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he has specialized In testing and that during his research he n-smoker. UndM' questioning drugs and cigarettes, .. has smoked ti v e different ~y Jtldge Atrlstenberty the wh= food ,, , :'He told the jury that in March, brands. including Camels, in a ness said that there are several i 'K•]958,,be tested samples of Kfng semi-automatic machine., ' other types of lung cancer, but Bee tobacco and Picayune and When the witness testified that the one wu' he reterred to . ^s_f ~" Camel cigarettes submitted to he tested all five brands Uogefit' found ln smokers' lungs. THE 'PZhhl) S-PICAYUNE ' ~ er HarryCall Jr a defense , Mc., ~~ him by Btumfiald aad' measured , 1 He said that he Is of the opin: tto ne 1nrlJt d to th ion' N O L bj l i i a r e s yT ew eans ou s sua ~~t o ece r , theirpe and tar contenon tatteres a causal eeet' lhh ilt v~ September 22, 1960 ~LIg RESULT OF TESTS '~~ testimony from the witness relationship between this type • 'Dr Fitelson testified thati the '' ~tiitg to any brsnds but ~f cancer and smoking. Ca t Th s b i me s e o eus ject m wa ~ nr TESTIFY eigarettes were testedby a 6QUAatOUSTXPE SHOWN TH1u+E TLUTIEY aemf automat(a maehine intend- ~~ ~~~ ~~~ Dr. McDonald testified ihat he ~ F; however, did allow testunony m had examined the slide made Y. =' ed to duplieate the habits of the the produt'tion of taa harn or- :~~~ t r {~ 'f~'A,A, C ~-average•smoker-apd that."the "c matter in generall '..m by . the Pathologistt who per.. ~~. A IN TVBAV VV t7UIT .~~ resitfue whicli was left in I~ Vyn ~~m ~d ~~ formed the autopsy on the body a condensing ahamber of the d . i ot' l artlgue and he had squam. ' id h l tar Lsoun ut at a res ua t w ous tM cancers of the lungs '' macbine was tested for the tar d k b acm an the mmo e ot any to d v al e rds an o l I ~^4 cigarettes tested was measured ~H d~escortbed that 4~aterial a~ mine that Lartigue was a heavy ' Three expert witnesses testl" at 248 illigrams per eigarette . smoker. ;.~r -. . 1tlg Clgarettes Use °~e h°m ~o~ o t° testified, he was able to deter aieotine content in the Camel mg at t e sL es, he > f-1fie cliemist testitied that the From oo c lInVO ell. of. Researc v- and nicotute that "carcinogenic matedal" is h k I d d Wednesdav in federali dls- ,_ .~_~ • +; axYY aomPOU°d whtch tras gtve°' The witness was attown a se atsd ln~the ~~°0$eaic reaction aa atu `. .trlct court about research theY was 2:69~milligrams ., mals have conducted In connection King Bee tobacco avttich was ' it DEFEVSE OVERRULE ' ~ittkind with . cgaree smog an~s rolled intoo cigarettes it was -.D , tble etfects on the human . faund,to be 4:42'milligrams per Defense attorneys" argued at Ms and vocal cords. „io,, nne length that testimony concerning •,:: E iuitfn which a Houston wldow ne s81nmat inee tar conimt studies should~ ~mt~ be allowed of the ~ in milli•~ mels was 27 7 . the trial. But the objection wass 1s seeking damages from twa the Pftayunes 2T1 ~ ams , - , t o b a c¢ o companies on the overruled by Judge Cnristenberry, , •milligrams and in the ciga- .,, Bee who cautioned the jury that such grounds thatr her husband's reltes made with t te Kin ~ g , death hnm cancer of the 1-9 36.3 milligrams• . testimony' was being admitted 1 R b l y, , for it pro ative va ue- He and vocal ~ eord9 was caused by ,• -On, cross exammation, by on h13 cigarette smoking. -. Frederick Haas, on of the de- told the jury to keep fa mind Those who testified• Wednes- -tense attorneys„ Dr. Fittlson that these materials might well day included Dr. Jacob Fitel• have different effects on humans. %son, la New York consulting said that the condensing cisam- 'b~r The witness testified that he s machine used in the of the ith worked' w biologistsand saw :.anal cal chemistCDr. B. L,. I~ testing contained acid and ttiat . ..Vaa,Duuren: assistant professor the smoke was allowed to settle or. industrial medicine at New d th d i h h h i an en was e w t ot a .'-York university who has beencohol and water The finalso.u- ."conducting research on ~ the re- tion he said was allowed to , - lationship of smoking to cancer ~j.to room temperature. '` r pasee years under fo ttiEt fi4 D N ' Cf ' O A AR IOYACTION _ _ . the sponsorship of, the~American ' Cancer Society, and Dr. John R. Under questioning by Haas, McDonald, Detroit pathologist the chemist admitted that th'ere' . and professor oL pathology at mightt be aslight chemical ~+'Wayne. State university. . .~ctiange in the. coolingprocess. ~BEGAN. S\fORLwG' IN 1E99 - He said ihatt the~ residuee was. neverkept more than oneday :~ 1tte sua on tiial was brought hefore being tested- the results of the painting of some of these careinogeniccompounds I on the backs of tnice, ' I saw what the b'iologists called tumors. 