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12 MAIL TRIBUNE, Mtdford, Oregon, Thursday, January 22, 1959 Immunization Against Cancer Continues To Hold Ray of Hope Editor's note: Following u the final dispatch on what is being done to conquer cancer. By PATRICIA McCORMACK New York-(CPD-A few years ago, immunization against cancer was a wild dream. Today, it is a remote hope. In a not-tooiistant tomor row, you can bet that a "M o d e 1 - T" immunization against cancer will be a reality. To reach this goal, a chain gang boss couldn't drive -cancer detectives any harder than does the evidence that there are natural defenses against cancer. At the Sloan-Kettering In stitute for Cancer Research, clues to the nature of these defenses have been uncover ed. And there is some under standing of how they work. Top Attention Around the world, immuni zation against cancer is getting top-level attention. The reason: Medicine is at its finest not when it cures but when it prevents. Stubborn scientists want more than a cure for cancer. They want a sure-fire preven tive-some day. During the famous "cancer transplant" experiments at Ohio Penitentiary, some se crets were discovered about natural defenses against can cer. And, it has been demon strated that human beings can be immunized against trans planted cancers-although not against their own. 'Problem in Picture Another recent foray into the body's Maginot Line against cancer brought "prop erdin" into the picture. This is a substance found in the blood. In 38 healthy Ohio prison inmates, properdin levels av eraged seven units. None was below two units. Fifteen ad vanced cancer patients studied at the same time, av eraged less than two units Six had practically none. Now, answers are sought Constitutionality Of Crook School Action Questioned Salem (LTD -Constitutionali- school matter until opportu- ty of the law under which nity had been given the Leg- the State Department of Edu- islature to enact laws to firm cation has threatened to stop up the constitutionality of all state funds to Crook coun- laws on school standards, ty because schools are over- Senate President W a 1 1 er crowded, has been questioned Pearson called on the Com- in the Senate. mittee for speedy action on Sen. Carl Francis (R-Day- the problem, saying that he ton), chairman of the Senate felt the Education Depart- judiciary committee, said a ment was acting without con Senate resolution would be in- stitutional authority. troduced asking the education Francis said the question of department to defer any ac- constitutionality was raised tion 'on the Crook county by Legislative Counsel Sam Three Appear in Circuit Court , Three men appeared before Circuit Court Judge James M. Main on criminal charges Tuesday afternoon. Clifford LeRoy Eckel, 19, of 2409 Happy Valley rd., Medford. received a three- year suspended sentence and was placed on probation for three years after pleading guilty to contributing to the found because of the terraine delinquency of a 14-year-old it was necessary to locate the Haley, who thought there was an unconstitutional delega tion of legislative powers involved. The statute, Haley said, con tains no standards for the guidance of the board in pro mulgating school standards. Francis said that he felt the Board of Education, through its administrative staff, had erred in the . Crook county matter and in Columbia coun ty as well The city of Clatskanie is built on a hillside," Francis said. "The Clatskanie school board built a school and girl. He had waived the right to a grand jury hearing. Sentencing of Lewis Ed ward Parcel, 71, of box 299, Rogue River, was continued pending receipt of an FBI re port. Parcel had waived the right tp a grand jury hearing and right to counsel and pleaded guilty to burglary not in a dwelling. He was charged with breaking and entering Ernie's Building Supply in Rogue River Aug. 30, and tak ing tools, paint and 50 cents in pennies. "Wain Charles Johnson, Grand hotel, Medford, waived right to a grand jury hearing, and counsel and pleaded guilty to district attorney's in formation charging him with burglary not in a dwelling The case was continued for sentencing. Johnson is charged with breaking into and entering Dick and Dot's cafe, 21 North Bartlett St., on Jan. 16. playgrounds some two blocks from the school. Prineville i Problem 'I was told by citizens of Clatskanie that the Depart ment of Education informed the Clatskanie school board that if state funds were to be forthcoming, it would be necessary to locate the play ground immediately adjacent to the school building. "How in the world can this be done?" he questioned. The Crook county problem is centered in Prineville which has all but 200 of the coun ty's 2,482 pupils. There are two schools in the city, both overcrowded, with one ele mentary school with 607 and the other with 726 pupils. Engineering Enrollment Dips Deputies Arrest Two Talent Youths Washington. (Science Serv- ice)-Fewer college freshmen enrolled in engineering cur riculums this past fall than at the same time in 1957 After increasing steadily Two Talent youths, 15 and for seven