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Show Anri! is Cancer Control Month in State of Utah (lavei ii: r Calvin 1.. Hampton Hamp-ton l-'r.day signed a p,n;-la iinati ' P d.'clai' i:;;; A,pril "Cancer Control Month" in I'lall and ur.-ed citiens tu join th'.' Mint ul a .:a :.!., up i ! 't 1 1 a. ' 1 1 disease wh'.-h will ,-tr:ko si in.- 2,10.) I'tahui dm ii g th:s year. The proclama'ii il asked residents of the ;!ato to supper! sup-per! the r. s;-ai .-h, e. i.ea' ien jiiul fund rising effort's (if the I't; h Division of the American Amer-ican Cancer Society during its annual April Ciusade. On hand to watch 111-signing 111-signing ware two cf cani'-er's victims in I'tah ho'.h Vi un ; e.hildri-n. Hiiian Andot-siiii, ID, son (-.r Mr. ;;rd Mrs. Mhner Andersen. An-dersen. 23 South 11th West, Salt Lake CJy; He.-ky Farns-w Farns-w oi Ih. 6, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lev is Fan-iwortl', Meiii-tain Home, Duchesee ('(un'y. have experienced cancer surgery within the p;:st year. Brhn lost Irs rght ( ye 'o rurgery last year when doctors doc-tors found a fast grow'ng vancer on liis cydid and were forml to remove tne orb to save his life. The Cancer Socic'y is taking st ps to make sure that he leroivcs a prosthesis to re-p'ace re-p'ace ti-.e missing eye. Becky lost a left 'leg and h p to surgery in order to halt a gn wing cancer and the parents of the pretty little girl have, promised to do everything possible t help support research which can s.'.ve tho tragedy of cancer. can-cer. In s'gnirg the proclamation, proclama-tion, tl-.e go-( rner noted that only cne of every three cancer can-cer victnr.s is being saved because many aro seen by c.ietors too la'c rrtor !'ij d sense ha.s begun to sprea I. However, he noted that one cut of two cancer patienls ci uld be cured with present knowledge and methods cf trca'Tnent, if diagnosed in tail" and properly treated. ( lo i rn. :r liainp'ou said thai I'egii.ai' phv,ie;d checkups and a knew led :e of the wai file fi-le ; s'-f.-ils of car.-er o aid Save hai: hvd , .f lives e.i' h o ir. K h i ts imatc ti :.t one (it lour living Americans i .'voleo e.'aei r. On a national nation-al sca'e 'Hint is !'.) million ipt'i pie as iikk h as tho cn-t cn-t ro pi filiation f France. Seine s.-enli.-'s and mi'd;-cal mi'd;-cal leaders have called bathe ba-the euro of cancer to he m ule n na'ii :i:.l go d in the ih ,-adc i f Ih" Seventies, jih-t as reach r..; the moon was a goal of the Sixties. (ioveiiier Hampton cited some cf the programs cop ducted by the I'tah Division ( f the American Cai'.c. r So.j k 'y uirch ci ntr. bated to the struggle against malignant malig-nant disease. These include rural cancer clinics which are being Ir Id in th nly p pulated areas of Utah where th.-ie are only a fi w doctors. They a: e aimed aim-ed ;.' deti L-tirg cr nccr in women, wo-men, and some malignancies malignanc-ies hive been found in the more than 1,5'!!) women screened so far. The Canci r Society also is ;ajig nniv.-ial support to research into the causes and cures cf cancer. It provide service to canci r pationls lik I'li'.an and Becky and pn. motes education programs pro-grams to alert and help tii?. public as well. On hand for the signing of th" proclamation wire E. LaMar Buckner, state Crusade Cru-sade Chairman for tho Cancer Can-cer Society, and Ellis R Ivrry. Salt Lake County Crusade Cru-sade Chairman. Mr. Buckner s ated that the Cancer Society needs th-2 gen. -reus support of all Uu.hris to help finance medical medi-cal research projects at a time when federal spending on such work has fallen off ;.-id many p.-envslng new av r.ues of research are b"-L b"-L nna-g to -pi n up to scientists. scien-tists. W.'h'irt such genercus assistance, as-sistance, some research projects pro-jects may have to go without suppi rt. And key answers to the dread disease of cancer may be contanied in one of tho'.-e projects, he said. During the month of Apt II g' I in I7,l!iii) Volllnleer Work ( i s u ill vi .it all lioini-s and bir r.e s f ir'i.s threughuir ,11. e s'alo to d;.-,l' lalte ' lire- .'lavia .; ii.fi t a.ati'.a on -cor a::! ' eel: f.r m - ! (,-. i'i'i' -. to cany o:i the l - Ii! ;i-'.-i!i,-.t the d :-,o.-r.e. |