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ChemicaS Discovery Gives New Hope For Cancer Test By DELOS SMITH Uniled Press Science Editor New York IP An ex ceedingly odd chemical dis covery has renewed hope lhat science will some day come up with a relatively simple and thoroughly reli able test for hidden cancers. The discovery was that the virus which causes hoof and mouth disease in cattle has a definite reaction in the blood of healthy persons that it does not have in the blood of persons ill of cancers. No one should take this to mean a reliable cancer test is near, but it certainly shows that such a test is within the realm of scientific probabil ities. The virus and samples of human blood were brought to gether in test tubes to see if the former would "fix" the "complement" of the latter. You see, blood forms a fer ment which, together with anti-bodies, has the power to destroy disease - causing or ganisms such as viruses. Results Astonishing That ferment is called "complement." To see if it is working and active against any given bacteria or virus, you confront a blood smear with the organism. If the "complement" joins with an tibodies and comes together to destroy the organism, it is said to be "fixed" and the reaction is "positive." A team of Italian scientists confronted samples of the blood serum of 1,399 persons with hoof and mouth, virus in this complement fixation test and got astonishing re sults. Of their subjects, 931 were healthy and normal so far as the eye could tell. The complement was fixed, that is the reaction was positive, in 911 of them 97.85 per cent. Tried On Other Diseases But 101 of the 1,399 had cancers which had originated in the epithelium or surface layers of body tissue. Only six gave a positive reaction. The percentage of negative reaction was thus 91.08. That is highly suggestive, of course, that a negative re action to hoof and mouth vir us indicates the presence of cancer. But if the existence of cancer does prevent a posi tive reaction, then how about the existence of other dis eases? So the scientists worked with serum samples of 367 persons with a huge variety of diseases affecting the heart, blood vessels, lungs, endocrine glands, liver, kid neys, bladder, as well as an assortment of infectious dis eases. Of these, -303 or 82.56 per cent reacted as the nor mal healthy persons had and as the cancer patients hadn"t. Scientists Interested The scientific team was headed by Drs.. A. Serra and P. Lovisetto of the University of Turin, Italy. In their re port to the International Technical Journal, "Nature," they remarked that "the diag nostic interest of this special reaction of the complement fixation test is evident." To compound the oddity of it all, only one type of hoof and mouth virus would, set off the reaction. The others were not active. Nor were a number of other viruses that cause disease in animals but rarely if at all in people. The possibilities are many and, needless to say, the scientists now are running them down. Any test for hid den cancer has to be 100 per cent reliable; it can have no false positives and above all, no false negatives. Opposition No Block, Benson Tells Farmers Washington IP) Agricul ture Secretary Ezra Taft Ben son told four young farmers Saturday that opposition to his farm policies has "not dis couraged me one bit in these last five years." Benson said he was confi dent that "by winning the support of the people we can dF 4 i Vote For EARL FOR County Judge Former Mayor of Medford Th office of County Judge in Jackson County is first and fore most a BUSJNESS MANAGEMENT JOB. BUSINESS EXPERIENCE, as well as a record of public service, is a highly important qualification. EARL MILLER owns and operates his own successful business in Medford. He was also a successful MAYOR of MEDFORD; served on the City Council, Budget Commit tee and Planning Committee in Medford. He has long jmade a study of county problems. To further assure successful ad ministration of county business in the interests of ALL the people in EVERY section of the county, his office in the Jackson County Courthouse will remain OPEN TO ALL as much of the time as pos sible. He will always be readily accessibly ' for friendly discussion and counsel on all problems affect ing Jackson County taxpayers. I Paid Adv. Earl Miller for County Judge Committee. Collier Buffing ton, Chairman, Hillcrest Road, Medford. Urges New Roads For World Peace Plus Weapons Asilomar, Calif. (IP) Dr. Glen T. Seaborg, Nobel Prize winning nuclear scientist, be lieves the United States should develop all the wea pons of atomic age warfare but should seek new roads to world peace. The University of Califor nia scientist told delegates to the opening session of the World ' Affairs council of Northern California that to be unarmed or partially armed in the same world as a totally armed Soviet Union "is unthinkable for us and for our friends." However, he suggested that "massive exchanges" of Rus sian and American citizens would bring a better under standing between the coun tries. - Seaborg said he was not re ferring to summit conferences, but to a "really massive ex change of visitors, students and trainees numbering in the tens of thousands at least." i "The purpose of these visits would not be to engage in de bate as' to which political system is better, but merely to replace faulty information with true and perhaps even to get across the idea that deep down inside the other fellow doesn't really wish to blow one to smith ereens," he said. win over members of Con gress who have opposed us Selected this week by the U.S. Junior Chamber of Com merce as the nation's four outstanding farmers, the group met with Benson to dis cuss agricultural problems. The winners of the contest, cosponsored by the American Petroleum Institute, are Wil liam Erwin, 32, Bourbon, Ind., Cyrille Faure, 35, Visa- lia, Calif., Thomas La Chance, 34, Somersville, Conn., and Felix O. Bullard, 35, Monti cello, Fla. Faure asked Benson if he had been discouraged by the opposition to his efforts to reduce government regulation of agriculture. . "I have never been discour aged in these last five years," Benson replied. "There are many members of Congress we'll never change by sitting down and talking with them," he continued. But he said by "educating" the voters the support of such congressmen could be enlist ed. In response to another ques tion, Benson conceded that there are "inequities" in the laws regulating agriculture. He said he has been working to remove them. Fishing Junks Halted By Reds Hong Kong OP) Armed Communist Chinese patrol boats have been stopping Hong Kong fishing