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W^orlcin^ OUt photo by Jane Hollingsworth Rollie White on Wednesday night. Russell Austin sophomore building construction major. Lifestyles biggest cause of cancer, Dow man says staff photo by Eric Si jUnited Press International HOUSTON — The major Ks of cancer come from per- (Jl'g ■ pleasures prevalent in the ~ Brican lifestyle, and not from vast majority of industrial sub- najor from Rounil Mces, a toxicologist with a na- out his skateboard pnal chemical firm contends, es was skateboard' Di Richard Kociba, a senior rBologist for Dow Chemcial i.S.A. in Midland, Mich., said «day the alleged health ^^■■ds of hundreds of chemic- d^fcve been rnagnifietl “all out ^proportion" in light of known iBnogenic properties of poking, diet, alcohol and snn- athing. )Yt vs “1'he major causes of cancers are inherent in the American Jifestyles,” Kociba said. “People truly are their own worst ene mies when it comes to cancer.” He said current documented data show that more than two- thirds of all malignancies in this country are directly related to smoking or diet. But, Kociba said, fewer than 6 percent of all cancers can be linked to indust rial agents. He said the controversy about alleged excess brain cancer deaths among T exas Gulf Coast chemical and petrochemical em ployees a few years ago was More than 620 families seek relief ur at Allens Cred ston. tie vent problems,C d, HL&P hasdevd# e computer tradinji quickly willpfo* , r Press l ""' ,na ' i 1 '! ,, , a , 1 . .. gineers w,th all V. - J ov ’, Bl11 ( ' le - *nd regulations dial L ents Wednesday more of a nuclear plimli y an ™ fanillles in , Pans - r lexas, nave requested some ■ of disaster relief f rom the so good, I'm emkstornado which ripped through ell you about it.'bthai city two weeks ago. cl. “In fact, itssojBfhe disaster application cen- Power Corp. bister where the applications are use the HL&Psysitireceived closed at 6 p.m. the South Texas'Wednesday. I The Federal Emergency . ... 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The developer of the first true potato seed in North A mer ica, Pan American Seed Co. of West Chicago, Ill., calls it “the greatest introduction in home gardening since the stringless string bean.” The new seed is called Ex plorer and is available as seed in all major seed catalogs and as. plants in greenhouses and gar den centers across the country this spring, Pan American spokesmen said. Potato seed makes it possible for home gardeners to plant potatoes along with tomatoes, peppers and other vegetables. Using the seed, it no longer will be necessary to plant the potato “eyes” during cold weather, weeks before the start of the reg ular gardening season. The seed developer also claims Explorer potatoes are “cleaner than potatoes grown from potato ‘eyes’ or ‘tuber seed pieces’ as most diseases cannot go through the seed stage.” The company says potatoes grown from the seed produce a small to medium-sized round white potato which can be har vested after 90-100 days for a new potato flavor, or grown un til the vines die for a larger, ma ture potato. Depending on growing conditions, a hill of three plants can yield two to three pounds of potatoes. The seed can be started in seed flats in a warm place, just like tomatoes or peppers, and transplanted to the garden after all danger of frost has passed. Or plants can be purchased from seed stores and garden centers. The seeds are one-fifth the size of tomato seeds. 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