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. The only fish having any
thing resembling intelligence is
the carp . . . Am asked the dif
ference between a "plump"
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plump person is one from 10 to
15 pounds overweight. A fat per
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of alternate hope and disappointment.
"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."
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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
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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."
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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.
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