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a G s z ' f THrI NEW YORKTIMES ~ N Yk N Yk ewor,ewor September 1, 1960 M .;T F i ' .. .~,'. - , . . 'ti. . ... . . Tobacco Research Aided The Tobacco Industry Re- ~ ' .:searcit. Committee has granted, more than E523-000 for research ~~ fo forty scient'ists so far this' " year,, Titnothy . V, Hartnet't, "ehatrman of the committee anltounced yesterday. 3 .i , 40 Scientists Get $523,000 to " ~ : Eurther Research~~ ~' . \a,.,..,~ T'he 'Tobacco Industry .~te~~ ` rearch CoTenritTeL has grafltfd , i. lnore_ than =b23,000 for researc8 {~ ~ "fr r r."' to forty sclentists so far."this ZY •Y • JCR.TRNAL OF COMMERCE i'ear, Timothy V, Hartnett,. ~ chairman oi the committee, Aug12St 3.1, 1960 4\'announced' yesterday. , ; The projects include: possible " ..The Tobacco Industry Research ~ tnteraction of viruses and Committee announced it has tobaceo smoke, envnroninental ~ ~~'faade --researcli•= grants, totaling ••Gr',V factors and pulmonary disease, - ~ over $.523,000 to .40 seientists so ~ coronary artery diseaae, psy- - ~ ~ tar in 1960. _ , • . • chological differences betwesn ^ smokers and non-smokers char• , ' + acteristics of aromatic hydro- ; • earbons, effect of tobaceo dertv+ atives on arterial a•ad myocat. dial tissue cultures, role of tfie , nucleolus in normal and rnalig, nant cells, and the effect .01 negatively charged ions of hii- man t'arheo-bronchial ciliary r " -action. ; ----c Mr. Hartnett aaid twenty of ;TObaccO Research the 1980 grants were new an~ --. GrantS at .Qpsc,3z000 twenty were for continuation o ~iv Work under way, .,;ro, j, ~;,:• : ," ;r ai y ~ t I , NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUIVE New York, New York September 1, 1960 ; CHRONICI,E Houstony Texas "•` ` "` August 31, 1960 ,.,~.., _ .. .. ._.. i~:~~. y [Kr i : COA1N(ERCIA:L APPEAL r =Memphis,-Tennessee 'March 22, 1960' - .STUDENTS WIN GRANTS Research Fellowships Go To Pair At UT Two students at the Universs- ty of Tennessee College ;of Medicine have been awarded 3° research fellowships. Larry. ~ Arnold of Nashuillp has re- ceived a $.500 Tobacco Indus- ~ . try Research Committee student '~ . fellowship. Warren Herron Jr. of Long Beach, . Miss.,, won _ a_. ~i 6r.t,i.. ;20D United States Public Heaith ServiGe medical, student part~ time research fellowship. f.< DISPATCH Henderson, North Carolina 't6 us 3l, 190 $523,000 More AIlofitod For -TobQCCo Study' Research grants totaling over ;523,000, have been made. to forty 'tcientists so far in 1960 by the To- bacco Industrq Research Commit fee, it was announccd today by Chairman Timothy V. Hartnett. " The projects include work in such rubject's as possible interaction of The Tobaeco Industry Re- search Committee has made ~ grants totaling more than a523; ~. UQO thus far this year through its scientific advikory board. - ,.The grants were made for ~ 8tudy on such subject as the psychological differences be- .tween persons who smoke and persons who don't, as weil aa in a number of n3edical areas. ruses and tobacco smoke, envu'- ., 3r.~f,,,.c.t:a~t.:..i `onmental factors and pulmonary di- ''kease, coronary artery disease, pay- ehological differences between smo- •!![ers and non-smokers, characteris . tlcs of aromatic hydrocarbons, ef- ;tect of tobacco derivatives on arter- ` fal and myocardial tissue cultures, ~, aole of the nucleolus in normal and Malignanat cells, and the efiect of negatively charged ions on human tracheo-bronchial ciliary action. All grants are made by the Scien- #ific Advisory Board, composed of $lae doctors, scientists and educa- tors who retain their institutional tiffiliations. Chairman of the board j. Dr. Kenneth Merrill Lynch, chan- cellor of the Medicai College of South Carolina, Charleston. Hartnett said twenty of the'1960 grants were new and twenty were for continuation of work under way. Grants-in-aid by the Scientific Ad- eisory Board to the TIRC have been inade to over 100 independent scien- tists since mid-1954, and recipients have already published more than 120 research papers on their inves- tigations, he sa1d. TIRC has so far appropriated 1~3,700,000 for its eon- ttnuing.research program. scientists who are sharing lix $523,000 worth of research grants by the committee. The cominittee was formed in 1954 to iflvestigate the pos- 'sible correlation of tobacco smoke and human ' disease, S i'n c e its organization tBe coiilmittee has made a total of $3,700,000 availa`ble to more then .100 sdentists for Dr. Becker is among 40'research projects, A Uni'versity of Houston themist has received a $16; .000 grant from the Tobacco .tndustry Research CQmniittee for a_ study designed to d•e- velop a technique for sep- arating minute quanbities of materials. . He Is Dr. Ralph S. :Betker, an associate p r o f e s s o r of, cheznistry. THE NEW YORK TIMES New York, New York ~ r ... September 1, 1960 `' ~ y'!,,, ,,. ~..; TOBACCO STU'DY AIDED