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Heart Drive Names ‘ Research Expansion As Main Objective
' With thebroad expansion of its f research program as its leading objective, the American Heart Association and the Heart Associations in Virginia this week launches! the month-long 1955 Heart Fund campaign under the chair; manship of' General Mark W. Clark, former U. S. jCommanderin-Chief in the Far East. In Rappahannock County, the Heart Fund is Under the sponsorship of Mrs. Paul MiHef and Mrs. Bruce Bowie. The Heart’ Fund is the annual public appeal through whi(:h the Heart program is made ^possible. • (
The drive, seventh since the American Heart Association became a national 'voluntary health organization in 1948, is being Conducted in more than 3,000 communities under the guidance of 56 affiliates and 350 chapters. “Help Your Heart Fund, Help Your Heart” is the slogan of the 1955 campaign. ' ‘
In opening Heart Fund Month, General Clark pointed out that the heart diseases account for nearly 800.000 deaths in the , United ^States each year—more than all other causes combined. Some 10,000,000 Americans, including 500.000 children, suffer from tome tort of heart pr blood vessel disease he s?id. “Tq expand our vital research activities in the interests of this great army of people, and in the interests of the millions who may suffer diseases of the heart and hlodd vessels in future years, we hope to exceed by far the $11,330,195jContributed to the Heart Fund m 1954,” General Clark said.
Seventy-five percent of all funds raised throughout the 'February drive will remain in Virginia to carry pn the research, educational and Community programs of local Heart Associations. Of the amount
60.9%