Show Learn About Birth Defects Calling on all citizens of i south Davis County to observe observe observe ob ob- ob- ob serve Healthy Baby Week by learning more about preventing preventing preventing pre pre- I venting birth defects Mr I Elmer J. J Smith observed that good health practices start I long before baby is born I II i MR SMITH is chairman of the Salt Lake and South Davis i County March larch of Dimes organization organization organization or- or a group whose mission mission mission mis- mis misI I sion is to prevent crippling j defects among new babies Healthy Baby Week will be i observed nationally May 1117 11 I 17 Prospective parents should know that premature birth can bring additional health I risk to the baby and good medical care for the mother I before the baby is born gives I better assurance of a full- full term pregnancy said Mr Smith HE liE ADDED that to parents-to- be should know their blood types to guard against the I I possibility of having an Rh I baby I j I A vaccine has been developed developed developed devel- devel I that can prevent Rh i 1 sensitivity in mothers not already already already al- al I ready sensitized a problem 1 I that can make their newborn babies dangerously ill t MR MH SMITH S also mentioned rubella often called German 1 I measles or three day meas meas- les which can cause blindness blindness blindness blind blind- ness deafness or other defects when a to mother-to-be contracts the disease early in her preg preg- nancy He said a rubella vaccine should become available for use among the general public soon He reminded that rubella rubella rubella ru ru- bella must not be confused with red measles a two- two week disease for which most Utah children are already immunized He stressed that the more youngsters who are immunized the better chances of preventing a rubella epidemic epidemic epi epi- demic that could leave scores I of Utah babies crippled from I birth I WERE learning a lot about 1 how to prevent these 1 j lems leins in children and anyone anyone with questions can get free literature from the March of I I Dimes office 35 East First i I South phone said saidi i Mr Smith Ii I i Double Meaning 1 A lady was very much pleased because her husband had tad called her an angel She was vas not accustomed to compliments com corn comI I Aliments from him and asked him lim why he had called her an angel i he replied youre continually harping on m something and you never lave have a darn thing to wear s |