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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Aug 24, 1977

Page

8

Purdue researchers tackle the truck noise problem on campus

A Purdue University team led by Malcolm Crocker explores reducing highway truck noise, identifying exhaust, cooling fans, engine, and tires as major sources. Tests with an IH Transtar truck in a Star Wars like chamber aim to cut noise toward automotive levels, with NSF support.

West Lafayette Purdue University Malcolm J. Crocker Purdue Ray W. Herrick Laboratories U.S Crocker International Harvester Co Herrick Lab National Science Foundation International Harvester

Miners Return to Work as WV Strike Ends

Thousands of coal miners resume shifts after a two month unauthorized walkout over medical benefits. In West Virginia about half of the 65,000 miners returned to the midnight and 8 a.m. shifts, while eastern Kentucky pickets kept some mines closed in Kanawha Logan and Boone counties. Local leaders vow to seek resolution of grievances amid lingering tensions.

Charleston W.va United Mine West Virginia Kentucky Kanawha Logan Boone

EPA proposes quieter trash trucks to cut neighborhood noise

The EPA unveiled rules targeting the noisy large compactors on garbage trucks after two years of testing. A noise limit of 18 decibels at 23 feet takes effect January 1, 1979, with a further cut to 15 decibels by January 1, 1982, aiming for nearly 50 percent overall reductions while allowing occasional small excesses.

Congress Environmental Protection Agency EPA U.S. Census Bureau

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