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~.a x~ r t~ `rA ; • , ~(~ ~~i~ :`~. ~1'4 J1Y`~Nt~:: ~ M , The Associated Press'wires, 'nited 'Press International and afternoon s- '? `papers, including the NEW YORK POST, gave attention October 4 to testimony delivered atthe New Orleans lawsuit. ..,~ c ~4/, t. .~.~... ~ .. .. ~. ; fA ,:...: ..- '., . . . .. ..i. 'A~ :'1~. NEW YORK POST. October 4r 1960. - , . 5,,. .. M,'~E. "New Orleans, ` Oct. 4(AP) -- A U.S. District Court jury has beforeit y. "ay the testimony of three expert.witnesses that there is no reason 6 to believe that smoking causes lung cancer.... 1;•~•+IX w4 t ~t~ .r, nF~~,~4-~r . .--1 .. ~Y_, N~-. n. 4~~':~ ~.ti'i ~ •.#~..~C~~Li~~l,Y~•:~'•f +':^~}`"~~'~~~i.~~i Th h t tifi d t d r D H Le P t'Y~ '' f ...ose w es e eray we o yes e r. arry S. N. Green ~ pro e z ~ ' ssor of pathology at the Yale University School of Medicine;Dr. Douglas'Sprunt~Vt'~ -,professor of pathology at the University of Tennessee; and Dr. 'William L. A„ Tuttle, clinical professor of surgery at Wayne State University in Detroit« ,°Greene said he did not consider Lartiguet.s (the deceased husband of plaintiff) smoking the cause of his cancer, but was interested in"the fact that Lartigue had had tuberculosis and influenza.. . . •; ; .r,. l , • , ~ ' : ; ~ . ,;.. ,, ; , ' -~ L~ ~< z w~- +.r a~,. ~ TDD PRESS IPl'I'ERNAZTIONAL. October 4 1:960. ~~ s r: ~ .~ • :1Y ' . ~ y °' . P I. . {,K _T . .,[ ~ ~s-.~"+fsfxt±+' o ~r• `~: ~~r.i~ ~;,.

Y' _Drs. ' Douglas Sprunt and Harr S een N G th l r t' y . . r e, pa o ogy p ofessors,a Ten- nessee State and Yale University Schools of Medicine respectively;`axe , ~ , ." . ,. .ry~ :fVi.i °fs`..y •.~, ... .. . . r 4•~,5';~t ~~ ~+'~~ ~ ~~:~~Y ~.. ~• K . ]'~k_s. . ~. _ _ ,.s3, ~+ 5 .~ g.:Y:i ;,~~ • r~'• ,~r~.: quoted in the same vein by the UPI story. Record Cigarette Sales Predicted~. NEW YCRK HERALD TRIBUNE. October 1960. da story presenting a number of facts on which to base an optimistic outlook :;.,` on tobacco sales during the remainder of the year. ; ° ~'y{ cgMer~S c~:c,;.. _ . '•p`~::. m,.:~._~r .... ,,.. ~•~ ~' ~:~it~f~ Fr:"..Y.t~"4n~~f~' ~ ti:~~~.~• s'.:_,~ C ~k-';i .~'-~.i` ~•+2;~~~~A 3 ;. . ~ ~ i7 Donald L. Rogers, business and financial editor for the HERALD ~IBUNE.signs rr tr ~'i. '.` . ., , < .: ~ ~ . . : , . _ _ _. • , . _. s ;..~. . ~."•'.~.~R~N, ~` . Indications (of a tie between lung cancer and smoking~...'"have driven some ~ , og rs , r states, but others "are puffing away at aareat rate." hypochondriac and tough-willed types to foreswear the weed -Porever " R e =^s~~~ ~ . ~, ,~- ~ _ ;. ~ ._~. - .~;~+, z~...t:~•.'.r.'~7.;~'. .- ylr-.. ~7~~- 1~.., 4 .A ~ ~eti' ~ .. . S • ~ ti.5 "Not only are more Americans smoking than ever before, but aver_ age consumption a.~ ;thesis, the cigarette makers seemito have pulled off at least a public relations ; vi etnrv nn 1-1ia enh iani, _ n . . . . _ - , - ~-•_-.aL , - _ ._ . , .,,. . , , . _.; . . rpr,' ~5t;~~ IYI.