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Armstrong running circuit to raise support for cancer bond

The Chronicle reported on October 10, 2007, that Lance Armstrong was in Houston to build support for a cancer research effort. It is part of an effort by the the seven-time Tour de France winner and cancer survivor to raise voter awareness of a new proposition on the Nov. 6 ballot.

Known as Proposition 15, the proposal would enable the sate to issue $300 million a year in bonds over 10 years to cancer research. Potential recipients would be universities and biotechnology research companies, who would compete for grants made by a state cancer research center. .:.