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Dr. Sabin Describes
Withholding of Oral Polio
Vaccine as ‘Unwarranted’
NEW YORK (.•? — Dr. Albert i
Sabin Tuesday described as un
warranted the US. Health Service
recommendation that Type III oral j
polio vaccine be withheld from
adults.
Sabin, developer of the vaccine,
said the recommendation “must
not be allowed to interfere with
community programs which are
our only hope for complete elimina
tion of polio.”
Arriving from England on the
liner Queen Mary. Sabin told news
men:
“The decision is based on a small
number of coincidental polio-.type
illnesses, with no proof in any
one of these cases that the Type
III vaccine has been responsible
for any one of the cases reported."
The Health Service made its
recommendation Saturday against
adult use of Type III Sabin vac
cine after announcing that 11 con
firmed cases of Type III polio pro
vided sufficient evidence “to indi
cate that at least some of these
cases have been caused by Type
111 vaccines.”
While recommending against
; Type III vaccine for adults, the
i Health Service did urge using it
! for immunization programs for
! pre-school and school-age children,
and recommended continued use
of Types I and II for everyone.
Several states decided against
continued use of Type 111 vaccine,
but other state and local officials
adopted a wait-and-see attitude.
Weapons Expert Kills
Grizzly With One Shot
From .22 Caliber Pistol
SEATTLE </Pt — A weapons ex
pert told Tuesday of killing an en
raged medium-sized Alaska grizzly
bear with a single shot from a .22
caliber pistol earlier this month.
Ira Atkinson, 62, retired postal
clerk who now makes and repairs
weapons, said he was hunting
sheep in the Tok River country
between Anchorage and Fairbanks,
with C. W. Wolf, Seattle, and
Wolf's 10-year-old boy, Philip.
They switched to fishing along a
small creek and came upon the
bear, which was feeding on berries.
“We heard the racket he made.
And then, by golly, he came roar
ing right at us." Atkinson said.
The men hollered and Atkinson
fired, in the air. to frighten the
animal. It stopped 30 feet away.
Wolf grabbed their only rifle, from
his son, but he pulled the trigger
and it only went “click."
Atkinson shot once with the
pistol, and killed the bear with
a bullet in its head.
Zafrulla Kahn Elected President
Of U.N. General Assembly
UNITED NATIONS. N.Y. !/P —
The U.N. General Assembly Tues
day elected Western-backed Bu
hammad Zafrulla Khan, veteran
Pakistani diplomat, to serve as
president during its 17th session.
Zafrulla Khan defeated G. P.
Malalasekera of Ceylon by a vote
of 72 to 27. Malalasekera was sup
| ported by the Soviet bloc.
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Winter Bowling
Leagues Outlined
Two meetings of the Sourdough
Bowling Assn for the purpose of
organizing the winter leagues, fail
ed to produce a quorum. Those
members present, took it upon
themselves to start the ball rolling.
It was agreed that the decisions
of this group would go forth in a
letter to the membership. Those
not agreeing, should address their
correspondence to the undersigned
immediately.
Proceedings that followed:
The membership fees of the
American Bowling Congress went
up to 70 cents this year, with a
maximum of $2.00 in fees includ
ing the association fee. Of this
$2.00, 70 cents will go to the ABC.
G5 cents to the secretary, 65 cents
to the association.
The leagues will run for a period
of 24 weeks, playing 2 halves of
12 weeks each. Between these two
periods of 12 weeks each, there
will be 2 weeks of no league play
during the Christmas season.
League play will begin the 1st
week of October.
On the first night of bowling,
last year's highest average will be
used to determine handicaps. Those
who did not bowl last year will
bowl scratch the first night. The
following week, the average bowl
ed from the past week, will deter
mine the handicap for that week.
Also on the first night of bowling,
league officers and rules will be
determined and a copy of these
rules and newly elected league
officers will be given to the asso
ciation secretary along with a copy
to be posted at the bowling alley
for all league games.
A suggested list for association
officers this year:
George Lienard, president, Dick
Deems, vice president; Jack Car
penter, secretary; Carl Glavino
vich, treasurer.
Directors: Cula Mickelson, Walt
Glavinovich, Douglas Scott, Wil
liam Posey, Ray Shields, Jim
Casey, Jim Ray.
If interested in signing up for
winter leagues, do it now at the
bowling alley.
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quarts of blood a minute.
Nome Birectory
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets Every Monday Noon at
North Star Dining Room
Pete Walsh, President
ALASKA CHAPTER NO. 1
Order of
Eastern Star
Pearl Bohrer
Worthy Matron
Bev Morgan
Secretary
Meets First and Third Mondays
Anvil Lodge
No. 140
Carl Mlekelson, W. M.
Norvin W. Lewis, Sec.
Meets First and Third Thursday
Of Each Month
Nome Rotary Club
Roy Snyder
President
Marc Beauchamp
Secretary
Wednesday Luncheon
Parent-Teachers Assn.
Meets Last Tuesday of I Vary
Month at School
Dorothy Grant, President
Harriet Amundsen. Secretary
—VISITORS WELCOME—
Pioneer Igloo No. 1
Meets 1st and 3rd Wednesdays
Ralph DeLong, Pres.
Chas. O. Jonas, Marty.
Civil Air Patrol
Northwestern Group
Nome Cadet Squadron
1st LL Jesse Jones. Ckadr.
Meetings - Bash Thursday 7:M pan.