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USC, I The largest research contract ever 'made to USC has been granted to the USC School of Health and Physical Education and the Providence Hospital Division of cardiovascular Ser vices for research as part of a nationwide heart attack prevention program. The contract,$438,926, over an 11 month period with the National Heart and Lung Institute of the National Institute of Health was announced late last month by USC Provost and President-Designate William Patterson and U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond. Entitled "Multiple Risk Factor InterventionTrial (MRFIT)," the contract will allow study of the effects of- high cholesterol, smoking and hypertension on heart disease. Co-investigators for the project are Dr. Warren Giese and Dr. Steven Blair of USC's School of Health and Physical Education and Dr. Robert Kiger, director of Providence Hospital's Division of Cardiovascular Services. The USC and Providence Economi Slows In 1208 Knox Abbott Drive, Ph( o gpc~ oQQc o gc b ~ Your toe-h in paintbo: Qi In soft kid of Yellow 4 White Navy 6 Green 4 strxwbel a atc ospital Hospital are among 20 in stitutions throughout the country participating in the seven-year project which will involve more than 12,000 males, ages 35-57. This is the largest clinical trial ever undertaken and the nationwide trial will cost $60 to $80 million ultimately. Some 53 percent of deaths from all causes each year in the United States are cardiovascular-related, and South Carolina consistently appears to have one of the highest death rates attributed to heart disease. The first year of the program will involve an extensive screening of some 12,000 to 20,000 men, ages 35-57, in the Columbia area, with subsequent screenings necessary to select the 600 par ticipants for the duration of the seven year project at USC. The initial screenings, to begin this summer, will be conducted at fixed sites and by mobile teams visiting industries, churches and other locations around metropolitan Columbia. A speaker's bureau is being organized to tell area c Growth t C s F Februarys e V P Our sea ist >ne 796-1645; 3200 Two Notctl old on a sensational sur C colors. $14.95 rry slid Are and .eceive residents about the prdgram. The 600 selected will be ran domized into two groups of 300. One group will be referred to their private physicians for treatment. The other 300 will participate in a special long-term intervention program devised to reduce the risk factors---high cholesterol, cigarette smoking and high blood pressure. Approximately 80 percent of death and disability from heart disease occurs among persons having one or more of these three risk factors working against them. Facilities at the USC School of Health and Physical Education and at the Division of Cardiovascular Services at Providence Hospital will be utilized for the study. The program is expected to receive continuation grants totaling in excess of $3 million for the duration of the study over the seven-year period. Other personnel involved in the comprehensive program will be physicians, nutritionists, behaviorists, health educators, A University of South Carolina eport, "South Carolina Economic ndicators," suggests the state's conomic growth slowed during he month of February with eclines in 13 of the 16 economic eries reported. Published by the USC Bureau of lusiness and economic Research, he report notes that the growth lowdown may be the result of the nergy shortage but that such a lowing in growth is usually found then business expansion rogresses. The present ex ansion, the report says, has been nderwav since the first of 1971. ifood he finest. sh style Road, Phone 782-8806 rnmer. Slide e on by the ide Mall - open a private ge account.4 LargeG nurses, secretaries, a statistics H clerk and lab technicians. To in sure uniformity of information, w many will be trained at par- C ticpating instututions throughout D the nation. Blood analyses will be D handled through lab facilities at tit the Pacific Medical Center in San m Francisco, and a central computer Cc at the University of Minnesota will R tabulate daily reports submitted m through a terminal at the pr University of South Carolina and Sc other participating agencies. di Giese said, "We believe this Ri contract indicates the growing Di scientific capabilities of USC and pr recognizes the Providence U; Hospital's commitment of medical th expertise in the field 'of car diovascular disease." Among the institutions awarded contracts for the nationwide study Ga are medical schools at Harvard an University, Northwestern ari University and the University of Ap Southern California; the pla University of Minnesota School of pi( Public Health; Cox Heart Institute, Alk Kettering, Ohio; and the American Bu Ap The USC report adds that in spite cli of its slower pace the South Carolina economy is still growing re and continues among the national sei leaders in development. NC Unfavorable developments pli revealed in the report include a Fe slight decline in the average tui manufacturing workweek to 41 hours, and an increase in the initial pl claims for unemployment in- m' surance to suggest a slightly softer es labor market. New business sig developments also declined ' slightly in February. plk In addition the number of non- err farm job openings unfilled and the plk nonfarm job placements also rel declined to give further evidence of ser a weakening of demand for labor ec( while a small rise in the insured coi ineniployment rate and an in. inc :rease in unemployment insurance an >enefits also suppo rt this con- pr( The The Gamecock Is pubUshed twice we *day during the faD and spring semest summer, with the exception of univers Change of address forms, subscriF should be sent to The Gamecock, Drs 29208. Subscription rate is $3 per sen The Gamecock received $36.0oo fron 1973-74. Offices of the Gamecock are Russell House on the university camp are 777-4178 and 777-4249,news, and ' class esage aid at C~lumbia. S. C. The Real Wesi is at MoeD Western app Headquarters for t Moe Lea Corner Laxly& i rants ealth Foundation of New York . An advisory committee working ith the research project in >lumbia is composed of Dr. onald Saunders Jr., cardiologist; r. Hunter Rentz, family prac ioner; Dr. Hugh Dubose, im ediate past president of the )lumbia Medical Society; Dr. isley Haines, industrial edicine; Dr. William Cantey, esident of the Columbia Medical ciety; Dr. Dana Mitchell, rector of medical education at chland Memorial Hospital; and William N. Adams Smith, vice ovost for Health Sciences at ;C,who will serve as chairman of a committee. Media Applications Applications for fall editor of The mecock, editor of The Crucible d station manager of WUSC-AM now available. These are due ril 19, and the hearings will take ce April 2 4 Applications may be ked up in Dean Robert !xander's office in the Pendleton ilding and returned there by ril 19. ision. )n the other hand the report reals most of the employment ies continue to make gains. nfarm wage and salary em yment increased 2,500 during bruary and durable manufac ing employment was 900 higher. As a result of increased em >yment the average weekly inhours in manufacturing ablishments also increased nificantly on an adjusted basis. extile and textile related em yment, which fell by 1,200 ployes, was the only em yment series to decline. The ort recommends that this ies, so important to the state's nomy, be followed closely in ning months as the data may icate that industry is entering other period of competive ssure. ekly on Monday and on Thur era and once a week during h ity holidays and exam periods. tion requests and other mail wer A, USC, Columbia, S.C., ester and $2 for the summer. the student activity fund for rooms 317, 318 and 319 in the us, 1400 Green St. Telephones 77-388, advertising. Second ;ern Look wy s arel & boots rLost anything ry's Issembly