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Show Cancer Crusade Opens In County with Accelerated Program The number of lives saved by cancer is directly related to the number of dollars raised In the American Cancer Society's crusade cru-sade which opened in Iron County Coun-ty on April 1, according to Blaine Stapley, county campaign chairman. chair-man. "An accelerated program to in-' crease the number of cancer cures can succeed if given enough public support," Stapley said. "The need is not only urgent, it is critical," he said. "About a third of all cancer patients are being cured today but this figure could be Improved by 50 if 1 enough effort is put forth," Stapley Stap-ley said. Community chairmen have been appointed and each has received re-ceived sufficient materials and Information to carry out the 1959 campaign. Special events in a number of communities are planned plan-ned in order to raise funds, In addition to door to door campaigns. cam-paigns. Chairman of the promotion in Cedar City is Elden Yergensen. In addition to the fund campaign cam-paign a tremendous educational program is being carried out throughout the Iron County Cancer Can-cer Unit and the reason for thi.j effort is the fact that at least one-half of all those who get cancer could be cured through early detection and prompt, adequate ade-quate treatment. Money raised In the crusade is spent in three ways: to further fur-ther the society's nationwide research re-search i;rog:-am, to disseminate public and professional Information Informa-tion about the disease and to provide service for cancer patients. pa-tients. The slogan of this year's crusade is "Guard your family Fight cancer with a checkup and a check " |