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...Viet Nam War wound down. In 1970, when United earned a $45.5 million profit on sales of $2.4 billion, 53% of its business came from Washington. By 1974, the Hartford, Conn.-based company had reduced that to a third of $3.3 billion annual sales. One reason: it acquired Essex International, Inc., a major producer of electromechanical wire. That move gave United a foothold in both the auto and construction industries and was largely responsible for lifting profits last year to $104.7 million, from $58.1 million in 1973. Still, United was determined to diversify further in order to reduce Government business...
...Essex said cats with a normal level of antigens have a high level of immunity to leukemia...
...household of 51 cats exposed to leukemia in a Connecticut farmhouse, only eight developed the disease, Essex said. He said the other 43 cats were unaffected...
...significance of the discovery for human cancer research, Essex said, is that human beings may have similar defense mechanisms. It is possible that humans are all exposed to carcinogenic agents, but that only those with an abnormally low level of immunity get the disease, Essex added...
...this is true, a helpful area for future cancer research may be to develop immunotherapy for humans, Essex said...