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Show Cancer Society preparing to open crusade With emphasis on the need for regular checkups for cancer, can-cer, the American Cancer Society So-ciety has- prepared the ground for launching its annual educational edu-cational and fund-raising cru-' cru-' sade. April has been set aside as Cancer Control Month by Congress Con-gress and the President will proclaim the period officially Cancer Control Month. Mrs. Joe Reidheaad of the South Iron County Unit explained ex-plained that the 1969 Crusade will stress the point that too many people are careless or forgetful of the necessity for regular checkups as a way to discover the onset of cancer at an early opportunity. "Most cancers can be cured and lives saved by detect-1 ing cancer before it has a chance to spread," Mrs. Reid-head Reid-head said. The 1969 April Crusade will have the slogan "Help yourself your-self with a checkup and others oth-ers with a check", Mrs. Read-head Read-head indicated. ( |