WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 21. 1959
Russian Scientists Universities
Develop Serums iHit Ban
On Enrollees
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (/P)—Soviet scientists in forward,
medical strides have come up with new vaccines against flu,
mumps and measles.
All are made from living but weakened viruses, in hopes
of creating long lasting immunity.
The Soviet Union also has tested an Aemriean-made live-
; yin's polio vaccine. Twelve mil-'
Ilion Soviet youngsters have swal-
Sabotage-Type 'lowed it. and Soviet experts are
rather delighted with results.
, These steps were described yes-,
'
Damage Done terday by a prominent Soviet
virus expert, Dr. A. A. Smoro-I
'dintsev of the Institute of Experi-,
To Nautilus mental , Medicine in Leningrad. ;
I The Soviet doctor told of the,
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. UP) promising new vaccines in a
The Navy said yesterday "appar- speech prepared for the Ameri
ently intentional" damage to elec. can Public Health Assn. and an
trical cables of the nuclear sub- swered detailed questions in ad
marine Nautilus has been dis- , : Vance in a news conference.
covered during an overhaul Gobi The flu vaccine is sprayed
at the Portsmouth naval ship- into the nose. The Soviet doc
yard for credited the research of Dr.
The acting commander of the: John F. Enders of Harvard—
Portsmouth naval base, Capt.; who won a Nobel Prize for
Carl A. Johnson, said the Navy discovering how to grow viruses
is investigating and that the FBI in test tubes, and who is work
has been notified. ' ing on a similar live-virus vac-
In Washington, the *Navy said; tine against influenza—as a
damage first was discovered Oct. basis for the Soviet vaccine
15. appears to be confined to the', work. And the Soviet doctor
electric system, and does not ex- f ree ly admitted drwabacks to
tend to the nuclear r4actor plant. the present Soviet vaccine. .
Navy statements followed dis- The mumps vaccine is entirely',
closure by the Portsmouth Her - :new. and Dr, Smorodmtsev help
ald it had learned of a series of!ed develop it. It is injected under:
incidents involving I "sabotage - 'the skin, and shows 90 per cent
type" damage to the craft. protection in initial tests on 35,-'
The Herald story said unoffi- .000 children, the Soviet virolo
cial sources reported there have gist said. It has now been given ,
been quite a few recent inci- Ito 200,000 children, and shows'
dents of damage to vital parts promise of being able to smother'
of the Nautilus and also a series i epidemics once they have stal t
of fires. led, he said. i
It mentioned broken pipes and; The measles vaccine, still ex
cut cable and said such incidents'perimental, has been tested on
would seriously endanger both the 1,000 youngsters. It produces mild
:submarine and her crew in op- symptoms of measles, but this re
crations afloat. 'action is not contagious, he said
The world's first atomic-pow. As for polio, the Soviet Un
ered vessel entered Portsmouth i ion became a huge testing
shipyard July 26 for an exten- ground for the living virus polio
sive overhaul that was sched- I vaccine developed by Dr. Al
uled to be completed late in Bert Sabin of the University of
February. ! Cincinnati. The Soviets are
The Navy said it is too early , producing it, to be swallowed
to tell whether the work will be; in a syrupy liquid, or in candy.
completed as early as planned; The Salk vaccine is made from
and that further checks will be;killed virus, as are U.S. vaccines
made for damage. against tlu.
Misslemen Protest
Interservice Rivalry
WASHINGTON (I}---The Army's two top missilemen
protested yesterday that interservice arguments and repeated
reappraisals are keeping the U.S. space program trailing
behind that of the Soviet Union.
Maj. Gen. John B. IVledaris, who is stepping-out soon as
chief of the Army Ordnance Mis
sile Command, almost shouted as
he told a New York news confer
ence: "I'll personally buy any so
lution that will cut out the argu
ing and debate and get people
back to work."
Dr, Wernher Von Braun, chief
scientist at the Army's Ballistic
Missile Agency, took somewhat
the same tack before a Washing
ton audience.
"Instead of wasting time and
energy in ponderous reapprais
als and re-examinations," the
German-born rocket scientist
declared, "we ought to pitch in
- to get the show on the road and
get into space."
As Von Braun and Medaris
spoke out speparately, it appeared
a decision might be imminent on
the fate of their Army ballistic
missile agency with its 2,300 sci
entists and technicians. The agen-
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Just back from a month-long;
tour of the Pacific, Secretary of),
Defense Neil H. McElroy indicat
ed to newsmen a decision will bet
made soon on whether the Army
agency will be run by the civilian
National Aeronautics and Space!
Administration, or kept under De=l
fense Department control.
I Estimating the Soviets now;
have a lead of about five years,'
Medaris added: "The only way tol
,catch up is to go faster than they!