'I saw,gtowth's-sores,' the wit- ness said. On cross.exaraination by Haas,~J the witness said that he reported none of his workk prior to the death of Lartigue• Hetestifted that with respect to ani-ttals, none of his work w3spubbstud until September, 195g,, and prior tests had been ne ative g : . ^'by Ffrs.: Victoria St. Pierre 7he w "nesss said tktat the: ma•Atfer the noon recess the, :of Franklin• Lartigue„ formerly - , thine used In the testing had no plaintltf's attorne s called Dr:' y ..~_and now.a resident oE Houston. ••accordion action" llkethehu- McDo ald t th ta d H n o e s n etes- .She claims that her husband man lungand was not an ersct tified that he hasworke& on . began smokingin 1899 and dttplicate at humam smoking, lungs since 1933and hasp.b- ar- of ci k k d - g ages , amo e two pac I toti by h n answer aqueson:shed over 300~ articles, mar.y'ettes a day until he dic~d of can. ~eodore. Kiendl, anotherde•,~~f.`eer in July,.1955.. She iss repre- tense attorney, tYe che,nist.tes•~ ceruem deali:e with liing can- ~: sented by H. Alva Brumfield of: tified that he knew nothing of ~ - 'BatonRougeand New.Orleans,. the Iartigue suitwhea-he made i~Nhs CX\CER„tiltOliINGand, Melvin bI. Belli otSan the tests.. He testified that he has stud- Francisco.-• - On re-direct examination hy ted~groups of smokers andnon• Defendants are the R. 7. Rey. 'Brumfield, the witness estimat- smokers, He explained that he rialds Tobacco ~Company and',ttie ed that there were 20 draps of has. dcterminedd that'~ the epitha- Liggett and Myers Tobacco -nicotine In each packagee of lium lining of the bronchial Company. The Reynolds firm cigarettes tubes in smokers becomes is represented by'the New Or• Dn VamDuuren followed the smaller, and a lining of the leans legal firm of Chaffe, Mc- first witness to the stand' and tubes which normally act to Call, Phillips, Burke and Hop• was examined by Beili• sweep out Impurities becomes kins ln association with,ttie New OBJECTIONSUSTAINED paralyzed andd ultimatelyy dis- York tii•moLDavis, Polk, Ward- He stated'that.he is an organ- appears. Cancerous growths • well, . Sunderland and Kicqdl. lcchemist and' has writtenn then- develop, he said. - Liggett and~Myers Is represenhworks which have been~ pub• These changes,,thepatttologist ' edbytlie firm of f:emle and lishediby the United States de-I said;, do not appear. In nore. Kelleher of. New- Orleans, and partment of public health as a smokers. He testified that the :Webster,. Sheffield and Chrystie result~ of hlss workk for the Na• lung membranes~o4 smokers be•'otNewYork. • . tionaliCancer Institute. I come hard, thickenn andundeor rentesti[ied thalt go~Pre-cancerous changes ~ V D uu en -~7fie tirst wi~Ness.called!tiy the Dr.. s ltia work has been Sn the lsolat- Tnewitnesstold the jury thet lntitf w h l a e p attorneys for t a ing certaincont- hee has never seen a" squamous d identi[ I y ng en ltsti[icd that Filet li D l ' t. son e . pounds found In cigarettee smoke 1ceW eancerln the lung of a ries of lantern slides of tissues, taken from three Individuals lwhich ha had never seen be- fore and he identified one as being the tissue of a non-smok. I~qn another as the tissueot a person who "undoubted]y smoked," which he described as 'beingin, a "pre pre-cancerous stage," and a third which he said was probably the tissue of . a person~ who smoked more than one package of.cigarettes a day and which he said was 'closer to the cance.aus stage,.. • ~ Under cross-examination by. IS'iendl, Dr. McDonaldisaid that of the more than 300 articles he wrote aboutt cancer,, only one discussedd the causal relation- ship betweenn smoking and lung cancer' and was publishedin 1956. ARTICLES DISCUSSED , I Be said that: in 1955 he pub- lished one article dealing with the relationship between throat . cancer and smoking. He said, however, that~ his opinion on the causal relationship has been ' entertained since his studies started . In 1954.. . . . c~,. _ ., _ Kiendil produced four arlicles ~ written byDr. McDonald! and sked tiim~ if that opinion was ~xpressed in these articles, The ~ witness sald that it was ln hvo, of the articles and~ contended that tt was "lmplied"' In the others, "It'was not stated as clearly, It was sort of implied in the background,, possiblyy deeper than it should have peen," he asserted. -• I Att the conclusion of his tes- timony; Dr. McDonald said that' he smoked cigarettes until ~ eight yaars ago, then "become canvincedl" ' 7he triali will' be resumed at 10 a. m. Thursday. :, ~,-_...~...-...t~.+s:.:sa.r..~. ~::<,.:..,,t.:...~,a...........~. i