European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 24, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Tuesday february 24, 1959 the stars and stripes pig 7 cancer study probes status emotions diet Buffalo . Up scientists Are nearing completion of a study to see if a person s social status emotional makeup or eat ing habits can cause cancer the american cancer society disclosed. Investigators at Roswell Par memorial Institute have been working on the study for More than two years. It is expected to be concluded this year but scientists said it already has started to yield data on various theories. The society said that among the factors under investigation for cancer Are race religion marital status occupation unemployment How one smokes and personality traits. Trained staff the research for the statistical study was made by specially trained staffs under drs. A. M. Lilienfeld and Morton l. . Saxon Gragam served As re search director. The study covers the health his tories of almost 40,000 patients admitted to the Roswell Park Institute since 1944. The major purpose of the stud is to confirm or Challenge various hypotheses on the causes of the commonest forms of cancer. One of the theories says that stomach cancer is commonest among Middle and lower social an economic groups. It also is com Mon the theory Stales in descend ants of immigrants from Middle and Eastern Europe in heavy drinkers and in eaters who Don t Chew their food sufficiently or who like hot foods or brinks. Another theory another theory claims that lung cancer is commonest among per sons who smoke Many Cigar ets and smoke them  theories that the study will cover include breast cancer is said to be commonest in women who do no marry or if they do who have no  is reported most frequent in persons whose Mother were a Rayed while pregnant. The cancer society which i sponsoring the study said it also covers possible relationships be tween cancer and such factors As whether persons live in cities or Rural areas personal Hygiene body build and number of marriages. Expectant Mother did t for 8 months Knoxville Tenn. Up doctors have convinced mrs. Lil Lian Burdine she does not have pleurisy mrs. Burdine chief clerk for the county election commission went to a doctor last week she refuse to believe his diagnosis. She went to another  confirmed the earlier report. Finally mrs. Burdine acknowledged that she is expecting a baby in just Over a month. Time to Beplate not retire Buffalo . Up a. , of Orchard Park caused Quita stir in the Erie county aut Bureau when he bought 1959 registration plates for his cars a 190�sears motor buggy and a 191j Model to Ford. Sen. Johnson sees need for strengthening from within . Regional development group proposed Washington a the establishment of a committee on the economic development of the american regions has been pro posed by Senate democratic Leader. Lyndon b. Johnson a Tex. This nation leads the free world. To continue doing this the nation must be Strong from with in. That is where the real strength lies. Strength within is and Al ways has been the Price of sur Vival he said in a Texas radio broadcast. If the nation is to be Strong each Region must be Strong. If the nation is to Prosper and expand each Region must Prosper and grow he said. Johnson said he saw the nation not As 49 states but As three great natural regions. The people of each Region bes understand their own problems. I believe they Are the Best qualified to find the solutions he said. The people of the North under stand the problems relating to industrialization. The people of the South know agriculture. The peo ple of the West understand min ing ranching and the problems re lated to the  the senator said the committee would be divided into three sub committees one for each Region. Each subcommittee would mar Shal the Best brains the Talent and the will of its Region to uncover and study the serious economic problems of that area. Each sub committee would seek out the gaps in the Region s Economy examine the resources and suggest thebout ways of utilizing  Johnson said the North might concern itself with urbanization the South with developing what he termed its almost untouched natural resources mid the West with a solution of the water prob  believe the american people Bulwa King their Freedom As the develop their resources will har Ness the hidden strengths of each Region to lift the nation to new Heights of Prosperity he said. Helen Parrish sex child Star Dies of cancer Hollywood up actress Helen Parrish 35, wife of Tele vision producer John Guedel died Here at presbyterian Hospital of  Parrish made her Mark principally in movies As a child and teen age Star although she appeared in some later  also did television work on both  first movie role came when she was 2. She played the Daugh Ter of babe Ruth in when babe Lomes  later when shews 6, she appeared with Bill hop along Cassidy Boyd in first command one of the first talk ing pictures. Our gang role she also appeared in our gang , producer of Art link letter s House party people Are funny and Groucho Marx s you bet your life was miss Parrish s second husband. Her first marriage to act Rcharles George Lang jr., ended in divorce in 1954. She left Holly Wood to go to new York where she starred on a one hour variety program the hour  most recently she has been women s editor of Panorama Pacific a West coast Early morning show. Janet Blair has baby., signs new 5-year to pact Hollywood up movie to Star Janet Blair gave  her first child a girl. The baby came the Day