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FILE NAME: Newspaper & Magazine Articles (NMA) DATE: 1959 Apr 7 DOC#: NMA118 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: LA Times - Cigarette Smoking Called Major Cause of Increasing Lung Cancer f c y a i a i c i tu f tu r^ . ^HELLER, Times Motion Picture Editor a l ong time_since a musical won anAead.-. >r best picture, but last night "Gigi" did `Gigi" made a runaway- out o i the-Oscar ting nine awards and takiilg an honorary ard won the! [Fu11 of Picture ea ' I Oecari ceremony oo Pag 3, u a ia foi hen Part I. Other ni and pictures 1 `T Want, to ras R awl 27. Part U )avid--Niven. I m "Separate ted from the acting classifi hange of pace cation despite his joyously ewxacredllefnort choorns-t insouciant portrayal of the gay o ld ; bolder ardier m on the Oscar', 'Gigi" but was recompensed m a -uppori'JS't night with a .p *':r ! cued for his Oscar -- "Gigi" waltzed y ' Big Cou.'ui v.'' v-!tli 10 kudo-. _____ irung artres- 11 'vas the fn's-t -mu-ncal \ 0 Wendy Hiller,win as a picture -nice "An Table " Miss American m Paris.'1Not mlv gland making that. this figure of 10 ties y ___ ,__________ [W ith lO .'lfl's e i g h t _uL a s_ tw o - presentation'honoranes reached by "Gone Pattern ttiat'''A'itl-i the Wind." it also ed from most passes the eight plus anJimirlcludm mv oranum to-Samuel Goldwvn " " -L-fo ................................ 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V b A 'U tt R P ag e 7 S , P a rt 1 * f their supreme'Atlanticmrg shipped trB asra,1raq'si H 0 J 0 3 T M IW I commander, Adm. Jerauld'main Persian Gulf port, un- U V I V U I U l V Amendments. Ww nriggnht wnho adecltaried thart dtleiarteadprtte0otexlhteouf, bt0eh!,:ngtrrvep0af "one of the reasons the So- origin. They would, he given viets plcked Berlin (for the Iraqi nationality immedi- Primbry Baltering to Schools and Fill Pub current showdown) is th a t atel>' uPn their arrival, pos- BY ROBERT BLANCHARD BY CABLTO naval and marine forces silly for use as soldiers in Times Htfit Representative ; the armed forces of leftist With an opportunity to can't get a t it." Premier Abdel Karim Kas- SAt3bdEN?fO, April 6. concerning" the city tax ral The four-star American sem, the sources added. Gov. Brown today scored a portant municipal offices at admiral, who, beads one of More Expected dcisive inctory in his fight, approximately a million vot MATO'S two international __That Egyptian a g e n c y io n fair employment .prac- polls-today-at. the-regular - "military commands, pointed without^iving a source, add tices legislation that virtual- election. out that most of the ' wold ed that other ships are ex-ily assured its enactment Approval of Proposition A, whaavre's bporervdieoruesd troonubtlhee spsoeats,,PCeocmtemc^u1n0istc agrror uypsadtdoitiIornaqal later in the week. the last item on the bal.oi where .allied sea p o w er--1_ Port ahd yoU,,e officials ot The test "of strength came wou'd hike the elementa- ' ddscnbla^.rK A T O X ouncil^01'' Said- wfere- re>SrKd--tO; vute school tax" clng"33" cents. President Joseph Luns as have had difficulty g c l n g 1 rejected changes from $1.30 to $1.65 per $ii)0 `second to non-'."---h\s given aboard the Gruzia t-m a k e a, ould assessed valuation; if p > the W est decisive ac -antage, routine check emasculate the aarmnistra- posed City Charter Amend _ _ Called Artificial Port Said said other- Rus-iUon'backed biUjsian ships loaded wi'.i arms The changes, whim were ment No. 1, heading the *i-,t Luns, who is foreign min-[ha(j passed through-the canal supported by the Senate Fi-j^ eight nance Committee, were nro-'|rreevvilssiloonn. proposed mmeeaassuurreess -hart' oonn t ister told a of t h press e Netherlands,Hast w e _ k and conference tnatjXraq.while their her i-u for papers gave posed by ,,mate President1ballot, is rejected toe 1 it is often forgotten that their destinations as ports of i'!' TeI"P<we H u g h M.uate next year wut go up _-4be-whoie_-Bei!lin-erisisris-an VYoemmoenn aonritcTl KUoeHd CiVhiinnoa. 1AjUfllSr<f>Presno)r~ __ u-cente-'more.