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*- r w'.we.fsrwAjs VOL. CLXXIX NO, lia i( ic ic .,iuw ' Perilous.Particles ' Tiny Asbestos Fibers What's Pose a Health Threat To_Workers and Public Business and Finance Long Exposure Can Result In Lung Disease, Cancer; Industry Seeks 'Solutions THE PAY BOARD-alashed--a 0-& tarred wage boost to 7% a year from 11%, the first such case decided by the panel. The ruling won't neces cratlc presidential.hopeful said that_lelected sarily set a firm 'precedent for the more than 200 other challenged de President, he would go to Hanoi, Puts; "dr anywhere In the world" to reach an agreement with North Vietnam for an end to the war and ferred raise^ in existing contracts. release of U.8. prleonere. He repeated his Yesterday's cutback affects butchers' pledge that, If elected, he would-end U.B.-to- `The Bodies Are in the Street' union pacts with -three -rPhiladelphia volvement In the war within 90 days of taking food-store chains. office. McGovern announced plena fot a_week- ,, (Story on P*9* J) end trip to the South to seek party unity, and By Barit ^ewman added he would be receptive to offers froth Staff Reporter of Tms Wall Btribt Journal NEW TORK-At JOMph Marino'i gu tatkm on th firings on Manhattan's Spanish Har lem, the proven method of cleaning an old brake aaaembly goes like thla: Pull off the wheel; aim &n ttr~hose at the exposed parta and blow the dust out--------------- -- - A cloud of brown dust Invariably files right Into the mechanics' faces,' say's Mr. Marino. But It doesn't botherthem. "We got masks and everything," Mr. Marino shrugs. "The guys don't use them. What the hell." Gold's price climbed still higher in ternationally as speculative demand for the metal accelerated. The London close was .a record $64.85 an ounce, up $3.35 in the biggest-ever one-day spurt. Supplies continued tight,' with reduced .South African offerings blamed. (Slory on Pas. 9) Domestic natural gas advanced to the highest free market price on rec Humphrey and Mpakle to bfck his candidacy. Humphrey told reporters he oouU oooept Wallace a* hie running-mate If the Alabaman would go along with "a good liberal.-Democratic-plaiformJ^Wallact_it^. teeoiuf only to ifcOovem tn the-total num- ber of delegatee. A sweeping environmental measure, Propo sition Nine, was rejected by California voters. n'wouid'haws'prohihitsd'rwldsTangs'of-acitvt-tlea thought by some to be harmful to the envi ronment. In San Francisco, meanwhile, voters What the mechanics don't seem to know-- ord, 73 cents a 1,000 cubic feet, in a elected four backers of school Integration to like thousands of other mechanlos--Is that the brown dust-la dangerous. Brake linings are --made of asbestoir-And If mechanic breathes TxTenough dust from the worn-out Hnlngs-lt could eventually kill him. The lethal quality of tiny, Indestructible as- pact between Westrans Industries and the aoven-man school board. Johnson' Rubber. Separately, the chair man-f-Texas-Gas -Transmission-pro*- TROPKHTY TAX FUNDING of scheeff will dieted ~the FPC-will seek to extend its be reviewed by the Supreme Court. authority to such- currently unregu As do 48 other'states, Texas places heavy lated intrastate sales. reljpnce on local property taxes to finance its r=r~~ __morT;wi;esg3)-: known. Widely publicised studies by Dr. Irving Selikoff of the Mount 8lnal School of Medicine WedJUm to predict that of the roughly 280,000 FPC authority to allocate natural asbestos Industry workers today, about 90,000 gas supplies to U90rs during the pres can-Americana, and a district colIrC*ordered" the state to equalise school spending so- the quality of education didn't depend on local wealth. The district court had noted that school will , die unnecessarily of occupational cancer. ent shortage was upheld by the Su districts with - high- property vsluerTtaartow "In the next 10 to IS years we will enter the as preme Court. That decision and others property tax rates, while those with low prop bestos cancer era," says Dr. Selikoff. "This yesterday backing the FCC and ICC erty values had high rates. The- court also ^la one of the great disasters of our time." .suggested, the court isn't reversing a found that poor dlstrlcta-produced'-only-tSLa.. IIsurds for Others, Too decade-long trend of enlarging powers "pupinrom property taxes, "whne.THnvenrf The asbestos Industry is well aware of the of federal regulators of business. trlcts produced (307 a pupil. problem and Is taking action to combat It, though critics say~the steps aren't'aa drastlc-as {Story on Pg *) `------- The district court held the Constitution's equal-protection clause required- "fiscal the situation demands. But asbestos industry workers aren't the only ones who might fall prey to the-lung-caneera and other diseases caused by the mineral's Irritating fibers. It's* _llkf.lv that millions of porkers In other Indus- Five antibiotics makers' _ challenge of the judge assigned to rule-on about 50 antitrust"3arriage cases stiirpending against them was refused by the Su tries using asbestos fibers could be affected, as preme Court. Justices separ well as ordinary people who have come Into stricted sonic-boom suits against the neutrality." Thus, It voided the Texas sy-- fem, saying-it-dlscriminalsd- In favor-J3fZZ wealthier families^. Suspects can be put In lineups without, lawyer on hand, the high court held. It also ruled that' states can't lndtnfUUly Lummll criminal suspects found ineompetent to stand contact with asbestos In the atmosphere. U.S., decided Citibank may claim that trial. And the Justices said that dependent chil Perhape the most tragic fact Is that for loss of its Cuban branches offsets a dren whose parents are away for any reason. those who have already been sufficiently ex Banco Nacional de Cuba claim, and Including military service, are eligible for wel posed. charges In procedures and standards of ruled that a patent-infringement suit asbestos use--Including -e-new-set-anaounced -against-an-alien mayrfae brought in any yesterdny by the Department of Labor --are federal district court, despite a pat- mcaningless. .It lake* as many aa 40. years after the first exposure for asbestos-related di ent-law provision. ' - * (Story on Pag* 5) - -- ---- seases to surface: Controls Instituted now will r Indeed have an effect, but not for decades. Harry Bailey is one man who Isn't Ukely to find much solace in the new standards. Mr. Ford's retesting of 1973 models for emission-control certification is being Bailey Isn't an asbestos worker. He's a brick secured by extraordinary precautions. layer In a Mobil Oil Corp. refinery alongside Hood locks, security guards and the Delaware River In Paulsboro, N.J. He has closed-circuit TV are being used, the been working at the plant for S3 years, and new executive in charge following a every year he has gone to the company medi shake-up disclosed. cal department for a chest X ray. (Story on Pafle 2) "They never said there was anything wrong ______ _______ t _____ _ fare benefits. A California regulation had barred ald-to-dependent*chi]dren_ payments to "military orphans." Additional funds for health oars were voted by the House Appropriations Commlttes.In ap proving an extra |7M mllhon for health work Tor* and research as part of a t>8 billion HEW em vie** money bill, the panel said that, while Nixon Gov. Reubli has committed himself to major attacks on date and - cancer and other diseases, his budget requests hustling a t for fiscal 1973 don't provide enough money to gates who. meet his goals. The Senate, meanwhile, voted someone.' 72-0 to spend-390 million a:year for five years to fight communicable .diseases, particularly venereal ones. That bill goeam.theJlouae.__ . Non -It-wilkb going to-< with me," says 54-year-old Mr. Bailey, and In- Kennecott Copper filed the first . i u------ .1 ' * * ------------- ------ ard Nl),._ Reatstanre to airline hijackers was urged by | vllJr u.: