Causes Oxygen Starvation Carbon Monoxide Poisons The Air
Dear Dr. Lamb answers questions from sheet metal workers about carbon monoxide and paint fume dangers in enclosed shops. He explains how CO binds hemoglobin, risks at various concentrations, and the need to measure air CO levels. He notes smoking increases CO exposure and cites paint fumes as possible allergens, with general guidance for ventilation and public correspondence.
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Lawrence Lamb
M. D
Dr. Lamb
Sheet Metal
West Virginia Authors Add Fine Arts Day to Beckley Festival
Beckley and Raleigh County chamber announce a new fine arts category for the Appalachian Art and Craft Festival in Beckley. The five day event August 25 to 29 will include drama music dance and literature with a writers day and gallery displays by about 150 artists.
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Beckley
Beckley-Raleigh County
Appalachia
West Virginia
Larry Cavendish
West Virginia ‘University Cooperate Extension ‘Service
Appalachian Art and Craft Festival
Beckley-Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce
New ‘Fine Arts
Army Rangers Seek Recruits for Elite Training
The U S Army offers limited Ranger openings in the 75th Infantry Regiment with routes from basic and advanced training to Fort Benning Georgia airborne school then three Ranger phases in Georgia and Florida. Recruits must be in top shape, pass airborne and swimming tests, and may become infantrymen or radio operators. Contact SFC Stoney Ford or SFC Charlie Knotts at 252 3350 or 111 Prince St Beckley.
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U. S. Army
Ranger
SFC
Stoney Ford
75Th Infantry Regiment
Merrill’s Marauders
Ford
Ft. Benning
Fort Benning
Georgia
Eglin Air Force Base
Florida
Rangers
Charlie Knotts
Prince St
Beckley
Mother In Law Tongue Renamed Martha Mitchells Tongue
A Meramac Caverns rock formation in Stanton Missouri titled Mother-in-Laws Tongue was renamed Martha Mitchells Tongue honoring the late figure. Oliver, the singer formerly known as William Oliver Swofford, returns with Prism on United Artists after a image and label shift. He covers Your Song and For What Its Worth and previews new material signaling a transitional phase. British acts Funkadelic and Zappa are banned from Royal Albert Hall. Derby World exposes Roller Derby culture through the film Derby focusing on Mike Snell and related life stories without a clear stance.
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Ernestine Guglielmo
Meramac Caverns
Stanton
Martha Mitchell
Martha
Starshine
William Oliver Swofford
Oliver
United Artists
Prism
Elton John
Buffalo Springfield
Funkadelic
England
Royal Albert Hall
London
Marion Herrold
Albert Hall
Frank Zappa
Mothers of Invention
Derby World
York Masons Install Officers In 1971 72 Term
York Masons at Beckley Lodge No. 27 installed officers led by Worshipful Master Odell Gwynn in a Saturday Masonic Hall ceremony. New officers include Kincaid, Staples, Goins, Blaney, Clark, Bassett, Sanders, Eady, Robinson, English, and Davis. New members received degrees: Wright Jr, Ross, Scott, Monroe, Manns, Hairston, Barksdale, Dawson, Drafton, Pharms, Oakley, and Clark.
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Beckley Lodge No
York
VA Hospital Care for War Veterans and Widows Benefits
War veterans with other than dishonorable discharges may receive VA hospital care on a bed available basis for nonservice connected conditions. Apply by visiting a VA hospital or by submitting VA Form 10-10P with physician help. Pension requires 90 days of wartime service unless disability ends service. Eligible widows and children may receive death pension if service rules are met. War Orphans program has no earned income limit for benefits.
Raleigh Counties Earns $10,123 Title I Incentive Grant
Raleigh County qualifies for a $10,123 share of a $60,538 Title I incentive grant awarded to West Virginia. Funds will be distributed by the state education agency to districts most in need to develop or improve compensatory education projects. The grant is part of a nationwide program for fiscal year 1971.
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Raleigh County
West Virginia
Kenneth Gross
Iounty
ESEA
Office of Education
House Renames Subcommittee On Watersheds
The House Public Works Subcommittee on Watershed Development is renamed the Subcommittee on Conservation and Watershed Development to emphasize environmental protection. Chairman James Kee notes the change, citing its broad legislative reach over flood control land treatment water supply and wildlife programs run by the Soil Conservation Service. Since 1954 the program has approved over 1000 projects with federal planning for about 1600 more.
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House Public Works
Subcommittee On Conservation and
Subcommittee
James Kee
W.va
Public Works Committee
John A. Blatnik
Agriculture Department
Soil Conservation Service
Two Countians Earn Harvard Degrees
Najeeb A Ammar Jr of Beckley and Robert Jackson Guerrant of Winding Gulf were among about 4000 Harvard graduates. Ammar received a doctor of laws degree and had been a Phi Beta Kappa at WVU and a 1968 Fulbright Scholar. Guerrant earned a master of education for special purposes and worked in anti poverty programs. A separate London item reports a police alarm triggered by a loose trap door outside a bank.
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Najeeb A. Ammar Jr
Beckley
Robert Jackson Guerrant
Winding Gulf
Harvard University
Ammar
West Virginia University
West Virginia
Raleigh County
C. Berkley Lilly
Guerrant
Harvard Graduate School
London
UPI
Gasification of Coal Seen as Future Energy
At the Institute of Gas Technology in Chicago scientists refine a coal gasification process for wide commercial use. A pilot plant to produce 1.5 million cubic feet of pipeline quality gas daily is planned this year with Columbia Gas System supporting research. Coal gasification could boost both gas and coal industries and extend coal supplies for centuries.
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Columbia Gas
Ohio
CGS
Institute of Gas Technology
Chicago
Columbia Gas System
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Oakland Bay Combers
Mike
York Masons
New Sophia Shop
Donald
Jean) Frohock
U. S. Air Force
F & M. Fabrics
Main Street
Sophia
Shaw Air Force Base
N. C
Frohocks
Raleigh
U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Dona “Clark
White House
House
Harvard
Robert J. Guerrant
Mey
Beckley National Bank
FDIC
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