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Show The Salt Lake Tribune, Monday, December 1 Hrd II 15, 19X0 Society Stresses Progress III Cancer Survivability By Patricia McCormack also that more than 3 million living s Americans have survived cancer, of them having been diagnosed five or more years ago With present knowledge of cancer, as of all cancer patients f many as could be cured, the society said Will Probably Die About 134,000 people with cancer will probably die in 1981 who might have been saved by earlier diagnosis the society and prompt treatment, said Cancer management today is becoming increasingly individualized both with respect to diagnostic procedures and treatment Early detection is following by a precise staging of the disease, and the use of more than one kind of therapy, often in combination. The following 14 cancers a few decades ago had very poor prognoses today they are being cured in many cases, predominantly because of chemotherapy advances' acute lymphocytic leukemia, adult myelogenous leukemia, Hodgkins disease, histiocytic lymphoma. Also Burkitts lymphoma, nodular mixed lymphoma, Ewings sarcoma, Wilms tumor, rhabdomyosarcoma, testicular cancer, choriocarcinoma, ovarian cancer, breast cancer, osteogenic sarcoma Substance in Use The report said interferon, a natural body substance known to combat viruses, has shown promise in preliminary research on advanced cancers of bone, breast, lymphatic system. On immunotherapy, another treatment under investigation, the society two-third- United Press International Forty-onNEW YORK percent of cancer patients will survive at least five years after treatment, the Ameri can Cancer Society said Sunday The society expects 805,000 new cancer cases in 1981 and 420.000 cancer deaths The 1981 cancer balance sheet shows e t Cancer Drugs ?A Success With Young ( Super doses of drugs before surgery have been successful in the treatment of children with bone tumors, the Ameri can Cancer Society said Sunday, sizing up trends in diagnosis and treatment. The therapy is being adapted to help fight some of the more common cancers in adults, said the report in the society's 1981 Cancer Facts and Fig NEW YORK (UPI) anti-canc- ures." Other developments cited Retinoids, synthetic cousins" of vitamin A, have prevented bladder and breast cancers in mice and rats, and may also work against cancers of the lung, esophagus and pancreas in humans. Sirfgery now is more precise than in the- - past because of improved diagnostic equipment and laser instruments." Experiments have been conducted with Simple, inexpensive blood tests, based on unique chemical substances, to determine whether an individual has cancer and where it is. Good preliminary results have been obtained in selected cases by using the procedures to det&t cancers of the breast, pancreas ahd other sites. one-hal- said- "Immunotherapy holds hope of harnessing the bodys own disease-fighting systems to combat cancer with essentially no overt toxicity. In laboratory animals, substances such as BCG (a tuberculosis vaccine) can stimulate immune mechanisms. These substances now are being used in humans alone or with other forms of treatment. A news-- ; Tenn. (AP) paper reporter who infiltrated two rival . factions of the Ku Klux Klan said the ; 1 ears he spent undercover was a time of sadness, fear and worry. In a copyright story in Monday of The Tennessean the last , editions series segment of a nine-pareporter Jerry Thompson, 40, said innocent faces of children at Klan rallies wa one of the saddest sights. Each tire I saw them I felt sorry for , them,; Thimpson wrote. They are being indoctrinated with the Klans racist doctrine of white supremacy. Petite Little Girl Thompson said one child reminded him of his own daughter. ; In the midst of two dozen Klan people wearing robes and hoods, there appeared this petite little girl, striding along, fully robed and hooded. Her eyes looked straight ahead. She was expressionless. "Our Kbn people-kep- t referring to her as cute. Seeing her made me want r to cry. He said he felt guilty when he saw J j blacks watch him and other costumed Klansmen walk along a sidewalk. Thompson, who now is living with police protection at his Nashville home, also said he feared his true identity would be discovered. He the belonged to two Klan factions Knights of the KKK and the more militant Invisible Empire. Poorly Financed He said both factions are poorly financed and survive by selling trinkets and racist gadgets, materials. i But in a Sunday story, Thompson also NASHVILLE, rt ; ; round-the-cloc- k said members of the Invisible Empire carried a variety of weapons to meetings and rallies and often urged others to prepare for warfare against blacks. For more than two months I would attend regular Klavem meetings, participate in a march through the streets of Birmingham, and find myself surrounded at every Klan event by more guns than I had ever seen in one place," said Thompson, a veteran reporter. At a meeting in Cullman, Ala., Thompson said, I noticed that a pistol, still tucked in its holster, lay on the table with its barrel pointed directly at me. Not the Only One Apparently I was not the only one who was nervous. A trucker and Klansman ... left his chair and changed the position of the gun. I felt better. rifle was propped A against the wall, and several members wore pistols. While planning a rally in Birmingham, Ala., Klan officials said they had information that communists