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CANCER, from A1 tumor cells have cloaking mechanisms that have kept technology, said Dr. Louis the immune system from Weiner, director of George- recognizing them as town Lombardi Compre- “enemy” and going on the hensive Cancer Center. attack. “The antibody basically Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. targets this very toxic drug has developed two drugs — right to the cancer cell and one aimed at cancer cells places it inside the cancer and the other at key soldier cell where the drug can do cells of the immune system its damage” without harm- — to remove one of these in- ing healthy cells nearby, he visibility cloaks. Two studies said. involving nearly 500 people On Sunday, a large study found some tumor shrink- showed that one such drug age in up to one quarter of — Genentech’s T-DM1 — patients with lung and kid- delayed the time until can- ney cancers as well as the cer got worse in women deadly skin cancer, with very advanced breast melanoma. The treatments cancer. The drug also seems had less impact against to be improving survival, al- colon and prostate cancer. though it will take more time These are only early re- to know for sure. So far, sults — not survival com- women on the new treat- parisons or definitive tests, ment were living more than doctors warn. More testing a year longer than a com- is needed to even establish AP Photo parison group of women safety. In one study, three In this 1982 file photo provided by NBC-TV, “” host Richard Dawson, center, gives President Reagan, played by “Tonight Show” host who were given two other patients died of a lung in- , a chance at the big money as Queen Elizabeth (Rose Carr) readies herself at the buzzer during “International Family Feud” sketch drugs. flammation considered due on the show in Burbank, Calif. The “feud” pitted the Reagans against the Windsor family. Dozens of similar “smart to the treatment. bomb” drugs are in develop- However, ordinary ment. On Monday, Pfizer chemotherapy can prove Inc. plans to report on one it fatal, too, said one study is testing for certain types of leader, Dr. Julie Brahmer of Laughs: A part of the game lymphoma and leukemia. Johns Hopkins University. Only one such drug is on the “There were a few pa- market now — Adcetris, sold tients who had a complete for ‘Feud’ host Dawson by Seattle Genetics Inc. for remission” from the im- some less common types of mune system treatments lymphoma. and most patients suffered NEW YORK (AP) — tant moment in the history of her family in 1981. She endary Stork Room. It was The other big news at the few side effects, she said. Richard Dawson brought a of television” as the moment and Dawson began dating, there, in the late 1950s, he met conference involved a very “It’s great to see patients saucy, unabashedly touchy- when Dawson asked his and, after a decade together, blond bombshell , different approach: using feeling well. They don’t have feely style to TV game shows contestants “to guess what a they wed in 1991. (Dawson the film star who became the immune system to fight hair loss, they don’t have a as host of “Family Feud.” poll of 100 people had is survived by Gretchen and known as Britain’s answer to cancer. For more than a cen- drop in blood counts and The British-born enter- guessed would be the height their daughter Shannon, as Marilyn Monroe. They mar- tury, doctors have been try- are not as prone to infec- tainer, who died Saturday at of the average American well as two sons, Mark and ried in 1959 and divorced a ing to harness its power, but tions.” age 79 from complications woman. Gary, from his first marriage, decade later. related to esophageal cancer “Guess what they’ve and four grandchildren.) Dawson landed roles in at Ronald Reagan UCLA guessed,” sniffed Trow, “Wheel of Fortune” host U.S. comedy and variety NEAL, from A1 he said as he pointed out the Medical Center in Los Ange- harping on the meaning- said Dawson’s shows in the early 1960s, in- dirt and gunk settled be- les, earlier had made his lessness of such an enter- greatest role was playing a cluding “The disassembling the clock and tween the gears. “ese are mark in the unlikely 1960s prise. “Guess what they’ve host. Show” and “The Dick Van taking it piece by piece great machines if people just sitcom hit “Hogan’s Heroes,” guessed the AVERAGE is.” “He was able to inject his Dyke Show.” Then his per- down the ladders and spiral take care of them.” which mined laughs from a Obviously, “Feud” fans unique brand of humor into formance as a military pris- staircase back to his truck. All the parts go back with Nazi POW camp whose pris- would have feuded with shows like “Family Feud,” oner in the 1965 film “King “It’s tight quarters up there Neal to his office in Stanford, oners