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MAIL TRIBUNE. Medford, Or. C Sunday, March 6, 1960
'Atopic' Allergy
Said Protection
Against Cancer
By DELOS SMITH
UPI Science Edilor
New York -TJPD- A statisti
cal study suggests that "atop
ic" allergy, which makes its
victims miser
able period!
cally in the
well - known
allergic ways,
has the hid
den virtue of
protect ing
them from
cancer.
Dr.. Elmer
Deios smith W. Fisherman,
allergy scientist of the Uni
versity of Illinois, Chicago,
undertook the study because
of the growing body of evi
dence that there are natural
body defenses against cancer.
"These may explain the dif
ference between a cancer
prone and a cancer-resistant
person and differences in the
rate of tumor growth, inva
siveness, curability, and, on
very rare occasions, spontane
ous disappearance of the ma
lignancy," he said.
Response of Chemistry
"Atopic" allergy represents
an excessive response of de
fensive body chemistry to for
eign substances, such as house
dust or pollen, to which it is
sensitive. Non-allergic people
have a defensive chemistry
which isn't sensitive to these
substances.
For the purpose of his
study, Fisherman assumed
that the body chemistries of
"a t o p i c" allergy's victims
would react to any develop
ing cancer cells as they'd re
act to other foreign substanc
es - or "antigens." That is,
they'd over-react and so, over
protect. Whether this is so or not
can't be demonstrated chemi
cally; the science of biochem
istry hasn't advanced far
enough to do that. Hence, it
is a theoretical idea, but one
backed by a large number of
related facts.
Fisherman investigated the
allergy status of 1,185 cancer
patients. His definition of
"atopic" allergy was rigid, to
rule out those who had some
what similar sensitivities and
allergic symptoms. Of the 1,
185 only 38 were atopically
allereic. or 3.2 per cent of
the total.
Startling Discoveries
The accepted figure for the
total population is about
Der cent. But at the same
time, Fisherman was making
the same investigation in 298
hospital patients whose trou
bles had nothing to do with
cancer. Of these 298, 12.9 per
cent were subject to "atopic'
allergy.
Fisherman made some star
tling discoveries when he in
vestigated the allergy histo
ries of the 38 cancer patients
atopically allergic. He discov
ered that 14 of the 38 had been
but were no longer; their al
lergic symptoms had disap
peared 10 or more years be
fore their cancers developed
Two more had noticed that
their allergic symptoms were
diminishing at about the time
they were developing symp
toms of cancer. Of the re
maining 22, only one was se
verely allergic.
Fisherman reported his
findings to the technical jour
nal of the American Academy
of Allergy.
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Market Values Off
Nearly $5 Billion
New York-(UPD-Stock prices
went into a decline last week
that cut market values by
nearly $5 billion.
Railroad issues headed the
selloff, dropping the rail av
erage to a new 16-month low.
The Dow-Jones rail average
dropped 3.92 points, lowest
since the 4.58 point drop Nov.
24. 1958.
Industrials lost 9.32 points
in their average, blue chip
selling brought losses of 3
points in DuPont and General
Electric and steels dropped as
much as 3 points.
The severity of the market
decline was interpreted in
some quarters to a second
"selling climax" most traders
had been waiting for. The first
took place in mid-February.
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REGISTERING TO VOTE Negroes are
shown standing in line to register to vote
at Somerville, Term. Negro leaders had call
ed for a "march" of 1,000 Negroes to regis
ter, but far less showed up, possibly because
of ice and snow. About 75 whites and 75
Negroes were registered. The Negroes claim
Fayette county Democratic primaries are
for "whites only."
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INSPECTED and APPROVED
ill
Naming Hurricanes After Girls Finds
Favor With Actresses in Hollywood
Hollywood (DPD If the
weatherman is a fussy fellow
who nibbles his lunch while
perusing charts, it is all his
own fault.
He could be swashbuckling
through Hollywood collecting
kisses and getting his glasses
steamed up as name dropper
supreme if the names he
dropped were those of hurri
canes. Instead of peering at a
barometer, or making book
on tne cnances oi rain, ne
could be casually suggesting
the possibility of naming a
tropical storm "Linda. And
in that delightful moment of
suspense, says actress i,inaa
Cristal, "I would peck a kiss
on his head and on his nose
and on his mouth."
Would Pleas Jayno
Or he could be listening to
the philosophy of Jayne Mans
field. "If I had one named af
ter me, I would be very, very
pleased," she told United
Press International. Her voice
got downright husky when
she- got to th "very very"
part.
He might make the mistake
of trying the idea out on Va
nessa Brown. She aoesnt
want any part of it.
The weather bureau, in the
past, has drawn up a new
list of feminine names for
hurricanes and tropical
storms each year. It was
careful not to repeat any of
them.
But, it decided, the striin
was just too much. It has
revealed a new list with 84
names on it - a four year sup
ply. There are 21 names for
each year and, unless the
bureau changes its forecast,
the lists will be rotated ad
infintum.
It may take "a will of iron.
