xh of Dimes Research Grants
i warded Only to Top Scientists
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By THOMAS K. UVKBS
Ties PrmUi?t~M?4U*l Again
Ilu MtUmol Tt
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RJli there la any one point
that we scientists must (at
across to the "average i
(if there is any such pex
, it is that conducting a
?rat* research program
is much more than just giv
ing money indiscriminately
to various laboratories.
The key to right giving is
electing the right people to
rhotn lo five. This Is a most
ifficult task but it is a job at
ch The National Foundation
proven Itself exceptionally
competent.
Research may bo said to be
a journey into the unknown
to push forward the frontiers
Of knowledge. Inevitably, its
nature is such that no man can
foretell exactly where it will
But this "average man" to
whom we just referred and
who is perhaps dissatisfied with
the uncertainties over where
research will lead, might be
reminded that The National
Foundation has shown in the
past what It can do? as, for
example, initiating the research
that developed
the Salk and
Sabin polio
vaccines. This
and other ma
jor accomplish
ments consti
tute the cre
dentials of the
world's largest
voluntary
health organ
ization (or go
ing ahead.
A great deal
of basic re
search, of this
Dr Rivera journey into ine
unknown, was
needed to create the baies
which made poaaible the devel
opment of the polio vaccinal.
This again will be neceaaary a?
The National Foundation move*
forward in its expanded pro
cram which includes birth de
fect* and arthritis in addition
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by him with $1,500,000 in March t4 Dlam pvblk ? mrthwIUm.
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to continued work in polio.
Perhaps you have heard the
comment th?t * camel la a
horse put together by a com
mittee. Thia illuminates what I
think ia one of the prlnciplea
of reaearch. Great research i>
done by great men, not by
committees. It la The National
Foundation^ lob, among oth
ers. to And those great men,
ana to see that they have ade
quate equipment with which
to work.
It is natural for the public to
want immediate results. For the
parents of a child afflicted with
arthritia, for instance, to want
quick cures is understandable.
But we are trustees of public
funds. We cannot spend those
funds save for projects that
have some promiae of success,
conducted by people who have
shown what they can do.
If our aims in reaearch
could be summed up, I would
say that The National Founda
tion operates like a rapier, not
a bludgeon. We are aelective.
We put March of Dimes funds
in tne exact spot and under
the specific man who will make
the moit of it. We do not dump
millioni into hundred* of proj
ect! with ? vague hope that by
the law of average* tome may
produce.
In fhort, we try to be as
careful in the selection of re
learch project* a* an extreme
ly fussy woman i* in (election
of a ipring hat.
The reiearch future 1* bright.
With laboratory method* that
have been developed, many
under March of Dimes grant*,
we can move farther ana falt
er than in year* pait. Indeed,
I often think of the polio itrug
gle a* a time when we tooled
up for what i* to come. The
methods that were 10 success
ful in that polio challenge are
now being applied to the
greater challenges that lie
ahead.
To accomplish what The Na
tional Foundation desires re
quires great men. We have had
them in the past. We shall have
them in the future and, with
public contributions to the
March of Dimes, those men
will accomplish much for the
good of mankind.
Zionville News Notes
Mr. and Mri. Burl Miller and
family and Bob Miller spent the
holidays with Mr. and Mrs. Will
C. Miller at Winter Beach, Fla.
Mr. Noten Church of Wake Is
land is spending three weeks with
Mrs. Church and son at the home
of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ivan
Church before returning to Chula
Vista, California. Mrs. Church and
Nolen Jr. will join him in Cali
fornia later where they will make
their home indefinately.
Mrs. Lee Wilson and Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Heiceth are visiting
Mr. Helceth's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Edmond Heiceth at Vero
Beach, Fla.
Mr. and Mrs. Vance Vines and
children of Burlington spent
Christmas here with Mr. and Mrs.
Clint Winebarger and Mr. and
Mrs. Boby Vines at Bethel.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Johnson of
Elkton, Md. spent the week end
with Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Johnson.
Mr .and Mfs. Charles Wilkinson
of Salem, Virginia spent the holi
days at their home here. Among
their guests were their son, G. C.,
of Fort Wayne, Ind . Mrs. Wilkin
son and children who have been
visiting in the county, and Mr.
and Mrs. George Thomas and sons
of Boone.