junks in the territorial waters of this British crown colony, Chi nese report. ' A government spokesman said five patrol vessels flying Communist Chinese ensigns were stopping fishing junks Thursday, and holding them as long as 40 minutes before releasing them. Royal naval units sent to the scene reported all quiet. The Chinese Communists announced recently that fish erment who wished to use fishing grounds near the Pearl fiver estuary must join the Red-sponsored Fisher men's cooperatives. They said that after May 1 all other vessels will be sub ject to seizure. New Effect Seen On Cosmic Rays Iowa City, Iowa OP) A "new effect" on cosmic rays has been revealed by the American satellites, Explorer I and Explorer II, Dr. James Van Allen of the University of Iowa said Saturday. Van Allen, in charge of in strumentation of the Explor er satellites, would not dis close anything further aboit the new effect now. The new data received from both satellites via a magnetic memory tape recorder and other recording instruments must remain "secret" for a while, Van Allen said. But i he added that additional in-1 formation might be available in tne next two or inree weeks. $30,000 Back Pay Ordered Restored San Francisco OPI The State Belt railroad has been ordered to rehire a switch man who was fired 11 years ago with back pay estimated at between $30,000 and $60, 000, believed the highest such award in history. Asst. State Atty. Gen. Her bert Wenig said the award was made to James W. Brew ster, now a San Francisco cab driver, last week by the Na tional Railway Adjustment board in Chicago. The defendant in the case which may be appealed in the courts was the State of California which operates the Port, of San Francisco. The Belt Line is under the Port's jurisdiction and con nects major railroads with the waterfront area. Huge Cargo Barge Built In Seattle Seattle OP) The world's largest cargo barge was launched in Seattle Saturday at the Todd shipyard. The barge, which is 299 feet long, 75 feet wide over all and has a hull 21 feet in depth, will join the large fleet of the- Upper Columbia River Towing company and its asso ciate companies. Built at a cost 'of $1,600,000 the huge barge is capable of carrying five million board feet of lumber and has a dry cargo space of 170 thousand cubic feet. The first trip for the barge will be to haul . petroleum from Seattle to the mouth of the Columbia river. It will continue to Coos Bay, Ore., and then to Los Angeles. Company officials said it would be used chiefly in runs between Seattle and Alaska. Los Angeles OP) Prop erty taxes for public school districts throughout the coun ty for the current fiscal year totaled $329,280,483, account ing for almost half of the county's tax revenue, it was learned Saturday. Magazine Mountain, at 2,785 feet, is the highest point in Arkansas. CARTOON CHIDES FRANCE London rtP! The Daily Ex press Saturday caried a car toon showing a guard dozing outside the French National Assembly Building. Instead of counting sheep he was count ing premiers. Buy At Builders Supply 3 QUALITY BLOCKS Bricks, Flues, Drain Tile 727 W. McAndrews Ph. SP 2-4107 Emergency Salk Comes To London London JIP) An emergen cy shipment of American Salk polio vaccine arrived in Lon don Saturday and apparently marked the end of a growing domestic .political quarrel. The three cartons of vac cine, produced by a Detroit firm, were immediately rush ed -to a British testing labo ratory to be checked. More shipments were to follow to relieve a shortage of anti-polio vaccine in the country. Charges of "bungling in competence" erupted against the health ministry when it was announced that supplies of domestically-produced po lio vaccine were depleted with the polio season just be ginning. The government countered with a special order for emer gency shipments of American vaccine. Establishment of the U.S. marine corps was authorized by the Continental Congress in 1775. New Perception In Movies This Week By VERNON SCOTT U.P. Hollywood Writer Hollywood dPi First ap plication of subliminal percep tion. tin movies was demon strated this week, but the au dience was so engrossed in looking for "subconscious" symbols it ignored 'the pic ture. Using a process called Pre con, drawings were superim posed on the film in rapid succession, faster than the conscious eye could see. When the villain menaced the heroine snakes were flash ed onto the screen. For love sequences a heart winked on. During frightening, suspense ful scenes of the mystery drama the words "blood" and "death" were used. To scare the living bejab bers out of the audience a skull was employed. Gimmick Distracts For demonstration purposes at a press preview of "My World Dies Screaming" a 10 minute segment utilizing sub liminal techniques, was shown, followed by another showing with the symbols plainly in evidence. During the initial screening viewers nudged one another, announcing they could spot the subconscious signals clearly. Does It Work? Advance knowledge of the gimmick . distracts attention from the picture. It also cre ates an added sensation of anticipation. Whether it achieves its pur pose heightened emotional response to particular scenes is still in question. Viewers could not agree on their reactions. A better test would be a showing in which the audience was not aware of the experiment. The second film with the symbols visible surprised viewers. They chalked this up to scratchy film. Still in its infancy, sub liminal perception is not ex pected to bail motion pictures Kaff Appointed UP Bureau Manager Tokyo OPI The appoint ment of Albert E. Kaff as United Press bureau manager in Taipei, Formosa, was an nounced Saturday by Earnest Hoberecht, United Press vice president and general man ager for Asia. Los Angeles HP) Gov. Goodwin J. Knight said Sat urday he feels the governor ship provides excellent train ing for U.S. senatorship. out of the doldrums. It is not I spectacular enough. There also is doubt that the public favors having its collective subconscious mind massaged by a bunch of film producers. Nevertheless, the process has been christened with a fancy name, "Psychorama," in the hope that potential movie goers will believe the process holds startling innovations. A mass audience survey will be made following re lease of the picture. If it fails to prove effective, audiences can relax and attend movies content in the knowledge that the subconscious is free of snakes and skulls. MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Monday, April 21. 1958 I. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 1 1 A.M. 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