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.
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