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: CRESCENT NEWS! Defiance, Ohio. ' 'Augutst 6, 196z Geographiic CaMeer Is Shativn- By Studies -JA SOVIET TEAM' of scientists reports that It has es- tablished links between geographic, climatic and other living conditions and cancer. Study is designed to ~ en+ able local authorities to take preventive -measures thru removal of' harmful habits and hygiene. Skin cancer was found more frequent in coastal than inland areas. Face cancer was more frequent' a7nong, those wearing, small skull< caps th'an, heavy pro- 0 tective fur clothing. Cancer of the mouth was higher .Ueo, . Q among those chewing a mixture contiaini*tg, 12.b \ ashes, liiste and *cottonseed. Lung cancer was common among cigarette smokers, but little`mointh cancer. And, lung, cancer was four or five times higluer in cities t'han, in rural areas, due to automobile exhausts, itidustrial' fuRnes and other air pollutions. Cancer of the esophagus was found among drinkers of very hot' tea and fine- boned fish eaters. Breast cancer was high in cities, where breast feeding was shorter. Cervical' cancer fol- lowed a high birth rate and a long period of breast feed- ing; -`The mere recital is enough tia frighten the reader. UntiU we have confirmation by our owni experts; we will do well to think seriously about these findings without necessarily taking them too much t+n heart CUTn'lnllnZstS, too, Have "Cancer . The fact that wrangling with the Soviet over com- ,muni.catlon wave-lengths for satellites has alrcad; be ` gun emphasizes how few areas of human ende3vor ~ can be carried on in concord with lhe Soviet. Some ?~* progress has been made in the exchange of infnrma ~~; ~ tion on the weather. But the most, heartlrning b t of' 44 cooperation has been the congress on cancer rese u•ch .. ~ '`~'~ now drawing to a close in D'Ioscou . , This international congress hlss drawn lcading •an- ` cer experts from all' the countries nf' the u+ordd It `!Y was attended by 5.000 delegates fbom 70 countries and more than 800 reports on work in progress was pre- sented' at 20 specializedl sessions. As with all other meetings to discuss this phase of medical research, there were many tentative theories adsaneed, many promising leads described. But even with the crtiam of the world's brains present one could not~ escape thr conclusion that we.are still groping. Scientists ~ are like men lost in a labyrinth of' darkness through witich shine occasional gleams of light. Hopefully each one Is explored for the escape; but~ most of them end in .blind alleys. Y Several experts from different countries aga eed' thau one of the hopeful developments was the possibil. ity ofl immunizing, against cancer. Sol far this work'. ;`;; . , has been tried, only on animals, but injeetions of frag- ments of' cancer cells has produced immunity in a {~ large percentage of animal sub;(,ots. r u,~ Another interesting aspect of the mecting, wasthe -~%' report that a positive link betwcril xnigk~g and lung. cancer had not yet bceni proved: it, was pointec out that in some countries, even thongh natives are h•:avyy smokers, lung cancer is rare. In this area of research and others, there is a great deal yet to be done. But the most promising development of all is the fact that scient'ists~ of all nations have come together to fight the good fight which ia ss has been aptly said. the moral equivalent of war: