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...Cure. In Newport, R.I., when a spider landed on ten-year-old Patricia Ann Toppa's head, her friend, John O'Brien, 12, gallantly rushed to the rescue, knocked out both spider and Patricia Ann with his baseball...
Alemán reminded his listeners of these troubles. Said he: "We must work, produce ; work, produce.. . . While our economy remains anemic, we can only alleviate the disease; we cannot cure it completely. . . . Our population [now 22,000,000] increases by 50,000 yearly. This increase assures our capacity for economic development...
Statistically, the odds against optimism seemed hideously large. In the past decade, cancer deaths reported in the U.S. (180,000 a year) have jumped 25% (due in part to better diagnosis and a longer average life span). The delegates at St. Louis were well aware that, unless a cure is found soon, one out of eight Americans now living will die of cancer...
...there were a few solid gains to report. Laboratory researchers have several new clues to cancer's causes and possible cure. President Truman's announcement of the release of radioactive isotopes to foreign scientists for research (TIME, Sept. 8) was cheered by all. Spurred by the announcement, the delegates voted to set up an international research agency to fight the common enemy...
...disease attacks horses' spleens, kidneys and livers. Veterinarians say there are likely to be relapses years after apparent recovery, and most trainers believe that it ends a horse's racing career even if he survives. There is no known cure...