after the National broadcasting co. Announced the Singer dancer actress had signed contract that probably would Lead to the fulfilment of her Long standing ambition a to show of her  8-Pound baby was born at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital. Miss Blair s physician or. Leon Krohn said both the child As yet unnamed and the Mother were doing  was the first child for miss Blair 37, and her husband producer Nick Mayo. They were mar ried oct. 5, 1952. Miss Blair is expected to Star inthe summer Chevy show which takes the spot held by the Dina Shore regular season show. Miss Blair also is due for a probable show of her own in the coming season. Destination Venus and Mars t these sketches show proposed space probe rockets the Centaur left and the Vega. Work on the upper stages of the rockets de signed to explore the area of Mars and Venus is already under Way. St Brablc propellants will probably be solids while liquid oxygen will be used with either Hydrogen or kerosene in the second stage according to the National aeronautics and space administration. A modified Atlas will be used for the first stage. A photo experts differ on How to solve farm surplus problem in . Des Moines Iowa up four farm experts have come up with different solutions to the nation s farm surplus problem. The speakers embracing universities and government and farm agencies addressed the open ing session of the National farm Institute conference. Among the plans advanced were bargaining Power for the Farmer proposed by Roy Battles of Washington d.c., official of the National Grange. Battles said this freed convict faces same murder charge san Francisco up John w. Lee 36, faced a murder charge for which he already has served 10 years at Alcatraz , formerly of Pittsburgh was released from Alcatraz on an order from the . Supreme court but was immediately taken to Cit prison for the same crime which had sent him to  was arraigned before . Commissioner Joseph Karesh on warrant from los Angeles Federal District court for the murder. Therase was continued until Friday. Lee had been convicted wit three others by an army court martial of killing Charles Taylorjr an army disciplinary Barracks at Camp Cooke calif., in 1949. But the supreme court ruled Las month that he should have been Given a civilian trial and ordered him released. Robert Hun non a Castro Valley attorney and former Marine corps Legal officer who obtained the re Versal said he had a signed state ment from the victim on his death bed Clearing Lee of any part in the murderous assault. The statement was not allowed in the court mar tial. Teamster goal More pay not Shorter Day Miami Beach Fla. A James r. Hoffa said his teamsters want More pay not Shorter hours. The subject of the 35-hour wee came up during a news conference with the teamsters president. The average worker would rather have a raise in pay than a 35 hour week Hoffa said. We resume of that because we submitted a test proposal to one of our local unions offering a Cut in their hours. They turned it Down. They re just not interested i reducing hours at this time if wages remain  Hoffa said he doubted that Shorter work week would help to reduce unemployment because Many workers with More time on their hands would go out and find artime jobs to beef up their in comes. Would give the Farmer the Sames ii of economic Power enjoyed by organized labor and most  the use of surpluses to finance development programs for Back Ward nations urged by William , visiting professor of agricultural economics at the University of Chicago. Cochrane said the surpluses should be Given Freer at a Low Cost. A nationwide program urging people to eat and buy More food called for by Richard l. Kohls professor of agricultural economics at Purdue  Sale of surpluses abroad on a competitive basis advanced by Kenneth Hood of Chicago. Schools get record gifts Washington up . Colleges and universities received record $129,442,980 in gifts from their alumni during the 1957-58 fiscal year the american alumni Council reported. The Council said alumni donations on which higher education is increasingly dependent for financial support was up 29 per cent Over the previous year. Bequests capital gifts and major endowments were included in the total. The Council called particular attention to the $38,799,845 portion of the total which represented contributions made in response to an Nual alumni fund solicitations. Harvard leads the number of contributors to these funds grew from 1,016,484 in the previous year to 1,211,395. The latter figure represented 22.5 per cent of the alumni who were solicited. The average gift was $32.03. Harvard led All other institutions in total gifts to its alumni fund $2,010,247. Yale placed second with $1,793,872 and Princeton was third with $1,162,190. Liberty is not License st. Louis up policeman James Matthews who has been driving a patrol car has been sus Pended from the Force following a mashup in his personal Automo bile. Officials found he has no Driver s License. An Apple a year keeps George near Salem 111. Up every Stu Dent in Grade and High school at Salem got a shiny red Apple As part of a tradition carried out Over the lust 60 years. The late Joseph Schwartz for Mer mayor of Salem began distributing apples to students on Washington s birthday 60 years ago. The tradition is being pre served by Schwartz s son in Law and daughter it col and mrs. Martin j. De Linck. They Are stationed in the pan Ama canal zone and ordered 20 bushels of apples distributed at the schools for Washington s birthday