Mr. Edgar Pardue from Pennsyl
vania spent the holidays with his
family here.
Dinner guests Christmas of Mr.
and Mrs. N. T. Byers were Mr. and
Mrs. Ivan Church, Mr. and Mrs.
Nolen Church and son, Mr. and
Mr?. W. C. Main* and ?on. Mr. and
Mrs. W. P. Greer of Bristol, Va.
visited with them last week.
Mr. Odell Perry of Salem, Va.
spent the week end with his family
here.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Miller and
sons visited Sunday with Mrs. Jim
Wilson at Shouns, Tennessee.
Mr. and Mrs. Jackie Mast and
family of Vilas, Mr. and Mrs. Burl
Reece and aoa of Lenoir spent
Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. Edd
Reece.
Mrs. Carolyn Harrison ' of Ban
ner Elk spent the week end with
Sonny and Mike Harrison, Miss
Hettie Greer snd her mother,
Mrs. N. J. Greer.
Miss Pauline Phipps of Crump
ler spent the day recently witn
Miss Mancy Stephens.
Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Norris and
son of Vilas visited recently with
Mrs. Maggie Norris. Mr. and Mrs.
Leroy Wilson, Kenneth and Ron
nie, Mr. snd Mrs. Edward Wilson,
Becky and Karen were dinner
guests Christmas. Rev. and Mrs.
Paul Phipps and son, and Mr. and
Mrs. Kermit Proffit of Route 2,
Boone visited recently with Mrs.
Norris.
Misses Anna Mae Stephens and
Mancy Stephens and Vardell Lyons
of Boone spent Christmas with
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Stephens.
Mrs. Dare Roche of Hampton,
Va., Alfred Holman of Mountain
City, Tenn., and Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Triplett of Boone visited
Monday with Mr. and Mrs. Henry
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Doctor Talk
By JOHN 8. REKBERT, M D.
riortty tiler the end of World
War IJ Penicillin was nude avail
able to the general public and all
reader* are aware of the miracul
oua success thia drug has had over
moat of the bacterial disease*. It*
success ha* been equally a* gm.it
in the treatment of veneral
dtffiM,
Despite the *ucce*a in treating
veneral diaeaie* and the marked
reduction in such diseases in re
cent year*, there i* now great
concern over the ever increasing
number of ca*e* of veneral dia
eaie*, thia being especially true in
the "teen-age" group. Much publi
city during the past 8 to 10 year*
has proclaimed that the veneral
disease* are almoet "A thing of
the past" ? this statement is not
true today, they are still very
much of a public health problem.
The public must be made aware
of the problem and should be re
minded of the existence of veneral
diseases once again. Several dis
eases are classed as veneral, but
of these, syphilis and gonorrhea
are of chief concern to the public
health authorities. In general, the
term veneral diseases refers to
those disease* transmitted far the
most part by sexual intercourse.
Syphillis is the one venereal dis
ease that proves to be the excep
tion to the rule ? its transmission
being possible by kissing.
Syphillis is caused by a germ
which occurs naturally only in the
human boat and the dl?e?r i?
contacted by Intimacy with am in
fected person
The course of the disease com
priaea almost two distinct diietaaa,
the early and late stage*. Within
a few weeks following contact a
sore appears (chancre) at the site
of infection. The chancre then dis
appears in a short time and may
be followed by skin raahes, head
aches, and many other symptoms.
Next, the early latent stage of
the disease occurs with no symp
toms being present at all. Pati
enta in this stage of the disease
are not aware that there is any
thing wrong with them. Then the
late stage results with the germs
attacking any organ or tissue In
the body. Sites commonly affect
ed are the heart, brain, eyes, and
other vital organs of the body.
It is important for all to know
that venereal diseases are on the
increase again ? and if there is
any concern or doubt in your mind
please contact your family physi
cian. It is important, also, to re
member that thousands of Ameri
cans die each year because of
veneral diseases and many thou
sands more are crippled by the
late affecta of the 'diseases.
What would you do before the
doctor comes if confronted sud
denly with helping an injured per
son? There are several important
things everyone should know about
emergency treatment to an injured
person, particularly when ? frac
ture is suspected.
