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' J ' BIST p"; L". 65201 - C, MJJBIA. 73rd Year No. 2 Good Morning! It's Tuesday, September 16, 1980 16 Pages 15 Cents Muskie cautions about hostage release From onr wire services WASHINGTON Secretary of State Edmund Muskie cautioned Monday against raising hopes of an end soon to the Iranian crisis in light of recent statements by the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and other Tehran leaders. Speaking at a news conference, Mus- M- e reflected the sentiments of admin-istration experts that the political fer-ment in Iran has not ended and that it was premature to anticipate the 52 American hostages would be released soon. " I think it is very important to be cautious in our reaction to statements coming out of Iran," Muskie said. " We hare read them before; as a matter of fact, we've been reading them over a period of weeks and months. It would be a mistake to raise expectations based on any specific statements." Wearing a yellow " free the hos-tages" emblem on bis lapel, Muskie said the United States has been unable to establish a direct channel for nego-tiations to end the 318- da- y crisis. " We have a number of channels open to try and communicate messages of one kind or another," be said. " One never knows when one of those sugges-tions takes root and blossoms out in the kind of contact that results in negotia-tions. But that link has not yet been made." His caution appeared to contradict a remark made by President Carter in Corpus Christi, Texas, earlier Monday. Carter noted that the Iranians now had a new government and " are making statements that might very well lead to resolution of this problem in the fu-ture." Muskie denied, however, that he was in disagreement with Carter. He said statements from Iran might or might not help resolve the situation, but be added mat they amounted to " a totali-ty of ideas" that bad not changed much. Muskie's statement referred to Kho-meini's message last Friday, which did not include the need for a formal American apology as a condition for the release of the hostages. Other Ira-nian authorities have said an apology would be included in the demands, along with unfreezing Iranian assets, handing over of the late Shah Moham mad Reza Pahlavi's property, a non- intervent- ion pledge and a renunciation of all claims. " The Majlis ( parliament) cannot disregard condemnation of previous policy by the present VS. govern-ment," said AyatoQah Hashemi Raf- sanja- ni, Iran's parliamentary speaker. Saturday night, Ronald Reagan, the Republican presidential candidate, said that he could support Carter if he met the economic claims, except re-turning the shah's property, which was a matter for the courts. And he warned Iran that it would not get a better deal if he were elected president Muskie said he did not find Reagan's comment harmful However, Carter criticized Reagan for his comments. " The last thing that any political candidate ought to do is to get into ne-gotiations with the Iranian authorities through public statements or through the news media," he said. " I think it would be a serious mistake for me to make public statements about what I accept or do not accept. It's just not a good way to negotiate." Reagan continued Monday to stress Iran by departing from his earlier pledge not to make the Iranian crisis a partisan political issue. He said " the continued suffering of our hostages in Iran for nearly a year bears stark tes- omo- ny to the decline of American pre-stige." Muskie said a story in the Montreal French language newspaper La Presse, which reported the State De partment had been negotiating for three months on a document with the Iranians, was inaccurate. Meanwhile, the families of the hos-tages made public a letter to the Irani-an parliament that proposed that the families " participate personally and directly in the solution of the problem which now divides the Iranian and American people." " We understand that the people of Iran have suffered untold indignities and wrongs in the past," the letter stated. Rep. Benjamin A. Gfinvm, R- N.