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a ro:re clips pertaining to the American Cancer Society. .ittannin3,_Pennsylvania a n e u , . . . . ~ , ,. :, . t -::.Yr ~ ,. t ; . Naz rds Poi t d O Aounty yealth Teachers Decelnber 10; 1954 ~ ~D,UASTINES~~ UISCUSS Smoking Habrts ~ . .. ,,, g. wo an g p n n n ysfh aas, The Amertcan Cancer Soclety Lazards inrolved is teenage amok• y~ e o cfgarette amokers fa i ~ per cent higlteP thao the deatli Mgher;' the ptiysfctan poin.ed otat. h ~ 1 T Kitt f 1 '. .. _ ., , e.._,. -- .-~ . _ ...._,. . -- ~- American Cancen Society through W December 1959 - Health aad blology teachers from per cent' higher than that of men 3, . r its Education commlttee of wfi1chwho never az[to6edt and the death R: Arn[strong County echools gathered Dr. Clara Cockerffle !s chairman. ~ last nlght In the YMCA here and rate of men smoking two packs Caneer heard reports on reported health ItDr. RosaL crans said the mortal+ or more a day was 123 per cent esearch Dr. Davfd' Rosenerans and Dr. 1a•e ot.s comparable group of inen ' wtiQ never smoked- accnrdina te s obtalned tts facs from the smoking n•w....•.. .v..t.. . _ . (/1~ }'}~ by giving facts obtained by the tlie Cancer. Socfety studi^, Death 8aes of Soand 69, d~ut-Ing the period v jai(! l - American Cancer Soafety.Tatea lnerease withthe amount.of~Jan• 1 to Sfay EI, 1992: These y The meetin of th c t h i amoldng• the doctQr saitl. g e oun c t,onrusing : ~o e yw ~ , :a 1E office Lm Lall ~ St. Joseph County'a three pub. Ave.,, between Main St1 and' La• "lie health olfiten have labelled fayette Blvd. • .•-1 ' +'"confusing" an Aineri¢an Cancer - ~gure Not Rclative. ' Society billboard in downtown In a joint statement, the three South Bend which proclaims: doctors pointed'out that' although' "Over90. pereent of Cancer. 1pO nw c~mm u wrreca. ia aacs h l ® e re attve cnn• Research is conducted by the not make dbar t h h' i i tr but ons tb cancer researc American Cancer Society in eo-y operatiom with the National Can• the American Cancer group and io l C I " h N i sncer nst e na at eer Institute."' - t tute• Dr F. R_Nicholaa, Carter, Dr., Actually," said the doclors, ` "the National Cancer Institute . of a burldtng hou.stng the Sna- a,,,t w'tf:,.. ~• atatement. is contained nn a bill- Service.,which npcratesunderthr. "bnard erected'recentlyon the side Department of Health, Education by [he elatm, contributions. The Institute is a. . The American Cancer Socierybranch of the US PublicHealth ~".trtunity willl not h'e~ cnnfu.ed y~nds~ ta~.x money,., nott vnluntary. . srtnd, pubhc . healih n6ftcers for ccr research,h while the American South, Bend„ St.Joseph. Counry' Cancer Society'smost'recent re- and Mishaw'akaa respectively, said search budgett was. 112 ' million~. -. Saturday, theyy hoped "thee com- •~eNational Cancer Institute '- Lotns E. How. and. Dr..A.,l. wy- ~~s $60 million a yearr on can- '~' TBr&.'f~! ''- should be aware that their fed. 'SVe t.hink; the cnmmuniq . y`.' °otlth~ Bend„ Ind' arlaenltaxes are helping tn suppn I'. nrov,nbe: 15' 1959 a cancer researrh'prngram~ in a~ ' , . . ~~. Roter\yJ- Club S~I~J",',~I.'eak - er ~-.t...i: a . / . ~ nks Sr~ok~ r ~g,a a ~r~g, Cer~cer Lr An, undeniahlee rdationship cancer tntheup,per: throat MexiLts betH een smokincand'~among, cigar smokers," Dr. cancer: the president.elect'ofCLne added. "So userss oLth'e ~ the American Cancer Society filthy weed which includes-me: ~ aa}s. .. must tieware.'