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Show Healthy Baby Week Set By Governor's Proclamation (lovrrnor Calvin L. Hampton Hamp-ton today proclaimed the week (if May 10 tlirouli 10 as lloahliy liaby Week In Utah. A.ssi.tJ.ng the Cover-nor, Cover-nor, .''nd reigning ov r the coin:!)'-! week, is Utah's llan-piy, llan-piy, Healthy Baby for 1071). Jason l!i(in;ai dner. lie is the one-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. I toss IUimgardner, Hichfield. Healthy Baby Week, a national na-tional public Ihealih cduc'J-lion cduc'J-lion project .'-ponsoicd by The National Foundation-March Foundation-March of Dimes, draws substantial sub-stantial support ovcry year from major men's and women's wo-men's organizations, busin-x'ss busin-x'ss and civic leaders. This support has come about hc-caire hc-caire cf concern for the? health of future gent-rations. Birth defects strike some quarter of a million American Ameri-can babies every year. While this is an alarming toll, the news today is that prevention preven-tion and control of birth defects de-fects is beronrng a reality. The mpha';i:; of Healthy Haby Week is upon early prenalaj care, which often ::i an invaluable; safeguard 'gainst severe damage to the' imborn. Also, it is up to I hi; riftens to take full advantage ad-vantage of new preventive 5 in .the area of birth defects. For example, the new lib vaccine, v,1i:h can eliminate elimin-ate the problem incurred when parents have the Ii.fi factor; and the rubella vaccine vac-cine against German measles, meas-les, which has put new meaning mean-ing into the spirit of Healthy Baby Y.Vol;. "I 'iali''.' citizens," ,Vn I Covemo! Kanipton, "can b-ipioud b-ipioud of 'h'-ir snj.poit of th'-rubella th'-rubella iniiiu'iiialion cl.a-jes cl.a-jes hold throiicjiout the slat's The threat of the pn-die'ed rubella -jidi-niic of 1 070 71 has been (,'iininated in I,' tab. one of the few stale-; in tin' nstio.'l which has taken this' action. Tho- lives saved as'l the suffering pro-vented are iin st 'inable. Activities are planned most of the 28 March of DiiiKfS county chapters in Utah to make the public aware of the work bc-in done thiou;;h research, patient pa-tient care, and public education edu-cation to help reduce the toil which birth defects take ea-.-n year. |