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Chemical Agent in Cigarette Smoke May Be Lung Cancer Cause Washington m U.S. Sur geon General Leroy E. Burney said today government scientists have found a chemical agent in 'cigarette smoke which they sus pect may cause lung cancer. Burney, in an interview with the United Press, identified the substance as benzopyrene. He said it is formed when the aro matic oils in tobacco are burn ed at a high temperature and "cracked" much like crude oil is cracked to make gasoline. The chief of the Public Health Service emphasized that "no one has definitely isolated the cause of lung cancer." But he said re searchers believe "excessive and prolonged" exposure to ben zopyrene may be it. Cites High Temperatures Burney said benzopyrene was found in significant amounts only in cigareete smoke because only cigarettes burn at high enough temperatures 800 to 815 degrees Fahrenheit to crack the aromatic oils. Pipe to bacco and cigars burn at much lower temperatures, he said. Last week Burney issued a ' statement declaring there is "in creasing and consistent evi dence" that "excessive" ciga rette smoking is one of the causes of lung cancer. The Pub lic Health Service made no recommendation to the public as to how it should act on this information. Asked by a reporter whether the statement was a warning, Burney said: "It amounts to a warning to. stop smoking cigarettes, but we would like to have more posi tive proof before issuing a warn ing as such." See Your Doctor He said the Public Health Service's present aim is to trans mit scientific findings on cigar ettes to state and local health officials so physicians can ad vise their patients on an indivi dual basis. In other words it you want to know what to do about ciga rette smoking, see your doctor. "In our cigarette research la boratory we have 16 scientists and 13 are continuing to smoke cigarettes," Burney com mented. "I guess they feel this is a personal decision and will take the chance. Burneys aid it "might be dif ficult" to get the aromatic oils out of cigarette tobacco to make them safe if benzopyrene is prov ed a cause of cancer. Jury Finds Sprague Innocent Friday Portland W A circuit court jury here Friday took only 28 minutes to return a verdict of innocent in the false swear ing case of Police Officer Rob ert Sprague. The jury of eight men and four women voted 10 to 2 in favor of acquittal. Sprague had been accused by fellow officer Jack Olsen of giv ing him payoffs and Sprague was indicted by the grand jury for false swearing for denying Ol sen's charge. The trial was bas ed chiefly on Olsen's testimony and Sprague's denial. Monday another-police officer Sgt. Francis J. Rondhuis, goes on trial in the same court on the same charge and with the same set of attorneys on both sides. Rondhuis was indicted for false swearing for denying he made a payoff to Officer Edwin O'Drane. Charles Chaplin Jr. Arrested as Drunk Hollywood TO Charles Chaplin Jr., 32, son of the com edian, today was to appear on a plain drunk charge resulting from an encounter with an irate husband who threatened to "beat his brains out." Two officers, R. S. Fisher and Jim Conrad, came to Chaplin's rescue Sunday at a gay party around the swimming pool of an apartment house.. Fisher said Chaplin took ref uge inside a locked apartment after Robert Focht, 35, angrily claimed Chaplin made "some re marks about my wife." Chaplin was taken to jail where he re mained for 12 hours until an un identified friend posted the $30 bail. No Decision Made On Navy's Coast Site Washington (W Navy Undersecretary W. B. Franke said Friday the Navy still has not decided where to relocate its retraining command on the west coast. He said a decision was not fcreseeable in the "immediate future." Franke said in a letter to Rep. Hal Holmes (R-Wash.), that "no recommendation has been made to the chief of naval operations for a relocation site, and no de cision has been made to relo cate." I The undersecretary pointed out further that "if a decision is ultimately made to relocate. it would be about fiscal 1960 before the matter could be given budgetary consideration." Ellensburg, Wash., and several sites in California have been mentioned as possible locations for the installation. Pakistan Minister Starts Two-Week Tour of Country ' Washington W Pakistan Prime Minister Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardly ended his capital visit Saturday and departed on a two-week tour of America's wide-open spaces and some of its most crowded cities. Seeing him off at Washington National Airport, Secretary of State John Foster Dulles assured Suhrawardy that the United States and Pakistan would "go on as allies hand in hand." The prime minister had con ferred with President Eisenhow er and other top officials during his three day visit in Washing ton. Eisenhower and Suhrawardy, in a joint communique released by the White House, reaffirm ed their "determination to sup port and strengthen the system of collective security forged in Asia," the Southeast Asia Treaty and the Baghdad Pact. First Slop Suhrawardy and his party will make their first stop at Col orado Springs, Colo., for visits to Pike's Peak and the Air Force Academy. He leaves at noon Sunday for Winslow, .Ariz., where he will travel by bus via Cameron and Rim Drive for the Grand Can yon. After an overnight stay at Grand Canyon JNational Park the prime minister will see a Hopi Indian ceremonial dance the next morning. Monday, he leaves for Pres- cott, Ariz., and a lunch given by the mayor in his honor. Suhraw ardy then takes off for Las Ve gas, Nev., arriving at 2:45 p.m, The visitor will tour Hoover Dam. then spend the . night in Las Vegas. The Prime Minister leaves Tuesday for Los Angeles, arriv ing at 10:30 a.m. (p.d.t.) at Bur- bank airport. He will visit