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t i nXtflMki **• jSh , The people of Calhoun, Ga., hometown of Management and Budget Director Bert Lance, display signs supporting Cancer group asks restrictions be placed on breast x-rays WASHINGTON (AP) - A na tional breast cancer detection program should be continued, but its use of breast X rays should be restricted because of their potential for causing the disease in some women, a Na tional Cancer Institute advisory group said today. The report, presented today at a breast cancer screening meeting, said X-raying breasts, a process called mammogra phy, effectively finds cancer that goes undetected by other methods. But too much is unknown about the possibility of radi ation causing cancer for mam mography to be used routinely on all women, particularly those under age 50, the study said. Attending the meeting at the National Institutes of Health is a group of scientists, physicians and laypersons who hope to de velop a consensus on whether the detection program should be continued and what it should include. ■ The report reviewed data from the $54 million Breast Cancer Detection Demonstra tion Project, cosponsored by the National Cancer Institute and the American Cancer Society, in which up to 270,000 volunteer women aged 35 and older are I 144 Tablets FREE when you buy the 288-tablet size! LrJ^|fgl| 72 Tablets FREE k££s|Hj| when you buy the 144-tablet size! 36 Tablets FREE •m when you buy the 72-tablet size! $L Cofe Jnig Co, 102 Forty -Hill <£i«ei being screened for five years. The value of the project has been questioned not only be cause of mammography, but also because it is still unclear if early detection improves long term survival, as many medical authorities believe. Project officials say the pro gram so far has uncovered more than 2,500 cancers, using various screening methods. The advisory group, headed by Dr. Oliver H. Beahrs of the Mayo Clinic, last January be gan reviewing the project to see what has been learned and if it could be applied to future controlled studies to resolve un answered questions about early detection. The current program began in 1973 with 12 medical centers and later expanded to a total of 27. Each center project is to screen about 10,000 women a year for five years, using a va riety of methods, including physical examinations and thermography. The advisory group recom mended dropping thermogra phy as a routine procedure in the program because it missed many cancers detected by X him at a rally held in Calhoun Wednesday evening. (AP) rays. Thermography is a meth od of measuring heat variations in the breast in hopes of spotting cancer “hot spots.” At a briefing, Beahrs said thermography still has poten tial and should be kept as an option. But he said the method, which has no risks and is cheaper than X rays, isn’t yet good enough to stand alone. The report said routine yearly mammographies should be restricted to women aged 50 and over, who are at highest risk of Attorneys seek new ward lines MACON, Ga. (AP) - Attor neys for the federal government took their case to U.S. District Court today, seeking another chance to redraw ward lines for the Albany city elections. A motion filed last week asks for an amendment to an Aug. 24 ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Wilbur Owens which redrew the wards. The motion contends that Owens’ ruling was faulty be cause population figures were based on a 1975 transportation study, not the 1970 census. Court SPECIAL THUR - FRI. - Saturday Dairy Bar & Grill Old O’Dell Case Across from Holiday Cleaner 329 N. 13th Street 227-9738 Eat-In - Take Out! Hamburger Steak $1.69 3 Hamburgers SI.OO Turkey & Dressing A Ham fl AQ Chicken & Dumpling 11 I 33 Country Fried Steak ▼ 1 ■ 1 Meat - 3 Veg. - Coffee or Tea Cora Butterheans Potatoes Potato Salad Fried Cabbage Green Beans “*«• * Cheese Fried Okra JeUo Sliced Tomatoes a>w the disease. Women age 40 to 49 should have X-ray exams only if they had previous breast cancer or close female relatives had the disease, an indication of hereditary risk factor. The study group said women 35 to 39 years of age should be screened with mammography only if they previously had breast cancer. The current pro gram guidelines also allow this group X-ray exams if close relatives, such as a mother or sister, had cancer. records snow the federal government was not part of an agreement to use the study fig ures. The Justice Department wants Owens to amend his redrawing of the ward lines to assure blacks “a reasonable chance” of electing three mem bers to the seven-member city council. The case could delay the pri maries, which would force the general election to be delayed until at least Dec. 13, said Wil liam E. Jefferson, chief regis trar for the city. Right or wrong Calhoun citizens back Lance CALHOUN, Ga. (AP) - Whether he’s done right or wrong, this is Bert Lance’s home town and he’s welcome here anytime. That was the resounding mes sage Wednesday night when hundreds of Lance’s friends and neighbors held a rally to show their support for the embattled federal budget director on the eve of his scheduled appearance before a Senate committee investigating alleged financial improprieties. There was an almost evangel ical fervor to the occasion as an estimated 1,500 persons crowded into the