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jMt 2T 76 Phasing Out Manufacture OfPCBs ST. MIUIS (Ill'll- Monwinlo Co. announced Mondoy it pluns lo phase out the manufacture of a loxtc group of...c..h..e..m...i.c..a..l.s...known as *P'yC>B,lss, which environmentalists contend IhronlcnlnR nubile health mil Iho notion'll river, mid take,. l''.J. l-'lIrRcrold, 0 corporate vice prvHklcni, said Ite could ttot Rive an exact limvtuble for (lie phase-nut hut 'Ml would lie in a planned and orderly muimcr." "As soon as wo arc satisfied that the electrical power supply industry's need* for usable, accepta ble alternate dielectric fluids have been, met, by whomever, Monsanto will voluntarily shut down its PCB manufacturing unit," Fitzgerald Monsanto is the sole ma,,ker of PCB, or polychlorinated biphenyl,-* ch tt uMd primarily , a nonconductor o( direct electrical current. Thcchamical has been a necessary ingredient in mol*sCt Bpsowhaevr-egebeneenrau_tisnegd_etqnumipa_mne_unfa_t.cluring processes since 1930, but their presence as toxic substances In the environment was not detected until 10M because they were confused with DDT. with which they have a similar chemical structure. At a conference on PCBs last November in Chicago. Assistant See- retary of the Interior Nathaniel P. Reed recommended the federal gov ernment impose a nearly total ban on the chemicals. Reed said he was "deeply shocked by the pervasiveness of PCBs; they eea- xxrecc- eeeleitddei.innraglllyyheigvhelreyvwehlseoref .P"CBHse said were found in fish from all parts of the country, indicating the nation * riv` ers and lakes were in mortal danger. .__ , PCBs have caused liver cancer and reproductive failures m laboratory animals and some workers using the chemicals have complained of fillerjic reactions, according to federal of ficials. , Environmental groups had petitioned the government tn lower the permissiblelevels of PCBs in food on grounds the chemicals ure a cancer hazard. Monsanto sold it has informed the U S. Environmental Protection Agency and its capacitor and trans former industry customer of its deci sion to eventually phaseout the chem icals. MONS 032074 tuuc. is patient at St John's hospital iiiSpringfield wlwrc she it recovering from open heart surgery. STATE OK ILLINOIS IN 1 MB CIRCUIT COURT OK Tin: SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MORGAN COUNTY IN PROBATE In (lie Mailer of (ho Estate of ('ml K. Newby IHeaw>d No. 7LP-I CLAIM NOTICE Nrmre is liven of the death of Carl K. Ncv.hv, of Jarhaonvllle, lllinotw. I.filersat never applied to what the committee could sav in its final report. `i don't see how onecommittee can set a precedent for the entire Con* gress, Aspin said, "that a final re* port can be censored by the execu* tfvc, that it haa to bo sent to the execu* live for review." Staff Director A. Scarle Field told the House committee he did not know who was leaking secrets from the committee. Field told the committee it waspos sible some adminiutration official Mr. Heed was a Mary's church in New Berlin, Father of Fanning KC Council 4372, the New Berlin Community Club and the Farm Bureau. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday at St. Mary's church with the Rev. Haul Habenstreit officiating. Burial will be in St. Marys cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the McCullough Fun eral Home, where the wake service will be held at 7:30 that evening. (!ai*s Co. IllA SPI nate Mayi ciiw a bi mini pear Ronald btacKivi. < hoicked by Gov. Daniel Walker for the Democratic nomination for attorney general, charged his opponent. Se- Births itlu'0 were inHuml on January 7. I97S, to I lit' l,';irmen> Kittle Hank and Trust Com B Administrator, Jacksonville. IIwhose attorney isFlynnA Klynn, 222 West Htate St., Jacksonville. IH. had leuked the secrets in an effort to make it appear that Congress should not he trusted in the future with such information. In PilgtT llonio AKtNZVILLE - Cass County H I .A. met January 20 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Daryle Pilaer for an Mr. and Mrs. Hurry Reichert Roodhouse. became parent!* of i daughter at 12:W a.m Suturduy a Claims may he filed within months ail-day meeting with e potfuck dinner Passavam hospital Imm the date of Issuance of Letters of Of* Ihv and that anv claim not tiled within Iliim-c Rile* Conduclrd MT.'OCrVWI at noon. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Owens, 40 MMrwir* hecamenureniHof MONS 032075