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EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE .Wednesday, February 22, 1956 Atomic Energy Expected To Solve Cancer Problem With Research Washington (U.R) Dr. Ro bert R. Newell of Stanford uni versity expects atomic energy to "solve the cancer problem." But he believes this conquest will come to pass through appli cation of atomic radiation to re search not through its use as a cancer treatment. Newell is professor of biophys ics and director of the radiobiol ogy department at Stanford uni versity hospital. His views on radiation vs. cancer are reported in the current issue of "Research Reviews" published by the Of fice of Naval Research. Radioactive istopes ray- emitting materials now produc ed in quantity by the atomic en ergy commission are widely used in treatment of cancer. Newell does not believe, howev er, that they are potential cancer cures. Sky's the Limit But in basic research -"with such tools, he says, "I really think that for the future the sky is the limit." Ne veil discussed use of radia tion in medical treatment and di agnosis and in biological re search. He said the attack, on cancer seems to produce cycles OH The Side By E. V. Durling (Distributed by King Pastures Syndicate. Inc.) Each other's Joy each to Impart, Each other's grief to share. To look into each other's heart And find all solace there. To lay the head upon one breast, ' To press one answering hand. To feel through all the soul's unrest One soul to understand. Romanes. You seldom see a red-haired secretary. One of the reasons for this is that red-haired women are notoriously poor spellers. When spelling contests between wom en have been held, the result is always the same. Brunettes first, blondes, second, redheads last. Another reason why redhaired secretaries are rare . is because the wives of executives ' don't like their, husbands to have flaming tressed ' girl Fridays. They fear a beautiful redhead is too great a temptation for an im pressionable man to have around his office all day.5 . Asking Queries from clients . . . . Q. I claim Ted Lewis originated the idea of using a soxophone in a dance band. Right? A. I believe you are in error, sir. I think it was Art Hickman of San Fran cisco . . . Q. Where in Ireland was the father of Gene Tunney, champion boxer, born? A. Gene's father and mother were borri in Kitimagh, County Mayo, Ire land . . ..." Q. What is Imogene Coca's real name? A. The name Imogene used professionally is her real name. She is the daugh ter of Joe Coca, Philadelphia or chestra leader., . , Passing By Janet Gaynor. Petite red-haired Philadelphian who was the first actress to receive the Film the best performance of the year. That was 28 years ago. The pic ture was "Seventh Heaven." Xavier Cugat, dance band maes tro. He claims he is the only man in the United States named Cu gat. But he won't bet a stogie on it. However, I have never met another man named Cugat. How about you? ; Bartenders ' How about the bartender at your neighborhood pub? Do you consider him well qualified for his occupation?. The chief quali fication of a good bartender are: 1 Complete knowledge of his trade and a sincere interest in it. 2 Patience. 3 A genial dispo sition and a neat ' appearance. 4 A strong memory for names and faces to aid in recalling the favorite drinks of patrons. 5 A talent for listening. Sidelights Green, gray-eyed blondes rare ly elope. They are too clever for that They figure the ' girl who elopec doesn't get as many wed ding presents as one who is mar ried in a church . . . In Holly wood the ideal feminine figure is considered to be "bust, 38; waist, 23 and hips, 34." . . . Iceland has been a nation for '1,000 years and has never had a war. Asides -.' Sportscribe refers to mountain trout and salmon as "intelligent fish." That's ridiculous., Both types of fish named are slightly dumb. 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"I expect," he said, "to see more of these disappointments before we adapt ourselves to what I think is the truth, namely that radiation per se is not the solution of the cancer problem. "I do in fact expect to see iso topes tolve the cancer problem. Put they are going to solve it through fundamental studies in chemistry and physiology. "When we really know . what cancer is' then we shall be in a position to do something effec tive about it." Newell said radiation in some cases has eased patients and ev en helped to control or prevent cancer. , Plentiful Tools ' . Since radioactive materials be came plentiful, they have been ingeniously adapted in a num ber of ways to therapy. There are cobalt 60 needles, much cheaper than radium. Radioactive gold wire has been locked in small tubes of ordinary gold which can be in serted into the body. "Hot" gold or cobalt can be put in hollow nylon thread and sewn into and around tissue to be treated. . Radioactive gold and other elements suspended in liquids can be induced to flow into tiny areas not otherwise reachable Radio-iodine and radio-phosphor ous have similar uses. Boron injected into a brain tu mor can be made radioactive by placing the patient in the neu tron beam from an atomic reac tor. " " In diagnosis and research ra dioactivity "tagged atoms" are being used to examine the blood, study circulation, measures the body's use of various vital min erals, test various organs such as the liver, and observe the ac tion of drugs. Y, Newell said "there seems to be no limit to the number of possible investigations" that can be carried out with radioactive atoms. "The sky is the limit." n 406 EAST MAIN Phone 2-5302 OPEN WEDNESDAYS UNTIL 9 P. M. , Government Seeks Answer To Lack Of Horse Meat Washington (U.R) The automobile replaced the horse, so now the government is try ing to find something to replace horse meat. Hardest hit by the dwindling supply of horse meat are the na tion's 5,000 mink farmers, one- third of whom are in Wisconsin. Most of the rest are in Minne sota, Michigan, New York, Colo rado, Washington and Oregon, with ' a few in California and Illinois. . Horse meat is highly regarded mink feed,' but it keeps getting scarcer and scarcer and much more expensive. The government now has a project underway to find out if plain, common, rough fish gen erally not desirable for human consumption can fill the void caused by the scarcity, of horse meat. , Whale meat and chicken en trails are used to some extent by mink ranchers,, but neither has