The Wortham Journal (Wortham, Tex.), Vol. 75, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 11, 1973 Page: 3 of 4
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Thursday, October 11,1973
r A weakly public service feature from-
the Tuts State Department of Health
- J.E. PEAVY, HD., Commissioner of Health
Take a deep breath and hold itl
If you're lucky, you breathed in
dean air. If not. you should have
more than a passing interest in
the week of October 14-20,
designated as Cleaner Air Week.
This doesn't mean that the
major sources of pollution—auto-
mobile exhausts, industrial
emissions and rubbish burning-
will cease for one week in
October.
What the 26th Cleaner Air
Week does is to give each
community an opportunity to
aaaeaa its own air pollution
situation and what progress it
has made towards improving the
quality of the air the people
breathe. It also gives the people
a chance to plan a continuing
program to improve that quality,
says the Texas State Depart-
ment of Health.
Most people know the
immediate effects of air pollu-
tion. They realize it when there
are bad odors or when their eyes
blur, but often they don’t realize
that pollution can also contribute
heavily to emphysema, asthma,
bronchitis and other respiratory
diseases. Many of these victims
of chronic respiratory ailments
are treated at the Health
Department's Chest Hospitals.
Some studies have shown that
air pollution can weaken the
body’s defense mechanisms and
even contribute to stomach
cancer.
A Dartmouth Medical School
researcher recently told the
American Chemical Society that
children are victims of lead
poisoning caused from automo-
bile emissions. He said one to two
per cent of all urban children
have blood levels indicating they
should be receiving treatment.
Lead intoxication can effect a
child's physical and mental
abilities, bring about behavioral
abnormalities can cause death.
Cleaner Air Week is held each
year as a reminder that air
pollution is a man-made problem,
and that it only has a man-made
solution. Only when citizens
show enough concern to demand
tough regulations on emissions
from automobiles or industry and
an end to open burning will air
pollution be brought totally
under control.
The Health Department in the
past has had a major role in the
fight against air pollution and
will continue its interest. But
authority for this important part
of the environment has been
given the Air Control Board by
the Texas Legislature. The Air
Control Board has the responsi-
bility of setting and enforcing
tough standards on industrial
pollution and waste disposal. The
agency must approve all plans
for new plants and factories.
The air is one of our most
valuable resources and necessary
for life. Because it sustains life,
its quality must be protected.
Many of the aspects of air
pollution have become facts of
life in some areas—corrosion,
higher cleaning bills and eye
irritation to name a few.
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But efforts are paying off. For
instance, residents in Galena
Park near the Houston Ship
Channel report some sure signs
of success in pollution efforts.
They And that screens on their
windows are lasting longer—not
corroding the way they used to.
Paint on their homes also is
staying on better and retaining
its color. And, the outsides of
their homes aren't as dirty.
One physician noted that for
the first time in years he has
observed people taking walks at
night or engaging in tennis and
other outdoor activities. And, he
pointedly remarked, the number
of upper respiratory problems
being seen at his hospital has
decreased significantly.
Even the plant life is
rebounding due to the reduction
of toxic chemicals in the air.
These results have been
accomplished primarily by the
curbs put on industry.
But how about the private
citizen? What can the individual
do to help? He can keep his car
tuned well for better gas
mileage; he can check his home
heating and air conditioning
units frequently and maintain
them at efficient levels; he can
report pollution nuisances to
authorities; he can support
strong legislation controlling
industrial emissions; and he can
join car pools or ride on
community transit systems to
help reduce automobile emis-
sions.
The Air Pollution Control
Association has sponsored Clean-
er Air Week every year since
1949. The American Lung
Association joined as a co-
sponsor last year. And, support
of the week’s activities has been
given by the State Health
Department.
Cleaner Air Week is a means
of spotlighting one of the
greatest problems of environ-
mental health. You can help in
making every week a cleaner air
week.
POLICE REPORT
Everything went smooth this
past week. Lot of people got
upset over their taxes and a few
over their water bills. But that
happens every month about this
time. And the fish have bees
biting pretty good also.
Gave two speeding tickets,
check out two dudes that ran out
of gas but still had a few beers
left. Gave one ticket for no tag on
trailer. Took one to the State
Hospital at Rusk. I just wish that
the long legged sheriff has
brought another set of papers
with him, I could have sent the
Old Thing along too.
I'm telling you the trains had s
field day the other day, as they
got two cars in one day. One lady,
said she heard the triin blowing
but she didn't know where it
was. So if any of you people hear
one blowing look around for nine
times out of ten it will be on the
railroad tracks.
Well, Tarpin had a birthday
the other day and Rooster was
trying to get him to sing and
when he could not he turned
around and said that dumb kid
won’t even sing. He was just one
year old.
B. N.OWENS
CHIEF OF POLICE
New Nurse Training
In Intensive Care
Eight Army nurses are
attending the first class of the
intensive care nursing course at
Brooke Army Medical Center in
San Antonio, Texas.
The first class opened in early
July and will end shortly before
Christmas. Classes will continue
at a rate of two per year.
