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Texas polio drive peaks at 2.18 million amid outbreak
Texas March of Dimes reports 1962 drive total of 2,181,624 dollars, a 12 percent rise from 1961, with 635,630 dollars spent in March on polio aid. National foundation sent seven iron lungs and 22 therapists to Texas as cases surge in Fort Worth Houston and neighboring states. Deaths mount in Houston and Oklahoma, including Joe Walker Kyle of Boling and 17-year-old Kenneth Dale Hilliard, while San Antonio and Oklahoma records expand the year’s polio toll.
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