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FILE NAME Newspaper & Magazine Articles NMA DATE 1973 Feb DOC NMA176 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Seattle Times Article - Asbestos Toll to be Heavy Says Doctor A The Seattle Times Friday February 23 1973 Kickback charges probed in union loans By TIMOTHY 5 ROBINSON Washington Post WASHINGTON The Justice Department is investigating charges that agents for a $ billion dollar Teamsters Union pension fund were paid kickbacks on loans obtained from that fund according to United States District Court rec- ords The case is being present ed to a federal grand jury here by Justice Department attorneys and sources said it is one of two ongoing fed eral investigations into the admustration of the un- fon Central States Southeast and Southwest Areas fund for at least one and a half years One t R. source called the pension - fund inquiry the largest 10 being conducted by that agency and said the Teamsters operation is so complicated that JR JR drew a chart outlining it that covered a 6 feet by 10 feet wall Francis Murtha execu tive secretary of the Central States Fund in Chicago said yesterday he was una ware of any investigation into that fund " think we do have a loan out in that name he said referring to the specifsc case being presented to the grand jury here but he said that he did not know the Chicago office Murtha said J R. sources said the fund has more than 700 muthon out on loan The Justne Department has granted immunity from prosecution to two witness es this month who had oth erwise refused to testify before the grand jury here on the ground that their an swers could incruminate them A Justice Department spokesman yesterday refused any official comment on the case saying the agency does not comment ort whether investigations are being conducted According to documents filed in Washington District Court Ferns E first witness Traylor was questioned concerning payments within the Dis- trict of Columbia to obtain a loan from the Central States Southeast and South- west Areas Pension Fund and kickbacks to an agent of that fund to obtain such a Joan The specific loan being investigated was one made to Telesis Corp a telension firm by the Centra States Fund Traylor of Evansville Ind . founded Telesis in 1964 and that firm now operates cable television franchises in eight states from Minne- | sota to Alabama Persons at the Evansville office said Traylor was a former presi dent but that he was no longer connected with that firm Traylor could not be | reached for comment ! yes- terday | The second person grant- I ed immunity was Samuel Block who at first refused to testify before the grand jury yesterday He subse- | quently was granted immu- nity and testified He was not further identified by the department but court sources said he also was from Indiana ANNUAL DAYS CLEARANCE SALE - LAST 2 >+ It's a good time to stock up on BOOKS GIFTS CHURCH SUPPLIES a real savings at Cokesbury's Annual Winter Clearance We must make room for new merchandise COME EARLY FOR BEST SELICTION Cokesbury Cokesbury Cokesbury A GOOD TIME TO SHOP AT BOOKSTORE FOURTH AVENUE 1908 SEATTLE WASHINGTON 98101 HOURS 9:30 5.30 MONDAY SATURDAY 18 LAST 2 DAYS - FRI & SAT Feb. 23 & 24 Pension Fund which is ad the amount of the loan or ministerd in Chicago The second investigation is being conducted by the the purpose of it The normal procedure for a firm being lent money VALU "MARTVALU "MART Internal Revenue Service which has been studying the from the fund is for an ap plication to be processed by FREE COFFEE DISCOUNT SHOPPING CENTERS AND DONUTS Ellsberg Russo acquittal asked SATURDAY MORNING AM to 10 AM Our garden center opens of 8 am for all of our Early Bird Shoppers GARDEN CENTER LOS ANGELES - AP - Attorneys for Damel Ellsberg and Anthony Rus- so askte hed Pentagon pers tnal judge today to or der them acquitted immed ately saying the government has not proved that they committed any crimes The motion for judgment of acquittal which followed virtual completion of the government case also ashed the judge to drop all charges against the two men Legal arguments on the motion were scheduled for fater in the day Listing the 15 counts of the indictment against Ells berg and Russo the attor neys contended that in each count the government had presented insufficient evi dence to prove charges of espionage conspiracy and theft They attacked the government's system which they said wrongfully placed the marking top secret on the Pentagon's study of the Vietnam war The motion said no proof had been presented in court that the defendants con- spired to commit espionage supposedly an act which could harm the United States national defense At most the attorneys said the evidence shows an agreement of intent to | cocpopyy a very limited number |i of documents over a limited time span hardly | enough to show the intended objectives of the espionage 17% conspiracy charge Asbestos toll to be heavy says doctor WASHINGTON - AP A noted researcher told a Senate subcommittee today that by the end of this century asbestos will claim the lives of 1 million Amencans who have worked or are now working with the fibrous mineral All will die in the next 30 to 35 years said Dr Irv ing Selikoff of Mount Sinas School of Medicine in New York nized Selikoff is a recog authority on asbes- tes related diseases It's terrible enough for these 1 million people but they're a limited group he told the Senate commerce environmental subcommit tee But an unknown number of other persons who do not work directly with the material are exposed to asbestos every day to an un- known degree he added Unfortunately it's al- most entirely a man made means disease Dr Selikoff said That means it's also man- preventable About 200.000 will die of lung cancer another 000 of asbestosis or lung scarring another 150 000 of other cancers and the rest of various other ailments he said Selikoff and his associate Dr Arthur M Langer told the subcommittee of a wide range of consumer products contaminated with asbestos Beer wine liquor soft drinks and drugs often are filtered with asbestos they said Dr Selikoff said that asbestos is a hidden time bomb that results in can cer 20 to 40 years after exposure Researcher blames virus not genes for cancer SAN DIEGO - 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