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...began as a somber occasion-the memorial service for Columnist Stewart Alsop, a civilized man who succumbed to leukemia after waging an inspiring fight with his will, his wit and his body (see THE PRESS...
...Died. Dr. Alan F. Guttmacher, 75, obstetrician and leading apostle of the family-planning movement; of leukemia; in Manhattan. A respected professor and clinician, Guttmacher preached that birth control information and devices must be made available to everyone. In 1962 he became president of Planned Parenthood-World Population and began jetting the globe to spread his message. He urged the use of I.U.D.s in underdeveloped countries, arguing that imperfect contraception was better than none...
...Graves, a Lexington, Mass., Texaco dealer: "They've broken my pump handles and smashed the glass on the pumps, and tried to start fights when we close. We're all so busy at the pumps that somebody walked in and stole my adding machine and the leukemia-fund...
Died. H.I. (for Haakon Ingolf) Romnes, 66, former board chairman of the American Telephone & Telegraph Co.; of leukemia; in Sarasota, Fla. Dubbed "the Mild Viking" for his Norwegian parentage and his quiet style of leadership, Romnes began his career as a phone installer, and as A T & T board chairman steered the giant corporation from $13 billion in revenues in 1967 to $18.4 billion...
Cancer, particularly leukemia, is the leading cause of death from disease in children, but bone tumors are relatively rare among the young. Of the 3,200 children under 15 who died of cancer in 1969 (the last year for which figures have been tabulated), only 178 had cancer of the bone. Although Teddy's disease, chondrosarcoma, is one of the rarest of childhood bone cancers, it is one of the most controllable. Nearly 70% of its victims are alive ten years after they are treated. That figure compares favorably to the survival rate for osteosarcoma (primary bone cancer), which...