- Y-, said that he and his congressional col-leagues had sent a second letter to the parliament, proposing direct talks be-tween delegations on the hostage cri-sis. Insight Religious prejudice among M. U. Greeks ByDanWflinsky Missourian staff writer It's college rush time, and you are one of 944 University coeds trying to join a sorority. Yon had your heart set on joining one house because some friends live there. But during rush week you notice the sorority members are different: They are predominantly Christian . Yoa are Jewish. As yoa step out of the sorority, a hostess asks, " Do yoa have any more questions aboat onr hoase?" Yoa are feeling uncomfortable, and it's bothering you, so you ask if they accept Jewish members. This question really throws her. As she answers, she folds your name tag in half. The next day yoa are " cut" as a potential member of thatsorority. According to one woman, now a member of a predominantly Jewish so-rority, that happened to her, and sce- nariossuchasmatocccrever- yfalL j --- - " At first the hostess was friendly and warm, but when she found out my reli-gion was different, she suddenly tamed cold," the rasbee said. " I was upset, and Fm suH upset, because I really didhke that sorority." The prejudice she describes may be exaggerated, and it is possible that re-ligious discrimination is not as wide-spread as she contends. Panheflenic Council and Inter- fraterni- ty Council roles state that, during rush, religion is not supposed to be mentioned and no statistics are to be kept on the religious preferences of rushees or pledges. Even so, many Greeks say privately mat the possibility for religious dis-crimination on campus is reaL Since many of the Greek- tette- r orga nizations in Columbia were formed at the turn of the century, most have been separated along religious lines. In the University's Greek system, several bouses are isolated from the rest because their members tradition-ally are members of a particular reli-gion. There are Lutheran and Chris-tian fraternities. Three fraternities and two sororities are predominantly Jewish. Traditional values loom over the re-cruiting processes in these bouses. The organizations' alumni, members and parents want the fraternity's or sorori-ty's religious identity to remain dis-tinct Most fraternity and sorority mem-bers agree it's cot necessarily bad that members have a common religion. Many say a religious bond is the major factor mat keeps most houses together and might work toward positive ends. But whether they think religious: dis-- crimination exists ornot, most hesitate" to discuss the problem publicly for fear of exacerbating whatever conflict does exist. " Religion goes deep into the history of our fraternity- - It's the big thing we have and something we can call our own," says a member of the predomi-nantly Lutheran Beta Sigma Psi fra-ternity. A Jewish member of Alpha Epsllon Pi agrees: " If everyone is the same re-ligion, it does provide the fraternity with a certain character." But religious barriers between fra- tencti- es and sororities also tend to iso-late groups and may produce hostility, especially when students think they ( See RELIGIOUS, Page 16) ' ' affiMffgg" y8ffiHBMSg": CJ fill gBpflBBBSHHigBrallK 19 w BEE ifftftSf 1111111111 BSlijiktMiBmm lH Greg Onr Walt Margrabe of Cape Girardeau changes the MFA Inc. sign to the MFA Insurance Shield of Shelter. Cell extract may be cancer key By Fred Walters Missourian staff writer Despite all the optimistic attention that interferon has received recently, the real sleeper in cancer research could turn oat to be a little known white blood cell extract called lym-phokines. Research appears to indicate that while interferon may be taxk to ha- irm- s, lymphokines may not Three researchers at the Cancer Research Center in Columbia recent-ly lectured on their six years lympho-kines study at the International Con-ference on Junmnnopharmacology in " We were very well accepted; this is the most exciting thing in cancer research," John McEntire, one of fee scientists, said. " It has tremendous potential." Lymphokines may be able to trick the body of a cancer victim into trig-gering its immune system to heal it-self of mad tumors and the remnants of cancer. In studies with humans at ' FTK Fjs- efa- el State Cancer Hospital, lympho-kines are foreseen as a supplement to conventional treatments such as sur-gery, chemotherapy ' and radiation. But Lymphokines are not the long awaited " silver bullet" that will eradicate all cancer. " The body normally rejects most tumor cells mat arise. But for some reason, the body doesn't always work properly, and the cancer may get started," McEntire said. The researchers' work is in the field of immszutberapy stimulat-ing the body's immune system to kffl an infection or ccs& rsi cancer growth. Immunotherapy got its start when it was discovered that lung cancer pa-tients who developed post- operati- ve infection after surgery lived longer. Scientists speculated that the body " geared up" for the infection and the ftnmonp system was better able to fight any remaining cancer. Lymphokines are protein mole-cules, similar to interferon, produced by certain white blood cells called lymphocytes. They act as the trigger for the body's irrminne system to re-spond and attack infections in the body. Lymphokines do not work well when there is a large tumor load too much tumor for the body to