Show Logan Utah Sunday May 3 Laetrile foes claim proof it’s worthless Rossiter Jr UPl science editor By Al - WASHINGTON (UPI) Armed with evidence Laetrile is worthless as a cancer treatment leaders of the war on cancer plan to intensify warnings against use of the controversial drug by people who might benefit from standard therapy “It’s no longer a case of Laetrile being unproven” said Dr Arthur Holleb chief medical officer of the American Cancer Society “Now there’s proof that it doesn’twork” The evidence came Thursday in a report by doctors from four medical centers who tested the substance — derived from apricot pits — on 178 people with advanced cancer for whom conventional therapy would not work Of the total 105 are dead Doctors from the Mayo Clinic at Rochester Minn the UCLA Cancer Center the University of Tucson and the Memorial Sloan-Ketterin- g Cancer Center in New York said “no substantive benefit” from Laetrile was found in terms of cure improvement improving symptoms or slowing the cancer’s advance Robert Henderson spokesman for the Committee for the Freedom of Choice in San Francisco contended the study did not use the right kind of Laetrile also called amygdalin A government pharmacologist said it was pro-Laetri- le chemically identical to that produced by the main Laetrile producer in Mexico The government study began last July under sponsorship of the National Cancer Institute even though the institute the cancer society and the Food and Drug Administration contended Laetrile was useless Laetrile has had strong support across the nation and its proponents have convinced 23 states to legalize its use as a cancer fighter Dr Vincent T DeVita director of the cancer institute said Laetrile's effectiveness has been a significant public health question for years “Now the facts speak for themselves" he said “The hollow promise of this drug has led thousands of Americans away from ALL Stores Now Open “We're always concerned about patients with cancer who forsake effective treatment and lose precious time needed for genuine cure or palliation to improve the quality of life” Holleb said in New York “Too many lives have been sacrificed to blind faith in the many Laetrile promises that couldn’t be kept We’ll intensify our warnings against its use” Monday-Frida- y -- 10-6 Solar water heating topic of workshop Cache and Box Elder residents desiring to capture and use solar energy to cut water heating bills are invited to a free orientation meeting in the Hall of Justice Courtroom 160 North Main Logan Wednesday at 8 pm Sponsoring the meeting are Dr Wayne Ringer USU Extension energy leader and Don Huber Cache County Extension agent They invite anyone interested noting that rural families heating with propane stand to benefit most from a solar waiter heating system Ringer said a subsequent workshop providing materials opportunity and instruction for building solar water heating systems will be offered on Friday evening and Saturday The program that originated in Arizona is new this year to Utah In workshops conducted earlier this year seven systems were built in northern Utah seven in central Utah and 11 in southern Utah For more information contact Ringer at the 9 or Huber at the Cache University 3 Office County Extension 750-222- 752-626- off Action Tracks for your Entire Family d that summer has to Keep Up with offer with Action Track sport shoes We show Just two lades' styles A Reg $20 terry lined court shoe in white navy or whitelt blue $16 B Reg $22 nyton Jogger in white with red powder blue with royal blue champagne with tan 1760 5--9 TOM Fashion Shoes MIN me UFEDAY uun MH(t ABOClKKM uurvf Urges' run SMrtwMiv M i Winn w nw wnwniwniiiwiw 24 Hour Utah (outside Toll-Fre- Sio e Direct Dial Shopping Salt lake 321 6666 western US or write ZCMI salt lake Oty Utah -- 84137 10 Buy Three Buy Six Vi -- Off 15 Off 20 Off ALL LEATHER BOOKS 20 Off Great Gift Idea For Mom 'MHlkinton on Saturday X-ra- ys 20 One other treatment 10--9 — LDS CHURCH Buy potentially helpful therapy of scientific validity” DeVita said after the findings were presented at a meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology It was estimated last year that at least 70000 Americans had turned to Laetrile instead of using conventional drugs and in the tummy All ZCMI TheHeraldJournat BOOKS A ticking CHICAGO (UPI) — The time and date weren’t right but the Timex watch that came out ticking after five months in the stomach of a New Yorker will most certainly make John Cameron Swayze proud Dr Elliot B Duboys writing in the current issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association reported the case of a New York man who confronted by a mugger slipped his newly purchased Timex in his mouth and swallowed it Some time later Duboys reported the man was admitted to a hospital for treatment of another health problem revealed the watch — complete with its synthetic band and buckle The watch was removed surgically 1981 and Sotu |