'go, and I don't know how fast."'
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HERSHEY, Pa. (11 3 1—The Penn
sylvania Assn. of Colleges and
'Universities yesterday unani
mously opposed legislation ban
ning discrimination in college ad
mittance because of race, color or
creed.
But the association emphasized
that its stand was taken because
it objected to state interference in
college administration, not be
cause it objected to the principal
behind the legislation.
It added that the proposed kg
islation "implies practices which
we do not believe prevail and en
tails governmental encroachment
which questions the integrity and
jeopardizes the established ad
ministrative procedures of our ed
ucational institutions."
The bill is presently before the
Senate.
Sen. Charles R Weiner. Dem
ocratic floor leader, said "we
need this bill very badly."
"To postpone action on this
bill is lust postnoning the prob
lem," Weiner declared after the
Senate put off action on the
measure again yesterday.
The legislation would create a
"Pennsylvania fair educational
opportunities commission" to en
force a ban on diccrimination.
It was approved by the House
157-32.
The association also adopted a
resolution calling for creation of a
state council of higher education.
Quintuplets Born
To Texas Couple
SAN ANTONIO, Tex. (UP)
Five tiny girls—the third set of,
quintuplets in United States his-,
tory and the only ones alive—
were born yesterday to an Air,
;Force lieutenant's wife.
Doctors said the five babies,
, born to Mrs. Charles G. Hannan,,
,27, apparently have a poor chance
for survival. The quintuplets were
'three months premature.
"I'm -o flabbergasted," said Lt.'
;Hannan, 30. a navigator stationed
at Randolph Air Force Base. The;
quints were born at Lackland,
AFB Hospital.
"Thank heaven," he added, "we
!wanted daughters."
The American Medical Assn.
said in Chicago that 47 sets oil
quintuplets have been born in
medical history, only three of
them, counting the Hannans, in:
the United States.
—"X" before the license num
i ber of an airplane denotes that the
plane is licensed for experimental
'purposes.
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"ON
BORROWED
TIME"
by
Paul Osborn
Center Stage
Until Nov. 21
Rites
Held
for Marshall
At Arlington
WASHINGTON M—Gen. George C. Marshall. architect
of victory in the world's greatest war, was buried yesterday
with what must have been the simplest funeral ever given
a man of his rank.
Only members of his family and honorary pallbearers
were present as the old warrior
was laid to rest in Arlington Na
tional Cemetery. His grave over
looks the capitol of the govern
ment he served so long in war
and in peace.
Dwight D. Eisenhower and Har
ry S. Truman, who have been
cool to each other, were in the
same chapel pew, drawn together
by the debts they owed to Mar
shall.
Former President Truman, who
had arrived first, reached across
and shook hands with the Presi
dent when he arrived. Both looked
solemn, thoughtful.
Canon Luther D. Miller, for- ;
mer chief of chaplains. U.S.
Army, prayed: "We thank Thee
for the memories which gather
about this great life."
For Eisenhower there must
have been thoughts of how Mar
.hall,
I
as chief of staff, had chos
en him for the fateful role of;
commander in Europe, a role that;
was to lift an obscure Army ofll- 1
cer to international acclaim.
For Truman there must have
been thoughts of how Marshall
returned from retirement to
serve his administration as
trouble shooter to China, as
secretary of state, as secretary
of defense.
Before the services began Tru
man had paid his tribute to Mar
shall. He had been asked to say
a few words for television cam
eras.
The former president's summa
ion of the general: "The great
•st of the great in our time."
ZBT Says ...
"RIP"
The
MUNI
Penn State Jazz Club
presents
Battle of the
Bands -
with the
Don Krebs Quartet and the
Dave Alkinson Quintet plus
Frieda Lee
and the new star, Juanita Jones
Sal., Oct. 24, Coffee Spot
Banquet Room, 8:3042:30
Admissions
50c—members
75c—non-members
PAGE THREE
Senate lndictes
Union President
WASHINGTON (RI Maurice
H. Hutcheson, president of the
850,000-member Carpenters Un
ion, was indicted yesterday on
contempt charges glowing out of
his refusal to tell the Senate
rackets committee whether he
had misused union funds.
A federal grand Jury alto re
turned contempt of Congress in
dictments against three other men
charged with failing to give the
committee information it sought
last year during its investigations
of alleged wrongdoing in labor
and management.
One was William Presser of
Cleveland, top Teamsters Union
official in Ohio.
The others were Pete Licavoli
of Detroit, reputedineader of the
old "Purple Gang" in Detroit,
and Erne:A Mask High, New Yoik
leditor in the labor publication
;field.
The maximum penalty on con
viction of contempt of Congress
is a year in prison and a $l,OOO
fine.
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