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Watkins Hospital Aids Polio Victims in Area
By RONALD GRANDON
Fourth grade studies occupy most of 10-year-old Jerry Vogel's time, while for pharmacy junior Jon Holman it is television and six-hours-a-day of hard rehabilitation workouts.
Jon and Jerry are polio patients who both receive treatment in the physical therapy ward of Watkins hospital. Jerry is at home now, but visits the hospital three times a week. Jon is still a full-time patient.
For both, the going has been getting easier under the guidance of Miss Elizabeth Wickersham, full-time physical therapist at Watkins hospital, Mrs. Anna Lou Showalter, instructor in physical therapy and part-time therapist in the ward, and Dr. Donald Rose of the KU Medical center who visits the ward twice a month to plan the patients' programs.
"He couldn't swallow or talk, and his lungs were affected during the first of his seige," his mother said. "But now the talking problem runs a little the other way."
Watkins hospital has been the twin factor in Jon's progress, but Jerry the story has been a little different. For the first week of Jerry's polio ordeal, he was in an iron lung with bulbar polio. He was in the KU Medical center in Kansas City for six months and had to have special nurses for three weeks.
A cinema-scope television set featuring Jerry's favorite character, "Cactus Jack," is one of the main attractions for Jerry at the campus hospital. Mrs. Showalter operates the characters inside the cut-out cardboard set, while Jerry has fun practicing control of his hands.
Television holds special value for KU student, Jon, too. It helps "kill the time when I'm not doing progressive exercises."
"Iimprovement is so hard to define, that I can't really say how for I've come since October," Jon did. "At first there was considerable paralysis in my legs and some
in the upper part of my body, but now I am able to walk a little on crutches and hope to be able to start school again next fall."
Mrs. Merle Holladay, Jerry's fourth-grade teacher, said that because of Jery's exceptional intelligence, his illness has raised very few special problems. Mrs. Holladay visits the Vogel home on Lawrence RFD 5 about twice a week, and Jerry is able to visit the school for about two hours each week.
"A lot of credit goes to Jerry's family for his quick continuation of his school studies," Mrs. Holladay emphasized. "About the only kind of special device I use in teaching Jerry, is that I do his slate writing while he tells me what to write."
Jon, who played some golf before his polio attack, jokes a little about golfer Ben Hogan's determination to recovery, but he can't quite cover up his own dogged determination. Originally from Florida, Jon learned to play golf there, and later moved where his family now lives. "I just missed qualifying for the KU golf team in my freshman year," he said. "I hope to make the team when I get out of this brace."
The Watkins hospital physical therapy ward has given help to about 35 polio patients in the last year.
"With the exception of about four patients, treatment has ended within 12-16 weeks," Mrs. Showalter said.
Zoology Club to Hear Speech
Dr. Theoorews Andrews of Emporia State Teachers College will speak on linnological research to the zoology club in room 101 Snow at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow.
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Pilg Sigma, noon, 301 Snow, election and business.
Undergraduate English club, 7:30 p.m.
306 C. Student Union. Robert Gajuski
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TODAY
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FACTS party meeting, 7:30 p.m., 365 Student Union.
Student-Faculty Coffee, 4 p.m., Music and Browsing room, Student Union.
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Moral or Immoral" Everyone invited!
Presbyterian Men, 7 p.m.
Westminster house. D e s s e t r. Election of off-
fermenters.
KU Dames, 7:30 p.m., Card room.
Student Union.
Quill club meeting, 7:30 p.m. Sunny-
dale, I. Ant, B. Contert jumping.
Phi Mu Alpha, 9 p.m. Pine room,
Student University edge ceremony and
Alfreda Akademik
CCUN executive meeting and model assembly committee meeting, 4 p.m.
CCUN business meeting, 7:30 p.m.
Speaker: Prof. Robert Davis: International Law and UN General Ass-
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Radio acting and all radio players and candidates, 5 p.m. Little Theater, Green hall. Special meeting. Everyone welcome.
Pre-Nursing club, 7:30 p.m., dining room, Fraser.
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STREAMS 8:15 p.m. John S. Mace:
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The Art of Reubens, film, 7:30 p.m.
Museum of Art, lecture hall
History Club, 7 p.m. Pine room University, 1200 S. Michigan Ave. the American Universities Field Staff recently returned from South Africa speaks on Introduction to Africa. Refreshments.
Record dance. 8-11 p.m. Trail room.
Entertainment at 9:45 featuring
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THURSDAY
WYCA Comparative Religions group
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Heheley House.
Der deutsche Verein will have a Kaffeeflacklsat, 5 p.m., 502 Fraser.
AWS house meeting, 4 p.m., Union.
Home Correspondents meeting, 5 p.m.
English room, Union. Thirty minute
minute, Union. Hitt, registr-
speaker, Refreshments.
Phi Delta Kappa: Initiation, 5:30 p.m.
presentation follow at 6. Minter Brown speaks on School Legislation. For reservation call 412-398-5217 or visit kuku.club, 7:50 p.m., Pine room, Union. Pledges bring last semester averages and pledge points. Be upbeat.
Geology club, 7:30 p.m. 426 Lindley-Dunn Engineering department presents an illustrated talk on Venezuela. The spring awards will be announced.
Students to Discuss English Poet's Works
The undergraduate English club will discuss the works of Dylan Thomas, English poet at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow in room 365 of the Union.
Robert Gajdusek, English instructor will talk on the works of
Thomas L. Kurtz
Next Tuesday, the club will hear a reading of the poet's new radio play, "Under Milk Wood."
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They demanded and got free radio and television time tonight to answer the President's statement opposing any "unsound tax proposal." Three congressional spokesmen will present the Democrats case from 9 to 9:15 p.m., EST.
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Democrats generally claimed the President's grass-roots appeal last night hadn't changed any votes in the House where debate on the income tax issue starts tomorrow.
But Republicans counted heavily on Mr. Eisenhower's request that the "unsound proposal" be rejected by Congress. They hoped the address would turn the tide against the Democrats tax plan.
Democrats Push Drive To Cut Income Taxes
The Democratic aim is to knock out of a pending big tax revision bill a section easing the tax load on income from dividends, and to substitute their plan to increase each individual exemption from $600 to $700.
Washington — (U.P.)— Democrat leaders refused today to accept President Eisenhower's formula for taxes "fair to all" and made plans to press their drive to cut income taxes by boosting exemptions.
Mr. Eisenhower denounced this as unfair. He said it would let some taxpayers off entirely, while others made up the loss. He said it would wreck his efforts to balance the budget and bring back deficit spending.
"We know, from bitter experience, what such a policy would finally lead to," said the President. "It would make our dollars buy less. It would raise the price of rent, of clothing, and of groceries. It would pass on still larger debts to our children."
Mr. Eisenhower said income taxes were cut $5,000,000,000 in January. He said when the time comes to them further, they should be cut.
House Speaker Joseph W. Martin jr., (R-Mass.) praised the President's plea and predicted the House will heed it.
Rep. Sam Rayburn (Tex.), House Democratic leader, said the President failed to put over his plea. "I didn't see anything in it that was
convincing enough to change the vote. Rep. Rayburn asserted. But he dodded making a prediction.
Mr. Eisenhower praised the administration-sponsored general tax revision bill coming up for debate in the House tomorrow.
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