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B.F.GOODRICH CHEMICAL COMPANY To: A. W. Clements C. B. Cooper R. N. Rylands A. R. Webber C. L. Woo ds Date: March 12, From: George Pow Ray Gettelfinger, one of the Louisville employees who had been under treatment for angiosarcoma of the liver, died Tuesday night. Following is the text of the material the Louisville Plant management will use to respond to any inquiries from the news media: ''Raymond P. Gettelfinger, a 20-year employee of the B.F.Goodrich Chemical Company plant in Louisville, Kentucky, died Tuesday night. He had been under treatment for angiosarcoma of the liver. Gettelfinger, who was 43 years old, had worked in the plant's polyvinyl chloride (PVC) operations for virtually all his company service. He became ill in February, 1974, and was furloughed home from work at that time." You should confine your responses to the above in the event of questions from employees or the news media. GP:sc (by telecopier) cc: R. B. Downey E. W. Harrington J. L. Nelson 21431001 BFG13719 B.F.GOODRICH CHEMICAL COMPANY To: A. W. Clements C. B. Cooper ) P. H. Lawrence) Tele A. R. Webber ) copier C. L. Woods ) R. M. Kreager R. A. Krueger Date: From: March 19, 1975 George Pow Bob Rylands is making the following announcement to the Avon Lake plant employees early this afternoon: "It is with regret that I inform you that one of our employees has been diagnosed as having angiosarcoma of the liver. The employee is still hospitalized. He has 21 years of plant service, of which the first 13 were in PVC operations and the last 8 in Estol, plasticizer and Carboset operations." You are free to communicate the same information to your employees if you believe this is desirable. GP: sc cc: C. C. Nelson > H. E. Phelps ) P. T, Whitmire ) E. W. Harrington J. L. Nelson R. D. Scott P. D. Terry A. Vittone W. J. Wilcox 21432001 BFG13720