Show polio Ri research search backed by foun foundation lion fund recent su successes in hi the search tor for an effective safe and permanent preventive of paralytic polio have intensified the need lor for march of dimes funds to i explore and exploit the findings according to basil oconnor president of the national foundation for infantile paralysis certainly the discoveries concerning gamma globulin did not mean the end to polio problems mr oconnor said while they solved some problems they also created many new ones the two main findings mr oconnor said were that 1 gamma globulin provides anark marked protection of a temporary em r nature against paralytic polio and 2 it may m modify edify the severity of polio during the late stages of the incubation period of the disease even though it may not prevent the disease c completely Fole plemely tely if given after the infection has taken talco place ulace limit ons cited mr oconnor cited three important ns to the use of gamma globulin 1 alt it gives only temporary protection thus the search for a permanent vaccine must continue 2 la Is tn in very short supply techniques for increasing the supply for seasonable ea use must be developed 3 gamma ganima globulin research is incomplete it must still be determined for example it GO GG will permit the mild form of polio infection that mat leads to an active long last ing immunity large sums of march of dimes money must be invested before solutions to the above problems are found mr oconnor pointed out may smother epidemics our scientists insist that all we can reasonably hope for at this point he said Is that gamma globulin may be used in attempting to smother polio e epidemics in hard hit areas the final answer will still have to be a safe and effective vaccine that hat will provide relatively long lasting immunity efforts to produce such a vaccine for widespread human use are am being hopefully pursued Sc lentUlo research programs program sponsored by the national nations foundation are financed entirely by the march ot of dimes this annual appeal is now on and will be continued until jan 31 V T t tz pi ay 4 claudius banks of vernal in the lighted ski ki outfit that will delight spectators ip clair at the th annual winter carnival Car niTaI at st steamboat ism boat springs on feb tob 78 7 B mi mr bank banks has appeared as a a feature at 1 I traction at the night show for many rean years the national ski jumping championships will be keld hold at steamboat springs on US highway 40 on feb rob 14 and IL 15 the present A mer ican distance record of feet is hold on the steamboat springs hill |