dis-solve away. Tests have shown they are most effective when used in com-bination with surgery or chemothera-py that have eliminated most of the tumor. The body men has to loll only the few remaining cells, preventing mem from regenerating. " We thought mat ifwe could isolate these moleroles, inject them in the skin at the point of the tumor and cause a response, we might be on the path to treating some cancers," Mc- Entire said. " For about six- - years we've have been working every day and most of the mghts. We are flaaBy starting to get somewhere; but lympfaokmes are still research substances and are a long way from routine, clinical use." Seme results have been promising, though. Tests by Dean Gfllilanri, an-other researcher, on mice with wide-spread cancer showed a higher survi-val rate after treatment with lymphokines. A program of tests have began on basal cell tumors, a non- fat- al type of skin cancer. " It is a slow- growin- g tu-mor, so if the treatment is not suc-cessful the patient can still be treated by conventional methods," McEntire said. " We've had some good results with basal cell tumors." However, he added, " We've had patients with no reaction to lymphokines, too." McEntire said, from a scientific viewpoint, there have not been enough trials to draw any concfa- aoo- s. lyrnphokine treatment is not nec-essarily -- limited to skin cancer. It stimulates the patient's overall de-fense system and could have an ef-fect oa cancer inany part of the body. Safety tests on rymphekmes have been going on in the lah for the past five years. Preliminary tests on to-mans have shown so toxicity. In con-trast, interferon has some severe problems with toxicity. " A big problem for most cancer pa-tients is secondary infections when their bodies are weak. If we can beef up the patient's defense system at a critical time, we could potentially help tremendously," McEntire said. The biggest problem in the stntfire has been getting enough lympho-kines. In the past it had to be ex-tracted out of human white blood cells. Now cells are grown in the labo-ratory and the lymphokines are ex-tracted from them. Out of about three gallons of culture grown each day, only a small viaL not even a pinch, of lymphokines can be extracted. The cost of treatment for a patient is estimated at about $ 12, C00. He be-lieves that tins cost can be decreased to about 120 with continued ad-vances in extraction techniques. " Only one other group is research-ing this field, in England. What we're debg, no one has done before," Mc- Entire said. He says any hope lays 19 years down the road at best But if these stabes prove to be valuable in can-cer, they wul probably also pay off for other diseases.. Vitamin A may enhance interferon NEW YORK ( UPI) A govern-ment scientist exploring the potential of interferon reported Monday a syn-thetic form of vitamin A seems to en-hance the anti- canc- er effects of the drug. Another report presented at an in-ternational cancer symposium said tests on advanced cancer patients treated with interferon have shown mixed results. Dr. Michael B. Sporn said experi-ments during the past few weeks at the National Cancer Institute show that tiny amounts of the vitamin A derivative combined with small amounts of interferon retard the pro-liferation of malignant mouse cells. Sporn said the findings are very preliminary and must move to labo-ratory animals before they could even be considered for use in hu-mans. The first animal results ccmld be available in sixmouths. Dr. Susan E. Krown of the Memori-al Stoan- Ketterin- g Cancer Center in New York said most interferon stud-ies to date with the possible excep-tion of those in breast cancer, hsng cancer and a form of bone cancer have included too few patients to make any realistic estimate of the drug's benefits. But initial tests have been promising enough to prompt several drug companies to invest many miTlions of dollars in interferon ' production processes. Sporn reported earlier that only synthetic varieties of vitamin A have appeared effective when used alone as a cancer preventer, and then only before the cancer gets started. He warned that large doses of natural vi- tam- in A will damage the liver. New emblem MFA shield facelift linked to proxy tussle By Keith PhMps Missourian staff writer Threats by MFA Inc., formerly the Missouri Farmers Association, to keep the MFA Insurance Cos. from using the MFA Inc. erohlpm " definitely had an influence" on the new insurance logo unveiled Monday, said a spokes-man for the insurance company. The new fmhlem, which bears little resemblance to the one the association used for 34 years, was created " to avoid any legal conflict with MFA" said Gene Baumann, director of publi-cations forMFA Insurance. The conflict