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The two new babies af 1981 in the northwest. Colin Waddell,
- (above) was Kitimat’s first baby of the year, he was
at 3:15 a.m. Jan. 1. if came as no surprise to the Waddell
family that they would have the New Year's baby as Colin

was due Jan. 1. His proud parents will receive up to $500 in

gifts from the local merchants. Terrace’'s New Year’s
born -~ Baby, Bradley Wayne Gregory Roberts, welghed 7 Ibs, at
birth at 6:20 p.m. on Jan. 3, Bgadley is seen below with
mom Lorlee Roberts. . a

Cancer test participants are sought _

TORONTO (CP) — it's-

not always easy, but
researchers at a Toronto
hospital are trying to keep
track of women who val-

unteered — some of. them
44 years ago — to par-

ticipate ina study of breast
cancer. .
“One woman was

married to an army man,
so eventaally we were able
to track her down with the
help of military records,"
says Am Mills, research
getisiant for the study.
“another had become a
missionary nurse and we
traced ber to Japan.”

The women are part of

what doctors at Women's
College Hospital believe is -

the longest, continuous
study of breast cancer.
The aim is to draw a
profile of woman must
likely to develop breast

cancer by following a lerge.
 groupof healthy women for

many years.”

Early trends in the data
suggest three factors
associated with a higher
risk of breast cancer for
women urxer 40: large
breasis; breast changes
during . menstruation
(swelling, psin or lam-!
piness) and a history of
harmless cysts on ¢ither
side of the family. These
are in addition to the long-
recognized risk of a history

: of breast cancer in female

changes, ‘daristg " jwred--

" struation,, pregnaricy.-and -
. breast-feeding, hore, ay.

relationship - ‘the.

development re beeant “

caner- -.

New eas have teen in
corportated sikee, such as
the significance of bréast
or body size, exposure to. ES
ray and smoking. .

Fortunately, the original
questionaires were
detailed enough to ac-
commodate the new idens.
“But now it is vital that we
find as many of these

women as we possibly ean
so that our statistics are
valid,” says Dr. Kathleen
Pritchard, a cancer

. specialist at Women's

‘College-.-Hospital, ‘who, -
with

-heads the study along

. Dr: “Megan. Wynne-Jones.

> Altogether,‘ 4,162" wornen: -

entered the study between -
"1946 and 1962. Researchers

” finve Tost track of abpat 800"

“We'd like to bear from
any of them, even il théy

have never been in touch -

with us since they emered
the study," says Pritchard.
“We would also like to hear

from the relatives of any —

our volunteers who have
died, particularly if they
died of breast cancer.” -

-About half the volunteers
were young sursing
students from Women's
College Hospital and other
teaching bospitals in the

. City. The; “other's -were. pro- -
‘ fessional and busfness.
women, who continued to.
enter’ the study= up until: -
Urban: terrorists Have”

1062, ‘whén recruiting

‘stopped. The women today
range inl age from about 50 - :

: _ Recess to the mass media,

cancer,” Pritchard says.
“But it-will still be some
years before we can be
certain of their
significance.”’

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: -Giovennk: Divs, kids =, SSS

. worded statements -have

get Ek ae Sk EP leat La ae

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Unions claims worker -
victim of asbestos |

> NEO, Om, (CR) —
A 35-year-old ‘man’ has
become the 13th victim to
die of an asbestos-related
cancer after working at ane
of- Bendix. Corp.'s ‘twp
Windtor plants, says’ the
man "sundon representagive
and closest friend. ©
Tommy Dunn, ©
worked for almost 12 years

in the welding department |

of one of the plants, died

December, 1979,
mesothelioma, a rare form

of inoperable cancer linked.

to asbestes fibres. Doctors
discovered two tumers in
an advanced stage in his
lung and gave him a
maximum of two years to
live.

Rick Byrne, former plant
chairman for Local 195,
United Auto Workers, who
worked with Dunn fer 11
years, and other union
negotiators have taken the
cases of 19 Bemtix workers
fo the Workmeén’s Cam-

Thirteen of the 19, ix-
cluding Duns, have died af
asbesostosrelaied
discaves.

Byrne said Duna aaked
him to check with the board
to see whether. he was
eligible for benefits. After
long negotiations, the
board decided Dunn's ill-
ness made him suitable for
compensation and he
received payment
retroactive to November,

However, Bendix, which
uses asbestes in the
manufacture of automotive
brake linings, never
acknowledged it was
directly responsible for
Dion's illness.

Byrne says Dunn was oe
of those concerned that
Bendix did pot completely
comply: with a 1966
‘government request to
clean up its plants. .

- “They were supposed to
clean. it up in. 1968 and
Tommy dido't . know . why
they didn't clean it ap."*

Now, however, Byrne
says that although the-
union has: made some

headway, negotidtiias -will
be tougher because Betiix =

closed its two Windsor
plants last August.

“What can you change
now — they*re gone.”

He says his main concern
is thal everyone who was
exposed to asbestos. at
Bendix is a potential vic-
tim.

But the results might not

show up for a while. Ap -

average 10-year exposure
period is necessary to
contract mesothelioma and
because of a dormant
period, it might not be
diagnosed for 10 years.
Byrne, who was) with
Dunn when he learned of

who

the diséase yntil his death,
says he doem't like to think ©

could be a victim.
“Tf ‘you get it, you get it,

about it but realizes be too it you doo't, you're lucky,"

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PEOPLE

‘When the 52 American
hostages were seized by
Iranian militants more
than’ a year ago, the
Eugene Frye family

- Yowed that the cburch

brother, Lee, 22, began’

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Masten’s. 45,000-

bectare tanch, which
spreads over parts of sit
West Texas counties

worth $12 million.
Earlier -¢valuations,
which include oll and

natural gas rights,
“value the estate at about
$50 miltion.

Red Brigades

ROME (Reuter) — The
Red Brigades terrorist
group has threatened to kill
a kidnapped. magisirate
untess imprisoned mem-
bers of the group ask for his
life to be spared.

The Red Brigades said it

_ ) Bappell on

Barat alized Bab
a reprieve if terrorists
inside two top-security
prisons are allowed to
express their ‘opinion on
D'Urso’s fateon state radio
and television and in majar

never been given ‘direct:

although their
been published for ‘ave
The Red Brigades gave
mo deadline for their latest

demand bat warned
against the slightest

up when a specially trained
police commando team
raided the prison” ‘and

_ sentence” on D'Urso is a |
“necensary

act of
proletarian justice,” uitig
the same language as when
they ‘killed former prime
minister Aldo Moro in 1978.

Broadway ;

comedy Mixed Couples -
cheed because actres®:.
Julle Harris became ill, -
its said. a
Frederick Brissoa
said Saturday the.

diately
hospitalization.”
declined to reveal the’
nature of her illness.”
opened Dec. 28 to
reviews at the.
Atkinson Theater, also
starred Gerabdine Page,
Rip Tern and Michael
Actress Chery! Ladd
of the Charlie's Angels
television series Was
married Saturday in

Ladd was married in
1973 to actor David Ladd
and divorced in 1990.

They have a five-year.
old . daughter named

Minder ‘saned Line

Charlie's Angels. The
couple will. live | a

Lancts ays

“Now that 'vé geen.
the Prairies, I see they
are really exciting,” she
said in an interview in
Winnipeg. “‘I don’t w-
derstandd why there
aren't more film-

Film director eter
Boegda-nevich, who
directed murdered
Playboy playmate
Deray Siratien in ie

couver on Saturday,
checking the print of the
and = meeting

film

left

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