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Special Test on Guy Residents ConductedLITTLE HOCK lAP) - Thirteen residents of the Guv community have been undergoing medical tests for illnesses from which thev haveVbeen suffering since the Sept. 19 explosion at a Titan II missile silo near Damascus.The tests began at the University of Arkansas Medical Sciences Campus last week. At the request of the residents’ physician. Dr. R.A. Hinkle of Quitman, the testing includes special tests that would indicate whether the sickness could be linked to the explosion.The special tests include a measurement of blood gases, which would show if there were nitrogen-Big Brother MemorialsThe following memorials have been received by Big Brothers of Blytheville. The name of the person memorialized appears first and then the name of the donor or donors.Mrs. Shedon from H. A. Haines;Myrtle Ray from Carol and Bill Ross;Frank Whitworth from H. A. Haines, Gail and Jim Tompkins, Carol and Bill Ross, Billie Jean and Bob Gardner;R. C. Tennyson from H A. Haines:Ross Caldwell from Carol and Bill Ross;W. B. Burkett from Florence and H. A. Haines;Ruth Boyd from Carol and Bill Ross, Billie Jean and Bob Gardner.based oxides in the blood, and teststo see if breathing ability had beenimpaired.Hinkle said Tuesday that he¥believed the shortness of breath,headaches and nausea were caused by inhalation of nitrogen dioxide. Nitrogen dioxide could have been produced when air mixed with nitrogen tetroxide, the oxidizer in the missile silo.Guy residents say a strange “fog settled over the community about an hour after the explosion. The blast killed one Air Force sergeant and injured 21 others.Dr. J.P. Lofgren. an epidemiologist for the state Health Department who has been studying the illness, says the test results willbe combined with a survev of ten*communities in the area of the silo.The survey of 250 to 300 residentswas conducted bv the Health%•Department and the Center forDisease Control in Atlanta. Lofgrensaid the findings may be releasedFriday.♦Meanwhile, Col. Thomas J. Hughes, commander of the Little Rock Air Force Base hospital, said he had discussed the medical school tests with one of its pulmonary specialists.Hughes said the specialist told him that there was no evidence yet that the illnesses were caused by the explosion.On another matter, White said Arkansas’ vocational education program was in “terrible shape.” White said improving vocational education would be one of his priorities if he is elected. However, he did not set any specific funding goals because he said he would haveto take office and study the problem before he could do that.
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Blytheville Courier News
Blytheville, Arkansas, US
Thu, Oct 23, 1980
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