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MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or. A Monday. May 18, 1959 31,000 Americans Are Lung Cancer Vicitms Annually Washington -Science Serv-ice)-Arthur Godfrey is one of the 31,000 persons in the United States who will be stricken with lung cancer this year. Of this number, 26,000 will be males and 5,000 will be women. Unfortunately, the re covery rate for this disease is below five per cent. No one knows just what causes this, disease, but one famous theory holds that smoking tobacco products pro duces cancer. Controversy Flared Within the past few years, the lung cancer-smoking con troversy has flared like the smoldering end of a cigarette at each puff. For instance, Dr. Alton Ochsner, surgeon at the Ochs ner Clinic in New Orleans, points out that the incidence of lung cancer has increased proportionately to the in crease in cigarette sales in this country. "It is my firm conviction that every heavy smoker will develop lung cancer - unless heart disease or some other sickness claims him earlier," Dr. Ochsner said in Today's Health, a publication of the American Medical association. The article carried the nota tion that the House of Dele gates of the AMA has not taken a position on the possi ble relationship between smoking and lung cancer, due to the considerable difference of opinion among medical au thorities on this controversial subject. More Research Required Four other lung cancer ex perts recently met and decid ed that further research is re quired before anything defi nite can be said about the pos sible link between smoking and lung cancer. These four, three of whom are smokers, were Dr. Seymour M. Farber, chief of the University of Cal ifornia's Tuberculosis and Chest Service; Dr. Carlo Sir tori of Milan," Italy; Dr. Ber nard Pierson, France; and Dr. Anton Sattler, Vienna, Aus tria. ' The experts have stressed that lung cancer is becoming the number one killer among males more than 40 years of age. Lung cancer in the U.S. has increased 400 times in the past 30 years, Dr. Farber said. However, none would at tribute the increasing death rate to smoking. Dr. Farber suggests that perhaps the fact that men have to work in smoke-filled cities and facto ries may have a key role in the development of lung can cer. A two to six year study of 6,000 persons who showed no symptoms of lung cancer in itially was conducted by Dr. David A. Cooper of the Uni versity of Pennsylvania. At the end of the investigation period, 86 of the 6,000 had de veloped lung cancer. Of these victims, 85 were smokers, Dr. Cooper said. 6 Quotes From the News By UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL Poplarville, Miss.-A doctor, who asked to remain anony mous, on the condition of 32-year-old Arthur Smith, who suf fered a stroke after being questioned by FBI in the M. C. Parker lynch case: "The cerebral hemorrhage was brought on by extremely nigh blood pressure, and it's very possible this was the result of intensive question by the FBI." Jackson, Miss.-Roy Wilkins, executive secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, on the lynching of M. C. Parker: "The important aspect of the Poplarville lynching is not so much the horrible treatment of the victim as the horrible revelations about Mississippi." St. Louis-Ivan L. Deckard, captured after shooting it out with policeman during a drugstore holdup: "I'm not yellow. If I would have had more bullets. I would have shot it out with the police." Hollywood-Marilyn Cantor, on the death from cancer Sunday of her sister, Marjorie, 44, eldest of Comedian Eddie Cantor's five daughters: "She's had cancer for two years. We knew about il but we kept it from daddy and mother until seven weeks ago when she entered the hospital." Naples, Italy-Assunta (Baby Doll) Maresca, on being sen tenced to I8V2 years in prison for the vengeance murder of a racketeer who she accused of ordering the murder of her husband, also a racketeer: "If my husband came back to life and they killed him, I would do il again." Sands COX Professor Council on Scientific policy. He will speak at 8 p.m. Mon- To Lecture of Oregon day June 1? on SCience and Eugene - Sir Solly Zucker- democracy." man, a Sands Cox profesor of " anatomy at the University of Birmingham, England, will deliver a "Failing Distinguish- (11 flRQTtlfl' ed Lecture" at the University , UtWUW I Ull W of Oregon. Sir Solly is deputy chair- WieTaiv ma nof England's Advisory yggftgr Stripping Chimneys & Furnaces and Screens Cleaned - Oil Burner 6 Service-Ph. SP 3-6297 . Phone SP 3-1014 Evenings McPIFJTY FUEL CO. i PENNSYLVANIA TRAIN WlfECK General view. of derailed freight train which was hit at Paoli, Pa., by an express passenger train. The accident occurred when the 44-car freight train jumped the tracks seconds before the passenger express ar rived. Only one passenger on the express was reported injured. Eye Can Recreate Color Images From Superimposed Pictures New York, N. Y.-Recent experiments have demonstrat ed the astonishing fact that the eye can recreate images in full color from superim posed photographs made in only two closely related colors, a phenomenon wholly at odds with color theory as developed and taught for the past 300 years. The experi ments, which bring into ques tion the whole field of color perception, were conducted by Edwin H. Land, president and director of research of the Polaroid Corporation. As school children have been traditionally taught, the full spectrum of colors can be reproduced by mixing in ap propriate proportions the three "primary" colors of red, green and blue. The initial knowledge on which this tech nique is based came from the researches of Newton who in 1660 discovered. that a narrow beam of sunlight is fanned out into a band of colors when passed through a prism of glass. Simultaneously, New ton demonstrated that the in dividual colors could be gath ered together by a second prism and combined to make white light. Finally, he showed that when parts of the spectrum were excluded so that only two colors were combined, say yellow and blue, a spot of intermediate color is formed, in this case green. . . Variation of Experiment Dr. Land performed a varia tion of this latter experiment. He made two photographs of a' .scene in full color using ordinary black - and - white film. One picture was taken through a glass of light yellow color and the other through one of somewhat deeper yel low. After development the two black-and-white images were projected simultaneous ly on a screen, each filtered by the appropriate yellow glass. The resulting projected scene, according to classical theory, should