become very popular. The need for help brought the U. S. Fish and Wildelife Marketing Service into action. Two-way Benefit D. Y. Aska, chief of the serv ice, said tests are underway on Midwest mink farms to see if rough fish provide the answer, He pointed out that there are plenty of rough fish easily avail able in the Midwest. Lake Erie fisherman have to throw back as much as 90 per cent of their catch, Aska said. The throw-back are carp, burbot (a type of fresh water cod) and sheepshead all less desireable eating fish. The same condition exists in some other Great Lakes waters. - . If these rough fish can be used for mink feed, he said, it not only will solve the mink farm er's feeding problems but also be a boon to the fresh water fishing industry. Processing of rough fish for cat food already has mush roomed into an important in- d u s t r y. In 1947 35,000,000 pounds of fish were packed for this purpose. It was 140,000,000 pounds in 1954 and the dollar value jumped from $4,000,000 in 1947 to $19,000,000 in 1954 Safety Shoe Saves Man's Foot in Mishap Milwaukee, (U.R) An 18,- 000-pound casting dropped squarely on Earl Mesich's foot recently with little more than a dent, considering: Mesich, a hitcher at the.Kear-ney-Trecker manufacturing plant, suffered two broken toes, but he said there was no ques tion he would have lost all five had it not been for his safety shoe. The steel-tipped shoe was badly damSged and the metal plate was dented and split. But what less could anyone expect IWWWMU-avJ.vJ) UULWU1I)M4WJ1 STEPPING OUT with new romantic interest, Charles Mapes, Reno hotelman, Bobo Rockefeller visits Hollywood night spots and begins rumors of budding romance. (International) Violence at Republic Stops for Holiday Farmingdale, N. Y. U.R) ; Strike violence at the Republic Aircraft Corp. stopped today and both the company and the union said they ' would observe the George Washington holiday. The jet plane manufacturing company said nobody would work on the holiday and the union said only ..token pickets would patrol the gates of the company's four Long Island plants. v The truce brought peace in A Nichol's Worth of . . . Comment On This and That By'HARMAN W. NICHOLS United Press Feature Writer Washington (U.R) What's new ii Washington: Sen. Alben W. Barkley is 77, but he's still an active work horse. The former Veep is a member of the Finance com mittee , the Foreign Rela tions com mittee and SHS pauenuy Harman Nichols through almost every senate ses sion. He was asked the other day if he would campaign actively for the Democratic . candidate . for president. Said the salty old Ken tuckian: "According to how I feel. Right now I feel right chip per." . 1. the strike for the first time since Monday when fighting broke out between pickets and non strikers and continued spasmodi cally .through the first two days of the week. At the same time representa tives of the striking Internation al Association of Machinists (AFL-CIO) and the company an nounced they would meet Thurs day in an attempt to negotiate a settlement in the four day old strike. . Secretary of Agriculture. Ezra T. Benson likes to tell about the letter a 14-year-old girl ;, wrote to President Eisenhower about the farm problem. The young ster said: ' "I do not know much about political matters, but it seems to me it is no more sin for the GOP to slaughter pigs than for the Democrats to slaughter pigs. If there is so much extra pork, why couldn'tyou just . ask the farm ers to separate the . papa pigs from the mama pigs." -r- Pvt. George E. Bisson, Syra cuse, N.Y., likes '-. German po lice. When he got over there he bumped into Ursula Libaba, who was an exchange student when both were attending a university in Kentucky. He agreed to call on her. When Bisson arrived he found the house dark and looked in the window. The German cops closed in. The door opened. There was Ursula on the arm of her uncle, who happened to be the district commissioner of police and may or of the town as well. The pri vate got a police escort right through the door. The American Automobile, as sociation likes to get letters like the one it received from Florida. "Do you treat all of your mem bers as well as you did me?" it asked. "Your routing of my trip led straight to the altar. Please have my new driver's license made out in the name of Mrs. James Donnelly." ' The National Geographic so ciety wants us to know that New Zealand's Kiwi bird is flightless? tailless and wears whiskers in front of 'its eyes. But the society defends the bird as something unique "For its size," the. Geographic folks say, "it lays the largest egg known. A four-pound bird, if she has her mind on her work, can lay a one pound egg. Iceland OK'd Plane Attack on Whales Reykjavik, Iceland (U.R) U.S. Air Force planes were al lowed to strafe and bomb packs of "killer" whales menacing its ' coasts, Iceland said Tuesday, but no aerial whale hunts hae been conducted since last October. The World Federation for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ani mals protested to Reykjavik and Iceland Tuesday against the "un necessary slaughter" of whales by U.S. airmen "recently." . An Icelandic government source said all the whales . at tacked were of the 'killer" va riety which cause havoc in- the fishing industry if left unchecked. GOC AIDS FIREMEN Waunakee, Wis. (U.R) The Madison, Wis., Ground Observ er, Corps took time out from scanning the skys to spot a ground fire Tuesday. They spot ted a house on the Orville Cox farm burning and notified au thorities but the building burned down before firemen arrived. y Having hurdled the sound bar rier, airplane designers now face a thermal barrier. Even in the ' thin atmosphere of 30,000 feet, air resistance would heat plane surfaces to 300 degrees Fahrenheit, at twice the speed of sound. PICTURE TUBES REJUVENATED Is your picture tube dull and weak? Most picture tube can be restored to original brightness at only fraction of the cost of replacement. For further information CALL Electronic Service 18 N. GRAPE PH. 3-1971 A Heidelberg FIRST! - .-.... , " : . , . . t - m ' ' . - ' - '" ' ' htf0Jift IKIeomidllle" surf-onus Have a M tB dlbemrtt DECK vrvu A new kind of carton! Easy to carry, easy to stack in your refrigerator. Handles fold flat. It's a Heidelberg first! Enjoy refreshing Heidelberg . . . the beer of the Great Northwest. Mild, so mild, and so full of flavor! Have a Heidelberg! 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