Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 53, Number 75, Decatur, Adams County, 30 March 1955 — Page 6

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Magnitude Os Salk's Vaccine Is Clarified ,

INDIANAPOIJS (INS) — Tbe commercial magnitude of Dr - Jobss Balk's naw contribution to polio prevention waa somewhat clarified today by a tentative price list prepared by one of the major pharmaceutical firms producing the vaccine. As the Salk vaccine nears the hiatorial point where it will pass from the realm of experiment to| that of an established commercial) product, the forces of competition enter. Understandably, the pharmaceutical houses have been cautious j about public statements concerning how much of the widely-publi-cised vaccine will be available commercially — and for what price. But some sort of price must be established, and quickly, for the April 12 date of an evaluation re-i

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port on Salk vaccine is only two weeks away. If the report is favorable and federal licensing follows, the six pharmaceutical firms manufacturing Salk vaccine will have something to sell. At least one price list has been given limited circulation in biologic circles, and while the whole matter of price is subject to, I change, here are the figures: I Catalogue list price: -.6 per individual treatment pacakge of three shots of one cubic centimeter each. Suggested price to physician: $4.25 for the three shots. At the hat price, the nine million advance order of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis would be evaluated commercially at $54 million; at the suggested price to physicians, the value | would be $38,250,000.

AIJ of which - makes the price the NFIP is paying — $9 million for nine million shots—look like a bargain-basement bargain. But if the NFIP — or rather the millions of individuals who contributed to the March of Dimes over the last 17 years—has a better right to Its bargain than any shopper who everUugged home an absolutely colossal bargain from the local department store. The contributions froni millions of individuals financed the long search by many scientists for a .means of controlling the crippling disease. Total March of Dimes contributions during the past 17 years very likely may top S4OO million when the final 1955 campaign total is known, less than half of this went into research. One-half remained in the hands of the 3200-county NFIP chapters for care of possibly 374,000 persons stricken with polio since the organization was formed. The remaining half — which went into National Foundation coffers—paid for emergency disaster help and scholarships also, in addition to research. But even the commercial prices suggested by the one list Is a bargain, in the view of at least one pharmaceutical firm spokesman, who called the $6 and $4.25 figures “almost unbelievably low.“ This spokesman recalled the complicated and expensive process by which the Salk vaccine is manufactured. Importation of monkeys Is a first step. Live monkey kidney tissue, minced, is placed in a solution containing 199 ingredients, capable of sustaining life. Living polio virus is added at the proper time. The “crop” of virus Is later “harvested" and the polio virus then rendered harmless but without affecting its immunization powers. Careful safety tests also are made of each batch of vaccine. If tbe April 12 evaluation report by Dr. Thomas Francis paves the way to licensing of the Salk vaccine, the NFIP $9 million “bargain" will be given to first and second grade children in 48 states, ! Alaska and Hawaii. The immunizayon Is to be given only to those children in these grades whose parents wish them to have it. • Washington — Most of the U.S. highways bear even numbers for the east-west routes and odd numbers for tftie north-south routes.

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DETROIT—LEWIS BEERY of Beery Motor Sales, Decatur, Ind., Dodge dealer, is congratulated by’William C. Newberg, (right), president of Dodge division. Chrysler Corp., as he accepts the keys to a new Dodge LaFemme. the custom-built hardtop especially designed for the American wbman. Looking on is Miss Betty Skelton, renowned speed driver and holder of the woman's world speed record for stock automobiles, who marked the occasion of the first deliveries of LaFemme by wearing a gown featuring -fabrics and color identical to LaFemme. The cars are now on display in selected Dodge showrooms.

Adams Central FFA In State Contest Parliamentary Team To Purdue Contest Adams Central FFA parliamentary procedure team will go to Purdue university March 31 through April 2. The Adams Central team won the district and sectional contest, thereby entitling them to enter state competition. Adams Central won the 1953 state chapter meeting contest, which made them ineligible in 1954. Members on the team this year are as follows: Dee Myron Byerly, president; Richard Kaehr, vicepresident; Phillip Moser, treasurer; Jim Fisher, reporter; Arlen Mitchel, secretary; David Liby, sentinel; and Fred Fox, advisor. Participating members are John Bluhm, Miek Lehman, Larry Lautzenheiser. Jerry Sprunger, and Larry Schwartz. The chapter will also send Jerry Mitchel and Bill Kershner as delegates to- the convention. Jerry Mitchel will participate in state program of work committee and Bill Kershner on the state con‘e^t -committee. The chapter is also competing : n the state chapter contest. Last year they won a silver emblem award and this year they are trying so? a l 'gold emblem . ’ -JiaiaM. ......... ....

