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FILE NAME Newspaper & Magazine Articles NMA DATE 1966 May 13 DOC NMA044 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION NYT - Mayor to Revive Air Pollution Board May 13 1966 By PETERKIHSS New York Times Currentfile Pg 62 Times ProQuest Historical Historical Newspapers The New York Times 1851 - 21 Mayor to Revive Air Pollution Board development code comprehensive group polution polution By PETER KIHSS portant contribuation"had beethe n resaeiarrch agency's working yesterday Mayor Lindsay declared terday he would revive what new code in 1964 study construction called the dormant Board of poTllhuetecdityb'ustaitrurwbauslenntot pwooirnkteerd daesabetshtsoshedussatiadshaad pin- Air Pollution Control policymaker He named criticisms Council- lung and peritoneal cancer lives Robert A. Foxx a 34 Manhattan Liberal of , chalivesrhadgbandeenesurged ry he chemical engineer to fill the Mayor with an advised early detection and surgery he board -seven post that years had been vacantproposal to cut Research funds for Council said en to and steps reduce a were being tak- danger to which J. Benline Commis- During a ceremony in 400,000 New Yorkers may be. sioner of Air Pollution Control he received a merit award from exposed assorted later however that the Public Health Association A. Republican State Senator mant He held its "most im-im- ported New"remarkable ported remarkable results results WhMiatnnhaetytaNnoritshsueSdeyamomuermoJr.rJra. no-f posals as lacking in feller's May air pollution pro- and essentaiamilmilcryy of Federal action The Governor failed to grapple with an urgent need for state 5/13/6 action against automotive air pollution The " state to researdevcelhop new power soufrorcveheiclses a marketable exhaust control and controls over dust from tire brake and road wear along with highway and traffic plan- to eliminate urban con- gestion The antipollution board here consists of the Commissioners of Air Pollution Control Health and Buildings bers appointed and two mem- by the Mayor for year terms The chart says regular meetings shall be held at least once every month tance working with Austin give declared the declared board in intended to N. Heller a Federal official who is to become antipollution commissioner July 1 : Mr.sesrevrevedd tohne newMabyooarr'ds mteams-k , = force on air pollutthaitorne- ported this week He is seniorsenior project project eenginenr egngiinneeer eforSrertvhiecCeolum- poration and designed air and water pollution controls for a chemical complex con- Germany * in Bentine Meetings Heli Bentine Says mented that he had notified Mayor Lnidsay early in Janu- a non- aryoficial abouptostvascianncceyRRiichcarhdarAd. Wolff had bechios dm epae rt- mental in 1959. Mr. Ben- Hne said he held frequent tele- phone with board and there had been formal meetings in November and March while 1964 work as manmay ny as three and four sessions a week CouncilmLaonw, whose merit aprwoadrudctiwvaes effofrorts and against air polslaiduthetboi ard'os 1n 964 code embodied the most ad- regulations the United vanced regulations Steantfoercsementdifficulty has been aIn ceremony at the New York Acaod f Me edim ciny e noted East 103d Street Mr. Low noted the Mayor's new budget pro- posedHealth 500,000 cut in a Research Council's the 8- million budget The Mayor : gofratnhtes program which those research are ofnational But Mr. Low said the city's inveisn t resmeae rchnht as acted as seed monIen fy ive years he said the city had ap- propriated million which attirn aattrc actt ingimn ilg- Hon in Fedse taterana d pl ri- vate funds for the programs Without city supporotf health reseMra. Lrowccih ted estimates maans 2y00 would leave the city's medical , along with 486 assisttienchg- nical personnel in favofonerw medical institutions elsewhere