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Published by LEAD INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION, INC. 292 Madison Avenue, New York, N. Y T0017 Erf MEMBER -- The General Battery and Ceramic Corporation, g, Pennsylvania 190633 General Battery's principal la-- s in industrial and automotive lead-acid batteries. KLB3TRIC SH3G is the intriguing headline of an editorial comment in the December 8, 1966, edition of Machine Desigh, hinting that some of the cures proposed for eliminating hydrocarbons from auto exhausts may be -worse than the disease itself. The reason is that, according, to the major autonakers, seme of the new battery designs being touted are capable of giving off harm ful fumes, too. In fact, this edition also carries the story of the hydra zine-air fuel cell now under test in a 3/4 ton truck by the Amy Mobility Equipment Command, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, and quotes the press officer, a Colonel Frank, Milner, as cautioning the viewers to note,a distinct odor of anraonla. "This," he said, "is because hydrazine is made from ammonia and naturally smells like it. Since this vehicle io strictly research, we have not worried about these vapors or tried manifolding the exhaust..." BATTERY nEVEmPED WHTCH REPORTEDLY CAN. EWER jI7I0.iT STANDARD. SPEED, is news item in Novsaber 28 edition of Electrical World magazine. The piece quotes Dr. Mortis Eiaenberg, of ELeotrochimica Corp., Menlo Park; Calif., as saying that the battery can power a moderate sire American car at speeds up to 70 mph, for 160 to 170 miles. Principal drawback is that the battery cannot be recharged enough times to be practical --- only about 30 or 40 times. The battery uses lithium anodes in an electrolyte composed of "organic solvent." INDUSTRIAL TRXK FORECAST -- Material Handling Engineering magazine regularly carries a forecast of business in its January issue. Regularly, too, they call qn ILA for its view. In a short by-lined appraisal, Dave Borcina made these points: about lead-acid battery powered material handling trucks: Item: Use of lead-acid battery power in this area doubled between 1961 and 1966. Item: In the long-term view, lead-acid industrial battery sales have grown at a higher rate than the Gross National Product. Item: The phe nomenal growth of the past 5 years will probably taper down to about 10 per cent per year. Item: Newer arctic battery types now in the headlines are probably several years in the future for industrial use. N11092 s I