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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1971
Page
37
Audiology director Lipscomb warns youths face hearing damage from loud motorcycle and rock music. He notes peaks around 414 decibels in tests and 120 decibels in halls, with 80 decibels as a safer target. study finds 6,000 Hz trauma indicators and inner ear cell damage in animals.
In Pikeville Kentucky once a town so poor the undertaker went broke a federal project could transform it into a regional center serving Kentucky Virginia and West Virginia with a population growth to about 25 000 within a few years the article notes.
Workmen will begin next year on a large Model Cities project in Eastern Kentucky. The Peach Orchard Mountain cut will remove 16 million cubic yards of dirt and rock over two years. The river and road rerouting create 228 acres of level land and a downtown lake area. Mayor William Hambley detailed the plan.
Dr. Hambley led coordination of nearly two dozen agencies to push a $22.5 million plan removing the railroad and river from central Pikeville to unlock 75 percent of the land for development. The project aims to create a regional service center for Kentucky, Virginia, and West Virginia, with 150,000 residents within 30 miles and 20,000 to 25,000 expected in 10 years. It includes housing, business, industry, highways, flood control, and ports, using mostly federal financing.
The Carville Louisiana leprosy hospital founded as the Louisiana Home for Lepers in 1894 celebrates its anniversary under federal control on a 337 acre site near Baton Rouge. Dr Guy Faget and sulfone treatment transformed the facility from a prisonlike stigma into a place of hope, with about 300 patients mainly from Louisiana Texas New York and California. Admission is voluntary and many patients have no other options, as the hospital provides total care for those living with the disease and its long term needs.
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