betwen MFA Inc. and MFA Insurance started last Septem-ber, when MFA Insurance board mem-bers derided to remove the proxy vot-ing power of MFA Inc. board members. The votes that formerly went to MFA Inc. were given to five top officials of the insurance company. Proxy power, which permits absent policy holders to let others cast their votes, is important because only about 200 out of about L25 miTlinn policyhold-ers attend annual meetings. Ihe deci-sion cost MFA Inc. considerable influ-ence over the insurance company's decisions. MFA Inc. President Eric Thompson, who did not learn of the proxy change until six months later, sent a letter to MFA Inc. members saying that his management team wouM seek board approval to remove the use of the em-blem and name from the insurance firm. But on April 8, MFA Inc's board of directors voted to stop trying to sever ties with the insurance firm until Aug. 20. Since that date, MFA Inc. has taken no further action concerning insurance company rights to the name and em-blem. MFA Insurance President Howard Lang said in a statement issued Mon-day the company adopted the new symbol because it ' more clearly iden-tifies the company function of provid-ing shelter for policyholders. We have been known for some frfr" p as ' The Shield of Shelter Company,' and this change reflects that perception." The statement said that " the new shield will be used in conjuction with the name ' MFA Insurance' which has been and will continue to be the company name." Lang could not be reached for fur-ther comment. Charhe Hedberg, MFA Inc. public relations director, said that MFA Inc. was aware that the insurance company had plans to change its emhtem but did not know the company's reason for the change- - He also said MFAInc. was not in a position to object to the change nor had any reason to do so. Kaiimann said another reason for the change was that MFA Insurance oper-ates in 12 states other titan Missouri, and customers in these states do not associate the MFA shield with the Mis-souri cooperative. The new shield was introduced Mon-day to the 233 agents and employees throughout the company's operating territory as part of an extensive adver-tising campaign. Ruling clears way for Bonnchi trial By Kevin KQbane Misscorian staff writer Johnson County Circuit Judge Rob-ert G. Russell Monday ruled admissi-ble as evidence a murder victim's body in the trial of 18- year-- old Shawn Bona-- The Columbia man faces capital murder, first- degr- ee robbery and armed criminal action charges for his alleged involvement in the November 1S78 slaying of Colombia auto salesman Gregory Bond, The case has bees moved to Johnson County on a change of venue from Boone Qjuiay. According to Boone County Prosecu-tor Joe Moseley, who is conducting the case against Bosuchi, the defendant probably cannot be convicted on both the murder and robbery charges. The Missouri Supreme Court ruled Jan. 15 that conviction of both a felony murder and a related felony would be double jeopardy. in Monday's pretrial hearing, Rus-sell overruled a motion ffkd by Bonn- chi-' s attorney, Boone County Public Defender David Strauss, to suppress the body as evidence. The trial is scheduled for SepL2SmWarrersburg. But the judge did rule, Strauss said, that any evidence connecting his client with the bodywas not admissible. Strauss said he argued the informa-tion leading to the discovery of the body was obtained from statements by Bonnchi that were suppressed in pre-trial hearings. No lawyer, guardian or friendhr adrift was present during ifiltrugation of then- juvenil- es Bonnchi and Ms friend, Mitchell Dean Oahum, 18, of 1701 Oakwood Court, as required by Missouri and Oklahoma law. The youths were apprehended Nov. 3D, 1S78, by EI Reno, Okia., police on sus-picion of auto theft. Russell also overruled a defense mo-tion for the suppression as evidence of shotgun shells, as well as a driver's li-cense and credit cards mat allegedly belonged to the victim. However, the judge also ruled no statements mate by Bonnchi leading to the items' dis-covery would be admissible, Strauss said. Bond was last seen Nov. 29, 1978. He was found shot to death along a gravel road about four miles ( 6.4 kilometers) north of the Cbhanhia. Columbia police had been led there by information givenby BonuchL Qsharn pleaded guflry Oct 11, 1979, to a reduced charge of first- degr- ee murder in St. Charles County Circuit Court. At the plea proceeding, Qsosm testifed he shot Bond. He was sen-tenced to life imprisonment and is in the MissouriDivision ofCorrections. - Bonuchi remained in the Johnson County Ja2 Monday night. Index daatsified 12, Ccaoio.... ... 14 Movie IS OphnVwi - i Peggie'! nun i. n ' n.... Sport , i 7-- 9 Stoeia ; Tetgyigion 14 Weather J& In town today S sjb. Boone County Court, Cossgy- Ca- y BaiTdmg, fifth floor. MwrfefistkgsoaPagelS
