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Show Muscular Dystrophy Assn. Plans Funds Campaign Muscular Dystrophy Associations Associa-tions of America, Inc., have announced an-nounced the start of a nation- wide campaign to recruit an army of citizen volunteers for the 1959 March for Muscular Dystrophy, its annual fund raising rais-ing appeal. Funds gathered in the house-to-house drive will maintain and expand MDAA's research program pro-gram into the cause and cure for the mysterious disease which claims more than 200,000 victims in this country, the majority of whom are children. Heading the MDAA campaign are Mrs. Lou Gehrig, national campaign chariman, former Post master General James A. Farley, honorary national chairman and Jerry Lewis, national chairman. Aiding them is a committee of professional, business and entertainment enter-tainment leaders who are mobilizing mobil-izing support in their fields. Volunteers are being recruited among civic and fraternal associations asso-ciations and their auxiliaries, veteran and labor organizations, religious and youth groups. Jerry Lewis has made a special appeal to his teenage fans to sign up as "Marchers." For the sixth consecutive year the nation's uniformed and volunteer vol-unteer fire fighters are participating partici-pating in the March for Muscular Dystrophy. Continued support is also being planned by such organizations or-ganizations as the Eagles, Tall Cedar of Lebanon, the American Legion, the Veterans of Foreign Wars as well as service clubs and parent teacher associations. He mumbled a few words in church he was married. He mumbled a few words in his sleep he was divorced. |