hoodwink their cap- Trow’s dismissive attitude. Sajak said. “ He could be Rat” led to his being cast in … but these (ladders) are where he will clean, polish tors and run the place For one thing, Dawson funny and biting, mischie- “Hogan’s Heroes,” which fairly good,” Neal said. and reassemble the clock. themselves. played the show, and his du- vous and playful, but he al- truly made him a star to “Some of them (in other After it’s put back together But it is as the kissing, ties presiding over it, for ways respected the game and American audiences. clock towers) look like and installed in the new wisecracking quizmaster of laughs. treated his players with kind- After that, he was a regu- they’ve been left by the Indi- courthouse lobby, the clock’s “Feud” that he will be re- On one episode, he posed ness.” lar on “Rowan & Martin’s ans; they’re so rickety,” he gears, frames and pieces will membered. this question to a contest- Producers revived the Laugh-In” and “The New added with a laugh. be about the size of a large The show, which initially ant: “During what month of show as “The New Family Dick Van Dyke Show.” Neal estimated the clock grandfather clock, he said. ran from 1976 to 1985, pitted pregnancy does a woman Feud,” starring comedian Ray Meanwhile, he became a dates from the late 1800s e display in the lobby a pair of families against begin to look pregnant?” Combs, in 1988. Six years frequent celebrity contest- and said it’s in need of a will be a working clock, with each other as they tried to She blurted out “Septem- later, Dawson replaced ant on game shows, includ- good cleaning. e court- either one or two faces and guess the most popular an- ber,” then, too late, realized Combs at the helm, but that ing both daytime and house itself was completed possibly a smaller bell, but it swers to poll questions such this was a ridiculous re- lasted only one season. Steve prime-time versions of “The in 1835. won’t connect to the clock as “What do people give up sponse. Harvey is the current host. .” “It’s amazing how these in the tower. Neal will build when they go on a diet?” All the better for Dawson, Dawson reprised his While still a panelist on things will shine up … You separate gears and mecha- Dawson made his hearty, who couldn’t stop laughing game show character in a “The Match Game,” he wouldn’t want the inside of nisms from scratch to run soaring pronouncement of — or milking the moment much darker mood in the began on “Family Feud,” your motor to look like that,” that clock. the phrase “Survey says...” a for continued laughs from 1987 Arnold Schwarzeneg- where his popularity grew to national catchphrase among the audience. ger film “The Running Man,” such levels that he was men- the show’s fans. His swaggering, randy playing the host of a deadly tioned as a front-runner to Real food. In schools? ey He won a daytime Emmy manner (and working- TV show set in a totalitarian win the “Tonight Show” host , from A1 ROSS could easily grow their own Award in 1978 as best game bloke’s British accent) set future, where convicts try to chair as successor to Johnny food,” he said. show host. Tom Shales of him apart from other TV escape as their executioners Carson, who at the time was He was born and raised “It’s not about me. I’m The Washington Post called quizmasters, who, more stalk them. considering retirement. in Danville and has a sister just a simple guy, feeding him “the fastest, brightest often than not, tempered But long before “Feud,” Though Carson stayed put, who still lives in the house people.” and most beguilingly caustic any boisterous inclinations Dawson had gained fame as Dawson logged appear- that was his dad’s on Lex- Ross invites all who are interlocutor since the late with defiant smoothness. the fast-talking Cpl. Peter ances as a guest host. ington Avenue. He has fam- interested to consider vol- great Groucho bantered and Not Dawson, who was Newkirk on “Hogan’s He- In 1985, on Dawson ily all around Danville, he unteering time or donating parried on ‘You Bet Your overtly physical, prone to in- roes,” the CBS comedy star- ended that lengthy “Family said, some who have never tools or supplies. As a Life.’” The show was so pop- vading his contestants’ per- ring set in World Feud” run, the studio audi- left and so probably don’t United Way agency, he said ular it was released as both sonal space — and War II. The show made the ence honored him with a realize how good they have he can sign off on commu- daytime and syndicated especially the women, each ratings top 10 in its first sea- standing ovation, and he re- it in Danville. nity service hours for peo- evening versions. of whom he kissed without son, 1965-66, and aired until sponded: “Please sit down. I “When you go away and ple who have to help to And it was quickly vali- exception. 