t: THE BATTALION TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 1979 Page 5 Battalion photo by Ken Agorichas Just 122 more ... Millie Shaw (top) and partner Allison Bryant try in vain to break the tortilla-stacking record of 173 flower cakes. The contest was part of a Sunday afternoon event, sponsored by a local radio station, in which area residents were given the opportunity to break Guinness World Records. Cancer once possible CIA weapon United Press International WASHINGTON — A quarter- century ago, the CIA considered experimenting on terminal cancer patients under the guise of “legiti mate medical work,” but govern ment documents fail to show if such ideas were carried out. Heavily censored material ob tained under the Freedom of Infor mation Act showed the agency was looking into ways to “knock off key guys” by causing death by appar ently natural causes such as cancer and heart attacks. The CIA also was concerned about the vulnerability of U.S. lead ers to assassination by such virtually undetectable means. But there is nothing to show whether the talk about inducing cancer and heart attacks ever got past the memorandum stage. The papers, researched by Martin Lee of the Washington-based Assas sination Information Bureau, show that the CIA project apparently started with an undated, unsigned memo noting the “vulnerability of U.S. to unconventional attack” and referred to studies by the Office of Strategic Services, the World War II predecessor of the CIA. “Knock off key people,” the heav ily censored document said. “How knock off key guys. Natural Causes. “Method produce cancer. “Heart techniques. “Query — should facts on (blank) be dug up? “Are they of interest to (blank)? Probably yes. “At any rate, we need know enough more about it to decide how much interest we have in it.” The next pertinent document was a Feb. 4, 1952, “draft” memoran dum from “Chemical Branch, Re search & Development.” It re ported inspecting a lab for possible use in “medical research involving physiologically active chemical compounds.” “Human subjects would be avail able for work that could be carried out as legitimate medical research,” it said. “Extensive animal facilities exist for other kinds of research.” The memo discussed the use of beryllium, a metallic element said to have “extreme toxicity” and ca pable of inducing tumors. It suggested “a study of the effect of inhaling small amounts of beryl lium in the lungs, and other studies to evaluate the potentialities of be ryllium as a covert weapon.” A document dated Aug. 4, 1954, showed the project was still being considered seriously. 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