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Show March of Dimes Coin Collectors Placed in County New March of Dimes coin collectors col-lectors that will serve as constant reminders of The National Foundation's Foun-dation's fight to conquer the disabling dis-abling diseases of birth defects, arthritis and polio are now being distributed throughout Salt Lake County, Mr. Walter McKean, Coin Collector Chairman announced an-nounced today. More than 1800 collectors were being placed in stores, markets restaurants, industrial plants, cafes and elsewhere by volunteers. volun-teers. The 1962 March of Dimes campaign continues through January Jan-uary 31. Mr. McKean said the coin collectors col-lectors proclaimed that "Your Dimes Will Do It Again." "This means the Salk and Sbin vaccines developed exclusively with March of Dimes funds have given us the means of controlling polio," the Chairman stated. "Now we are out to do the same job with birth defects and arthritis. "Much of the disability caused by these two diseases can often be reduced through early diagnosis dia-gnosis and treatment. The March of Dimes organization is now expanding ex-panding its patient aid program to establish treatment centers and clinics for this purpose in many parts of the country. Aid has also been authorized for all kinds of birth defects where needed. "Funds are required for this patient aid program as well as for the training of new medical and research personnel and continuation con-tinuation of the National Foundation's Foun-dation's medical research program. pro-gram. "The coin collectors will be prominently displayed to remind residents of the need for financial finan-cial support of this voluntary health program. We hope they will take this personal way to participate in the campaign by filling canisters with coins folding fold-ing money too, Mr. McKean declared. de-clared. i |