Ten March of Dimes Medical
Advances Are Listed for Year
Ten March of Dimes-financed projects in birth defects
and arthritis have been cited by The National Foundation
for outstanding progress in 1963.
“In 1963 the arthritis riddle continued to baffle the ex-
perts and despite many informative studies by scientists,
nosignificant breakthroughs®
concerning cause or preven-
tion were reported,” accord-
ing to Dr. Théodore E. Boyd,
the organization’s director
of scientific research.
“In birth defects research,
progress was more promising,”
he stated. “New light was shed
on the genetic code of life, on
how a baby develops normally
and abnormally in the womb
and on the causes of some of
the hundreds of defects which
affect more than a quarter of
a million newborns in the U. S.
each year.”
Dr. Boyd reported that in
1963 The National Foundation-
‘March of Dimes awarded more
than $3,812,000 for research
grants. Dr. William S. Clark,
medical director, also called at-
tention to the continued rapid
growth of the Foundation’s
treatment and research center
program.
There are now 48 March of
Dimes centers for birth defects
and 29 for arthritis across the
country, he said. Approximate-
ly 1,000 National Foundation
chapters granted more than
$1,500,000 to finance such cen-
ters in 1963.
The list of top ten March
of Dimes-financed projects and
achievements follows:
1. Test for Galactosemia. De-
velopment of an accurate blood
test to detect both vietims and

3. Homograft Barrier
Cracked? Apparent cracking of
the “homograft barrier,” a no-
table achievement in efforts to |;
make adult animals perma- ||
nently tolerant to organ trans-
plants and skin grafts, which
open the way to solving the
problem in man. This potential
major breakthrough accom-
plished by Dr. Robert A. Good
and research team at the Uni-
versity of Minnesota.
4. Clues to How Cells Spe-
cialize. Evidence found to show
the existence of chemical mes-
sengers between living cells |
which instruct cells of one kind
to change their specific job.
Some birth defects may be
caused by errors occurring dur-
ing pregnancy in this cell spe-
cialization messenger system.
Research conducted by Dr.
John Papaconstantinou and
others at University of Connec-
ticut.
5. New Kind of Gene Dis-
covered. Studies of inner work-
ings of cells revealed new kind
of gene (unit of heredity)
which controls the putting to-
gether of proteins into proper
form. This significant research |
directed by Dr. Robert S. Ed- |
gar of the California Institute |
of Technology.
6. Viruses and Birth Defects.
Tentative identification of sev-
eral viruses as causing mis- |
carriage, stillbirths and birth |
defects when mothers-to-be are |

Dr. Ralph F. Jacox, who is cited
in the accompanying article,
talks to a young arthritis patient,
certain birth defects produced
in studies of fluid imbalance in
chick embryos. Several factors,
such as too little oxygen, too
much salt, foreign substances,
resulted in salt imbalance in
the blood, followed by excess
accumulation of body fluids and
the development of major de-
fects and often the death of
the chick. Reported by Dr.
Casimer T. Grobowski, Univer-
sity of Miami. ~
9. Outbreaks of Spinal Birth
Defects. Three reports made of
unusual outbreaks of a serious
birth defect involving the spine,
two by staffs of March of Dimes
birth defects centers. Increased
referral centers for birth de-
fects patients and vastly in-

Wednesday, February 19, 1964
ey.
So the U. N. is actually
run by a majority that sub-
scribe to ruthless polities al-
most as bad as those of Hit-
ler.
It is thus high time that
all churches joined in deman-
ding that Uncle Sam quit
competing with church free-
will missionary activities.
So send for my booklet
“How to Save This Republic”
enclosing a stamped return
envelope, plus 20c. Other-
wise, churches may soon be

