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52nd YeaF Medford Price 10c Tribune United Press Full Leased Win United Press Full Leased Wir 2nd Section MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 1957 8 Pages Cancer, Claiming 250,000 Yearly, Slowly Giving Way To Scientists Editor'! note: The "five rreat kill er." the diseases that account for the greatest mortalitv rate among adult Americans, are heart disease, cancer, cerebral hemorrhage, pneumonia Influenze and diabetes. The United Press asked five out standing authorities in those fields to write a simplified account of the causes, svmptoms. treatment, preven tion and possibility of conquering the "tller." BL W. KENNETH CLARK. M.D. Acting Medical & Scientific Director American Cancer Society Written for United Press Q. A. CANCER Q. How Great a Killer is Cancer? A. Cancer is our second greatest killer but it's still the crue lest. Last year it destroyed 250,000 lives. By 1958 it will strike in two of every three American homes. Death rates have been levelling, even fal ling off with the exception of lung cancer, which killed 24, 500 men, 4,500 women, last year. What Causes Cancer? Cancer is a disease character ized by uncontrolled growth and spread of cells. If we knew why these cells rebell ed against the rules of nor mal growth it could be cured. We do know a few of the causations: certain coal tar products that are blamed for cancer of the skin, of the lung. But the great underly ing WHY has so far been de nied us. But our thousands of research scientists are daily creeping closer and closer to that "WHY." Q. What Are the Outstanding Symptoms? A. The ACS has evolved seven danger signals for the detec tion of cancer: 1. Unusual bleeding or dis charge; 2. A lump or or thickening in the breast or elsewhere; 3. A sore that does not heal; 4. Presistent change in bowel or bladder habits; 5. Persist ent hoarseness or cough; 6. Persistent indigestion or difficulty in swallowing; 7. Change in a wart or mole. Q. How Can Cancer Be Prevented? A. It can be prevented to a cer tain extent by removal of potentially cancerous lesions and by removing workers from exposure to known carcinogenic agents present in certain industries. Regular physical checkup will do much to prev e,n t cancer taking your life. The Pap Smear is a fine example of this: At the beginning of the American Gynecological Soc iety gloomily announced that uterine cancer was almost al ways fatal. Today as result of such cases are being saved, a great many of them through the use of the Pap Smear, simple examination which takes just a few minutes, re veals cancerous cells in the pre-invasive stage before they've even begun to grow or spread. Q. How Can It Be Most Effectively Treated? A. Only by radiation or by sur gery can cancer be cured. The ACS chemotherapy program fills us with hope because, with the use of chemicals, as in the case of leukemia, lives are being prolonged for months, even years. But radiation and surgery remain the bulwarks against cancer. Q. What Progress Has Been Mads in Curing Cancer? A. In the last few years cancer has changed from a disease of despair to a disease of hope. Today o n e of every three victims is being saved. Just a couple of years ago the figure was one in four. There are 800,000 Americans now living who have been saved from cancer. Even a decade ago this figure would have seemed completely im probable of attainment; the first successful lung cancer operation didn't occur until 1938. Can Cancer Ever Be Conquered? A. The eventual conquest of can cer comes closer by the min ute. Techniques in surgery are steadily improving, per mitting more successful oper ations. Radiation, with the development of isotopes and high voltage machines such as the betatron and cyclotron, is becoming more and more effective as the cancer-destroying rays are shot deeper into the body to destroy can cers that were formerly be yond our reach. In the fields of chemotherapy and virol ogy great advances are be . ing made. So far no chemical will cure cancer. But the effi ciency of several compounds GOP Names Public Relations Consultant Washington (U.R) Mrs. Ruth Cowan Nash, former newspaper woman and wife of Deputy Un dersecretary of Commerce Brad ley Nash, today was named pub lic relations consultant to the Re publican National Committee. Mrs. Nash, a reporter for 27 years with the Associated Press, will replace Mrs. Anne Wheaton who has been named White House associate press secretary. A native of Salt Lake City, Mrs. Nash was a war correspond ent during World War II and is a former president of the Wom en's National Press Club. She left the AP when she married Nash last year. Red Fir Slabwood SUMMER SPECIAL 3 SMOO J Loads J J 1 LOAD $12.00 Immediate Delivery Ph. 3-5878 or 2-5055 PHELPS FUEL CO. 1337 So. Peach St. Save this ad for reference is fast improving. Men who work in those fields say that in a few years they will have Ohio Traffic Deaths Reduced During 1956 Columbus, O. (U.R) Ohio reported 2,013 persons killed in traffic injuries in 1956, a 3 per cent reduction in the number of fatalities for the previous year. But fatalities in. six Ohio coun ties exceeded those in any one of Typical American Said Paying Out One-Third Of Income for Taxes new easier cures f or caneer. ! 