have been yel low. "Instead," reports Dr. Land, "when the images were com bined on the screen the full range of colors present in the original multi-colored scene was reproduced. Though pale and unsaturated, the recreat ed colors were distinctly red, gray, yellow, orange, green, blue, black, brown and white! By this experiment we , are forced to the astonishing con clusion that light rays are not in themselves color-making. Rather they are bearers of information that the eye uses to assign appropriate colors to various objects in the image. "According to classical the ory as developed by Newjton and a long line of subsequent workers this result is wholly unexpected. What is wrong? The answer is that the ex periments of these great in vestigators had very little to do with color as we normally see it. They dealt with spots of light, particularly with pairs of spots, trying to match one to another. Under natur al conditions the eye is pre sented by scenes in many colors of random pattern. Now, we find, that when we take a pair of black and white pictures through any pair of filters which differ in wave length by a pertain critical amount, such as red and yel low, green and blue and so on, and project them with any pair of wavelengths which differ by a comparable amount we obtain an image HOWCOWNERS end m . huAqzt phi thai fits your needs... As your INDEPENDENT INSURANCE AGENT, we can combine all your fire and casualty insurance pre miums and arrange for you to pay for them in con venient monthly, quarterly, semi-annual or annual payments. Even policies you have in companies other than those of the America Fore Loyalty Group may be included. Upon request, we will be glad to give you complete information and help you select the budget plan which beet fits your personal or business needs. in full natural color. In fact, we obtain the range of colors even if one image is project ed in white light and the other in, say red! To Add Third Color "We are now preparing an experiment in which a third color will be added. Doubt less some improvement in color rendering will be ob served. However, there is not a very big gap in the sensa tion scale to be filled by the third picture. Even if more than two 'information chan nels' are used, we feel that the big jump in color percep tion comes when . a scene is viewed in the second color. Most of the capability of our eyes comes into play here. Color in the, natural image, we are convinced, depends primarily on the random in terplay of longer and shorter wavelengths of light over the total visual field."-Scientific American Feature. Visitation Day Set At Howard School Parents of next year's first first graders are reminded of the visitation day Tuesday, May 19, at the Howard school Parents and chidren are in vited to lunch at noon. After lunch, children will be guests of this year's first grade. Parents and first grade teachers will meet while chil dren's activities are conduct ed by members of the Howard Parnt Teachers association. Ipswich near London, Eng land, was a settled site per haps 2,000 years before the Roman occupation. BUSINESSMEN!. CnwhU m your fire and i.i caua,,y Insurance premiums. for your protection as you use it. YOUR Insurance 'dependent1 AGENT ITT I -s I Mtvts you frttr DON STATHQS, INSUROR Professional Insurance Protection 220 South Central Medford PHONE SP 2-2677 The Family Council Editor's note: The Family Council consists of a judge, a psychiatrist, three clergymen, a newspaper editor a women's editor and two writers. Each article is a summary -if an actual report. The Family Council does not give advice; it merely reports on problems that have been dealt with by responsible agencies an counselors. Elaine L. - My fiance is in considerate. Mrs. M. L. She just has last-minute jitters. Elaine L. I am 22 and en gaged. We are planning to be married in three months and perhaps I am getting the last minute jitters but anyway I am beginning to see a lot of things that worry me in my fiance. For example, Lou is sort of inconsiderate. He doesn't pay attention to the things I say about where I want to go and what I want to do. It is true that he spends a lot of money on me, taking me to the theater in the best seats and to elegant restaurants, but it is always the place he chooses. He just ignores my ideas or laughs at them. Another thing that bothers me is that he gave me a dia mond ring that had been used by another girl. He was en gaged to this girl two years ago and she gave him back the ring when they broke up. He didn't tell me about this when he gave it to me, but someone who knew the other girl recognized the ring and told me. I now feel unsure about my feelings. Mrs. M. L-There just is no such thing as a girl who doesn't get last-minute jitters before her marriage. I was unsure about my feelings too, but I have been wonderfully happy in a marriage of 26 years. Elaine has known Lou for nearly two years and I think that is enough time to really know your own feelings. Lou Open 'Til Tonight All CONTROLS ON HANDLE Single hit for choka, feit to slow and stop. r won J Vdf X'iS' 5SlJfslPy!fk 'n9 m engineering l WhiSSS' S3 I design and overall v I CF1: 'T' I I Garden Mark'rotary EASY HEIGHT ADJUSTMENT Just Mt wing nuts to any 1 of 4 lev h, m to 2. m t ( o down . 5 monthly J is a very good-looking young man with a promising future. The whole family is crazy about him. He has the kind of personality that people like at once. Plenty of girls would be glad to be in Elaine's shoes. As for the engagement ring that Lou never told about, I don't think that's so serious. He told us afterwards that he had just wanted to forget about the whole thing. He doesn't believe in living in the past. It's not as though it was a marriage. I can un derstand how Elaine feels about the ring, but men think differently about those things. They just aren't so sentimen tal. The Council: Certainly, Elaine is entitled to her last minute jitters, but we do not think it is wise to brush aside any rational worries or even irrational hunches. It does no harm to explore these things before . undertaking an enter prise ' as important as mar riage. Elaine's Lou may be all that her mqther says and "the whole family" may be crazy about him and she could still be unhappy with him as a husband. He may simply lack the qualities that are import ant to her. Elaine has known Lou nearly two years, but she has probably changed and grown a lot in those two years. She may at first have had a strong desire for marriage and a good deal of liking for Lou, yet she could have since be come aware of even deeper emotional needs. 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