Banner Graphic, Volume 9, Number 231, Greencastle, Putnam County, 5 June 1979 — Page 14

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The Putnam County Banner Graphic, June 5,1979

Health hazards of Agent Orange to be studied

WASHINGTON (AP) - For nine years, American airmen sprayed the jungle of Vietnam in an attempt to deny hostile troops their hiding places. In the process, some became drenched with the herbicide, Agent Orange. Now the government is about to conduct a six-year study, at a cost of $3 million to $4 million, of the effects on the health of the 1,200 airmen who were exposed to the herbicide while taking part in the spraying campaign. Starting in October, they will be telephoned and asked a long series of questions. Those who report ailments or want physical examinations will be invited to the Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine in San Antonio, Texas, for complete examinations. Follow-up questions will be asked and examinations given for the next six years. Many Vietnam veterans already have filed suit against the manufacturers of several toxic chemicals that went into the herbicide, saying the chemicals already have resulted in medical problems. Victor Yannacone, the attorney handling the class-action suit, said as many as 40,000 individual plaintiffs may eventually join in the suit against six chemical companies. The veterans want the companies to establish a $4.2 billion trust fund to compensate themselves and

FBI to investigate bombs mailed to Nazis

CHICAGO (AP) - Authorities say two home-made bombs mailed to local Nazi organizations have been handed over to the FBI for investigation. A Southwest Side branch post office was evacuated for a half hour late Monday afternoon while authorities opened a package which had been addressed to the post office box of Frank Collin, leader of the National Socialist Party of America. Another bomb was received over the weekend at the Cicero

Weather causes roof collapse

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Driving rain blown by 70-mph winds caved in the roof of the Kemper Arena, site of the 1976 Republican National Convention, triggered flash flooding and cut power to an estimated 100,000 customers. Three inches of rain and hail fell during less than an hour Monday night and the fierce winds downed power lines, causing fires, and blew windows out of buildings, cutting several people with fying glass, officials said. No injuries were reported at the 17,000-seat arena, as only security and maintenance workers were on duty and they managed to escape. Damage was estimated at $1 million.

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their children. Between 1962 and 1971, an estimated 10.6 million gallons of the herbicide were sprayed from cargo planes at treetop level over an area the size of the state of Connecticut. “In the process of loading and spraying in combat conditions, these air crews were sometimes drenched by Herbicide Orange and other herbicides,” Maj. Douglas Kennett said Monday in announcing the decision to check the health of the airmen. "No one from this group has reported any unusual health problems which can be attributed to exposure to herbicides,” he said. For a long time, the Pentagon resisted demands by veterans groups and others concerned for a thorough exploration of the effects of exposure to Agent Orange, made of a mixture of 2,4-Dand2,4,5-T. The decision to conduct the study was made with White House consultation and with the approval of Defense Secretary Harold Brown. On April 9, the General Accounting Office reported that it thought the Defense Department should survey veterans to identify those who may suffer from the effects of Agent Orange.

office of the National Socialist White People’s Party, police said. Both contained typewritten letters and were dismantled without exploding. The package addressed to Collin contained a cigar box rigged with a 4-inch by 2-inch plastic bottle which had explosive black powder in it, said Donald Kenney, an explosives technician with the Chicago Police Department. “It was made to kill or maim the person who opened the

Fire officials said the giant sports scoreboard that hung in the center of the arena in downtown Kansas City crashed to the floor about 7:15 p.m., and nearly all the roof fell in soon afterward. “This is entirely incredible,” said Kenneth E. Combs, city architect, when he learned of the collapse. “It would have taken a tremendous load pushing downward to collapse that roof.” A National Weather Service meteorologist said the cave-in probably was caused by the wind reported at up to 70 mph and extremely heavy weight of the torrential rains that drenched the area.

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box,”he said. “It would have done the job on them immediately.” He said the letter read: ‘ ‘Here is a present for your great contribution to the continuation of the white race. Heil Hitler and White Power. Frederick.” Collin said he received a postal slip indicating he had a package to pick up at the post office. He said he had heard of the bomb threat over the weekend to the National Socialist White People’s Party, so he notified postal authorities.