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Item.Transcript | ' J ' BIST p"; L". 65201 - C, MJJBIA. 73rd Year No. 2 Good Morning! It's Tuesday, September 16, 1980 16 Pages 15 Cents Muskie cautions about hostage release From onr wire services WASHINGTON Secretary of State Edmund Muskie cautioned Monday against raising hopes of an end soon to the Iranian crisis in light of recent statements by the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and other Tehran leaders. Speaking at a news conference, Mus- M- e reflected the sentiments of admin-istration experts that the political fer-ment in Iran has not ended and that it was premature to anticipate the 52 American hostages would be released soon. " I think it is very important to be cautious in our reaction to statements coming out of Iran," Muskie said. " We hare read them before; as a matter of fact, we've been reading them over a period of weeks and months. It would be a mistake to raise expectations based on any specific statements." Wearing a yellow " free the hos-tages" emblem on bis lapel, Muskie said the United States has been unable to establish a direct channel for nego-tiations to end the 318- da- y crisis. " We have a number of channels open to try and communicate messages of one kind or another," be said. " One never knows when one of those sugges-tions takes root and blossoms out in the kind of contact that results in negotia-tions. But that link has not yet been made." His caution appeared to contradict a remark made by President Carter in Corpus Christi, Texas, earlier Monday. Carter noted that the Iranians now had a new government and " are making statements that might very well lead to resolution of this problem in the fu-ture." Muskie denied, however, that he was in disagreement with Carter. He said statements from Iran might or might not help resolve the situation, but be added mat they amounted to " a totali-ty of ideas" that bad not changed much. Muskie's statement referred to Kho-meini's message last Friday, which did not include the need for a formal American apology as a condition for the release of the hostages. Other Ira-nian authorities have said an apology would be included in the demands, along with unfreezing Iranian assets, handing over of the late Shah Moham mad Reza Pahlavi's property, a non- intervent- ion pledge and a renunciation of all claims. " The Majlis ( parliament) cannot disregard condemnation of previous policy by the present VS. govern-ment," said AyatoQah Hashemi Raf- sanja- ni, Iran's parliamentary speaker. Saturday night, Ronald Reagan, the Republican presidential candidate, said that he could support Carter if he met the economic claims, except re-turning the shah's property, which was a matter for the courts. And he warned Iran that it would not get a better deal if he were elected president Muskie said he did not find Reagan's comment harmful However, Carter criticized Reagan for his comments. " The last thing that any political candidate ought to do is to get into ne-gotiations with the Iranian authorities through public statements or through the news media," he said. " I think it would be a serious mistake for me to make public statements about what I accept or do not accept. It's just not a good way to negotiate." Reagan continued Monday to stress Iran by departing from his earlier pledge not to make the Iranian crisis a partisan political issue. He said " the continued suffering of our hostages in Iran for nearly a year bears stark tes- omo- ny to the decline of American pre-stige." Muskie said a story in the Montreal French language newspaper La Presse, which reported the State De partment had been negotiating for three months on a document with the Iranians, was inaccurate. Meanwhile, the families of the hos-tages made public a letter to the Irani-an parliament that proposed that the families " participate personally and directly in the solution of the problem which now divides the Iranian and American people." " We understand that the people of Iran have suffered untold indignities and wrongs in the past," the letter stated. Rep. Benjamin A. Gfinvm, R- N.