.
All visitors are welcome.
Mr. Smith made it clear in his
testimony that he considered the
personal biases of such subordi
nates to be responsible for the
decisions which, in his words,
“helped to overthrow the Batis
ta dictatorship which was pro-
American only to install the
Castro dictatorship which is
pro-Russian.” A shocking ex
ample of that bias was found
in the Ambassador’s revelation
that he was directed to obtain
a briefing from pro-Castro New
York Times Correspondent Her
bert Matthews before assuming
his duties in Cuba. Matthews,
at that time, was engaged in a
journalistic campaign to depict
the bearded revoluntionary as
“a political Robin Hood.”
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SUBSEQUENT EVENTS,
particularly Castro’s recent ad
mission of having been a dedi
cated Marxist since his college
days, have vindicated Ambassa
dor Smith on all counts. While
it may be futile to indulge in
considering what-might-have
been, it nevertheless is clear
that had an unbiased State De
partment acted impartially in
the best interests of the United
States in 1958, Cuba today like
ly would be free and the Com
munist movements exported by
Castro would not be growing
alarmingly throughout Latin j
America.
Although there is some small
comfort in the Department fi
nally getting itself properly ori
ented on Castro, the about-face
should not be allowed to obscure
the urgent need for re-staffing
that agency with men and wom
en who are dedicated to pro
moting rather than undermining
American interests and institu
tions. We cannot afford any
more Cuba’s.
WHEELER COUNTY EAGLE. ALAMO, WHEELER COUNTY. GEORGIA
WHITE - CLARK
The marriage of Miss Wynette
White and Harold R. Clark will
|be solemnized at the Alamo :
Methodist Church Sunday, Feb
ruary 11, at 11 a.m.
I No invitations are being sent,
: but all friends of the couple are I,
; invited to attend.
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By The Medical Association
of Georgia
More Diabetic
l
Women Having
! Babies Safely
Before the availability of in- 1
isulin in .1922 by two Canadian (
< scientists, Frederick C. Banting ■
. and Charles H. Best, few dia-
I betic women became pregnant.
! The few who did usually lost
i their babies before term. Other
; women lost their own lives as
(well as their babies.
But since 1930 there has been
■I a gradual and steady improve
' । ment in mortality rates for both
' diabetic mothers and their bab
-1 ies. Today the outlook for a preg- ■
‘ j nant diabetic woman who has
jno kidney disease or blood vessel
! complications is very good. But ,
. the mortality rate for the babies (
•of diabetic women is about sev- ;
.! en times higher than in non
' । diabetic women.
Any known diabetic desiring
Ito become pregnant should con
> suit her physician for a careful
i evaluation of her diabetic con
। trol and a search for possible
complications. If her physician
is satisfied with her physical con
dition, she may undertake preg
nancy with a reasonable chance
of having a living and healthy
child. Although they are not
known diabetics, children of dia
i betic parents should follow the
j same advice, as diabetes is fre
’ I quently an inherited disease.
। The pergnant woman with dia-
I betes should keep a chart show- 1
j ing the amount of sugar and
' i acetone (a toxic substance) in her
I urine each day. Her doctor will
■ i probably ■ advise her to biting the
11 chart with her on each visit to
J him. Checking the chart will
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Lieutenant Governor GARLAND T. BYRD
REPORTS
ADOPTION BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY of a fixed date
for Georgia’s party primary elections was a very wise move.
Legislators, in this second thought act, repealed a 1961 law
which turned over to the state party committee the power to select
a primary date which would fall between June 1 and Sept. 15.
As a matter of principle, the legislators were correct in adopting
the 1961 law. But, as a matter of practicality, they were wrong. I
Georgia’s election laws are such that the addition of the 1961 !
law jeopardized the right of the many late-registrants to vote in the ■
1962 primary election.
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AND, FOR THAT reason alone—if there had been no others—
’ the General Assembly is justified in repealing the 1961 law.
Now that the primary is fixed for Sept. 12, the citizens of our
state who are not registered to vote should lose no time in getting
their names on the rolls in their respective counties.
And more important, they should make it a definite point to
participate in the primary elections.