the Lockheed Aircraft plant and that night he will be guest of honor at a party given by for mer actress Mary Pickford. Tour Studios Suhrawardy will tour the, MGM film studios in Hollywood Wednesday morning and visit Disneyland that afternoon. The motion picture industry will hon or him at a dinner Wednesday night. The next day he will tour an oil refinery before leaving for Castle Air Force Base, and then he'll drive to Yosemite National Park. Suhrawardy will stay in the park Thursday night. Suhrawardy will depart from Castle Air Force Base Friday morning for San Francisco, where he is due at 11:15 at In ternational Airport. The prime minister will have a news con ference that afternoon in the Pakistan House. He will spend Saturday at Bohemian Grove, speak to the Bohemian Club and remain ov- Unsuspecting Dupes Sought in Mystery Of Body in Trunk New York W Police search ed today for two men, believed to have . been unsuspecting dupes, who delivered a trunk containing the bullet - riddled body of a 52-year-old painter to a Railway Express office for shipment to Los Angeles. A check of fingerprint files at FBI headquarters in Washington identified the victim as James Malloy of New York, formerly of Philadelphia. Woman Thought Killer The small caliber of the weap on used, a .22, gave rise to the theory Malloy had been shot by a woman, police said. His body, pierced by three slugs and wrapped in New York City newspapers, was delivered Thornton To Press Policeman Trials Portland HPi Attorney General Robert Y. Thornton said Sunday he expects to proceed with the trials of five Portland policemen who are accused of swearing falsely before a grand jury, despite the acquittal of police Sgt. Robert W. Sprague on a similar charge Friday. The five are charged with swearing falsely when" they told the grand jury they did not give presents or gratuities to fellow policemen to influence their en forcement of laws. i The Dalles Boy Dies After Auto Accident The Dalles API Melvin Barnes, 15, died at Mid-Colum bia hospital Sunday of a skull fracture he received in an auto mobile accident on Mill Creek road near here Saturday night. State police said that Barnes, ol the Dalles, was a passenger in a car driven by Marc Sanders, la, which struck a concrete bridge abutment. Sanders suf fered a concussion, but his con dition was listed as "satisfac tory." 'PREMIUM' GAS Cedar Rapids, Iowa ID) Richard Kossina, 28, gave a new twist to an old practice, accord ing to police. Charged with oper ating a still, Kossina alibied:, "I made the stuff to mix with gaso line for my outbroad motor." ernight. He will leave for Sac ramento, Calif., by car the next morning and visit the mosque there. 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They remained in the office about 25 minutes while a clerk weighed and insured the black tin trunk. After paying $40.92 for the shipment with $50, one remarked: "Let's go out and drink the rest up." HEADY SMOKE Chicago iipi Three Chicago area Marines lit up some mari juana today while police looked on. They were burning a four acre plot of the narcotic with Marine Corps flame throwers. AUTHOR DIES IN FIRE Detour, Mich. IIPI John Nev ille, author and ex-newspaperman, died Sunday in a fire that destroyed his home at Spring Bay, four miles north of this community. He was 56. Monday. July 15, 19S7 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE - V r If HENRY ZACHARIAS Division Manager Zacharias Heads English Ford Division Henry Zacharias, 725 ' South Keene Way, Medford, has been named manager of the English Ford division of Crater Lake Motors, Inc., West Main and South Fir sts.. He is operating the division at the company's car lot on Sixth and Fir sts. His appoint ment became effective on July 10. Zacharias was employed at Crater Lake Motors for a short time about a year ago and re turned to the company on July 10. He has lived in Medford since 1938 and was an appliance dealer prior to entering the automobile business about a year ago. Portland (IT) Portland marked up its 21st 1957 traffic fatality today after Arthur J. Cox, 43, died in a local hospital. Cox was injured in a two-car collision June 12. McLEOD Couple Meet In Honolulu McLeod Mrs. Walter Hillman went by plane to Honolulu re cently, where she met her hus band, who was on his way back home after spending three years in Korea. Hillman is bringing with him his young grandson, Johnny, to visit in America for a while. The Hillmans' son is married to a Korean girl. Mrs. Paul Lorrance has re turned from a month's visit with relatives in Vancouver, B.C. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Colskie, of South Gate, Calif., are the house guests of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Schuder and family. Mrs. Colskie and Schuder are brother ?.nd sister. Miracle Boy To Get Motion Picture Test New York Iff! Eight-year- old Benny Hooper, "the miracle boy of Manorville" who survived nearly 24 hours at the bottom of a well shaft is getting a chance to become a movie star. United Artists Corp., announc ed Sunday that Benny will be given a screen test within the next few weeks for the starring role in a movie about a boy's camp. Benny has not been told about his opportunity. However, his mother said she asked him if he would like to appear in a movie. . "All he said was 'Oh, boy,' " Mrs. Hooper related. Mrs. Marge Smith and daugh ter, Penny, moved to Gold Hill recently. Mrs. Sheryle Vaughn of Med ford, is staying with her grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Vaughn, at their ranch on Lau relhurst road. Mr. and Mrs. Claude Garret and family, of Ashland, Mr. and Mrs. Bud Netherland and fam ily of Medford, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Carlton and family, of Trail, helped their dad. 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