- Y-, said that he and his congressional col-leagues had sent a second letter to the parliament, proposing direct talks be-tween delegations on the hostage cri-sis. Insight Religious prejudice among M. U. Greeks ByDanWflinsky Missourian staff writer It's college rush time, and you are one of 944 University coeds trying to join a sorority. Yon had your heart set on joining one house because some friends live there. But during rush week you notice the sorority members are different: They are predominantly Christian . Yoa are Jewish. As yoa step out of the sorority, a hostess asks, " Do yoa have any more questions aboat onr hoase?" Yoa are feeling uncomfortable, and it's bothering you, so you ask if they accept Jewish members. This question really throws her. As she answers, she folds your name tag in half. The next day yoa are " cut" as a potential member of thatsorority. According to one woman, now a member of a predominantly Jewish so-rority, that happened to her, and sce- nariossuchasmatocccrever- yfalL j --- - " At first the hostess was friendly and warm, but when she found out my reli-gion was different, she suddenly tamed cold," the rasbee said. " I was upset, and Fm suH upset, because I really didhke that sorority." The prejudice she describes may be exaggerated, and it is possible that re-ligious discrimination is not as wide-spread as she contends. Panheflenic Council and Inter- fraterni- ty Council roles state that, during rush, religion is not supposed to be mentioned and no statistics are to be kept on the religious preferences of rushees or pledges. Even so, many Greeks say privately mat the possibility for religious dis-crimination on campus is reaL Since many of the Greek- tette- r orga nizations in Columbia were formed at the turn of the century, most have been separated along religious lines. In the University's Greek system, several bouses are isolated from the rest because their members tradition-ally are members of a particular reli-gion. There are Lutheran and Chris-tian fraternities. Three fraternities and two sororities are predominantly Jewish. Traditional values loom over the re-cruiting processes in these bouses. The organizations' alumni, members and parents want the fraternity's or sorori-ty's religious identity to remain dis-tinct Most fraternity and sorority mem-bers agree it's cot necessarily bad that members have a common religion. Many say a religious bond is the major factor mat keeps most houses together and might work toward positive ends. But whether they think religious: dis-- crimination exists ornot, most hesitate" to discuss the problem publicly for fear of exacerbating whatever conflict does exist. " Religion goes deep into the history of our fraternity- - It's the big thing we have and something we can call our own," says a member of the predomi-nantly Lutheran Beta Sigma Psi fra-ternity. A Jewish member of Alpha Epsllon Pi agrees: " If everyone is the same re-ligion, it does provide the fraternity with a certain character." But religious barriers between fra- tencti- es and sororities also tend to iso-late groups and may produce hostility, especially when students think they ( See RELIGIOUS, Page 16) ' ' affiMffgg" y8ffiHBMSg": CJ fill gBpflBBBSHHigBrallK 19 w BEE ifftftSf 1111111111 BSlijiktMiBmm lH Greg Onr Walt Margrabe of Cape Girardeau changes the MFA Inc. sign to the MFA Insurance Shield of Shelter. Cell extract may be cancer key By Fred Walters Missourian staff writer Despite all the optimistic attention that interferon has received recently, the real sleeper in cancer research could turn oat to be a little known white blood cell extract called lym-phokines. Research appears to indicate that while interferon may be taxk to ha- irm- s, lymphokines may not Three researchers at the Cancer Research Center in Columbia recent-ly lectured on their six years lympho-kines study at the International Con-ference on Junmnnopharmacology in " We were very well accepted; this is the most exciting thing in cancer research," John McEntire, one of fee scientists, said. " It has tremendous potential." Lymphokines may be able to trick the body of a cancer victim into trig-gering its immune system to heal it-self of mad tumors and the remnants of cancer. In studies with humans at ' FTK Fjs- efa- el State Cancer Hospital, lympho-kines are foreseen as a supplement to conventional treatments such as sur-gery, chemotherapy ' and radiation. But Lymphokines are not the long awaited " silver bullet" that will eradicate all cancer. " The body normally rejects most tumor cells mat arise. But for some reason, the body doesn't always work properly, and the cancer may get started," McEntire said. The researchers' work is in the field of immszutberapy stimulat-ing the body's immune system to kffl an infection or ccs& rsi cancer growth. Immunotherapy got its start when it was discovered that lung cancer pa-tients who developed post- operati- ve infection after surgery lived longer. Scientists speculated that the body " geared up" for the infection and the ftnmonp system was better able to fight any remaining cancer. Lymphokines are protein mole-cules, similar to interferon, produced by certain white blood cells called lymphocytes. They act as the trigger for the body's irrminne system to re-spond and attack infections in the