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Show new patient care programs un- s-til s-til after the 1959 March of Dimes drive," she said. "The funds just received will be used to assist local polio patients pa-tients with hospital, medical and appliance bills." i;ram goes far beyond polio," .Mrs. Holland said. "We now have become an organized voluntary force in the fields of medical scientific research, : patient care and professional education, with sufficient flex- ibility to meet new health problems as they arise. To polio we have added the No. 1 crippler, arthritis ; birth de fects, virus diseases, and disorders dis-orders of the central nervous system. As soon as feasible, we will provide patient aid for children thru the age of 18 suffering from arthritis and specific birth delects. "We will still, however, continue to fulfill our obligations obliga-tions to all polio victims and no money will be spent on the Leaver County Nat'l Foundation Chapter (' As National Funds The r.eaver County Chapter of the National Foundation, formerly the National Foundation Founda-tion for Infantile Paralysis, has used up all available local March of Dimes funds and has turned to the organization's national headquarters for help to supply patient aid for three countv polio sufferers. This w.as revealed today by Mrs. Joan Holland, Milford, county chapter chairman, upon receipt of a check for $800 irom national headquarters in New York. "The National Foundation's newly announced health pro- |