This year is an important one to the political and governmental
future of our state. i
Georgians this year will elect a U. S. Senator, 10 congressmen,
a new governor, lieutenant governor and all other elected State
House officials, in addition to officials of the various county govern- ;
ments.
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THE FUTURE COURSE of governmental entities affected by i
these offices is at stake. Selection of the right men and women for j
these posts is necessary if the various governments are to move I
I forward.
It has been said that bad officials are elected by good citizens i
i who do not vote. I agree.
Political indifference at times appears to be an invincible giant,
I but this is true only so long as there is political indifference.
Georgians are awakening to this fact and it is showing.
There has been an appreciable, continuing improvement in the
level of our state’s governmental and political morals for the past !
three years.
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OUR GOVERNMENT is now so huge and affects our lives so
directly that we cannot be content with even a moderately decent !
level of behavior on the part of public officials —and, certainly not
with the free wheeling and dealing, ten-percenter government of j
only a few years ago.
We have no room for the type of governmental official who re
members only that the unborn have no votes, and thinks that since
the past did not prepare well for us we need not prepare for the
future.
IT IS THE DUTY of every eligible citizen to qualify as a voter
and to exercise his right to vote against that type of official or that
type of government.
* I urge the citizens of Georgia to do just that.
alert him to change in the ex-I:
pectant mother’s insulin require- ■
ments.
She must be careful to keep j
her weight at a desired level and !
to watch her diet. She must stay |
away from large amounts of so- !
dium, found in table salt, baking '
soda, and baking powder. Bacon, ’ •
cured ham, sardines, tuna fish,!
canned meats, hot dogs, pickles I
and other foods containing a lot j
of salt may be off limits. Salt i ■
restriction is necessary to pre- j
vent toxemia of pregnancy, a |
common complication of preg-1
nancy in diabetic women.
Upper respiratory infections,
skin infections and dental trou
bles may cause a need for more
insulin and should be reported
to the doctor. An upset stomach
may be a sign of acidosis which, ■:
if uncontroled, may lead to the;
death of the baby.
Babies of diabetic mothers tend '
to die during the last weeks of |
pregnancy. The reasons for this!
aren’t known. But because this j
is the case, many mothers are de-1
livered a few weeks before term, j ■
In some patients labor is induced, j
In others, the baby is delivered i ■
by Caesarian section.
Curiously, despite these babies | 1
being delivered before term, theyl
are usually large. Nevertheless, ■
they behave at birth like pre- j :
mature babies and require inten- |
sive care.
DOC MAG SAYS:
The chances of a woman with
diabeters having a baby safely
have greatly increased in recent i
years. But her having a healthy ;
baby requires intelligent coope
ration and careful following of
her doctor’s advice.
I
Lockjaw Is
Preventable But
Cases Still Occur
Tetanus — or lockpaw as it is |
commonly called — is still fatal '
to about half of the people who
contract the disease and an aver
age of 450 cases occur in the :
United States each year.
This is so even though lock
jaw is a preventable disease. The ■
tetanus toxoid is one of medi- •
cine’s most effective immunizing
agents. It is usually given in a
series of three shots. The initial
series is followed by booster
shots and another booster is giv
en at the time of exposure. Tak
en this way, the toxoid gives al- i
most 100 per cent immunity.
Children receive tetanus shots
routinely as a part of their
“DPT” series. The “T” among the
letters stands for the tetanus tox
oid. All members of the armed
forces receive the shots. Every
one — adults as well as children
■ — should be protected against
tetanus. Farmers who are par
ticularly likely to come in con
tact with tetanus germs should
make a special effort to get the
shots. But the city gardner needs
them too.
Anyone seeing a person in the
throes of a convulsion brought
on by tetanus would need no
further urging to get the shots.
They are available at doctors’ of
fices and health clinics.
The tetanus germ lives and
multiplies primarily in the in
testinal tract of animals. It can
form spores, a form of bacterial
life that withstands dryness and
lack of food for long periods. It
doesn’t grow in the presence of
air, but it may be in the air as
well as in the soil, particularly
around farms and gardens.
A puncture wound, such as
caused by a gunshot, nail, or an
animal bite is the kind of acci
dent most likely to cause tetanus.