body. Lymphokines do not work well when there is a large tumor load too much tumor for the body to dis-solve away. Tests have shown they are most effective when used in com-bination with surgery or chemothera-py that have eliminated most of the tumor. The body men has to loll only the few remaining cells, preventing mem from regenerating. " We thought mat ifwe could isolate these moleroles, inject them in the skin at the point of the tumor and cause a response, we might be on the path to treating some cancers," Mc- Entire said. " For about six- - years we've have been working every day and most of the mghts. We are flaaBy starting to get somewhere; but lympfaokmes are still research substances and are a long way from routine, clinical use." Seme results have been promising, though. Tests by Dean Gfllilanri, an-other researcher, on mice with wide-spread cancer showed a higher survi-val rate after treatment with lymphokines. A program of tests have began on basal cell tumors, a non- fat- al type of skin cancer. " It is a slow- growin- g tu-mor, so if the treatment is not suc-cessful the patient can still be treated by conventional methods," McEntire said. " We've had some good results with basal cell tumors." However, he added, " We've had patients with no reaction to lymphokines, too." McEntire said, from a scientific viewpoint, there have not been enough trials to draw any concfa- aoo- s. lyrnphokine treatment is not nec-essarily -- limited to skin cancer. It stimulates the patient's overall de-fense system and could have an ef-fect oa cancer inany part of the body. Safety tests on rymphekmes have been going on in the lah for the past five years. Preliminary tests on to-mans have shown so toxicity. In con-trast, interferon has some severe problems with toxicity. " A big problem for most cancer pa-tients is secondary infections when their bodies are weak. If we can beef up the patient's defense system at a critical time, we could potentially help tremendously," McEntire said. The biggest problem in the stntfire has been getting enough lympho-kines. In the past it had to be ex-tracted out of human white blood cells. Now cells are grown in the labo-ratory and the lymphokines are ex-tracted from them. Out of about three gallons of culture grown each day, only a small viaL not even a pinch, of lymphokines can be extracted. The cost of treatment for a patient is estimated at about $ 12, C00. He be-lieves that tins cost can be decreased to about 120 with continued ad-vances in extraction techniques. " Only one other group is research-ing this field, in England. What we're debg, no one has done before," Mc- Entire said. He says any hope lays 19 years down the road at best But if these stabes prove to be valuable in can-cer, they wul probably also pay off for other diseases.. Vitamin A may enhance interferon NEW YORK ( UPI) A govern-ment scientist exploring the potential of interferon reported Monday a syn-thetic form of vitamin A seems to en-hance the anti- canc- er effects of the drug. Another report presented at an in-ternational cancer symposium said tests on advanced cancer patients treated with interferon have shown mixed results. Dr. Michael B. Sporn said experi-ments during the past few weeks at the National Cancer Institute show that tiny amounts of the vitamin A derivative combined with small amounts of interferon retard the pro-liferation of malignant mouse cells. Sporn said the findings are very preliminary and must move to labo-ratory animals before they could even be considered for use in hu-mans. The first animal results ccmld be available in sixmouths. Dr. Susan E. Krown of the Memori-al Stoan- Ketterin- g Cancer Center in New York said most interferon stud-ies to date with the possible excep-tion of those in breast cancer, hsng cancer and a form of bone cancer have included too few patients to make any realistic estimate of the drug's benefits. But initial tests have been promising enough to prompt several drug companies to invest many miTlions of dollars in interferon ' production processes. Sporn reported earlier that only synthetic varieties of vitamin A have appeared effective when used alone as a cancer preventer, and then only before the cancer gets started. He warned that large doses of natural vi- tam- in A will damage the liver. New emblem MFA shield facelift linked to proxy tussle By Keith PhMps Missourian staff writer Threats by MFA Inc., formerly the Missouri Farmers Association, to keep the MFA Insurance Cos. from using the MFA Inc. erohlpm " definitely had an influence" on the new insurance logo unveiled Monday, said a spokes-man for the insurance company. The new fmhlem, which bears little resemblance to the one the association used for 34 years, was created " to avoid any legal