Mump Vaccine Nears 100 Percent Effectiveness
Chicago AP reports a Merck scientist says the Jeryl Lynn mumps vaccine strain shows about 98 percent protection in trials and may confer lifelong immunity after a single dose. The vaccine, not yet approved for general use, uses his daughter’s virus strain and showed strong antibodies with minimal adverse effects in tested children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Maurice R. Hilleman
Merck Institute For Therapeutic Research
West Point
Jeryl Lynn
Hille
American Therapeutics Society
Philadelphia
Far-Reaching Auto Safety Bill Passes
Senate passage fuels action as committees in the House prepare companion measures. The bill sets interim safety standards next year for 1968 models and permanent standards every two years, covering all autos trucks buses and motorcycles. It authorizes 160 million for state accident plans 55 million for highway safety research 75 million for driver education and 15 million for auto inspection upgrades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Senate
Capitol
Secretary of Commerce
U.S
Garden Sass Clash: I for an I Says Gus Garden
Gus Garden comments on a clash of egotists framing the dispute as an I for an I. His remark underscores a personal rivalry fueling public tension amid competing viewpoints and reputations in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gus Garden
National Guard unit to train at Camp Ripley this summer
Battery A of the 161st Howitzer Battalion will depart Friday at 5 a.m. from the local armory for a two week summer drill at Camp Ripley Minnesota with 53 enlisted men and three officers. The convoy will stop overnight in York Nebraska and Watertown South Dakota en route. The unit arrives Camp Ripley Sunday and trains in the field and camp until Thursday. Return home begins July 14 with overnight stops at Wheaton Minnesota Norfolk Nebraska and Ellsworth Kansas before arriving back Sunday noon July 17. Capt Ralph Guthrie commands the unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden City
National Guard
Camp Ripley
Minn
York
Neb
Watertown
S.D
Ralph Guthrie
Wheaton
Norfolk
Ellsworth
Kan
Friday Nights Band Concert Draws Large Crowd
The largest turnout in years attended the Stev ens Park municipal band concert Friday night. An ice cream social sponsored by the Rainbow Girls accompanied the event. All seats were filled, with many standing or seated around the park and some in cars. Garden City Municipal Band plans Friday concerts through the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stevens Park
Rainbow Girls
Garden City Municipal Band
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gary Clepper
Arlo Clepper
Evans
Little Theater
Garden City High School
Telegram
Hilleman
Dodge
Otty
Goodlan Livg Hill City
Russell
Salina Q
Topeka
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!