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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1959
Page
17
Dr. Jonas Salk, famed for the polio vaccine, pursues three major problems at the University of Pittsburgh lab. He hopes vaccines against nervous-system viruses and safer cancer defenses may emerge from basic cell and virus research. He notes no solutions yet and avoids interviews to stay focused.
In Homestead near Pittsburgh, steel workers at the Home Steel Corporation pause for pinochle at the gates as a monthlong strike drags on. Workers endure reduced pay, shifting housing and groceries as 500,000 strong union power looms over America’s largest basic industry.
ANN ARBOR Mich AP A vaccine that may immunize humans against syphilis a disease now afflicting one in ninety is under development by University of Michigan Medical Center researchers. Dr Albert N Wheeler reports a protein vaccine about 50 percent effective in lab animals though not yet tested on people Future refinements could yield higher protection and pave the way to global immunization against similar venereal diseases.
An 89 year old man pleaded poverty when asked to cut weeds on his Hampton home. Three boys stepped in as Good Samaritans and cut the overgrowth. Later the man was committed to a hospital after his money in the home and in the bank was found to be spent.
Biographer notes Dr Salk’s relentless schedule at Pitt where he expands the virus research lab and pushes toward safer cell culture for polio work. It highlights his early years in New York, education, influenza research, and family life with Donna Lind and three children.
Portland telephone books feature covers printed in simulated wood signaling Oregon’s leadership in the lumber industry during a centennial year of statehood.
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