Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 74, Decatur, Adams County, 28 March 1957 — Page 8

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Salk Vaccine Shortage Developed In Nation

By ROBERT E. JACKSON United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK (UP»-A shortage of Salk vaccine has developed in the United States on the eve of a new polio season. Are frightened parents tearing hair to get their Johnny first into line? Are congressmen shouting Rh- heads to roll? Thera is barely a ripple of alarm. Parents whose children have received Dr. Jonas Salk's cherrycolored creation feel secure. Millions of others who have not had , shots for themselves cr their children walk around blissfully—and mistakenly—thinking that polio no longer is a menace. Officials, embarrassed that the shortage cropped up during their nationwide vaccination drive, give assurances that the shortage is only temporary. Apathy and confusion still bljir the Salk picture two years after the April 12. 1955, .announcement: “The vaccine is safe and effective.” It has proved 90 per cent effective for persons taking the full course of three shots. Doctors say it “undoubtedly” contributed to the decline in polio last year. In proper dosage it appears to offer protection for years. Among the 11 million persons who have had three shots, only one has died of polio. Vaccine Used Rapidly But Salk vaccine has not wiped out the disease and, doctors say it probably never will. As Salk himself has warned, "Your neighbor's shot does not protect YOU.” Such old-hand polio fighters as Basil O’Connor, president of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, «ay the current shortage is actually cause for "rejoicing." The U.S. Public Health Service, admitting the situation is momentarily "serious,” adds, “We are pleased that available supplies are being used so rapidly." What they mean is not so strange as it sounds. The shortage is proof l to officials that—at long last—the vaccine is moving out of the lab, where it is useless, and into the arms of children, teen-agers and adults. With five-sixths of the men and women between the ages of 20 and 40, and three-fourths of high school students still to receive even one shot—not to mention 23 million children and pregnant women—there is a long way to go. Surgeon General Leroy E. Burney told congressional investigators the shortage was “difficult if not impossible to forecast.” Suddenly, j»aid. big publicity Shortage to End Soon Last summer and fall the vaccine, which must be used within six months after manufacture, piled up on dusty shelves unwanted. In January and February, the ehtire backlog of 26 million shots, plus 10.5 million shots pro-

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duced this year, was gobbled up. While health officials refused to resort to rationing, they softpedaled the requests to adults to get into line and ordered first priority for children under 20 and pregnant women. The question is being asked: How could such a massive publicity barrage be laid down without insuring that the six companies licensed to make the vaccine had enough ready for market? Some editorials have charged a "lack of coordination.” But Burney says the “crisis” will be over in two or three weeks, and O'Connor says that by July 1 everyone who wants a shot will have been able to get one. What worries Burney and O’Connor — and the American Medical Assn. — is the vast number of "foolhardy” citizens who do not want one. Slight Temperature Increase In State Dash Os Sunshine Cheers Hoosiers By UNITED PRESS A dash of sunshine was restored to the Indiana weather menu today and temperatures warmed up a bit. But no sunny, warm spring days were in the offing for the near future. Forecasters called for partly cloudy conditions today, tonight, Friday and Saturday. They did not mention any threats of rain. The mercury Tiit highs in the 40s throughout Hoosierland Wednesday, ranging from 40 at Indianapolis to 44 at Fort Wayne. It dropped below freezing in most areas early this morning, the lows rang- ♦ ing from 26 at Goshen to 34 at Inj dianapolis. Highs today will range from the mid-40s in the north to near 50 in the south. Lows tonight were expected to be at or below freezing throughout the state, and highs Friday will range from the upper 40s to the low 50s. Saturday's outlook was for partly cloudy with little change in temperatures. Motorist Killed i In Gary Accident GARY (UP) — Otis Williams, 43, Gary, was killed Tuesday night when an automobile he was driving struck the rear of a dump truck which had stopped to make a left turn at the intersection of a Gary street and U. 5..12. < If you have something to sell or rooms for rent, try a Democrat Want Ad — they bring results.

Says Acid-Thrower . Is Not Competent Recommends Sprouse To Mental Hospital FORT WAYNE, Ind. (UP>—A psychiatrist Wednesday told Allen Circuit Judge William H. Schannen that James W. Sprouse was "mentally incompetent” when he hurled acid at two girls and recommended he be committed to a mental hospital. "It is my opinion that this man suffered from a mental illness at the time he committed this act and is still suffering from this same mental illness," Dr. H.C.

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Dunstone told the court. Sprouse, 23, Bakersfield, Calif., a former Indiana Tech College student, is accused of throwing acid on Carol Ann CTark and Constance Moore, both 18, last February. The incident took place in a Fort Wayne restaurant where Sprouse and the two girls, also college students, worked part time. Sprouse said at the time of his arrest he sought to gain revenge against Miss Clark for turning down his request for a date. He purchased the sulphuric acid from a druggist on the pretense he wanted it for a chemical experiment. Miss Clark sustained burns on her face, arms and legs. She recently was taken to an Indianapolis hospital for plastic surgery. Doctors there said the fact she

was wearing glasses at the time of the Incident probably saved her eyes - Miss Moore suffered less severe burns. Sprouse said he got the idea of the acid from the recent case where Victor Riesel, a New York labor columnist, was blinded when an assailant threw acid in his face. Dunstone also told'the court it was his opinion “this mental illness has been coming on acutely for quite a few months prior to the act he committed." Dr. Franklin A. Bryan, another court-appointed psychiatrist, diagnosed Sprouse’s disturbance as “schizophrenia-paranoid. '* Schannen is expected to set a date shortly for a formal inquest regarding Sprouse’s sanity.

Rush Blood Plasma To Ailing Brothers Special Shipment Os Plasma Arrives CHICAGO (UP)—A special shipment of blood plasma arrived Wednesday night and another was on its way today to help two Hoosier brothers fight the dread blood deficiency hemophilia. John Siambones, 14, and bis brother, James, 12, East Chicago, Ind., lay side by side in South Shore Hospital, in danger because they are hemophiliacs — persons whose blood won't coagulate and, therefore, can't stop bleeding when cut or injured.

A shipment of 20 points of plasma came from Milwaukee and another was on its way from Oakland, Calif Doctors reported that bleeding has stopped in the kidney and bladder of James, and that John’i bleeding, which began when he underwent an emergency appendectomy several weeks ago, had lessened. The midwest chapter of the National Hemophilia Foundation helped the boys in their battle to live. When the chapter depleted its supply of blood, an appeal was made to the public. A heavy response was reported. Os the 10,600 Americans who perished in fires during 1956, 6,300 died in buildings and 4,300 outside buildings.

THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1957

Two New York Youths Arrested In Indiana NEWPORT, Ind. (UP) — Two New York youths who traveled around the country in stolen cars and financed the trip with money •‘borrowed” from clerics and the Salvation Army were held in Vermillion County Jail here today. Ronnie Collins, 20, and Herman Martlndau, 17, were arrested by state police at Clinton Wednesday as they attempted to abandon a car. Th* y told police they had been traveling throughout the Midwest and the South in stolen cars. They financed the trip with money "borrowed" from ministers, priests and the Salvation Army, police said they told them.