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Slight Damage Done By Fire Yesterday Decatur firemen were called to the Hower residence at 1109 Patterson street at about 4:45 p.m„ Tuesday. A small fire in the home caused only slight damage, according to the fire department. RCA Asks Anti-Trust Suit Be Dismissed Denies Allegations Os Act Violations NEW YORK (INS) — The Radio Corporation of America has asked dismissal of a government anti-trust suit as "unreasonable, unnecessary and contrary to the public interest.” The government, in a suit filed last Nov. 19, charged that RCA was guilty of monopolizing the radio and television patent licensing business. RCA, in answering the charges In New York federal court Tuesday denied all allegations of violations of the Sherman anti-trust act. * RCA saiu its policies have meant more and better radio and TV sets for the consuming public at lower prices and that its leadership har been "leadership by example, not control in any way, shape or form.” 'i 4

New Violence Reported On Egypt Border Three New Border Incidents; Jewish State Is Condemned TEL AVIV (INS) — Israeli army patrols clashed three times today with two separate Egyptian forces and one Jordanian unit in three new border incidents. An army spokesman in Tel Aviv said that exchange of fire with the Egyptians occurred at two places along the Israeli border with the Egyptian-held Gaza strip. The new violence came a day after the U. N. security council condemned the Jewish state for last month’s attack on Egyptian forces in Gaza which left 47 persons dead. One Israeli patrol opened fire on a group of 'Egyptians reportedly attempting to lay a mine track running parallel to the armistice line near Klssoufim. The other clash was near the Ein Haslosha settlement. Heavy firing was reported but there were no casualties. The fighting with the Jordan troops occurred first on the slopes of Gilboa Mountain, east of the town of Jenin. Seven hours after the first shot, sporadic firing continued there. The U. N. security council was to meet this afternoon in New York to appeal formally to the Cairo and Tel Aviv governments to prevent further incidents along the tense borders. Censure Israel UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (INS) —The UN security council will appeal formally to Egypt and Isdael. today to prevent repetitions of the recent bloody battle in the Gaza strip. The 11-nation group censured Israel for the Gaza incident by a unanimous vote Tuesday night. Today, the group was ready to vote another resolution calling on the Israeli and Egyptian governments to cooperate with UN Palestine truce chief Gen. E. L. M. Burns to maintain peace on their frontiers and eliminate further tension. The western resolution approved by a 11-to-0 vote condemned the sraeli attack on Egyptian-held Gaza as a violation of the truce agreement between the two nations. ■ It called on Israel to invoke new measures' for- avoiding similar' clashes in the future. Russia 'joined’the fither W members of the group in voting for the resolution, sponsored by the U.S., Britain and France. Chief Soviet Delegate A. A. Sobolev, however, injected the "cold war” into the proceedings fay accusing the west.of interference in mideastern affairs and of organizing "aggressive” pacts over the globe. U.S. ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., and other western representatives countered the Soviet “propaganda” charges by asserting that all free world defense efforts were born out of Communist ambition to “gobble up everything in sight." Present Sound Film At Presbyterian Church “Baksheesh,” a new kodachrome sound film made In the Holy Land, will be shown at the First Presbyterian church Sunday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock. This film is the story of a Christian adventure in the Holy Land of a group of Ainericansi who have ranged off the paths! to firtd a people deeply in need of Christian understanding and help. ‘’Baksheesh presents the work of the Holy Land Christian approach mission in a land as colorful and picturesque as it is needy. Establishment of a home and school for nearly 300 homeless orphan children is shown, as well as a hospital for crippled children, medical clinics which freely serve the poor, and distribution of clothing to thousands of refugees. The Christmas bells of Bethlehem and carols on the famed Church of the Nativity organ are used as background music. The public is invited to attend. State Traffic Toll Equals 1954 Record INDIANAPOLIS (INS) —The Indiana highway traffic death toll for 1965 at last caught up to the toll for 1954. As of Sunday midnight, 219 persons had been killed in accidents on Indiana highways matching the total for the same period last year. Adding to this year’s total were snowstorms whiich caused crashes that took nine of the 23 lives lost last week in a 60 minute period at widely scattered locations 'throughout the state. New Delhi — India has about 266 million acre! under cultivaitlon and more is being added.

Why Scrap Free ... M. '. „ Competition /n the production of Natural Gas ' or any other product? Natural gas comes to most consumers through interstate pipelines and local utility systems. They have franchises from state or local bodies, and have long been regulated. The producers who find the gas have not been regulated because more than 5,000 of them compete vigorously—and free competition is the best of all price controls. Yet these producers have recently been singled out for Federal controls and pricefixing. This is a step without peacetime precedent—to price-fix a consumer product at its source. , It is a step that deeply disturbs many Americans, including the undersigned committee. They believe the proposed controls are against the public interest and can benefit no one. They believe the issue goes far beyond gas. It goes to the roots of America’s greatness. They believe the controls plan is unwise for many reasons. It is Unnecessary 1 jecause gas supplies have tripled in sixteen years. And costs to consumers have risen a nation-wide average ■ ........ igg of only one-eleventh as the cost of t living. It is Dangerous because it could easily be the first step toward Federal controls on coal or oil—or lumber or grain or your business. f It is Unfair i jecause it singles out one competitive industry for such controls. It is Shortsighted because it stifles the - bold and risky exploring that’s needed to assure adequate supplies. KK>% I wo* 90% __________ 80% — / 70% y— COST OF IIVINO J «* -f 50% / 40% ' 30% jyZ20% pZ** , ' « "' — >O% —; 8%1 0% ■ o - 1938 1942 1946 >950 1954 v Aa shown by the chart above, based on figures of the Bureau of Labor Statistics for a national average, the cost of natural gas to the residential consumer has gone up only one-eleventh as much as ■ . ■ the cost of living in sixteen years. ; At* . I I 3ft Protect the Public Interest Through free Competition . J, — • X ■ ; H T U RA U. GAS] INDIANA NATURAL GAS AND OIL RESOURCES COMMITTEE P. O. Box 671, Indianapolis, Indiana Made up of individuals and companies concerned with natural gas and the broader basic issues of a free economy. This Committee believes that it has a responsibility to place the facts before the American people, that they may form a judgment of their own free will. •

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