Flame resistant fabrics enter children's sleepwear era
The article details new flame resistant standards for children's sleepwear through size 6X and for mattresses and pads. It notes labeling requirements for items made after June 21 and discusses testing procedures, enforcement by Texas Health Department, and expected future coverage for larger sizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Texas
Manufactuers
Harold R. Ray
Health Department
Federal
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Ray
Cholesterol may be shaped by infancy diet says researcher
Texas pathologist Dr. Henry C. McGill Jr. proposes infant cholesterol handling may affect lifelong risk of atherosclerosis. He plans baboon studies to test whether early high cholesterol diets stimulate cholesterol breakdown and excretion, while cautioning no changes are advised for ordinary infants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray
Texas
Shriners Burns Institute
Galveston
Houston
Henry C. McGill Jr
University of Texas Medical School
San Antonio
McGill
White
West Texas State
Kilgore's centennial hailed as its best year yet
Kilgore's centennial year 1972 described as the city's "very best year yet" by publisher Charles Devall. The Kilgore News Herald progress edition notes Buck Kilgore's obituary, $71.8 million in bank deposits, 11.5 percent rise in sales tax, record per capita retail sales, factory and ceramic expansions, and oil production leadership in Gregg County with 2.34 billion barrels total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kilgore
Tex
East Texas
Charles Devall
Kilgore News Herald
Devall
Pak-Sher Manufacturing Co
Kilgore Ceramics Corp
Gregg County
Texas
Houston named regional DALE HQ to curb heroin flow
Houston becomes regional headquarters for the federal Office of Drug Abuse Law Enforcement as DALE targets heroin traffic. DALE supervisor Ron Tonkin cites 5,000 to 10,000 heroin addicts in Houston last year and notes the city is among 41 targeted areas. He credits increased seizures to DALE cooperation with state and local agencies and mentions DALE's global efforts begun after Nixon's 1972 establishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Federal Office of Drug Abuse Law Enforcement
DALE
Ron Tonkin
National Clearing House For Drug Information
United States
Tonkin
Nixon
Higher interest hurts savings bond program
The piece asks if higher bank rates will pull savers from the U S Savings Bond program, noting bonds yield 5.5 percent at long maturity while banks offer higher returns. It discusses pension funds, crop forecasts, and a space telescope project with mixed, scattered items from the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.S
Treasury
American clinic aids in Turkey
In Kurukipru, a paralyzed pregnant woman nursed in a cave reflects the enduring work of a century old American clinic near Kayseri. Dr. William Matthews and two nurses treat chronic illnesses, facing government limits on village calls and competition from folk remedies while maintaining low fees and aid for the poor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emel Anil Talas
Turkey
Kurukipru
Potts
Talas
Kayseri
William Dodd
William Matthews
Winter Park
Fla
Matthews
Marguerite
Isabel Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway
Hemingway
American Board Mission Inew
Unknown economy boost by $12 billion
Norman C. Whitehorn of Texas A&M estimates the manufacturing of little known products adds about 12 billion dollars annually to the Texas economy. He cites the petrochemical industry contributing roughly 10.5 to 14.6 billion yearly, with about 90 percent of capacity in a 36 county coastal zone near refineries and transport networks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station, Tex
Texas A&m University
Norman C. Whitehorn
The
Engineering Experiment Station
Whitehorn
Texas Petrochemical
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