were planning a confrontation, Thompson said. The reporter said he told his publisher, John Seigenthaler, of the Klans concern, and Seigenthaler notified the U.S. Justice Department. The Klan group drove in a convoy to Birmingham for the rally. When the radiator hose in Thompsons truck broke, he had to ride with two other Klansmen. As I climbed into the pickup, I saw a large-calibpistol on one side of the automatic pistol dash and a on the other side, he said. Behind my rifle, with head, a bayonet attached, hung in the window. semi-automat- er er semi-automat- Frecer Robbers Murder 3 at Restaurant LOS ANGELES (API-T- wo armed robbers Now the president says he wants new armaments voted for dunng his administration, but paid for out of the next presidents budget. Actually the president offered to split the cost He will pay for the blueprints, and the next president will pay for produc1929 tion costs. 50-5- 0 or- dered 11 restaurant employees and customers to line up inside a meat freezer on Sunday and then opened fire, killing three peope and wounding six others, authorities said Two employees at Bobs Big Boy Restaurant apparently escaped injury, but authorities said they were unsure how they avoided being harmed There was no rhyme or reason, said Sgt E Toles no way to know why the two werent hit " were ordered into the back room, put m a meat freezer and shot It was somewhat of an execution Wesley Theres Police said the gunmen, both carrying shot guns, entered the restaurant just before its 3 a m closing time They said the robbers emptied the cash register and safe, lined up the victims in the meat freezer, robbed them, then started 20, The victims, dead of There were 11 people the restaurant, in-iding some customers, said Sgt Jim AnAll of them derson. multiple gunshot wounds, were identified as Dita Agtane, 23, a waitress; David Burnell, 20 CHICAGO (UPI) Evelyn Jackson, 23, Dionne Irving, 20, Michael Malloy, and Durwin Logan, 23 19 They were taken to c ither UCLA or Brotman Memorial Hospital The slayings were a Ms Agtane and Burnell weie dead at the scene semi-hysteric- in identified as and customer restaurant emplovee Anderson said investigators at first had difficulty piecing together details of the shootings and the robbery because only people able to talk are in a state shooting. a Ahmad Mabuk officials said, anda Mashuk died later at hospital In critical condition with brain injuries was Cesaro Luna. 45, who was taken to Cedars-Sina- i Hospital Tami Roga-wa17, the only other customei beside Burnell, was reported in serious condition at UCLA Medical Center. The other injured were to the similar Steakhouse Murders Oklahoma City on July where six people died after robbers forced them into a walk-ir- y freezer at the Sirloin Stockade restaurant and gunned them down. Four of the v ictims were under. in 16, 1978, 18 Pt2lC.ES Countless Suffering Numbers Shortage EFFECTIVE MOkJ.TuE Pse.5-lt-l- 7 lem is at numbers 50 59 which all centers and linebackers must wear. Retires Jersey Its a concern right now, said club spokesman Ted Haracz, because teams have between eight to 10 centers and linebackers, and the team has retired one of Bill the numbers Hewitts 56 leaving only nine numbers available. There currently is no First there was the through gasoline lowed shortage, by sugar, fol- coffee and uncounted other commodities. Now the most basic shortage of all numbers. Thats right, numbers Illinois Bell Telephone e Co , the U S. Postal comes Ser-vic- and even the Chicago Bears are run- ning out of numbers. Some offices are shorter on numbers than others, said Bell spokesman Lloyd General. But its getting very critical At the Post Office, fivedigit Zip code numbers are in such short supply that officials plan to go to nine-dig- it Zip codes next year. Chicago Bears And the Chicago Bears, perennially short on points scored, face another type Worst Was the Children, Writes Klan Infiltrator Into shortage. of numbers problem because the team is carrying only eight centers and linebackers. But Mean Dick Butkus, the Bears great retired linebacker (old No. 51) is out of luck. His jersey will not be enshrined in permanent retirement simply because the Bears need his number. COLD LAST NIGHT? Zip Russ N-T- Site? pennciouS BAOlSHGS APPLES GREEN ONIONS 5 ' RuVuEAtf" GROUND BEEF kit? 'fAjAvJoCJCAV'w C. I to. :VXwiTWLl'A'6S2AD TUPKE'rS PCtS. S' HALF HAMS g yr m?. HEATERS LARGE SELECTION LOW PRICES KETCHUMS 400 S. OPEN DAILY STOS 800 W. CIolcLcLoAj CLOSED SUNDAY i LADIES 7 FUNCTION STOPWATCH will zero delivery down to the correct side of the city block. Officials say some citizens may see the additional numbers as additions to the already voluminous red tape, but believe the new system will catch on. Over a time, we resaid lent to change, spokesman Ron Powell. We feel our minds can handle more than we initially thought they could. The Bears main prob- - &Ot0 L SPROUTS - ELECTRIC The Postal Service plans to begin its ninedigit ZIP codes on a voluntary basis next year, which officials say BR-OSSE- rn. m- HE-s)-TO- National Football League with nine retired jerseys, the Bears are having problems assigning numbers to their players. Illinois Bell plans to solve its problem by for going to long distance calls, which already is in effect throughout most of the nation. The procedure will go into effect sometime in 1982 and will increase numerical variations, Bell officials say. 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