years in a row, 16 years old, have been ar- freshman engineering enroll- to two key questions -Do some persons get can cer because they lack prop erdin? -Or are their properdin lev els low because a cancer growth has interfered with properdin formation? And there is a third ques tion: will transfusions of prop erdin help a cancer patient to fight the disease? An enormous effort has been launched to answer these questions. Another Phenomenon Spontaneous regression - or self-healing of cancer-is an other phenomenon under study. In one recent study it was shown that at least 47 genuine cancers "cured them selves" in the absence of treatment. In other words-it is some-' times possible for a person to subdue his own tumor. The exact mechanism behind this rare occurrence is not under stood. When it is, victory over cancer-all-out victory-may be closer at hand. In working up the cancer balance sheet, there are two other sub-headings: krebiozen and cigarets. Both are controversial. Krebiozen, a drug, is thought to regulate cell growth. It was developed in 1949 by Dr. Stevan Durovic. former as sistant professor of medicine at the University of Belgrade, Yugoslavia. The cancer-punch is Krebi ozen is said to come from the blood of horses previously in jected with an antibiotic. Its backers say the drug lias help ed 50 per cent of the patients who have taken it. In 1951, the American Medi cal Association investigated the drug and said it was of no value. But Krebiozen en thusiasts, led by Dr. Andrew C. Ivy, of the University of Chicago Medical School, ques tioned the report's objectivity Recently, the National Can cer Institute announced plans to evaluate Krebiozen. Dr. John R. Heller, head of NCI, said it is reasonable to ex pect" that this will begin in 1959. Hands Off Attitude The American Cancer So ciety meanwhile, has adopted a "hands off" attitude toward the drug. Not so with the ACS and cigarets, however, The society has accepted evidence that cigaret' smoking is "a causative factor in lung cancer." The U.S. Public Health Service feels the weignt of tne evidence in creasingly points in this direction: '. "That .excessive c i g a r e t smoking is one of the causa tive factors in lung cancer." But the Tobacco Industry Research Committee main tains that since so little is known about cancer, it is not possible to say that lung can cer is produced by cigaret i smoking. Meanwhile, not even the most optimistic of scientists will predict the exact year of victory over cancer. Dr. Charles S. Cameron, former president of the American Cancer Society and dean of Hahnemann Medical College Philadelphia, looks at it this way: "Science will gradually overcome the cancer fortress by a process of persistent siege. Cancer research has been underway for barely two generations and its present pace was set not more than 10 years ago. So there is no reason for pessimism.'' rested by - Jaclr son county sheriffs deputies on charges of burglary not in a dwelling, according to Chief Criminal Deputy Paul Bettiol. ment in colleges and universi ties of the United States and its outlying parts fell off sharply at the beginning of this school year, . Arthur S. The youths are charged Flemming. Secretary with breaking a rear window In the Talent Union service station Dec. 7 and entering the service station through the same window on Dec. 31 when it is charged they took some soft drinks and tools and rolled a power-mower out into a neighboring orchard where they set fire to it. They have been turned i over to Jackson county ju venile authorities. 51000 Visitors Are Listed at Ski Bowl Dunsmuir-More than 5,000 persons visited the Mt. Shasta Ski Bowl last week end. Bill di Cristina, lodge manager, announced. Health, Education and Wel fare, reported here. First-year enrollments in engineering climbed to 78,757 I in the fall of 1957. Last fall, enrollment " tumbled 11 per cent to 70,129. Dr. Flemming called this a serious setback in a field of education vital to our nation al security in a period of revolutionary tech nological change. Total undergraduate enrollment in engineering subjects also dipped by 4.4 per cent. Ashland Bands to Present Concert Ashland Ashland high school will present three He said 2,410 were at the bands, the 55-piece concert Bowl Saturday, and 2,831 band, a special novelty Ger Sunday. He added that pro- man band, and the Grizzly visions are being made to in- dance band in a concert crease parking facilities. Thursday, Jan. 29, in the high There was no traffic problem school at 7:30 p.m last week end, he said, but The program will include additional parking space is marches, suites, popular and needed. , semi-popular music, R a o u 1 Free shuttle service about Maddox, band director, said five minutes is offered from Tickets may be purchased the present paved parking from band members, Maddox, lots to the lodge. or at the high school office. You're of your best I 1 anywhere you go.' J V y V J As always, OK MARKET brings you the FINEST in Meats, the FRESHEST in Produce and the HIGHEST QUALITY Possible in all its Staple Groceries. 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