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e NEWS AND OBSERVER Lung Cancer Study Asked For Triangle WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen: Sam J. Ervin Jr. and Rep. Nick Galifianakis joined Monday in a: call for a crash i program of' lung ; cancer research to be centered : at Ncrth Carolina's Research t Triangle. i "If we can divert all of the ; financial and human resources l now engaged' in anti-cigarette : propaganda into a coordinated efforts I am confident we could shorten greatly the time until we reach our goal," Ervin~said in a; statement to the Senate. He was .jpined by Galiflanakis, ! whose district is in: the heart of'i the 'vo:•th Carolina tobacco country, at a news conference to recommend that the government!, make a search f'or a safe cigarette. Ervin~said he and Galifiitnakis ~ would discuss plans for a. research: program in l u n g; cancer, tobacco and air pollution with other members of' the North Carolina congressionall delegation. Ervin told' the news con- ference thatbills introdltced! by : Sen. Robert Iiennedv. D-N. Y., to restrict advertising o f cigarett'es and tax them~ ac- cording t'o tar andi nicotine con- tent would eventually, leadl to outlawing cigare;t-?s. "Prohibition ot tobacco would fail as miserably as it did with alcohol, and wouldibe a bonanza for bootleggers dealing in low quality tobacco, " Ervin and Rep. Nick Galifianakis said. "This may he an excellent op. portunity to test Vice President Flubcrt DI. Ilnmphrev's plan to aTpplv cotnputer technolocv to medlcat research in order to avoid duplication of research lry scientists scattered across the counU•v. ' Er%in s:nci in his scn+ atc sta!.einent latcr in the cdriv. He l.roposcd the estabfish: Dec. 5, 1967 ,ment of a data! bank at the Re- psearch Triangle which would a as a nationwide storehouse for information on lung cancer re- 'search. Support facilities are already I located in the area, Ervin said, and nationally recognized medi- cal schools exist at Duke Uni. versity in Durham and the Uni+ I. versity of North Carolina at : Chapel Hilli In addition, he said, computer experiments being conducted at. buke. North Carolina, and North, Carolina State University in Ra- I leigh could be important in such l, a program. He also noted that a' number of major tobacco com- I panies have research affiliates I ~in the area. i page 1. 3.