The Moses Maimonides Award of the Los Angeles Jewish Federation-Council was presented to Dr. Jonas Salk, developer of the poliovacoine, at the annual fall dinner of the Federation-Council. Representatives of the organizations 478 affiliated organizations and 29 citywide service organizations attended the event.
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