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Show Utahns Over Top In Cancer Drive Despite a year in which a business busi-ness recession occurred, Utahns have again contributed enough money to put the state "over the top" in the annual drive to conquer con-quer cancer. Walter M. Jones, president, and Gerald G. Smith, campaign chairman, of the Utah Division, American Cancer Society, So-ciety, have announced, that contributions con-tributions on July 22 reached $135,023, 104 per cent of the goal of $130,000. Utahns have been generous in the past few years with regard to the cancer battle that the Utah Division is in a position to contribute con-tribute an extra $10,000 to the American Cancer Society this year for the general research fund. Normally 25 per cent of all funds collected in Utah go to the national office for research purposes. The extra money being sent now is in addition to that 25 per cent and represents money accrued through the generosity of Utahns and through efficient operation of the Utah Division. Research activities in Utah, at the University of Utah and Utah State University, have been granted three times as much money in each of the past several sev-eral years than Utah has sent to the national office for research. re-search. Under the system at least a part of the'extra $10,000 will find its way back to Utah to pay salaries and expenses of Utah research scientists and staffs. |