Applicants must bo members
of the Army Nurse Corps with at
least one year of graduate
nursing experience. For more
details on opportunities in Army
Nursing, contact Jerry Snider
the Army’s representative in this
area, at Waco, 766-6511 Ext-214
or 216 (collect).
Journal Want-Ads Get Results
Groesbeck Church
To Host Bi-Stone
Baptist Association
The First Baptist Church ol
Groesbeck will be host to th<
Bi-Stone Baptist Annual Associ
ational meeting next Monday
October 15. The meeting will bi
Monday afternoon and evening
The Bi-Stone Baptist Assodatiol
is a voluntary association o
twenty-five Baptist Churches ii
Limestone and Freestone Count
ies. They meet on occasions fol
fellowship and inspiration. Th<
moderator for the association it
Rev. James Dammon of Teague,
The program on Mondaj
afternoon will consist of various
reports and messages. Amon|
these reports will be one by P.
Rutledge, treasurer for th<
association, and one by Mrs. C.
A. Hobbs, president elect of the
Bi-Stone Baptist Associations!
Woman’s Missionary Union. On
Monday evening, Rev. Jerry W.
Lemon, pastor of the
Baptist Church of Groce
will bring the annual aermoi
the meeting and the chuifll's
choir will present the sp» lal
music.
Tehuacana Hill in Limes me
County and upon which the t arn
of Tehuacana is located is
highest point between Dallas nd
Houston, Texas.
KQRESSMAN
CHARLES
WILSON
REPORTS
East Texas Congressman
harles Wilson, a Democrat, has
ined with California Republican
y Goldwater, Jr., in a
bipartisan attempt to protect
personal privacy from what
[Wilson called “inquisitive bure-
aucrats in both industry and
ivernment.”
The focus of their effort is two
bills, both of them co-sponsored
by Wilson, that set strict
guidelines for the gathering of
personal information about
private citizens.
One bill, the Code of Fair
Personal Information Practice,
would establish definite criteria
to distinguish information
gathering systems that affect
individuals directly—such as
personal insurance policies from
research data systems that
indiscriminately amass personal
“information banks."
Rep. Goldwater cited “a
dangerous trend on the part of
big government and big business
to encroach upon the individual’s
rights to privacy for information
about his activities, his finances,
and his lifestyle in general.”
Wilson said the issue “trans-
cends party and philosphical
differences to unite all Ameri-
cans that have any respect for
what the Constitution was trying
to do.”
The second of the two bills
would prohibit the use of the
Social Security number as a
personal identifier for the
accumulation of records.
“There’s been a lot of abuse of
the social security number,”
Wilson said. “People are
required to provide their number
for hundreds of things that have
nothing to do with the social
security system.
“It’s almost as if everyone is
ven a number to make it easier
keep tabs on them all their
ives. That's not the way the
m was designed, and that's
not the way it should be,” stated
Wilson.
“There used to be great
respect for individual privacy in
this country,” Wilson observed,
“and I feel the average person
still feels that way. I don’t think
we can allow everyone to be
reduced to the level of a number
on a computer print-out.”
Slate Appointments
Are Announced
AUSTIN, (TPA)-Don R.
Workman of Lubbock was named
by Gov. Dolph Briscoe as
chairman of Texas Youth Council
after resignation of Robert W.
Kneebone in a major TYC
shakeup.
Other recent Briscoe appoint-
ments included Cue Boykin of
Midland as Industrial Accident
Board chairman; John L. Blair of
Kountze (reappointment) to the
Texas Air Control Board; Dr.
Xico P. Garcia of Corpus Christi,
Henry A. Guerra Jr. of San
Antonio and Margal M. Vicars of
Brownsville to the Good
Neighbor Commission;
J. C. (Zeke) Zbranek of
Liberty, Otho Plummer of
Beaumont and Bryan D. Beck Jr.
of Beaumont to the Lamar
University board of regents; T.
L. Roach of Amarillo, C. Wallace
Harrell of Gonzales and Irby B.
Carruth of Austin to the West
Texas State University board;
Carter McGregor Jr. of Wichita
Falls to the Midwestern
University board; Dr. Sidney W.
Edwards of Kyle and Dr. Eb C.
Girvin of Georgetown to the
State Board of Examiners in the
Basic Sciences;
Donald F. Dean of Madison-
ville to the Trinity River
Authority board of directors;
Don Doyle of Austin and Sheriff
Robert R. Gladney of Freeport
to the Commission on Law
Enforcement Officer Standards
and Education; Phillip A. Lord of
Pasadena to the State Board of
Plumbing Examiners; Elsworth
Kennedy Memorial Commission;
and Gordon Sauer of Frederick-
burg and Mrs. Cary Isenberg of
Dallas to the Fleet Adminral
Chester W. Nimitz Memorial
Naval Museum Commission.
The Wortham, Texas, Journal — 3
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Hawkins, Jack R. The Wortham Journal (Wortham, Tex.), Vol. 75, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 11, 1973, newspaper, October 11, 1973; Wortham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1106954/m1/3/?q=Lamar+University: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Fairfield Library.