24 states in 1955. Western Bankers Woo New Customers by Dressing Up Standard Checking Service San Francisco (U.R) Western profitable to the bank. bankers are wooing new custom ers by dressing up the old stand ard checking services in a new glamour garb. Some are trying to attract the ladies by offering them their choice of check books in six pastel colors. Others will im print your name and address on the checks for free. And, wonder of wonders, there's one San Fran cisco bank that makes no serv ice charge on checking accounts whatsoever. But that's due to an old English banking custom. Bankers 'admit there isn't much profit in the check servic ing end of the business. But they figure that if they once get a new customer of a streamlined check ing service chances are excellent that he will eventually make use of other services that are more First Western Bank & Trust Co. has begun an aggressive cam paign for new checking account customers. In addition to being the first bank in the San Fran cisco Bay Area to offer free per sonalized checks, it is promoting a "forget-proof" method of sav ing. This involves authorizing the bank to transfer automatically a certain amount from the check ing account to savings account each month. Honors for rock bottom check charges, however, go to the Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Cor poration in San Francisco, a Cal ifornia state bank and agency of the parent bank incorporated in 'Hong Kong. A spokesman said its policy of making no charge, nor requir- New York (U.R) The average American is paying out one third of his income in taxes. He probably has not calculated or realized this because so many of the taxes are hidden. They are including in the cost of things he buys. The Tax Foundation has figur ed that this will be the true load in federal, state and local taxes direct and hidden for these averag-bracket wage-earners in 1957: Income Percent Increase Total Taxes Of Income Over 1956 S3.5C0 $1,059 30 $28 $4,500 S1.393 31 S35 $8,000 $2,726 34 $46 Individuals Pay All The foundation said that while most Americans squawk about taxes, "they would probab ly yell even louder if they real ized that the only source of taxes is people and the individual tax- HORSE MEAT RISE Memphis, Tenn. (U.R) M. N. Gammon has been selling meat for the city's zoo animals for 45 years. In 1905, Gammon said horse meat sold for five cents per 100 pounds. Now the price is $13 to $15 per 100. Berkeley, Calif. (U.R) Re search at the University of Cali fornia indicates that bone mar row in rats increases production of red blood cells upon exposure to whole body radiation. ing a minumum balance, is in line with an old British banking policy resulting from a govern ment tax of several cents per check. payer is really paying much more for government than he thinks he is." The foundation pointed out that "every red cent that gov ernment spends must come from the taxpayer." The fact of the matter is that corporations do not pay taxes they collect them. The big federal tax bite, amounting to 52 per cent of cor porate earnings, is passed along in the form of higher prices, be cause no company could afford to absorb those taxes and stay in business. The result, according to the foundation, is that you and you alone pay taxes. There are 100 taxes in the price of an egg, 116 in a man's suit, 151 in a loft of bread, 600 in the cost of a house. Taxes Passed On In addition to federal income and Social Security taxes, some 31 states have income tax laws and some 33 have retail sales taxes of from one to 3Vfc cents on each dollar of goods and serv ices purchased. Most of these sales tax laws require that the taxes be passed on to consum ers. The U.S. Chamber of Com merce says the average taxpayer didn't start earning any mony for himself until Feb. 1. He worked through January for Uncle Sam. the chamber said the average taxpayer the $5,000-a-year man with a wife and two children spends 22 working days earning enough money to pay off his in come taxes alone. Thieves Invade Hives; Bees Starve To Death Goshen, Ind. ftl.R) Thieves invaded the bee hives of Paul Christophel during the winter and stole 50 pounds of honey that the bees needed for food to tide them over until spring. The bees starved to death. The time of William P. Odom's flight of 19.645 miles around the world in 1947 was 75 hours, 5 i minutes, 11 seconds. 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