Calhoun Mu nicipal Gymnasium and prayed and wept and cheered for Lance, who they said had been a friend to just about everyone in this town of 5,000. They carried placards saying “Calhoun for Bert” and “Bert’s Good Ole Georgia Boy.” They used words like “love,” “friendship,” and “honesty” to describe Lance, and they talked of a man who never turned his back on a friend. Lance’s minister, the Rev. Emory Brackman, told the cheering, foot-stomping au dience of the “very generous” contributions of time and mon ey that Lance and his wife La belle made to the First Method ist Church. And Brackman sounded a common theme here — the real man is known best not by people in Washington, but by people in his own home town. As proof of that, Brackman said, Lance received “the high est honor” a United Methodist can receive when he was elect ed to the church’s General Con ference. Lt. Gov. Zell Miller, who shared a double desk with Lance in grammar school, charged the media with dis torting the Lance affair and de nied a national magazine article quoting him as saying that Lance was a poor arithmetic student. HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT LAWINGS? Q/tandOpenmtj^ of their JUNIOR SHOP fNow You Can Count On Looking Groat From Hoad to Too In Just Ono Stop At Como In Today And Broirso Through Our GREAT SELECTION OF Firtt ( Quality Namo Brandi In J / While You'ro With Ut Don't Forgot JB uly || To REGISTER For Tho FREE PRIZES. M | NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. /JF OPEN: MONDAY THRU SATURDAY M\\ 10 AM HI 6PM \ \\ CORNER HIU AND SOLOMON 1| IAWINGS* ••• Page 5 “Powerful and ruthless forces” — whom he later iden tified as the federal bureau cracy — have attacked Lance, Miller said. “To say that Bert Lance has done something wrong does not make it so," he said. A standing ovation accom panied the high school band’s rendition of “You”ll Never Walk Alone,” and chuckles from the crowd punctuated the playing of “I Did It My Way.” Though some of the specta tors admitted privately to doubts about the ethics of Lance’s money-handling, and others criticized politicians and reporters in Washington, most people in the audience didn’t want to talk about finances or politics. They wanted to talk about the man they knew — the back slapping, joke-telling Bert Lance who married his high school sweetheart and helped his neighbors as he rose from a 19-year-old bank teller to a 32- year-old bank president. “I’ll tell you what kind of a guy he is,” said Jack Purcell, who used to be the catcher on the softball team for which Lance pitched. “I called him up Long struggle WASHINGTON (AP) - The four-year battle of the citizens of a small Icelandic fishing vil lage to save their homes and livelihood from the ravages of a large volcanic explosion seems to have paid off. According to a National Geo graphic Magazine report, the 5,000 people of Vestmannaey jar on the island of Heimaey couldn’t wait to return to their village after being driven away in 1973 by fire, lava and heavy ash that threatened to close for ever the mouth of their harbor and cover their homes. At one point, firemen sprayed cold seawater on the encroach ing lava flow in an effort to create a dam that would divert the molten rock. — Griffin Daiiy News Thursday, September 15,1977 last year to come speak to the graduating class of the school where I was principal. And even though it rained and the loud speakers didn’t work, he came and he spoke. And when I sent him a check for speaking to the class, he sent the check back because he didn’t do it for the money. That’s the kind of guy Bert is.” “He treated a man like a man wants to be treated,” said John Houser, who carried a sign saying “Bert lance Was Fair Tobacco prices vary RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - To bacco market prices varied Wednesday, with declines re ported on the Eastern, Old and Middle belts and a small in crease on the Border belt. Incomplete reports from the Eastern belt showed an average price of $134.10 per hun dredweight, down $1.32 over Tuesday. Poundage sold was 7,041,810. Season poundage is 215,790,787, at an average price NOW OPEN and under new management ORCHARD HILL STYLING SALON (Beside New Shopping Center) We welcome nOk old and new customers. Opening Special! $25 & S3O Permanent Waves Now S2O & $25 Bobbie Butler, with 4 years experience, will be happy to meet you and style your hair for you. We specialize in men’s and women’s hair cuts, styling and whatever your hair needs might be. We are open late on Thurs. for your convenience. Dot Mcßanie, Owner 228-4329 To Me...We Need Him In D.C.” He said Lance helped him get back on his feet several years ago when he lost “a lot of money” investing in a mill. “The bank could have fore closed,” said Houser. “But I told Bert what I wanted to do, and he just stuck out that ham of a hand he’s got and said, ‘Your word’s good enough for me.’ “He went out of his way to help a lot of people in this town.” of $118.75. On the Old and Middle Belts, the average price on 7,097,044 pounds was $130.49, down 53 cents. Season average is $111.03 on 136,099,926 pounds. On the Border belt, 4,545,881 pounds were traded for $6,543,- 714, at an average price of $143.95, up 81 cents. Season sales total $194,702,037 on 162,- 604,412 pounds, for an average of 119.74.
