Evening star., 1954-04-27
Polio Vaccine Shots
Are Given al II More
Schools in Fairfax

Fairfax County went into its
second day of administering the
Salk polio vaccine to second
graders with children in II
schools on today's schedule.
Elsewhere in Virginia. a AZ
pound shipment of the vaccine.
destined for the Southwest part
of the State, got bumped" off
a commercial airliner at Rich
mond and a State police relay
sent it on its 400-mile journey
to Bristol.
Children in Loudoun County
also began getting the shots to-
day.
A total of 1900 Fairfax
County children were to receive
the first series of inoculations
this week in a schedule which
continues through Friday. A
total of 100000 children in As
States will take part in the
program.
A second series of shots will
be administered next week and
the final series will be in about
five weeks.
First in Nation.
Fairfax yesterday became the
first community in the Nation
to administer the polio vaccine
when children were inoculated
at eight schools.
Schools scheduled for today
are Belleview. Centreville, Cliff
ton, Fairview, Forestville, Fort
Belvoir. Graham Road, Lin
colnia .Lorton. Mount Eagle and
Burgundy Farms.
On tomorrow's schedule are
the following schools: Bailey's
Cross Roads, ii am. to 1870
pm; Cameron, II am. to 1880
pm: Fairfax and Benjamin
Acres at Fairfax, 1890 am. to
1890 pm; Madison, 9 am. to II
am; Mount Daniel, Evergreen
and Kay Nursery at Mount Dan
iel. 1890 pm: Holm Hall, 9:30
am. to IL am: Oakton, 1890 to
3 pm, and Weynoke, IL am. to
1870 pm. a
In Richmond, 80 children
rolled up their sleeves yesterday
and gave blood samples. The
samples will be used to deter
mine effectiveness of the vac
cine after the polio season.
The hitch in the shipment of
vaccine from Richmond to Bris-
tol occurred at the Byrd Airport
at Richmond, according to the
Associated Press.
After the plane had taken off
the State Health Department was
notified that the 42-pound pack
age was left off because the
plane was loaded to the legal
limit.
Relay Across State.
DR.. Mason Romaine, acting
State Director of communicable
disease control contacted State
police who arranged a relay
across the State. Trooper P. A.
johnson of the First Division
picked up the shipment and was
to hand it to another officer at
the Third Division line.
Capt. Meredith Urick of State
police headquarters said the vac
cine would change hands about
six times as other troopers re-
layed it across their divisions
A spokesman for the airline
at Richmond said the package
was left off because the plane
had been loaded to full legal
capacity and that 80 gallons o1
gasoline had to be discharged
before the plane could make the
flight.
Besides" he said I'VE didn't
know what it. was when it was
brought out here
| Injections were to begin today
in these counties: New Castle
Del: Suffolk County and the
Graves End area and lower East
Side of New York City and the
fremont area of the Bronx, New
York, Mercer, Pa; Warren
Loudoun and Norfolk, Va; Cal
houn, Macomb, Monroe and
Ottowa, Mich; Montgomery and
Richland, Ohio; Mineral, Mis-
soula and Gallatin, Mont: JEFF
ferson and Mississippi, Ark.
Rapides Parish. La: Weld and
Arapahoe, Colo; Washoe, New;
Bernalillo, N. Mex: Lane. Mar
ion and Multnomah, Greg. ;
Cache. Webber and Box Elder,
! Utah. KitSao Wash