[News Script: Diphtheria immunization] Page: 1 of 2
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EAGLE PASS--THE SOUTH TEXAS TOWN 0 EAGLE PASS GOES INTO ITS
SECOND DAY OF MASS DIPHTHERIA IMUNIZATIONS FOR ITS
17,Q00 RESIDENTS. . .IN THE WA (E OF A DIRTHERIA EPIDEMIC IN SAN ANTONIO
THAT HAS CLAIMED 86 'VICTIMS.
THE DIRECTOR OF THE FIVE-COUNTY SOUTHWEST TEXAS HEALTH DISTRICT
DOCTOR ELLEN FOGEL, SAYS A LAST MINUTE VACCINE SHI PENT.BROUGHT
ENOUGH SERUM TO VACCINATE 20,000 PERSONS.
THE IMMUNIZATION CAMPAIGN WILL LAST THROUGH THE WEEK. ORIGINAL Y
IT WAS PLANNED FOR CHILDREN BETWEEN THE AGES OF SIX, MONTHS AND FIVE
YEARS. BUT NOW PERSONS OF ALL ACES WILL BE OFFERED INNOCULATIONS.
EAGLE PASS RECORDED ITS FIRST SUSPCTED CASE OF THE DISEASE LAST
WEDNESDAY. NO 'CASES HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED.
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Diphtheria immunization], script, September 8, 1970, 8:25 a.m.; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1269547/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1&rotate=90: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.