1971. have to do at least 30 min- then come back, you find satisfy a judgment. He said dated by “Saturday Night At the time the show “We ran six years,” Daw- utes of fun and laughter, and out that life is good here,” he will not discriminate Live,” with Bill Murray in a bowed out in 1985, execu- son once quipped, “a year you make me want to cry.” he said. against any who are willing satirical homage to Dawson tive producer Howard longer than Hitler.” “I’ve had the most incred- Ross wants to help make to help in any way. as a leering, nasty figure who Felsher estimated that Daw- Dawson was born Colin ible luck in my career,” he it even better. “If someone is a farmer, even slapped one contestant son had kissed “somewhere Lionel Emm in 1932 in told his viewers, adding, “I “Most kids think food scientist or a president, (John Belushi) for getting in the vicinity of 20,000.” Gosport, England. When he never dreamed I would have grows in a can. We are doesn’t matter.” too fresh. “I kissed them for luck was 14, he joined the Mer- a job in which so many peo- going to die from the food Everybody eats. Not that everyone ap- and love, that’s all,” Dawson chant Marines, serving three ple could touch me and I we eat — or lack of food. proved. said at the time. years. could touch them.” That In his classic 1981 cultural One of them he kissed He first got into show busi- triggered a laugh, as he must analysis “Within the Context was Gretchen Johnson, an ness as a standup comedian, have known it would: a host of No Context,” George W.S. attractive young contestant playing clubs in London’s who was both a lover and a Trow identified “the impor- who came on with members West End including the leg- jokester.

Ohio crash kills 3 teens, one on graduation day Over 135 Years Experience Here to Serve You! Nearly 25 Years in Stanford CINCINNATI (AP) — A car ceremony at the University Metro Health Medical Cen- performing arts center. carrying five teenagers went of Akron. “There were a lot ter, where he was listed in “We want to allow the airborne as it sped over rail- of tears.” critical condition. Fox, 18, families to grieve in peace, Clayton Home of Stanford 807 Hwy. 27 road tracks in northeast Ohio The 2001 Chevrolet Cava- also was scheduled to grad- and do whatever we can to N Stanford, KY. 40484 • 606-365-9118 1-866-514-7221 early Sunday and crashed, lier was traveling at a high uate Sunday. get through this very tragic killing the 18-year-old driver speed just after midnight The fifth person in the car, situation,” Mayell said. hours before his high school when Chaya lost control in identified by troopers as 17- Troopers were still investi- graduation and two of his Columbia Township, troop- year-old Julia Romito, was gating the crash Sunday. They passengers, the Ohio State ers at the Elyria post said. taken to Southwest General said the only confirmed factor Highway Patrol said. The car went airborne and Hospital, which wouldn’t re- was unsafe speed, although CALDWELL The other two passen- off the right side of the road- lease information on her. they were still calculating the gers, one of them also an im- way, then swerved across Fox and Chaya were car’s estimated speed. STONE CO. pending graduate, were the left side of the road, hit a called during the com- Mayell has known Po- hospitalized. ditch and tree, then flipped mencement, which in- erner’s family for years, and DANVILLE, KY Less than 13 hours after over, according to the troop- cluded a moment of silence said the students who were the crash, Brunswick High ers’ report. and comments about the killed were well known at NOW OPEN SATURDAYS! School students left empty Chaya, a senior football tragic accident, Mayell said. school, taking part in school seats covered with flowers at player, and two passengers, More than 600 students activities and volunteering. 7:30 AM - Noon their graduation ceremony 17-year-old Blake Bartchak graduated Sunday. “They were very popular You MUST call prior to Saturday to schedule to remember driver Jeffrey and 16-year-old Lexi Poerner, Grief counselors were students, very well-liked,” any Saturday deliveries. Chaya and Kevin Fox, who were killed, the patrol said. available to meet with stu- Mayell said. “We’ve always was critically injured. Fox, a back-seat passen- dents at the high school later been a very tight-knit com- Weekly hours M-F 7:30am-4pm “It was very sad,” Superin- ger, was thrown from the car in the day. Memorial serv- munity,” he said. “It’s one of SCALEHOUSE:859-236-4714 tendent Michael Mayell said into a ditch, troopers said. ices were held Sunday those things that happens 1755 Stanford Rd., Danville • www.caldwellstone.net after the commencement He was flown to Cleveland evening at a church and a that I just don’t get.”