"I think," says Miss Mans
field persuasively, "that if
they were to use the names
of very famous stars, people
would really perk up their
ears and more could be done
to combat hurricanes. I have
had a lot of gentlemen say
they would like to do a little
combating with me.'.' .
For Peace or Beauty
"Gee. I think that's ter
rible," Vanessa Brown declar
ed. "I don't care to wreak
destruction personally or na
tionally. I would much rather
be the inspiration for peace
or beauty or some new form
of space exploration, say our
first successful landing on
Venus or a lake on Mars."
Barbara Hale wouldn't be
impressed either. "I already
have, one named after me,"
she said, "and I am very fa
miliar with two others." She
lists her hurricanes as Jody
(really Barbara) Bill and Nita
- her daughters and son.
"They are very dramatic,
very emotional and sometimes
very calm. And I love them."
But, back to Linda Cristal,
"I think it would be terrific
. . . a wonderful idea. It
would go with me. My temp?
erament is like a hurricane.
Maybe I could go watch my
hurricane from the top of a
palm tree."
Called Everything Else
Beverly Garland couldn't
care less. "I've been called
everything else. I might as
well be called a hurricane. I
think it would be nice just as
lo: g as I didn't come in for
any law suits for destroying
property."
June Lockhart says "I'll
buy it as long as hurricane
June stays in her own back
yard and out of mine."
Julie Adams has her own
reason. "My husband, Ray
Danton, studied to become a
weather man before getting
into the acting profession.
Therefore it might be nice to
have a hurricane named after
me," she said.
"I'm sure," said Felicia
Fair, "it was a man who had
an unhappy love affair who
decided to name hurricanes
after women. I resent it. We
aren't destructive, no matter
what any man says," she said.
Carolyn Jones said she
thinks it is fair to name hur
ricanes after women, but in
sists on equal rights for men.
"I wouldn't mind having a
hurricane named Carolyn, but
why don't they name torna
does after men? Most of them
are a lot windier than we are
anyway," she said.
Flow of Protest
The weather bureau began
tagging storms with girls'
names not long after World
War II. At first it created a
flow of protest from gallant
males. They still complain
occasionally.
But the girls seemed to like
it. Most of the bureau's mail
on the subject now comes
from girls who want hurri
canes for their namesakes,' a
spokesman said. That, he said,
was one of the reasons for
continuing to use feminine
names.
The list of names for this
year starts out with Abby,
then goes Brenda, Cleon,
Donna, Ethel, Florence,
Gladys, Hilda, Isabell, Janet,
Katy, Lila, Molly, Nita,
Odette, Paula, Roxie, Stella,
Trudy, Vesta and Winnie.
Not a Linda or a Jayne in
the batch.
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Area Cities Report
Perfect Records
The state board of health
has released the names of 102
water supply systems
throughout Oregon which had
perfect records during 1959
for the submission of speci
ments for bacteriological
analysis.
Dr. Richard H. Wilcox,
state health officer, said the
honor does not imply that all
systems were, perfect during
the year, or that the approxi
mately 350 systems which
failed to make the list had im
pure water.
The honor roll indicates
merely that those listed took
the precaution of having regu
ar monthly laboratory exami
nations made of their water as
a public health safeguard and
the samples examined met
the standards each month,
Dr. Wilcox said.
Among those systems with
Police Get Last
Laugh on Jokester
Queenstown, Md.-J o s e p h
White, 32, pleaded guilty to
disturbing the peace. Police
said a man called and report
ed, "someone's been stabbed.
Come quickly."
Police raced to the address
and found a man on a bed,
the handle of a large butcher
knife sticking from his chest,
his shirt covered with red
blotches.
When officers approached
the victim-White-sat up. The
handle of the knife, stuck in
a piece of cardboard inside
his shirt, fell to the floor.
The blood proved to be
ketchup.
perfect records from the
southern Oregon area are
Ashland, Cave Junction, Cen
tral Point, Gold Hill, Grants
Pass, Klamath Falls, Klamath
Falls air base, Medford, and
Talent.
Number of Flu
Cases Declining
The number of influenza
cases reported in Jackson
county last week declined
from previous weeks, accord
ing to the Jackson county
health department's weekly
report.
A total of 93 cases of influ
enza, including 60 in Med
ford, were reported, according
to Dr. C. I. Drummond, public
health physician. Other cases
reported totaled 6 in Jackson
ville, 10 in Phoenix, 3 in
Shady Cove and 14 in Ash
land. Other communicable dis
eases reported last week in
cluded chicken pox. Gold Hill
15, Ashland 4, Medford 7,
Shady Cove 1; pneumonia,
Medford, Gold Hill, Jackson
ville, Ashland, Rogue River,
1 each; mumps, Gold Hill 1;
whooping cough, Medford 3;
Only one of eight men
registered for the draft dur
ing World War I actually be
came a member of the na
tion's various military forces.
meningitis, 1 from Harbor in
Curry county; German
measles, Medford and Ash
land, 4 each; measles, Ash
land 3, Medford 2; and infec
t i o u s mononucleosis, Ash
land 1.
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