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Cancer^ danger^ warned_
Doctors blame sunbathing
United Press International
ATLANTA — Sunbathing,
one of America’s more popular
f >astimes, has drawn criticism
rom two Emory University
medical researchers who say the
practice may cause skin cancer
rates to soar.
Drs. William L. Dobes and
Henry Earl Jones say most skin
cancers are caused by over
exposure to the ultraviolet rays
of the sun, and a sunbathing
lifestyle poses a serious health
hazard.
The researchers plan a cam
paign to call attention to the
threat and will try to uproot the
notion that a beautiful suntan
denotes good health.
fore. Their personal observa
tions are supported by a Nation
al Cancer Institute study that
ranked Atlanta as having one of
the highest incidences of skin
cancer in the nation.
Dobes and Jones enlisted the
aid of the National Weather Ser
vice in their sun awareness pro
ject. The NWS has started pro
viding the Atlanta-area news
media with a sunburn predic
tion index that tells the number
of minutes it takes to redden the
average untanned Caucasian
skin at specific times of day.
Americans develop skin cancer
each year.
Among whites, roughly 232
new cases develop out of each
100,000 population. For blacks,
it is 3.4 cases per 100,000.
The two physicians specialize
in treating skin diseases. Dobes
is director of Emory’s immunof
luorescence laboratory for the
diagnosis of skin problems.
Jones is chief of Emory’s depart
ment of dermatology.
Both say they are seeing more
cancers of the skin than ever be-
“Redness is synonmous with
skin damage. It means that it’s
time to protect yourself,” said
Dobes. He said the index will tell
people'“how long they can stay
out in the sun if they want to
protect themselves.”
In Atlanta there were 393.8
new cases per 100,000 people
for 1977-79, the last year stu
died. For all the survey areas in
cluded in the NCI study, the rate
was 232.6 per 100,000 popula
tion. The rate of skin cancers in
the Atlanta area exceeds that for
all other forms of cancer stu
died.
are getting skin cancer, probably
because of our leisure lifestyle,”
Jones said.
He said one reason for the
higher number of skin cancers
in Atlanta might be the large
number of fair-skinned people
of Scots-Irish ancestry living in
the area. Fair-skinned indi
viduals are more susceptible to
sun-caused skin damage.
Skin cancers, wrinkling and
premature aging of the skin are
the cumulative effects of years
of exposure to the sun’s rays,
said Dobes, who estimated that
between 400,000-500,000
The sunburn prediction in
dex being tried in the Atlanta
area is the first of its kind in the
Southeast and the second in the
nation. Another is in operation
at the University of Arizona
Cancer Center in Tucson, where
skin cancers occur at a rate four
times the national average.
The researchers said the
problem might also be traced to
the favorable attitude toward
suntanned bodies, more skin
being exposed to the sun, and a
possible impairment of the
earth’s protective ozone barrier.
Dobes and Jones said people
;d expo-
“What is alarming is that in
Atlanta and all across America,
more and more young people
should avoid unprotected expo
sure to the sun during periods of
the day with high levels of dan
gerous rays — between 11 a.m.
and 3 p.m. They suggested that
the head and neck be protected
with hats and sunscreen prepa
rations and that children be
taught to protect themselves
against the sun.
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Around town
Magazine to be published here
The American Archivist, a journal published by the Society
of American Archivists, is now headquartered here.
Published four times a year, the journal includes theore
tical and practical articles on arrangement and description,
finding aids, references and access, appraisal and preserva
tion of archives.
Dr. Charles Schultz, professor of library science and
archivist here, will be editor of the 3,500-circulation journal
while it is housed at the University.
Departm en ts receive $27,000 gran t
Union Texas Petroleum of Houston has presented Texas
A&M with $27,000 in grants.
A donation of $12,000 was designated for faculty support
in petroleum engineering. Another $15,000 grant will be
divided equally among the College of Business Administra
tion, Department of Geology and the Department of Pet
roleum Engineering.
Presenting the check for Union Texas Petroleum were
G.J. “Bud” Wilson, Jr., vice president and general manager
of U.S. exploration and production and Michael Wolff,
manager for employment.
Receiving the grant on behalf of Texas A&M were Dr.
Doug Von Gonten, head of the Department of Petroleum
Engineering, Dr. William Mobley, dean of the College of
Business Administration, Dr. Karl Koenig, head of the De-
artment of Geology and Dr. Robert Walker, vice president
or development.
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To submit an item for this column, come by The Battalion
office in 216 Reed McDonald or call 845-2611.
Rape conviction
stands in court
United Press International
AUSTIN, — The Texas
Court of Criminal Appeals
Wednesday upheld the convic
tion and life sentence of a chauf
feur, 38, who was convicted of
raping his employer, 70.
The court rejected the appeal
from Dallas County of Homer
Junior Jackson, who was sent
enced under the habitual cri
minal act.
According to testimony, Jack-
son fell asleep in the bed where
the assault occurred and was stll
asleep when police arrived.
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David Kent, tennis coach
Texas A&M Tennis Team,
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with his son Trey, who plays tennis A tremt
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“We are already short now by
4,500 teachers,” Corrigan said.
“The difference between the
number leaving and the number
graduating from college is about
4,500.”
The third problem has re
sulted from a larger number of
teachers quitting at a faster rate
than ever before because other
professional opportunities are
more attractive.
“You graduate in the math or
science field today and you start
out with a salary of $11,346 in
teaching,” Corrigan said. “What
happens is you could go into a
computer corporation and
make $26,000.
“The data shows that teachers
just are unable to survive. The
myth of the public is that
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they have three months off. The
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work in the summer just to sur
vive economically.
“But the kinds ofjobs they can
get in the summer, because
they’re only short-term jobs,
don’t take advantage of their
academic training,” he said.
One of the tasks facing Corri
gan and the committee will be to
find a way to finance the state’s
public education programs and
increase the economic feasiblity
of such incentives.
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