The Michigan Daily - Thursday, April 13, 1995 SALK sontinued from page 1 was humble about his fame. He says ;e does not see himself as a hero and * careful to give credit to Francis and ,.asil O'Connor, then the president of :ie National Foundation for Infantile >aralysis. "I do not want undue emphasis to e placed on my contribution. I was :.ne of many," he said. "I happened .0 be in the right place at the right :ime." Gov. John Engler joined in the .alute to the 80-year-old researcher, saying he is grateful as a father for :alk's work in preventing the disease :gat largely affected children. "That is the gratitude linking moth- -rs and fathers across the world and ,cross generations," Engler said. Jennifer Howse, president of the Aarch of Dimes Foundation, an- .iounced the establishment of a new :iomedical research prize named af- ter Salk, because of his contributions :o the field. "In that moment (of Salk's an- nouncement), a terrible fear was lifted from the hearts of Americans and replaced by hope," she said. "Dr. Salk has been a constant in- spiration in science research, in the treatment of disease, and an inspira- tion to all of us working to improve the human condition," Howse said. The March of Dimes funded po- lio research in the 1950s and now works against birth defects. Salk came out of retirement in 1986 to research HIV and AIDS. He said he is attempting to influence the immune system of those already in- fected. While he promises surprises in the future, Salk said he has not yet found the answer. HIV and polio are fundamentally different viruses, and HIV is a much more complex problem to solve, he said. Because HIV can be transmitted by non-human carriers, completely eradicating the disease is much more difficult, if not impossible, than for solely human diseases such as small- pox and polio. But, even with virus fears on the rise because of recent movies and books, Salk remains confident about medical science. "I cannot imagine that we will not overcome," he said. "We will figure out how to deal with viruses." Barbara Nye of Ann Arbor re- members when polio was the virus to be overcome. Ten years before Salk's vaccine became available, she was afflicted with paralytic polio at 4 1/2. She remained paralyzed in her lower limbs for six months. Even 50 years later, Nye is still haunted by the devastating disease. Although she lived most of her adult life independently, post-polio syn- drome has brought back most of her childhood symptoms. She was forced to give up her career, revert to using mobility aids and give up some of that precious independence. "It'll always be with me," Nye said. "I've lived with it for 50 years and it'll always be with me." Claire Elmore, a Saline High School freshman, said Salk's discov- ery continues to affect people today. She missed her classes today to hear him speak. "I hear people talk about how it was before the vaccine, and I can't imagine it," she said. "Salk is a major name." The commemeration of Salk's achievement showed not only the suc- cesses of science but also the tasks remaining. "It's a good reminder of what sci- ence has actually been able to do," said Jeff Bailey, who works in the College of Pharmacy. "Sometimes we lose sight of what science has done. We think we have vaccines for every- thing, but there are a lot more diseases than viruses." Salk himself is inspiring, said Lara Davidovic, a first-year student in the. School of Public Health. "Just to see the dedication of one man helping so many was inspiring," Davidovic said. Ann Moormann, a masters' can- didate in the School of Public Health, said she appreciated Salk's speech topic. "He's a great scientist to talk about a larger world view," she said. "That's what public health is all about." After 100 days, voters still unhappy WASHINGTON - After 100 days of Republican counterrevolution on Capitol Hill, voters are just as disgruntled with the state of the nation as they were before the midterm elections, according to a poll released today by the Times Mirror Center for the People and the Press. Three out of five Americans interviewed last Thursday through Sunday said they think the GOP has kept its campaign promises and just over half professed to be happy that the Republicans control Congress after longtime Democratic domination. But fewer than one in four say they are satisfied with the way things@ are going in the country, while six in 10 think the country is losing ground on its most serious problems. These are roughly the same levels of discontent measured by Times Mirror surveys last spring and summer. The persistence of this gloomy outlook is particularly striking, contended Andrew Kohut, director of the Times Mirror poll, because a shift in power in Washington usually produces at least a temporary spurt of optimism. In January 1993, two months after President Clinton's election ended 12 years of Republican control of the White House, the number of Americans who said they were satisfied with the way things were going in the country increased to nearly four out of 10, compared with fewer than three out of 10 a year earlier. Clinton drafts new security order WASHINGTON -Trying to avert another spy scandal, the Clinton ad- ministration is ready to require nearly 3 million people with access to govern- ment secrets to let investigators exam- ine their bank statements, credit histo- ries and foreign travel records. The draft presidential order also would, for the first time, prohibit the denial of security clearances solely because d federal or industry employee is homosexual or has had mental health counseling. A copy was obtained yes- terday by The Associated Press. Employee associations and legal groups praised the homosexual and mental health stands and the draft order's new appeal rights for employ- ees denied clearances. But they were critical that there were not more safe- guards and that some sensitive ques- tions are being delegated to the little- known Security Policy Board. They contend that board is dominated by the CIA and military agencies. Ito launches probe into jury bickering *I The move giving investigators access to financial records was ex- pected. 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WASHI] The Hamas group reacted with of the esca defiance, saying its fighters would tighten the not give up their weapons as long as lamic repub Israeli forces remained in the Gaza blingo Strip. billion glo The challenge increased fears of build its as civil war between the Hamas and Is- U.S. officia lamic Jihad militants and the PLO, The ates which has ruled the autonomous ar- afield as So eas of Gaza and Jericho for I1months. representati unsuccessfu: Tensions were high on the street, isy cfu where PLO police werequick to draw t of buyin weapons yesterday. Three plain- Iran ha clothes security men pulled over a agents with Western reporter riding in a taxi, wav- Wery country ing assault rifles as they demanded Western, to identification. U.S. arms s Arafat's forces arrested more than Iran's i 200 Hamas and Islamic Jihad activ- Clinton adm ists this week after the groups claimed ing number responsibility for two suicide bomb- ing in arms ings Sunday that killed seven Israeli Iran endang soldiers and an American college stu- support, ace dent. --F ian Attorney General Qidreh said 35 Palestin- and trial before a secret unal. He said some de- e militants, others sus- borators with Israel. . 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