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. NOn=QGAREM' SMOKER? , , ~ l~b~r~ Challer~ ~~es eg : g PIT1'SBURGH, Oct. 2I6 - tTPI ::'"Did jou ecer see him smoke ; '-~ ~arles S. Hodges testified "^-ny,;liing else?" yesterday he was a neighbor of "A pipe occasionally or` a Otto Pri!tehard' for six years and cigar," Hodges said. saw him smoke cigars and a Pritchard said he smoked ; pipe; but i12Ce!" I Clgarette. Chesterficldk frr.m the mid: Fritchard, 69, a Pittsbutah 19_0s until 19.i3 «•L•e nen his right carpenter . has gonle to court ; ltrrng was remox ed because of against Liggett & Myers To- ; cancer: "' bacco Crs„ claiming its Clipst er; ` field cigarettes gil him ltuig • Hodges testified for Liggett caurer & Myers at Uie trial in U.S'. Dis- .ttict court'. 1lndges. a neighbor of Piit chaa'd from 1944 to 1950, «sas asked: . -'"R1H:1T' DIID P r i t c h a r d smnke'.i ""He smoked, Marsh 11_IS>?eling stogies," Hodges replicd.. NEWS-TRIBUNE Tacoma, Washington October 17, 1962 SkinCarncer :-Frorni Srnoke ~j Told in ourt :'. PITTSBUfftGH fP-An eNpei' - ~! ;;ient where six' Swiss micc d; - veloped skin cancer after beie:,: painted with a condensed ci„€- rette smoke solutionlwas revealed ~ im U.S. District Court yesterday. ~ Dr:, Georqe E. Moore, director Yillii ' of, Roswell Park Memorial Insti- tute at Buffalo. N.Y., toldi of' the ~ experiment whi'le appearing as ,;Z4 a witness for Pittsburgh carpen- ter Otto Pritchard. 11;zsPritchard, 64., is sving, the Lig-' & Myers Tobacco Co., claim- ing that the firm's cigarettes- gave hirrt,cancer in his right lung. The lung was removed in 1953. Moore sa,iid the solution of tixanette smoke in acetone was rainted on, the backs of 30 mit•e. After 18 weeks. 18 mice surviv-d and six of them developed rl:in c•ancer. he cai,1i PROGRESS C1earfield, Pa. October 31, 1962 STY#l Tttc son, Arizona October 31, 1962 PRESS TELEGRAM Long Beach, Ca11if'. , k~ October 1$', 1962 ~ 200 Cancer Victims Smoki Says Doctor ~• PITTSBUI2GH GM-A sur-ITobacco Co., claiming their' geon, who has operated' on more than 200 l.ung, cancer ' victims says that each of ~ them had a history of smok-I i1953'. ~ ing; Q Dr: Victor H, Kaunitz of \ -Buffa.lo; N. ' Y., testified on VS?$dinesday in 'the trial of ptto Pritchard, a 64-year-old.. iPittsburgh carpenter who is Isuing,.the Liggett & Myers Chesterfield cigarettea Vve him lunf; cancer. Pritehardfs right lung was removed in PITTSBUI2GH' (AP)-No mi cal authority can say for sure that' smoking caused the lung cancer for WTiich Pittsburgh carpenter Otto Pritchard is suing the Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co., says a San Francisco radiologist. Dr. Leo H. Garland, clinical professor of radiolbgy at the Uni- versity of' California, said cigar- ette smoking rarely causes cancer. Dr. Garland appeared as a de- •fense witness Tuesday, in the dam- age suit brought by the 64-year- old Pritchard, who says Liggett '& Myers' Cihesterfield cigarettes gave him cancer; necessitating, the .remoli,-al of his right lung in 1953. Radiologist Doubts Th. : r,,:}r~~?~ .,.~ . rn k~n Br. ~ngs Can~cer PITTSBURGH, Oct. 30 tM - A San FFancisco radialo= gist testified in U.S. District Court Tuesday that cigarette srnoking, rarely causes cancer. ! ~1u ,, Dr. Leo.~ H. Garland, clinical professor of radiology 'at 4'the University of CaOifornia, said therefore flo medical au= thority could say with reason= able certainty that smoking ~ l caused lung czncer in Ottb" ~' Pritchardi ~( P'r i't c h a r d, a 64'-yearold qt .rl , Pittsburgh caa•penter, is suing the Liggett & Myers Tobacco ~ Co: because he says smoking ~ Chesterfield cigarettes gave A. ,n him hang,cancer r`1 ' Dr. Garland; appearing~as O a defense witness, disputed ~ ~ Pritchard's contentioni when *~ ~ questioned by William :H. Eckert, counsel for Liggett' & Myers, "You say that cancer of ~;0~ the mouth, throat and trachea windpipe is rare, compared with the cancer of' the lung?" Eckert asked. r;l r '"No, cancer of the muth,; nose and' throat is not too •"! :rare, but cancer of'thetrachea, is extremely rare,"' the doctor replied. " Eokert then asked Dr. Gar- land, to explain the signifi= ; cance of his last statement. "In the case of people who inhale; the concentration of cigarette smoke inhaled must ~ I be thousands of'tiaoesgreater in the mouth, throat, v~ocal -' ; chords and trachea than it is in the liQngs," Dr. Garland said. "Now, if smoking is the cause of lung cancer,"' he ' added, "why on earth isn't it a, cause of tracheal cancer, and mouth cancer? The fre-quency of' trachea cancer is perhaps one in 500 compared to lung cancer and most lung cancer starts in the outer parts of the lung where the concentration of cigarette smoke is stilllowe.r."