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10. Grand Forks, N. Dak. HERALD December 6, 1967' Christmas Seals CHRISTMAS SEALS, the tradi- tionaliadornment of envelopes con- taining holiday greeting cards, will be 60 years old on Saturday. Last year's campaion raised S 3 0. 8 miliion, and the l;t a t i o n a l Tuberculosis Association estimates that the 1967 gross will be around SI million greater. The mone_v will be used to fight both respiratory ~ diseasec (tuberculosis, c h r o n i c bronchitis, eniphysema) and two of their major'Inuses (air pollution, cigarette smoking). Tuherculnsis still is the second biggest killer (after pneumonia) amon,z bacteriali diseases: it clpiTn- ed 8.000 American, lives in 1965. The National Tuherculcsis Association calculates there are 25 million pe,sons irn the United States in- fected ihe tubercle b a c i 1 l u s. Most ef the 50;000 new active TB caFes a year come from this group. The association's interest in other retniratorv diseases dates from 1955. E'mohysema, a lung disorder particulardy nrevalent - a m o n g cigarette smokers and persons in areas wi'thi heavy air pollution, is an increasinn_ly serious problem. Arotmd 19,000 deaths were at• tributed to emphvsr.ma in F.S5, the mast reeert, year for whinc com- plete data are availOhli'. Moreover, the number of death5' ascribed to emnhvsema has been doubling everv five vears. Part of the in- crease ie due to greater awareness of the disease on the part of phvsi- cians, but most of it no doubt stems from vnlnr.tarv or involuntarv in- halation of lung-damaging fumes. Anniston„ Ala. STAR December 6, 19'67 Christmas Seals Turn 60 This Saturd'ay will mark the 60th anniversary of Christmas Seals, the t't•aditionali adornment of'~ envelopes containing holiday greeting cards, reminds us. Last year's campaign raised 531.8 million and the Nationali Tuberculosis Association estimates the gross this year will be ar.ound 81, million higher. The money wilU be used to fight both, respiratory di-eases i tuberculosis, c h r o n i c bronchitis, ern hvsem Pd two of th^irmajor causes k,air pollution, anrli cigarettesl. There's still a big job to be done hy your Christmas Seal money. 'I'ubercuibsis is still ( a: f tie r pneumonia) the second biggest killer among bacterial diseases; itt claimed 8,000 American lives last year. And emphysema, a lung disorder particularly prevalent among cigarette smokers an& persons in areas with heavy air pollution, is an increasingly serious problem. Aroun& 19,000 deaths were attributed to emphysema in 1965 (the last year for which com- plete records are available) and, most ominously, the emphysema death rate has been doubling every five years. Not Just Now Headline: "Cost of Livina Is Up for the Jet Set." We'll put that on our list of things to worry about'. later. 10050361.37 A