- Speakiirt_hefore memhersof The spea6cr,.whn i<.a.former ` the Rotary Clubb ofDallas in president:of theAmertcan Uedi- , ® the Baker Hoeel atl nooncat Assn., which,is.holding its Wednesday, Dr. John t5' . Clihe annual clinical meeting inDaL• of San Franctsco~pointed'to the:lase thiss week. said thatt diet higher incidence of lip cancer and,hygiene maybe factorss in among. pipesmokes and luna, the occurence of thedisease. •~`cancer among cigarottesmok- "~''o dnnlt.knn•a that.vinaeseraast one of.the facts behindd arethe causenf~cancer--uhicn hisatatement. in re~ahtyisagroup,of diseases.. "In addition tothesnfindines. -butiG scems prnbable that the Ihdicationsare that theree tltis.entnrinqthrt;cneticmake- !salso a& hiqher.r incidence of up~of celtsis to.hlame:' y e oo .,The death rate of men smoking were then traced through Oct. 31, teachers waas sponsored byt2,e was9619a5,.A,total,of1L870 delaths were a da ck t t y s wo Da ona o . Armstrong County ttnit of the rennrtM dvrlne that tTm. momentuous ww' • Dr. :McKee to:d that the percent- '. of smokers 1s h:gheat among chf!- Ieflating Otat Work. dren of families fa which both 71te.doctors.said the 90 per Cent parents smoke elgarettes:' lowestfigure mentioned by the sign ai in families in which neither par- eot has been a smoken and lnter- the percentage spent for cancer mediate In farrllies in which only research in~th'is country by Amer 'oneparent smokess cigaretks.. iean.Cancer Society and the Can. The physician aaid thee percent- ? cer Institute is accurate. = age of smokers among boys who Theyy hinted that AGS in at- do not' participatein organized tempting to inflate its own cnn, athletics Ls subsanttally hiaher tiibutions b lum ,io itst research than among thosewho do. The funds withythc taxgfundi in ar arcentage of smokers Is h.'gher among students who do not partlU- riving at that figure. however. Date tn any school activities. "We are verymuch ~ in ~favoo opuropse. of last nlght'smeeting.- anything that heVps fight cancer,' was to acquaint the health and'i said the doctors,. "but feel the' dfologyteachers with the facts pub'lic shoul& be adequatelyy io-Atained. by the American Cancer . formed on sourcesof financia Society research so4hat the fitfor- , support for thlss attack on, dis matlon can be passed an to tbe pupilss for their study before they ease" ` - have acquired smokinghabit ,r , . . The public h'ealth officialssaic A report fu.the.Amedcan Journal thafcancer research fi¢urespro of Fublie Healthstates"the.accu- vided by the National Cancer Inn mulatlon of scVentili@evfdence 1m- stitute break down this way:' ., plicating cigarette smoking as a AEC Spenda $3 Million. health haza:rd. and part:cularlyas the major cause of lung cancer. Siaty' million dollars c o m e r has led to an increased~ sense of from federal tax appropriatinnst responsibilltyy among indii"•duals S12mdlion2 iss budgeted hyy thc American CancerSociery~ f•.I milliaa comes from the Atomic' Energy Commissioni~ $3 million from the. Damon Runyan Fundd for Cancer Research and' the Slnan Kettering Institute. a d a million dc lars. each frnm the Vet+ erams Administratinn and1he Tn-baeco lndustryRecearch.Commii. tee. Chemical and druginductriesalio~epend heavily. Inr ca:ncer re-searchpmjects, thednctors.point-e ed nut. The American Cancer Society opened a Snuth Bendl offlce in~ Septemb'er• after disaffiliatingthe St. Joseph County Cancer Soci: ety,. Inc., from ACS because thecvunty group refused to follnwan ACS nrder ta.withdrawo from the United IFund of St. .lnseph,County. Dr..Carter is a membernf the St. Joseph Cnunty gmup's hoard ofdirectnrs. and agencies concerned with public health to see that young people are made aware of these hazards befoce they' have established smok- ing asa regular habit." - Others who spoke at the meet- Ing wereMrs. William Good. coun- iy chairman oft'te Cancer Socle:y:, IhLS 8 E. Carberry, executive secretary; Dr. Clara E. Cockerllie and Mrs. Dana Burnett, both of the cancer education committee. _ Health and biology teacherspre- aent were Mrs. Esther Roach and Mrs. Ann Texter ofEast Brady; Louis H. Cowan and John M. Lew- ls of Freeport: Miss Claire bf- Schaeffer: Robert R: Hamilton and StephenAnderson. of Ford! Clty:. John,L..R/mmeY and JeanSf: Wl'e- gandd of Kittanning: Donna John- son of Apollo: J. C, Marshall and Ben Dudekk of Worthington, an& Ralph hfauotta of Dayton. ~• .. .., (.~~