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taxed, too.
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costs when you send for one
of his booklets.)
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Farm Equipment -
Hogs - Chickens
MONDAY, MAR. 2, 1964
AT 11:00 A.
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Located in Manor Twp., Lanc. Co. 32 miles
west of Millersville, Pa., on route 999.
JOHN DEERE 50 TRACTOR
with 2 bottom 14 in. mounted plow & heat houser.
FARMALL SUPER C TRACTOR
with cultivator, tool bar, Mc fast hitch 7 fi. mower,
tobacco hoer & sprayer.
FORD JUBILEE TRACTOR
with Sauder loader & chains.
New Holland P.T.0. Manure spreader, Hersh-
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bacco ladders, one 24 ft. ladder on David Bradley
running gear; Grove 6-ton wagon with 18 ft. bed,
John Deere 6-ton wagon with 16 ft. bed, 4 other
wagons, McDeering 13 disc grain drill, fertilizer
creased concern about the prob-
lem considered responsible for
spotting these ‘‘epidemics” of
spina bifida. Reported in Atlan-
ta, Ga., by Birth Defects Center
there; Fort Campbell, Ky., by
Birth Defects Center in Nash-
ville, Tenn., and in Vermont
ty Burlington physicians. The
infected during pregnancy. |
These preliminary findings re- |
ported by Drs. Gordon C.|
Brown and Thomas Francis Jr. |
of the University of Michigan. |
7. Synthesis of Biologically |
Active DNA. For the first time |
the master code-of-life chemi- |
cal DNA (deoxyribonucleic |
symptom-free carriers of an in-
herited chemical defect called
galactosemia, which causes
mental retardation in babies
when they drink milk. Test |
perfected by Dr. Arthur Rob-
inson and associates at the
University of Colorado.
2. Test for Maple Syrup
Urine Disease. Development of |
a simple blood test to identify
infants with an inherited condi-
tion named maple syrup urine
disease, because of a telltale
odor to the urine of its victims.
The condition involves abnor-
malities in body chemistry and
generally results in death by
the age of two: Test devised
by Dr. Joseph Dancis and col-
leagues at New York Univer-

acid) has been synthesized in
the laboratory in a form that
is biologically active. This is as
close as anyone has come to |
creating life in the test tube. |
Achievement by Drs. Rose M.
Litman of the University of
Colorado and Dr. Waclaw Syz-
balski of the University of
Wisconsin, and their fellow in-
vestigators.
8. New Clue to Birth Defect

outbreaks remain unexplained
despite intensive inquiry.
10. Arthritis Clues in Twin
drill, Papec 14 in. cutter, Muchley 24 ft. elevator
with motor, side rake, Brillian 10 ft. cultipacker,
Study. Strong evidence that
emotional stress triggered on-
set of rheumatoid arthritis was
found in a study of five sets of
identical twins in which one
of each pair had the disease.
Reported by Drs. Ralph Jacox
and Sanford Meyerowitz of the
March of Dimes Arthritis Cen-

sity. Cause. New lead to causes of | ter, University of Rochester.
rx Catholi dP ta sorry substitute for the
® Worry Clinic Lt i’ 8h Rotestan Christian churches.
Indeed, the U. N. is com-
(From page 1)
sionary activity, supported
by the freewill offerings of
generous Christian folks.
Now Uncle Sam tries to
usurp the role of the mis-
sionary socities of both the

DRESSING FOR MOLDED
FRUIT OR VEGETABLE
But Uncle Sam uses coer-
ced money (taxes), not free
will offerings.
There's a whale of
ference.
a dif-
“The gift without the giv- |
er is bare,” runs an adage of
the past.
If Uncle Sam thus FORC-
ES his citizens to pay high |
taxes so the bureaucrats can
posed of many atheistic and
communistic nations.
Only 32 of the 104 mem-
bers of the U. N. even offer
bers (a great majority) be:
habeas corpus and the other
stellar rights that we have
codified in our famous Con-
stitution.
So 72 of the U. N. mem-
cyclone electric seeder, Minnich tobacco presses,
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wheelbarrows,
platforn:
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per, fence chargers.
POULTRY EQUIPMENT: Feeders, nests, foun-
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220 Keenco washer,
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pipe, six ton bulk bin and pipe.
4 Range Shelters, 2 Good Brooder Houses
2500 Laying Hens — 35 Ton Ear Corn
Lots of Hay by the ton.
chairs, tools, etc.
Sale by
J. OMAR LANDIS, AUCT.
Food Service at Sale.
Some household goods,
Willis H. Geib

lieve in Hitler's dictator pol-
icy regarding citizens. For
they let them be dungeoned
without access to an attorn-
then toss them around world-
wide, in the name of purely
political foreign aid, where
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2 tablespoons flour
2 tablespoons salad oil
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon prepared mus-
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1 cup water
2 eggs, slightly beaten
6 tablespoons lemon juice
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stirring constantly, until mix-
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does he surpass atheistic Rus-
sia?
For Russia, too, is spend-
ing billions in forced taxes
trying to bribe allies without
any Christian spirit behind
its largess
So Uncle Sam hardly mer-
its any more praise than does
Russia, don't you agree, if he
uses forced contributions just
to bribe nations for purely

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AT 12:00 NOON
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sympathetic volunteer don-
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foreign aid falls into much
the same class as that
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