Proper handling of first aid
measure* ha* a distinct bearing on
the ultiaMte result of treatment,
the amount of disability and the
ability to return to normal or usual
activities a* early a* possible
The first thing to do always
when approaching an injured per
son i* to establish and maintain an
adequate airway. This may require
removing false teeth, debris, snd
heavy mucous from the mouth and
throat. The tongue may need de
pressing and can be pulled for
ward if necessary by pushing a
safety pin through the tip of the
tongue and spplying traction.
Obvious hemmorrhage can be
controlled by applying a large
pressure dressing over the bleed
ing area. If a tourniquet is used
on an extremity, the time of ap
plication should be recorded foi
instance, by writing with lipstick
on the victim's forehead.
Any patient suspected of having
a back injury should not be moved
until a preliminary examination
has been made.
When a neck vertebrae is sus
pected of being fractured the head
and trunk should be moved ss one
piece. Psdding is placed on each
side of the head and neck and
strapped firmly by a band of cloth
around the head and board upon
which the patient is placed. All
cases of back and neck injuries are
transported face up.
When a lower back injury is
suspected, flexion of the body or
bending forward should be pre
vented. A folded blanket should be
placed be Death the lumbar region
The*e meamiret prevent pouibJe
further damage to the spinal cord
Fracture* to the arm can (im
ply be wpported by a triangular,
"slingtype" bandage and the upper
arm ihould be bound cloae to the
body. Forearm or hand fracture*
can beet be supported by a board
splint.
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AT YOUR FAVORITE GROCERY
ANNOUNCING PAYMENTS TO RAMBLER BUYERS AS RAMBLER'S SALES VOLUME INCREASES
Why You Should Join Rambler's New
Crusade For Adequate
Progress Sharing With Customers
"I believe participation by all consumers in
economic progress Is absolutely necessary
in meeting the nation's economic needs."
GEORGE ROMNEY
President, American Motors Corporation
Rambler's rise to a top position has put
us in position to undertake a new cru
sade. This program, which could provide
greater individual and national benefits
than any we've yet undertaken, calls
Tor customer progress sharing.
As volume goes up, costs come
down. So, sharing economies that
would result from a 30% Rambler
sales gain over last year Tor the peri
od December through March could
provide payments to customers of
118,698,062.
But, before presenting our new
Rambler crusade, let me review some
highlights of the first one.
When we forged our basic Rambler
concepts, U.S. cars were in a size,
horsepower and styling-change race
that cost the car buyer money. So, we
developed the compact, economical,
modernly engineered Rambler.
CONSUMER BENEFITS FROM
LOWER PRICES
Because of low volume, we had to
price our first Rambler Americans
about equal with C'he\ rolct and Ford,
traditionally "lowest priced."
As our output and economies in
creased, we shared the resulting eco
nomic advantages with Rambler cus
tomers. Despite Inflation, we kept prices
low. We also concentrated on durability
and quality. That is why Rambler ex
cels in trouble-free operation, aa shown
by trade surveys made by others.
What has this done? It has in
creased our sales? made us a vigorous
new competitive factor, compelling all
compel it on to introduce com pact cars,
Tlieir compact can unquestionably
are better buvs than their big can, be
cauae their big cars don't have th?
compacts' advanced engineering.
Despite these moves to meet Ram
bler competition. Rambler American
models are now priced not only below
competitive big cars but below their
ecttnomv compacts as well.
In addition. Ramblers provide cus
tomers several exclusive trouble-free
engineering advances such as the acid
proof, rustproof Ceramic-Armored
muffler and tailpipe.
The Rambler line includes three
basic sizes of compact cars? Rambler
American, Rambler Classic and Am
bassador, the latter two developed
after the original American series.
RAMBLER SALES SOAR
In two years, Rambler's per cent of
market has more than doubled. For the
last 38 straight months, Rambler sale*
have established a new record for that
month. We Want to continue this growth
by serving you even better.
THI NEW RAMBLER CRUSADE
Our new Rambler crusade, like our
compact crusade, is based on sharing
Rambler progress with car buyers.
We believe the new Rambler crusade
has timely significance. Our country
currently is experiencing a mild eco
nomic stowdowa ? with rising foreign
competition and weakness of the dollar.
