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Show Editorials .... CANCER and the H-BOMB In a hydrogen bomb attack cn an unidentified American city of 1,240,000 population, 40 would escape death it thev received advance warning and took precautions. This estimate was made public in Washington a few months ag;o by Civilian Defense Administrator Val Peterson. Pet-erson. In an attack by cancer the nation's No. 2 killer - Americans Ameri-cans have a 50 chance of escaping es-caping death if they receive warning and obtain early, adequate ade-quate treatment. So American Cancer Society statistics indicate. indi-cate. Mr. Peterson disclosed that the government was experimenting experi-menting with a warning device that could be installed in a bedroom bed-room and be set off by a change in electric current if enemy bombers approached. He predicted pre-dicted that within two years an elaborate detection system will be able to warn target cities from two to s.:. hours ahead o'f an enemy bomber raid. The Cancer Society 'is conducing con-ducing a year-round, nationwide nation-wide program to apprise the public of the warning symptoms of (hat disease, and how vital it is to have promot medical attention, so that the present high death toll from this cause may be stead'ly cut down. Cancer often gives early warning by one of seven common com-mon danger signals which can be easily observed by people generally. But to detect some of its sneak attacks in an early stage the observers must be physicians. Billions of dollars are being spent by the government for iuper-range jet planes and guided missiles of tremendous power, as a defense against hydrogen or atomic bomb air raiders; In contrast, the ACS is teekinjr the comparatively modest mod-est total of $24,000,000 in its annual educational and fund-raising fund-raising crusade, while prepar ing for a knockout offensive against cancer by supporting research re-search and stimulating discovery discov-ery of new, more effective medical medi-cal weapons against cancer. We feel sure no one in this community will want to shirk the opportunity to contribute and thus play a part in continuing contin-uing the national Society's campaign cam-paign to control this malady, aid patients, and carry on both professional pro-fessional and public education about cancer and the possibilities possibili-ties of cure for sufferers |