- Chartei A m etiJ |ment i is designed to put the artificial, Russian-provoked This report follows ae- Effect of Changes . firf. anci pohee pension s_vs- crisis" to test t h e West's co_unts_in the press of the -aimtyyafiiP-reselve Basically, they w e r e de-tem on an actuarial basts a i ' --The tail, English-speaking PleaseTurn to Pg. 9, Col 3 signed to.strip the five-mem-;spread - ..ber commission--which then arm-yr gate cases-of -discrimination!-- . *.m. to 7 p.m. o a sto u a r( "" Secretary General Paul-Hen- m employment--because J-'-HThe polks will be-open fi o n WT Spaak,- said ~that" success race, creed, color, nationalT a.m. to 7 p.m. Citv Cle-.: Races to A id in the forthcoming Big Four origin or ancestry -- ot itVWaher Peterson >esie.-d ,y foreign ministers' conference investigative p o w e r s and-vtuck to a previous predi - at Geneva- andoa possible . make it' a quasi-] u d i r i a lltion that onlv ticuvecn ,3 V , Russ Sea main -Kumnntmeeting w ittrthe-S?F bod}', vi-ith the investigative and 46c'o of the voters . 1 viet Union later this `show-- i mer "depends on-whether on booth? If it re , ,e C. j the Russian side there is real desire to negotiate." a cutter Storis was en route They also would have lim-jClerk doesn't expect even He" said' there will be to a Russian trawler in the ited the pay of the commisBering Sea tonight to ren sion members to $50 a day 35c'o to vote The complete ballot todav something gained ifAhfy'to show whether or not the der aid to a critically injured for each commission meet includes contests for ing. ------ -----. Gity--Council offices, eig.it fosr Russians are sincere.-If they Soviet seaman. The emergency aid wa I__Rums told the Senate that. posl<t_nn.. the Board, o f - lli do reconfirm the western being rendered m rejgpnseiunless his amendments werejucation, eight proposed r _powers' rights-in West lin, which-Khrushchev Berchal to a call to the State De adopted,' there- wfool'd"ybeichaTter amendmients and nothing to prevent the five | Proposition A, the scho ,1 lenged last November with partment embassy, from the Russian asking for help in members of the commir-wonitax measure. "not the slightest reason," "*** r UM"" " 6 -Wi HV.-M ili . J. , j then there.is some chance getting the man to a hospital n :0?1 .ru".n!? a over. Sehdol Contes * -at-the-earliest possible mo-jstate mitl-rag c;ise' ' Thg Bo.4rd Qf EduCdti0T, Please Turn to Pg. 9, Col. 1 ment. Please Tyrp to P,^...lw, C-l. lcnm psts whirl, n-u-.olve ii. 1only ;i city-wide - ote h>it Cigarette Smoking Called Major also in-iiide sevt--. h n - jdred precincts outside of t ` , ;ity , appaiently w eit vi _ Cause of Increasing Lung Cancer BY HARRY NELSON Time Medical Editor EXCELSIOR SPRINGS, Mo., April 6 -- A panel of INDEX OF the nation's leading cancer "d e t e c t i v e s " today con demned smoking as the No. 1 culprit in the rising inci dence of lung cancer. Only two of the e i g h t -experts made more than a passing reference to air pollution as a cause,------- THE WEATHER "The fumes haven't been in the air enough years and not enough people have ' lived there (Los Angeles) long enough to get any big change in the statistics," said Dr. E. Cuyler Hammond. American . Cancer Society and Yale I'nUer-it} .uumician, with other issues .or top m- jterest in the election. diets of candidates backed by t w !Committee for B e t e ; "It is true that the lung'in a nonsmoking population |Schools was opposed by cancer rate is highe'r in cities!such,as the Seventh-day Ad- Please Turn to P* 21, Co 3 ' ^thainnin rau-ral areas butj muchiivsmenotgl-^fitiledj L0o"s8Angeles, su1e1-1 13 dU t0|gwt that air-pollution by ,t- finn .J onsulJP*iself plays a `rather m nor role panelist, Dr. ErnSeasi?t _aL.n5W^ylenr-,!rinantfh.,,er develo1pme. nt of lungh Our Fist Must Be B der of the Sloan-Kettenng; u . ., ! istitute, New York , S m o k i n g contributes (o, TTS._ must have Tug fi-t ai The rarity,of lung'cancer more than f 0 - of the ll!n8 made will be kept by Ku- u _______________ Icanger in, American males. conference, Ex-Pres:ue:t ' . according to available evi dence. The death fate for ON OTHE cancer of th lung in white ASTOJjOGY. v*g* 2. P art 2 No smog today. American males-has in BRID GE BY SH EIN W O U ), Pa* 12, P a r t 2. U.S. Weather Bureau creased from 3.5 per 100,000 CLASSIFIED. Pag;* 7 2, Pai t f o r e c a s t : Decreasing population in 1930 to 28 in COMICS. Pag 6. P a h R cloudiness .today, be- s 1956. In females the rate has COMMUNIST 4. P a r t 1 DOCTRINF. Page coming mostly sunny 3 gone from 2,1-t o . 