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March 15, 1956
HARTINGTON - The current shortage of Salk polio vaccine has caused many queries by interested Nebraskans about the Federal inter-state Salk vaccine distribution program.
One of the prevalent questions is: “Why is there a shortage of vaccine now that the process is supposed to have been perfected?”
According to Allan Rouse, director of the polio division of the Nebraska State Department of Health, the shortage exists because it takes 120 days to produce the vaccine, and supply has not yet caught up with demand. Rouse estimates that it will be April or May before supply meets demand.
Under the national program, 65 million people from birth to age 19, and pregnant women, are eligible to be inoculated. At the end of 1955 only 30 million cubic centimeters of Salk vaccine had been released. To vaccinate this group requires 195 million cc. of the vaccine.
In Nebraska, the shortage of the vaccination has caused the Department of Health to temporarily reduce the age limit to approximately 325,000 Nebraskans eligible for vaccination. Enough vaccine has been received to inoculate less than a third of these people once.
Many doctors are worried because doctors have not been able to give their children the second inoculation of the Salk vaccine 4 to 6 weeks after the first, as recommended.
According to Rouse, it has been proved that the benefits derived from the first injection are not lost even if the second injection is 6 to 8 months late. With the increasing supply of vaccine, Rouse believes those eligible will not have to wait more than 3 months before receiving the second inoculation.
Under the original Federal law allocating money to the state for the vaccine, Nebraska received $245,000. Because of the shortage, Nebraska, along with other states were not able to use all of the money in the time prescribed by the law. Because of this, President Eisenhower has just signed a bill extending the time limit until June, 1957.
As long as the Federal money is used, the Salk vaccine will be free to those eligible for inoculation.
Rouse currently is shipping the vaccine as he receives it to Nebraska doctors on the basis of their orders. Presently he has orders for 60,000 cc. more vaccine than he can fill. Rouse believes this situation will change in the next few months.
March 15, 1956
HARTINGTON - Julius Burbach, Crofton businessman, announced he had filed for State Senator from the 14th District which includes Cedar and Knox counties. This office is currently held by Dwight Burney of Hartington, who is not seeking re-election. Burney has filed for Lt. Governor.
Mr. Burbach is a grain and feed dealer and feeder. He also owns and operates a farm in Cedar county. He came to Crofton from Cedar county in 1951 and purchased the Wakeley Elevator which he now operates.
He was born and reared near Hartington and attended rural school there. He graduated from Holy Trinity high school at Hartington.
He served on the school board of District 113 in Cedar county for several years. He is president of the Crofton Chamber of Commerce.
March 15, 1956
HARTINGTON - Committee members have been appointed by Merlin Evans to carry out 4-H club work and activities for 1956 by the Cedar county 4-H club committee.
Mrs. Harold Lorentzen, Hartington, was named chairman of the Kick-Off Party committee to be held in the Legion hall at Hartington, April 20. Assisting her are Harold Lorentzen, Mrs. Charles Huss and Merlin Evans of Hartington, Marietta Wieseler, St. Helena, and Jim Munter, Coleridge.
Mrs. Vincent Anderson, Coleridge, is chairman of the 4-H Picnic committee to be held June 24 at Coleridge. Mrs. Earl Preston, Jim Munter and Ira Wilcox, all of Coleridge, as well as John Munter Sr., Randolph, and Marietta Wieseler, St. Helena, are on the committee. Mrs. Alfred Wilkerson, Coleridge, is chairman of the Share the Fun committee, which is to be held with the picnic.
Other members of the committee are Carl Swanson and Mrs. Harlan Ulrich, both of Coleridge.
Merlin Evans, Hartington, is chairman of the Cedar County Fair committee. Other members are Chalmer Wilkerson, Coleridge; Henry Claussen, Randolph, Gunnar Swanson, Laurel, and Ed Hochstein, Fordyce. Mrs. Louis Forinash, Hartington, is chairman of the womens division.
Mrs. Pete Colling, Mrs. Arnold Anderson of Hartington and Mrs. Paul Paulsen, Randolph, and Mrs. Morten Fredricksen, Laurel, are also committee members.
