According to an Associated Press report, the message was that no one seems exempt from lung cancer or colo-rectal cancer, according to Health Commissioner Antonio Novello, who emphasized that a good diet and exercise can help combat the cancers. This is not a cancer map, countered Richard Brodsky, chairman of the state assembly s environmental conservation committee. Brodsky said the information should be provided on a neighborhood basis, but that industry had pressured the state not to do so. A Southwestern section of St. Lawrence County as well as the Adirondacks and Catskills plus a portion of Long Island as well, were found to have high lung cancer rates for men. Northeastern and North Central New York had high levels of lung cancer for women, the Adirondacks, Catskills and Long Island areas had high rates of colo-rectal cancer for men and women, according to the information.
Studies can take as much as a good three to four years however, to complete.
Mrs. Wallace attended the College of William and Mary and along with her husband Thomas, she owned and operated Wallace Wine and Liquor Store in Saranac Lake until 1961. She worked several years at Harvey's Bookstore and later worked as a secretary to the Pathologist's at the Saranac Lake General Hospital, until she retired in 1974. Mrs. Wallace enjoyed knitting, refinishing and collecting antiques and had been a member of the Women's Civic Chamber. She had 9 grandchildren, and 11 great-grandchildren, plus several nieces and nephews. Internment will be in St. Bernard's Cemetery.