Search for former Houston plant workers linked to illness
A federal probe centers on leptophos pesticide made at the Velsicol Chemical Corp plant in Bayport from 1971 to 1976. NIOSH officials and EPA sources confirm a search of 90 to 100 former employees for neurological symptoms potentially tied to pesticide exposure.
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Secteenen
Houston
Velsicol Chemical Corp
United States
George Pettigrew
National Institue For Occupational Safety and Health
NIOSH
Dallas
Pettigrew
Bayport
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Te 0
Chicago
Sander Allen
Aller
Navy Sailor Plays Part In Pacific Exercise Computex 1-77
Anton D. Machacek, husband of Mrs. Joan Machacek of Moulton Route 1, serves as a crew member aboard the USS Coral Sea during Computex 1 77 off Southern California. The five day exercise involves 13 ships 100 aircraft and about 9000 men under Vice Admiral Gravely and Rear Admiral Peck with the Coral Sea as flagship.
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Navy
Anton D. Machacek
Joan Machacek
Moulton
Pacific
California
Coral Sea
Alameda
Calif
Samuel L. Gravely, Jr
USN
Third Fleet
Paul E. Peck
Carrier Group Three
Weather satellite aids forecasts up to twenty one days ahead
A new weather watching satellite equipped with an international telephone and Telegraph Corp division closed circuit TV system promises to predict weather up to 21 days in advance. The era’s most advanced equipment was showcased during the Apollo Soyuz lineup for post launch briefings and monitoring space hardware.
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Wor.e
Cicuit
Federal
Electiaco Corporation
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