conflict with MFA" said Gene Baumann, director of publi-cations forMFA Insurance. The conflict betwen MFA Inc. and MFA Insurance started last Septem-ber, when MFA Insurance board mem-bers derided to remove the proxy vot-ing power of MFA Inc. board members. The votes that formerly went to MFA Inc. were given to five top officials of the insurance company. Proxy power, which permits absent policy holders to let others cast their votes, is important because only about 200 out of about L25 miTlinn policyhold-ers attend annual meetings. Ihe deci-sion cost MFA Inc. considerable influ-ence over the insurance company's decisions. MFA Inc. President Eric Thompson, who did not learn of the proxy change until six months later, sent a letter to MFA Inc. members saying that his management team wouM seek board approval to remove the use of the em-blem and name from the insurance firm. But on April 8, MFA Inc's board of directors voted to stop trying to sever ties with the insurance firm until Aug. 20. Since that date, MFA Inc. has taken no further action concerning insurance company rights to the name and em-blem. MFA Insurance President Howard Lang said in a statement issued Mon-day the company adopted the new symbol because it ' more clearly iden-tifies the company function of provid-ing shelter for policyholders. We have been known for some frfr" p as ' The Shield of Shelter Company,' and this change reflects that perception." The statement said that " the new shield will be used in conjuction with the name ' MFA Insurance' which has been and will continue to be the company name." Lang could not be reached for fur-ther comment. Charhe Hedberg, MFA Inc. public relations director, said that MFA Inc. was aware that the insurance company had plans to change its emhtem but did not know the company's reason for the change- - He also said MFAInc. was not in a position to object to the change nor had any reason to do so. Kaiimann said another reason for the change was that MFA Insurance oper-ates in 12 states other titan Missouri, and customers in these states do not associate the MFA shield with the Mis-souri cooperative. The new shield was introduced Mon-day to the 233 agents and employees throughout the company's operating territory as part of an extensive adver-tising campaign. Ruling clears way for Bonnchi trial By Kevin KQbane Misscorian staff writer Johnson County Circuit Judge Rob-ert G. Russell Monday ruled admissi-ble as evidence a murder victim's body in the trial of 18- year-- old Shawn Bona-- The Columbia man faces capital murder, first- degr- ee robbery and armed criminal action charges for his alleged involvement in the November 1S78 slaying of Colombia auto salesman Gregory Bond, The case has bees moved to Johnson County on a change of venue from Boone Qjuiay. According to Boone County Prosecu-tor Joe Moseley, who is conducting the case against Bosuchi, the defendant probably cannot be convicted on both the murder and robbery charges. The Missouri Supreme Court ruled Jan. 15 that conviction of both a felony murder and a related felony would be double jeopardy. in Monday's pretrial hearing, Rus-sell overruled a motion ffkd by Bonn- chi-' s attorney, Boone County Public Defender David Strauss, to suppress the body as evidence. The trial is scheduled for SepL2SmWarrersburg. But the judge did rule, Strauss said, that any evidence connecting his client with the bodywas not admissible. Strauss said he argued the informa-tion leading to the discovery of the body was obtained from statements by Bonnchi that were suppressed in pre-trial hearings. No lawyer, guardian or friendhr adrift was present during ifiltrugation of then- juvenil- es Bonnchi and Ms friend, Mitchell Dean Oahum, 18, of 1701 Oakwood Court, as required by Missouri and Oklahoma law. The youths were apprehended Nov. 3D, 1S78, by EI Reno, Okia., police on sus-picion of auto theft. Russell also overruled a defense mo-tion for the suppression as evidence of shotgun shells, as well as a driver's li-cense and credit cards mat allegedly belonged to the victim. However, the judge also ruled no statements mate by Bonnchi leading to the items' dis-covery would be admissible, Strauss said. Bond was last seen Nov. 29, 1978. He was found shot to death along a gravel road about four miles ( 6.4 kilometers) north of the Cbhanhia. Columbia police had been led there by information givenby BonuchL Qsharn pleaded guflry Oct 11, 1979, to a reduced charge of first- degr- ee murder in St. Charles County Circuit Court. At the plea proceeding, Qsosm testifed he shot Bond. He was sen-tenced to life imprisonment and is in the MissouriDivision ofCorrections. - Bonuchi remained in the Johnson County Ja2 Monday night. 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