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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1978
Page
10
McGraw-Hill survey estimates U S firms will spend 10.92 billion on pollution control this year, up 21 percent from 9.03 billion in 1977. Energy sectors lead spending, air cleanup accounts for 5.86 billion, water 3.94 billion. Pollution control becomes a major business, comprising 6.9 percent of anticipated capital investment in 1978.
Washington plans a farm oriented weather service using a green thumb box priced around 100 dollars. A Weather Service computer center in Silver Springs Maryland would feed county farm agents who relay detailed weather stories to farmers by home television. The system aims to deliver more accurate forecasts than current TV newscasts while noting show business limits.
Jean Neiditch, who shed 75 pounds and built a thriving business, is to earn 7 million dollars from selling Weight Watchers to Heinz, maker of catup and other products, in a deal valued at over 70 million dollars in total. The arrangement underscores a dramatic reapportioning of value.
AP analysis notes U S productivity growth slowed from 3.2 percent during postwar decades to about 1.5 percent in the last decade, with rivals like Japan and West Germany expected to average 4 6 percent through 1990. Experts warn stronger productivity boosts could raise real GNP and fund tax relief, while slower gains risk lost competitiveness.
A compact recap of notable events on June 14 across history. From 1775 founding of the U S Army and 1777 flag adoption to 1944 Saipan invasion and 1962 de Gaulle plots, plus recent political and aviation milestones.
Physicians label byssinosis as brown lung while textile workers suffer chest tightness and cough at the start of the work week. Coal miners face black lung, and tens of thousands of mill workers are disabled or affected. Most victims and many workers are in the Southern states, especially North and South Carolina, Alabama, and Georgia.
In Washington a national controversy grows over proposed OSHA standards to curb cotton dust and byssinosis. Industry leaders cite costs up to 2.7 billion dollars, while White House aides press for inflation control. Lonnie Moore of Spartanburg recalls crippling symptoms and a denied ambulance at his mill.
A sweeping feature examines how scientists transfer DNA between species and the promise of genetic engineering. It reviews Cohen's early work, the Asilomar safeguards, and ongoing calls for tighter or looser rules, with voices from Watson to Sinsheimer weighing potential hazards and benefits.
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