Our larger competitors art considering
partial manufacture and importation of
cars for the U.S. market from abroad.
There is a general profit squeeze.
We believe the greatest single eco
nomic cause is that relatively too much
of the fruit of industrial effort has been
going to a few well organized ecooomk
groups, not to the consumer.
CUSTOMERS TO SHARI
RAMBLER PROGRESS
We decided there was something we
could do. We decided to share future
progress with ALL customers who take
NOW PAYMINTS TO MIYIRS WILL II DKTIRMINCD IN
AMIRICAN MOTORS' CUSTOM!* PROGRISS SHARING PROGRAM
IUYERS .
?ONP PAYMENT SALES LEVELS
IF SALES
AU UP
RICKIVI
U.S. SA VINOS
BONDS DfCSMBKR JANUARY
45,247
4X231
39,214
36,198
33,1*1
97,471
91,159
?4,64*
79,136
71,625
FfUUARY MARCH
<Mc. k M Ul> total)
140,139 195,946
130,796
121,453
112,111
102,76#
112,113
169,820
156,757
143,694
30,165 65,114
93,426 130,631
a rrton who actually takes delivery, not placet a* order.
$125
$100
$ 75
$ 50
10% $ 23
SALES FH SAME KMM LAST TEAt
NOTIi In mil cmsei, "BUYERS)"
WHY IT WILL PAY YOU TO BUY NOW. This unique program is cumulative and retro
active. Early buyers can get more, but never less bonds, than buyers in succeeding
months. Your Rambler dealer will be happy to give you the complete details of the
plan but here is quick example of how it works and keeps on working for you :
If December Ran\bler deliveries increase 20% over last December, December buyers of
new Ramblers or Metropolitans will receive $50 bonds. As the four-month period
progresses, additional bonds will be mailed to the December buyers each time the
cumulative sales reach a higher bond payment sales level.
Also, if sales increase for the four-month period exceeds 30^. proportionate additional
payments will be made to all buyers during any of the four-months.
delivery of a new Rambler or aew
Metropolitan between December 1,
I960, and March 31, 1961, from an
authorized Rambler dealer (excluding
governmental tales), giving them most
of the benefit of additional cost reduc
tion resulting from further increases ia
Rambler sales volume.
Thia can mean a sharing with Ram
bler buyers during the 4-month period
of government savings bonds (Series E)
with a maturity value from $3, 679, MO
(10% sales increase), to $24, 930,750
(SOX increase). See chart for details.
Monkeys tns caught by filling * coconut shell with chopped coconut meat. The monkeys grasp a
flstful and, unwilling to let any go. cannot withdraw their paws. So, they are easy victims.
The U.S. consumer is not yet as scrawny aa shown, but unless there is a more equitable division
of the productivity incrcasca. he will get that way. One of the three American groups must let
go and set aa essmple or ail will be captured and. along with the consumer, all will suffer.
BOTH CUSTOMERS AND
AMERICAN MOTORS GAIN
Yoa have everything to gain and noth
ing to lose by joining thii crusade. The
lame is true for us.
You caa't lose because Ramblers are
better than big cars and the best of the
compacts. Ramblers are more trouble
free, more useful, lower priced.
Yoa make your regular deal in the
regular way for a new Rambler. You
then may share proportionately in the
economics and proflts of higher Rambler
volume in December, 1960, and the
first three months of 1961.
We gain by acquiring more Rambler
owners, which will make our growing
market even larger in the future. That's
bccausc Rambler owners become
Rambler salesmen and are the most
loyal "repeat buyers" of any make.
Ask your neighbor all about his
Rambler, then join tlx Rambler crusade.
Join us in focusing the nation's atten
tion on the essentiality of equitably
sharing economic progress with ALL
consumers if the WHOLE NATION
f.l. Some may say one company
can't do much about national prob
lems as big and complex as those cited
above. Well, that's what skeptics said
about Rambler's first crusade. Let's
remember, every great thing is born
smalt. If this new Rambler crusade is
right, it can succeed and spread, just
as the compact car concept did.
Mr. Romney%s recent New York Press Con
ference on "Customer Sharing and the Na
tion's Economy" attracted nationwide notice.
For complete text of Ms statements, write
American Hours, Box 29, Detroit 32, MUJl