7 duriqg CROSSWORD. 2D. P ^ it ! this afternoon and to-' -Ihe s^me period. . ' J>R'AM4 AND MUSIC. S m orrow High t o d a y near 72 Yesterday's P art J. if e e ra l of the experts, who DR. ALVARE7 Pap ? Ps t 2 lugh, 66; low, .')"> addressect mcdiva! v mci s on EDITORIAL, PajEfA4 o Psi P Ilease Turn t. * B 2-, C#,. _2i JmAAMVICCYl.APLajrepaa1p-7,, rP, *it.t 2c, t * V A rticle 3 --No Title Los Angeles Times (1886-Current File); Apr 7,1959; ProQuest Historical Newspapers Los Angeles Times (1881 - 1985) pg. 23 C A N C 2 R S E M IN A R T Continued from First Page i rieating plants; lead, zinc and the final day of aniAmerican copper miners; shipboard en Cancer. Society.'seminar, in gpienter-orloeoummwoprrkoedruscetxs;posceodntodica,ted tha^t smog-ma*y hav--e-; OstUrUuVcUtiUoUn painters Calni-lUd. Vco,Vmilli-" far more influence in caus-1mercial and r e s t a u r a n t ing death in people w i t h l cooks, heart Or-asthma; conditions. Both industry and labor .Occupation-a. Factor organizations have social ob- A new study conducted in legations to employees for California has indieated that fc* development of cancer several groups of workers. Prevention m easures,. Dr, including welders, cooks and Breslow said. Industry fears commercial painters, have a th costs, unfavorable pubhigh incidence of lung can- ^^ty and increasing governcer.;The:studyVwas reported mental regulations w h i c h by Dr.:Lester Breslow, chief might emerge f r o m more of the chronic disease bureau general knowledge of such of the California Department problems, he said, of Public Health Trade unions have some- "I agree- t h a t cigarette times stressed extra pay for smoking, seem s to be the hazardous occupation. such major cause of the large increasean ltm g cancer cases." Dr. Breslow said. "But at least a substantial minority, it appears, mustbe accounted for by occupation. . "Indeed, the whole sub ject of industrial exposure and cancer needs urgent at tention." Dr. B r e s l o w examined records of more than 500 lung-cancer patients in 13 California hospitals starting in 1950, and found a higherthan-expected lung-cancer incidence among welders, steam fitters, b o i l e r m a k ers and: other w o r k e r s exposed to asbestos, bridgecrane operators in metal fab- as those involving exposures even affect miners of urani to certain d i s e a s e .risks, r a t h e r than emphasizing preventive measures which m i g h t be undertaken, he added- A m o n g the established chemical and physical can cer-causing agents for man, according to Dr. Michael B. Shimkin of the U.S. Public Health Service, are chemi cals like arsenic affecting the skin, chromates for lung, nickel for nasal sinuses and lung and naphthylamine for bladder. Only Two Smoke um and- other- radioactive ores, i A ll eight of the specialists agreed that it has been defi nitely established that ciga rette smoking is a major cause of lung cancer. Only two of the panelists, smoked and they smoked pipes. Dr. Breslow emphasized the potential danger of dyes, aromatic ' amines, chromate ores*and petroleum products, including wax and paraffin, which have been associated with cancer of the scrotum. In m odem ` industry, he Also, ultraviolet radiation, said, new chemical processes including sunshine, causing are being developed almost cancer after excessive ex faster, than they can be cat posure, and radiation from alogued, to say nothing of X rays `or radioactive ma th eir being adequately in terials affecting the skin or vestigated for possible dan the bone marrow. This may gers'to workers. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission.