Arthritis is New Target
cf 59 Marrh of Dimes
r FEU ATOID ARTHRITIS affects children as well as adults. John Sutton,
16, of Fairview, W. Va., a patient at the Institute of Physical Medicine
end R-habilitaiion, New York University-Bellevue Medical Center, be
came ill at the age of 2 years, has worn a leg brace since the age of
4 years, suffers recurrent periods of high fever. Research and patient
aid in juvenile arthritis is an integral part of the program of the
N fio-al Foundation. Polio and bir: i defects are other Faces of Crip
pling looking ic the March of Dimes for Gr?"*"' Victories in 1959.
/ thritis, the No. 1 crippler of manpower in the U.S.
todr”, is high among the targets of the National Foundation
as it launches its “Greater Victories” March of Dimes this
January.
Having tamed polio with the<
Salk vaccine, the March of
Dimes organization now is tack
ling new problems.
Its expanded program will
move forward into broad new
areas of unmet health problems,
many of which have been
opened up by research done
while finding a preventive for
polio and rehabilitating its vic
tims. That is why the 1959
March of Dimes theme is
“Toward Greater Victories.”
Medical scientific research, pa
tient aid and the training of
professional disease fighters are
the core of this program, which
will cover initially polio, arthri
tis, birth defects and research in
virus diseases and disorders of
the central nervous system.
Arthritis and other rheumatic
diseases bring pain and crippling
to more people in the United
States than any other chronic
disea" Over 11,000,000 persons
are : d. Some 320.000 are so
disabled they can no longer
work. The loss to the nation in
wages, working hours and taxes
is a billion and a half dollars
a year.
The National Foundation will
offer ’patient aid to juvenile
and adolescent arthritis patients
through age 18. Of the 16,000
children likely to seek treat
ment each year, some 5,000 to
6,000 may need medical care as
extensive as that required by
paralytic polio patients. This age
group is the most hopeful with
which to work, with the pos
sibility of bringing many to ma
turity able to lead normal, pro
>
ductive lives. What is learned
here will be of benefit to arthri
tis patients of all ages.
Nearly every person over 60
has had some form of arthritis.
But children as well as adults
may be victims of this unpre
dictable disease. Some 30,000
youngsters each year have juve
nile arthritis. In addition to
swelling of the joints, causing
pain, stiffness, restricted motion
and crippling, the rheumatic
diseases may attack t*»« h^T
eyes, kidneys or sk?r>.
Experts say the cause and
cure of arthritis are largely un
known, and doctors warn that
there are no “miracle” drugs.
Aspirin, hot baths and exer
cises bring relief. Some new
drugs like eortisrne may re
duce inflammation but cannot
be counted on to stop the pro; -
ress of the disease, doctors sa .
In most cases, however, crir
pling can be prevented or re
duced if treatment is started
early. Techniques of rehabilita
tion pioneered by the National
Foundation in the treatment of
polio are valuable for arthritis
patients. Children especially car
benefit by these techniques.
Researchers for the National
Foundation are now trying to
unlock the mysteries of the
rheumatoid diseases and find
causes, cures and preventives.
Some scientists believe viruses
may offer clues. Others are
studying what is known as the
“rheumatoid factor” discovered
in the blood of afflicted persons
to determine i: ~ origin and func
tion.
AIR FORCE RETIRES B-25
LUBBOCK, Tex, iff) — The
Air Force has formally retired its
B25 bomber, workhorse of World
War II combat, from active serv
ice.
Goodbye ceremonies highlighted
graduation of the last student pi
lots to train in the B-25 at Reese
Air Force Base. Future students
will train in the T53 jet.
The business of religion is get
ting so well organized that it re
quires the full energy of the faith
ful to keep the machinery moving.
71-YEAR-OLD WOMAN PILOT
BELLY-LANDS LIGHT PLANE
RVERSIDE, Calif., W> — A 71- !
year-old woman brought her dis
abled plane ia for a successful
belly landing at March Air Force
Base Friday.
Mrs. Zaddie Bunker of Palm
Springs and a passenger, Mrs. J.
• >. Eowards of Yelm, Wash., were
unhurt in the skidding landing of
the light plane.
Mrs. Bunker, who got her pilot’s
when she was 65, said the
plane’s landing gear failed to lock
in place as she came in for a
landing.
Ten Nations Si^n
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North Atlantic
Fishing Agreement
LONDON, UP) — Russia and Po- i
lond Saturday joined eight other
European countries in agreeing to
set up an international commission
to conserve fish.
The convention will regulate
fishing throughout the northeast
Atlantic and its dependent seas,
but not the Baltic. The regulated
area extends from the Barents
Sea in the east to Greenland in the
west and as far south as the Gi
braltar Straits.
Signatories to the convention
were Denmark, France, West Ger
many, Iceland, Ireland, Norway,
Poland, Portugal, The Soviet
Union and the United Kingdom.
Belgium, Holland, Spain and
Sweden, are expected to sign
shortly.
The regulating commission will
use the latest scientific means to
establish conservation techniques.
It will be able to declare a closed
season or closed areas — some
thing new in international fishing
control.
Under the convention, conserva
tion measures can be ordered for
any or all fish in a region.
The Russians and the Poles have
been criticised by other European
fishing countries for taking too
many fish and endangering stocks.
The new convention, known as
the Northeast Atlantic Fisheries
Convention, covers a wider area
than the existing convention.
It brings in the Barents Sea.
north of Russia, which is an im
portant fishing area for a number
of European countries.
It also takes in the Atlantic wa
ters from Britanny down the coast
of Spain and Portugal. It thus
covers one of the most important
fishery regions of the world.
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Briton Starts Trip ‘Around
The Horn' — By Bicycle !
HAROLD HILL, England, IP) —
Walter Stolle wheeled his bicycle
through the garden gate today
and pedaled off in the general
direction of Cape Horn.
Stolle, 32, a former German sol
dier and now a naturalized Bri
ton, expected to be away from
his Essex hometown at least a
year.
That’s the time he expects it
will take to cross three stretches
of water and cycle the length of
South America and come back
again.
Germans Prefer Spaghetti
To National Dish
COLOGNE, Germany, (P) —
Sauerkraut — often hailed as the
Germans’ most popular dish —
trailed far behind in a recent poll
of favorite foods.
Economic Report, a publication
of West Germany’s Federation of
Industries, said 16 per cent of
those polled preferred a variety
of sausages, frankfurters and
hamburgers.
Soups followed with 13 per cent,
fresh vegetables, rice and spa
ghetti with 8 per cent and pota
toes with 7 per cent.
Sauerkraut brought up the rear
with 6 per cent.
Mrs. Henry Armstrong
Wins Divorce In Lack
Of Affection Suit
LOS ANGELES, (jTI — Former
triple crown boxing champion
Henry Armstrong no longer is a
married man.
Mrs. Willa Mae Armstrong, 45,
was granted a divorce decree on
her testimony that the 46-year-old
evangelist doesn’t love her.
“He never showed me any af
fection,” she told the court. “He
left me at home and went out
alone.”
Armstrong is former holder of
the featherweight, lightweight and
welterweight titles. He will play
the role of a Baptist minister in
Bing Crosby’s next movie.
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