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Show 1) The Salt Lake Tribune, Wednesday, September 12, v 1973 Cancer Quackery Toll Deadly, Conference Told hmm By Ronald Kotulak lVN Chicago Tnbune CHICAGO On ntcr a fateful Herman and day next Helene Epping sat dov-to a woman tn the waiting room of the University of California .Medical Center in Los Angeles It w as a meeting that was to cost the Eppings fhe life of their daughter. in sO - W r V 41 1961, had brought their daughter in for surto a malignant remove gery cancer that had invaded her They v;v4: . if 2f "V, V iwv J 14 i V aS rt a .2- - SV V f JV ji:& v,4 , r'7 J '1' : i t f .j,,. eye. Doctors were confident they could save her life. But the woman had talked to the Eppmgs about how a chiropractor allegedly had . cured her son of brain cancer without surgery Imbued with new hope, the Eppings took their daughter out of the and put her m the care of Marvin Phillips Phillips put her on vitamins and other pills and prescribed special exercises But the cancer m Lindas eye grew bigger and she eventually died from it After the 'autopsy, doctors said Lindas life probably could have been saved or at least significantly prolonged if the Eppings had gone through with the originally scheduled surgery For his part in charging the Eppings $739 for a fals' cure, Phillips was con i,ai3j3iafet,iftii$pu!i I1 . of second The tragic Eppings case illustrates uie fact that cancer quackery is running rampant and costing Americans an estimated $2 billion a year for phony diets, drugs and devices. said Mrs. Helene G. Brown, a health educator at ICLA and an expert on cancer quackery The cost in human life is unknown, but at least hundreds of cancer victims die each year because they shunned legitimate care that could have cured them and instead turned to phony remedies, she reported Tuesday at the American Cancer Societys u4t exb nw'dxidAQ FOR THURSDAY EUYS! degree murder to1 Gnanitta teSte wcmm National Conference on Canin Chicago one In only year in Califordoctors reported that 33 nia, patients died who could have been saved if they hadnt treatment by foldelayed false cures, she said. lowing There were many more unreported cases, she added. cer Nursing When someone promises a fake cure, he is guilty of murder and when someone who should know better resorts to quack remedies, he is committing suicide, said Mrs. Brown, who also is president of the California Division of the Can- cer Society The quack always offers early diagnosis (often erroneous) and treatment that is in stantaneous. easy, less expenand magical and m the process a life is lost and a greedy ghoul makes another tnp to the bank, she said. sive non-tox- . . . Today, the largest operation drug-pushin- g in the field of cancer quackery is the sale of a and recommendation compound called Laetnle, she said. Despite the fact that there is no evidence to indicate that Laetnle has any benefit in the diagnosis, treatment or cure of cancer, the compound is widely touted. & fowwitown I The Finishing Touch To Your Room SHOP GRANITI WEDNESDAY AND Mir-- ' victed GREAT THESE Friday is Granite's only nita 'til jarnifurt company iMEBSYERRANEAN OCCASIONAL You'll be amazed of how economical and rich looking elegantly styled occasional tables are when you shop the big displays at Granite, Hurry in for these great specials. WEDS. & AssociotcO Press WireDhoto Capt. Peter Gherardina, 51, been awarded $2.25 million THURS. ONLY in damages from Ford Motor Co. a roof. after failing through E Help for Fireman 3 i $2.25 Million for Therapy DEARBORN, MICH (AP) Two years after falling 45 feet through a roof, fire Capt. 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Additional chairs also available. manuscriols, letters and pictures sent to The Sal Lake Tribune ore sent at the owners risk ond Keorns Tribune Corpo ration assumes po responsibility tor their custody or return Press tl Diol 574 7800 Established Aoril 15. 1371. issued every morning by the Keorns Tribune Corporation, ciated r' TSr K't'T ... - in v -- Ife Aug. 21. 43 South Mom v: , Sens. 1 BASSETT MIRROR SET BY BASSETT Woodcock and UAW Vice President Douglas Fraser renegotported that lower-leve- l iators had initialed several "minor items" for a new contract. It was he first sign of any progress since Chrysler w as selected the unions strike target 4-P- C. DINING ROOM But UAW President Leonard Woodcock said Wednesday will be critical to successful completion of a contract without a strike because it's doggone close to Friday." school strike. Other idle Michi- COLO me-sin- a BAROQUE GROUP BY SINGER DETROIT (UP1) Top United Auto Workers officials emerged from a late night bargaining session with Chrysler Corp. Tuesday and said there still w as enough time to work out details of a new contract before Friday nights strike deadline. Michigan remained the state hit hardest by the walkouts, with an estimated 600.000 students affected by strikes in more than 30 districts. Detroit, the nations fifth largest public school system, teachers and the school board have been directed to appear in court Wednesday to report on progress in ending that citys Asks Indochina Hunt for MIAs COLORADO SPRINGS, A guerrilla-typ- e (AP) who looks like an (Mental should be hired to search i Continue, Still Tense - Reinstates Capital Punishment SACRAMENTO, CALIF. The legislature has (L'PI) sent Gov. RonalJ Reagan a bill reinstating capital punish- i UAW Talks Teachers End Strikes In California, Indiana 22.000 students, a But officials at the center say he has made great progress. And Jacques is confident he wdl turn back a planned legal appeal by Ford America at a Glance structors Teachers returned to work in Cupertino, Calif., where a four-da- y strike had effected B Gherardim once spent every spare minute for four months teaching his retarded daughter to tie her shoes. He now requires constant care. Ills only contact with his wife, four children and grandchildren are in the home where he shares a room with an deaf man Convinced that Ford Motor Co. should have warned Dearborn firp'-eabout a weakened roof at its Rouge plant, the Wayne County Circuit Court jury last month awarded Gherardim $2 25 million. The jury was told that two fires occurred m the plants roof area in the same day, the first of which was put out by When Instead of playing first base company employes. Dearborn firemen were disfor the church and Eire Department softball teams, Gher-ardi- patched to put out the second now sits in a wheelfire, they were not informed chair, a doth in his lap to of the earlier fire, the court catch the drool that runs down was told. his chin The jury also awarded Gheradim, 51. has a lively, $300,000 damages to Gherard-mi- s wife, Florence, for the perceptive mind living in a dead body," his attorney. loss of her husbands companionship. Leonard Jacques, told a jury. By Associated Press Strikes by public school teachers ended Tuesday in California and Indiana, but similar scattered walkouts about continued, leaving 750.000 pupils without their in- S ft' - CrJ Christ 1 PROVO furniture company K&l t SOUTH 1134 North 5th West OS C |