Dr. Albert S. Sabin, developer of live polio vaccine which was instrumental in winning the battle over the disease, will be decorated with an Order of Merit by President Costa Silva of Brazil and will be honored by Governor Roberto Abreu Sodre of the State of Sao Paulo with the rare title of “Benefactor of Humanity.”
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