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WINSTON-SALEM JOURNAL Winston-Salem, N. C. March 30, 1967 Cancer Crusade Opens Here "Cancer need noti be the kill- er disease it' is-if people had regular checkups," Dr. Charles Mayo II said here yesterday. "More than 45,000 people died last year who could have been saved." Mayo of St. Paul~ Minn., Rrandson of the co-founder of the Mayo Clinic at Rochester, llfinn., and an associate chair- man of the American Cancer Society's crusade, spoke here at the opening of the cancer cru- sade for Western North Caro• lina. "There is no conclusive evi- dence that smoking causes can- cer." he saiR: Stnoking is a personal problem. There should be more study . . . I let my i patients do as they want. No Panacrea "If someone expects a pana- cea to eradicate cancer, he will be disappointed. There are so many kinds of cancer that no one miracle drug will do the job. Drugs already have been developed for specific cases. "We work to put ourselves out of business in cancer re- search," he said. Mayo, addressing a dinner ' last night, said, "Vast' contribu- tions to research and develop- ment of cures and' control of ; cancer have been made by the American Cancer Society." Medical science has developed, the proctoscope, the pap test and self-examination techniques to help c o m b a t or discover various types of cancer. The dinner attracted 165 work- ers from 18 units. Also on pro- gram were Smith Bagley, hon, orary state chairman of the Crusade, and various local and state officials of the society. Mayo and Durward D. Ulfers of Omaha, Neb., represented B. J. Scott of Omaha, national . crusade chairman, at the meet- ing at the Voyager Inn. 106 36 42*1- 18 EVENING STAR Washington~, D. C. April 1, 1967 COLLEGES UNDER FIRE Inaction on Smoking Hit By SHERIDAN FAHNESTOCK profit by the sale of a product Star sau writer known to be injurious to health," Less than 27 percent' of the he said. nation's colleges and universities 'I Dr. DiehI is vice chairman of Coun- have done anything about the ,the National Interagency Coun- crl on Smoking and Health~and health hazards of smoking by 'is deputy executive vice presi- 3tudents, It was disclosed yester- dent for research and medical day at the 45th annual' meeting affairs for the American Cancer of the American College Health CSociety. Association. Discussing an interagency "The presence on campus of 'council survey begun last cigarette vending machines was ',spring, Dr. Diehl said college "In the - 350 institutions large enough to maintain wel!-organ- ized student health services . . .. 35 percent permit smoking on the premises by the students and 42 percent by staff mem- bers," Dr. Diehl said. In a lecture on lung cancer Thursday night, Dr. Edward J. Beattie, addressing the George Washington University School of Medicine, said that while sur- reported by 85 percent of institu• students are "an important! I.Igery is the best bet for lung tions with 3,000 students and nucleus of future opinion leaders jcaneer sufferers, only about 10' over, and the direct' sale of „and sociali exemplars. It also is percent of those afflicted with cigarettes by 76 percent of I an important reference group l the disease are alive five years = institutions of the same size. In , ior many non-college persons of : after detection. small colleges, nearly half'~'their own generation. ~ Dr. Beattie, chairman of the report the presence of vending While less than 10 percent of, department of surgery of the' machines on campus," Dr. Diehl the institutions permitted smok- Memorial Hospital, for Cancer said. ing in classrooms or laborat'o- and Allied Diseases, said 37,000 "One may be led to question ries, Dr.. Diehi noted that smok- deaths occur annually from lung whether the sale of cigarettes on ing is banned because of fire cancer related to tobacco use campus indicates a willingness I safety regulations, rather than and that 250,000 deaths annually on the part of the vendor toihealth.factors: are associated with smoking. ~ Other Leaders Other leaders included Mrs. Robert'Scott, wife of the state's lieutenant governor and state crusade chairman, G e o r g e Richardson, Forsyth County cru- sade chairman„ and Dr. Carlos. T. Cooper, president of the For- sykh County Unit of the Ameri- can Cancer Society. Specific g o a 1's were not named, but these figures were indicated: $10;000 for Forsyth,, $600,000 for North Carolina and $52 million: for the nation. The leaders said the crusade has two educational goals: -To inform the public of the "seven danger signals" of can- cer. -To stress early detection and prevention of cancer. The drive will c o n t i n u e through April. Mayo and Llfers are with Mutual of Omaha insurance cm3tpaa~L Ulfers said the com- pany is interested in cancer be- cause it paid out about $65,000 a day in cancer claims _and it'pays 30,000 claims a year. Mrs..Scott said women are the most' productive volunteers ir, the cancer crusade. /