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JUN 1 a 1978 Deadly dust-particles from asbestos brakes By Lucy Komlsar Staff Writ* Mechanic Dave Femicola walks over to a car that slants forward from the jack set under its rear end and bends to touch the exposed metal wheel. He holds out a finger covered with a charcoal-colored film. ``Asbestos dust," he said. , To remove the dust, Femicola, 28, who works at Circle Brake Service in Hackensack, wipes the brake drums with a dry rag and then tosses the rag into an open barrel. Uke most mechanics, Femicola ig nores recommended procedures, a fail ing that can lead to cancer or asbestosis, a chronic lung disease caused by inhaling microscopic asbestos fibers. Anyone in the garage is subject to the same hazards. A recent survey of garages in New Jersey and New York revealed routine disregard of these basic safety proce dures. Workers interviewed were all aware of toe hazards; they simply Ig nored them or took ineffective precau tions. ^ the National Institute for Occupation al Safety and Health, a federal research agency, says asbestos dust should be vacuumed, not Mown, from brake drums and floors. It rejects dry sweep ing and cleaning under any circum stances. If ventilation at the source of the dust is inadequate, workers should wear filter masks, the agency said, to protect themselves from the dust. Asbestos is used in brake linings be cause it is resistant to the heat caused when the lining presses against the ro tating wheel. Car repair workers can't avoid work ing with asbestos, but there are ways they can protect themselves, such as us ing masks or vacuums. An industrial vacuum costs $250, but workers can also use shop vacuums that sell for $29 to $129. Femicola, who lives in Paterson, said, `Tve been wearing a mask for about four years since I took a biology course at fWilliaml Paterson College, and we started getting heavy into dan gers from cancer." He said he tried to talk his coworhers into wearing the masks which the com pany provides, but they ignored Mm. "It's uncomfortable," said 38-year-old Tim Walsh of Dumont Hie said he re moves the dust by brushing it or blow ing it with an air hose, both extnetaeiy dangerous procedures. Michael Maresca, 18, of Ridgefield Park also rejects the mask. "I don't be lieve in it, if you're going to die, you're going to die," he said. "Real problem" Circle Brake Manager Tom Colelia said he can't make the men wear the masks. "It's a real problem. I don't know what to do myself," he said. : John Weller, a mechanic at the Exxon Service Center in Oradefl, described similar hazards. "A lot of people blast [the dust] with an air gun, let it spray all over the room, and that's the way See DUST, Page A-6 . FMSI 06098 Die magazme said Miss Hearst, 24, plant'd to marey Bernard Shaw, 30, identi fied as a San Francisco policemen who "moonlighted as a private bodyguard for the newspaper helreat while she was free on bopd for IB months." Miss Hearst returned to a minimum-secu rity prison at Pleasanton, Calif., on May IS after she failed in court appeals to have the guilty verdict overturned. In March, the fed eral Supreme Court refused to review her cepiction. Newsweek said Shaw, who is divorced, deegged to comment on the report. The magazine quoted an unidentified adfcrce as saying the wedding could occur before she leaves prison. She will be eligible le in a year. MHearst was kidnapped on Feb. 4, 1*4, from her Berkeley apartment. She lat er joined her captors, the Symbionese Llber- Patricia Hearst ation Army, and participated with SLA members in the April 1974 bank holdup for which she was convicted. Rev. King in Hungary The Rev. Martin Luther King Sr., father Of the slain civil rights leader, preached to a Baptist congregation in Budapest yester day about "bringing back lost sheep to the fold." On a week's visit here at the invitation of the Ecumenical Counci churches, King urged Wi "seek lost sheep to the vi) are found, and then bring Friday, the Calvinist T my of Debrecen, East Hi an honorary degree on Ki. its in preaching for "peao tice among all racra and From Budapest, King t where he will attend tile i Take note/ Hire's a new and different method of treat ment for migraine headache. As you know, I follow all the research information on health, anil I come across all kinds of new medica tions and treatments for illnesses. Recently, a Mend of mine told me how he got rid of ms migraines. His method is just a little unortho dox, but it gave him relief. headaches, and I have them at work. They're really bugging me now, and , . ." Before he could finish, the doctor stopped him and said, "I don't want to hear this!" Suddenly my friend got furious. He went in to a rage. He tad the doctor off. He told him what he thought of him. HE BLEW HIS TOP! HIS ANGER SPEWED FORTH! ENRAGED, tween 3 and 9 a.m. Dial punch. Die older a woman g< her chances of producing wouldn't worry. This is supposed to be ` of the year. February is Most of us can hear b ear than with our left. I CAN HEAR BETTER ' EAR THAN OUR LEFT Some used-car dealer beauties with a scent tl L'Auto New, Women who are bea young are not as happy t FMSI 06099 FMSI 06100 N <0 93 U H 09 <PgI X0> OW OPh 60 Qs >*, o FMSI 06101 THE RECORD MONDAY, JUNE 19, 1978 FMSI 06102