Such wounds carry the tetanus
germs deep into the body away
from air. They usually bleed lit
tle so there is little chance of
the germs being washed out. The
germs are most likely to be on
objects subject to contamination
with animal excreta. That’s why
they are most abundant in farm
yards or in fertilized fields, vege
table gardens or flower beds.
When a person who hasn’t had
tetanus toxoid is exposed to the
disease, he is given tetanus anti
serum. This is temporarly effec
tive but it has disadvantages.
Given in the large amounts some
times needed or in smaller re
peated doses it often causes an
allergy. The allergy is trouble
some, frequently incapacitating
and sometimes fatal.
Tetanus symptoms usually ap
pear from' four days to three
weeks after the germs enter a
wound. It usually begins with
stiffness and pain in the neck
and jaw muscles. Delay in re
cognizing the disease and in ap
plying treatment greatly de
creases chance for recovery. Most
deaths occur before the fourth
day.
DOC MAG SAYS:
1. A practically 100-per-cent
effective tetanus preventive is
available. Everyone should be
protected against this frighten
ing, sometimes fatal disease.
2. Any puncture - type wound
should be considered a possible
source of lockjaw infection. There
is particular danger if. the wound
is likely to have been contami
nated by animal excreta. Even
New Arthritis Test Developed
By March of Dimes Research
A new and sensitive blood
test for diagnosing rheuma
toid arthritis in children
was one of the medical
achievements of 1961 high
lighted by The National
Foundation in a year-end
review of progress by March
of Dimes-supported scien
tists.
The report, by Dr. Thomas
M. Rivers, vice president for
medical affairs of The Founda
tion, cited accomplishments
related to birth defects, virus
diseases, polio and genetics as
well as arthritis.
Dr. Rivers also noted that
1961 will be memorable because
of the licensing by the U. S.
Government of two of the three
component types of Sabin oral
polio vaccine which, like the
Salk killed-virus vaccine, was
developed with money given to
the March of Dimes.
The new arthritis test was
developed by Dr. Morris Ziff
and his research associates at
the University of Texas South
western Medical School in
Dallas. In their studies, the test
proved positive in 76 per cent
of children with rheumatoid
arthritis. By contrast, other
tests currently in use seldom
pinpoint the disease in more
than 20 per cent of youngsters
known to have it. according to
Dr. Rivers.
Dr. Rivers pointed out that
few people realize how very
serious rheumatoid arthritis
can be in children, or how
common it is among them. It is
estimated that there are about
30,000 children under 15 in the
U. S. who have it, many of
whom are severely crippled, he
said.
It is also suspected many
other youngsters may have the
disease, with perhaps only
minor or vague pains and no
clear-cut symptoms to label
arthritis as the culprit.
The arthritis test, which is
particularly sensitive in detect
ing an unusual blood factor
frequently found in persons
with rheumatoid arthritis, may
fill its greatest role in uncover
ing undiagnosed rheumatic dis
ease in children.
This could be vitally im
portant, because the earlier
diagnosis is made and treat-
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ALAMO ’
SOCIALS AND PERSONALS :
Mrs. Dalton Wright, Editor
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Mr. and Mrs. Zack Ballard, of
■ Macon were weekend guests of
■ Mrs. C. C. Pickle.
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‘ Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Elton and
’ son Tony spent last Friday in
Macon.
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- Mr. and Mrs. James Tootle and
• daughter Jamie, of Macon were
■ weekend guests of Mrs. R. G.
Jenkins.
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: Dial 6271 Mcßae, Ga.
'' Located one block east o' the
highway—halfway between i
Mcßae and Helena
. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Clark and (
Vivian Burkhalter were supper
guests of Mr. and Mrs. O. B.
Adams Jr. Saturday night.
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G. G. Jackson and Mrs. Nora
Myers, of Tennille visited Mr.
! and Mrs. C. C. Hartley and other ’
' relatives here Sunday.
if the victim has already had te-1
' tanus toxoid, he still may .need (
a booster shot. If he hadn’t had ’
the toxoid, he will need tetanusi
। anti-serum. ‘
Vandiver Halts
Negro Picketing
At State Capitol
ATLANTA, (GPS) — When;
Negroes marched on the State!.