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Spokesman Art Jones of the White People’s Party said party member Randy Shirk picked up a package wrapped in plain brown paper from the Cicero Post Office on Saturday containing an envelope and a wooden, cigar-sized box. He said it was postmarked May 31 from New York City. Jones said that inside the manilla envelope was a two-line, typewritten message that read: “Just a little present on behalf of your efforts for the white race. Heil Hitler and white

power.” Tscherim Soobzokov of Paterson, N.J., a former Nazi SS officer who was cleared by a federal grand jury last month of war crime charges dating to World War 11, also received a parcel bomb on Friday. Jones said Shirk removed the bottom panel of the wooden box and found wiring connected to a battery. Jones said Shirk disconnected the wire and the package was turned over to authorities.

Pope demands religious recognition of freedoms

CZESTOCHOWA, Poland (AP) Pope John Paul II demanded today that Poland’s Communist government recognize the rights and beliefs of Christians although their view of the world is “diametrically opposed” to Marxism. It was the most powerful political statement the pontiff has made in the four days he has been in his homeland. In a speech prepared for delivery to a closed meeting of Poland’s Roman Catholic bishops, the pope described religious freedom as a fundamental human right and declared that guarantees of religious freedom in Poland’s constitution and other documents are meaningful only if they consider “the real needs of the church.” The pope asserted the church’s readiness to enter into a dialogue with the government for normalization of churchstate relations.

Bill-paying record only one of credit requirements

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He said “authentic dialogue must respect the convictions of believers, insure all the rights of citizens and also the normal conditions for the activity of the church as a religious community to which the vast majority of Poles belong. “We are aware that this dialogue cannot be easy because it takes place between two concepts of the world which are diametrically opposed, but it must be possible and effective if the good of individuals and the nation demands it.” The text of the speech was released to journalists early today but was withdrawn soon after without explanation. A Vatican spokesman said later that the pope wanted bishops to hear it first before the speech was made public. Before meeting with the bishops the pope celebrated an open-air Mass for thousands of Polish nuns and said that even “the biggest enemy of the chur-

being a lumberjack or living in such an area might make it more difficult for an applicant to get credit. Amid accusations that such ZIP-coding of credit applications results in racial discrimination, the Senate Banking subcommittee on consumer affairs opened hearings Monday on credit-scoring. The panel heard a Detroit woman tell how she and her husband had been denied a Mobil Oil credit card in 1977 because of living in the wrong place and having the wrong occupation. The woman, Aileen Selick, earns $34,000 a year as assistant to the city superintendent of schools. Her husband, Isaac Selick, is a retired policeman who earns $17,000 as a security officer and private detective. She said she was never able to determine which occupation

ch” could not help but appreciate their dedication. Poles began gathering at dawn on the hillside below the country’s most revered shrine and by the time the Mass began, the crowd had swelled to several hundred thousand. The pontiff, beginning the fourth day of his return to his communist homeland, looked at the rows of black-gowned nuns and told them their calling was an “exceptional treasure" for the Roman Catholic Church. He recalled a visit he had once made to a home for sick children in his home town of Wadowice and said even “the biggest enemy of the church would never forget the dedication of the nuns.” A large number of Poland’s 24,000 nuns traveled to this western Polish city from all over the country for the Mass at the Jasna Gora Monastery. The pope also was to meet with Poland’s bishops today.

Mobil considered uncreditworthy. However, she added, Mobil did concede the fact the Selicks live in an aging section of inner-city Detroit weighed against them. Mobil’s action, Ms. Selick told the subcommittee, “says that we are not trustworthy; we have been discredited.” Mobil since has stopped using ZIP codes in determining who gets credit. The subcommittee is considering a bill that would make it illegal to discriminate against credit-card applicants on the basis of place of residence. Gail S. Rubino, speaking for the National Retail Merchants Association, told the panel that the bill is unnecessary. At present, she said, “no applicant can be rejected or approved solely because of his or her place of residence.