Capitol and picketed the grounds j
the other day, in protest over not •'
; being able to integrate the Gen- i
eral Assembly galleries, Gov. Er-;
nest Vandiver issued the follow- i
, ing formal statement:
i “This is an effort to achieve I
i cheap publicity. I have ordered j
the State Patrol to keep thesei
pickets off the State Capitol
■ grounds.
“It has been my policy in the
: past, and I reenunciate that poli
i cy today, that no group may use
these grounds for demonstra
tions.
“The State Capitol grounds be
; long to all the people and not to;
> any special group.
“If these people have business I
to transact within the State Capi- j
t&l building, they .may come in |
1 as individuals. But I will not al- i
■ low them to come in as a group. ;
. “My policy that the Capitol I
grounds will not be used for I
demonstration purposes will re-1
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To determine whether or not she hos rheumatoid arthritis, Barbara
Singleton, 10, gives blood sample to medical technician at a Marchi
of Dimes-supported clinic. Each year 30,000 children are afflicted.
ment started, the better the
chances for prevention of dis
ability in young victims of the
disease.
A second scientific achieve
ment highlighted in The Foun
dation’s year-end review was
a special field study which
disclosed that a great many
birth defects are not delectable
in early life but may remain
hidden until infants reach the
age of one or two.
This report was made by a
research team headed by Dr.
Frank R. Lock of the Bowman
Gray School of Medicine,
Winston-Salem, N. C.
Among the other develop
ments singled out in the March
of Dimes research progress
report were the following:
1. Dr. Joseph L. Melnick of
Baylor University has come up
with two chemical discoveries
that promise major improve
ments in the manufacture of
oral polio vaccines. It had pre
viously been necessary to keep
Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Wright
were dinner guests Sunday of Mr.
and Mrs. Carl Adams and family.
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Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pope and
daughter Karen, of Macon visited
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. C.
L. Holmes, Sunday.
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Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Elton and
son Tony spent Sunday in Plain
field as guests of the Rev. and
Mrs. Jimmy Smith and family.
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Mrs. Roger Screws, Michael
and Stevie Coleman spent the
weekend in Jacksonville, Fla.
with Mr. and Mrs. Lee Guthrie.
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Mrs. David Carter and chil
dren and Mrs. Hiram Brett, of
Atlanta spent the weekend here
as guests of. Mr. and Mrs. H. P:
Holmes and other relauves.
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Mrs. R. G. Jenkins has returned
from an extended visit with Mr.
and Mrs. James Tootle in Macon.
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Mr. and Mrs. John A. Coleman
visited Mr. and Mrs. Ray Page
in Baxley Sunday.
main the same as long as I am
Governor of the State of Geor
gia.”
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STRETCHING FAMILY
BUDGET
Buying food only when it is in
season, paying attention to chang
ing prices and buying what will
give the most value for the least
money each week in the year
will enable a family to enjoy
wide variety in food and at the
same time keep food costs at a
minimum, suggests Miss Lora
। Laine, Extension home manage
ment specialist for the University
of Georgia College of Agricul
ture.
If large eggs sell for more than
i one-third above the price of small
eggs, the small eggs are the bet
ter buy, says Dr. Mary Gibbs,
Extension consumer marketing
information specialist.
CARD OF APPRECIATION.
■
I wish to thank my friends for.
' their support and cooperation -in,
-my victory of election as County;
; School Board Member from the.
I Glenwood District.
I will represent our district to
the best of my ability, remem
bering the importance of the ed
ucation of our children.
Respectively,
Vansel Newton
such vaccines in deep freeze
until just a few days before
use. With the new chemical
treatment, however, they can
be kept at room temperature
for as long as a month. The
second chemical improvement
removes undesirable viruses
that contaminate the vaccine
at certain stages of preparation.
2. A new radioactive method
of detecting how viruses are
formed inside cells was re
ported by Dr. Councilman
Morgan and associates at Co
lumbia University. Another
group of workers at the Uni
versity of Michigan described
similar results with techniques
involving use of fluorescent
materials.
3. Additional evidence that
one of the intestinal viruses
may also cause an infectious,
heart disease, sometimes fatal)
in infants, has been obtained
by Dr. George Dempster and
colleagues at the University
of Saskatchewan. /.
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