The Herald from Jasper, Indiana • 2

Friday, October 28, 1955 THE DAILY HERALD Page 2 Outstanding Globe Act At Jasper Kids' Party Jay cees Consider Sale Of '56 'Front Plates' Seven Years Ago Deadly Fog -Blanket Killed 22, Created Donora 'Mystery' At their regular meeting this reek, the Jaycees voted to CASH LOANS $5.00 to $500.00 consider the sale of front piates for automobiles since the 1956 official Indiana license plates will go cnly on the rear. In many places, organizations are spcnsoring the sale of plates advertising their city to be used in the vacant front plate-holder. Inquiries have been sent to various manufacturers for price and quality and a report will toe made at the next meeting. Jaycees also heard final plans for two projects scheduled for next week. The annual Hallowe'en party is set for Monday night, beginning with a parade at 6:30.

The third annual Football Banquet is set for 6:30 Tuesday evening at the Legion Home. Corky Lamm, Indianapolis sports columnist, will be the guest speaker. Announcement was also made about arrangements for the- Boy Scout Merit Badge exposition, set for Saturday, Nov. 19. in JHS gym under Jaycee sponsorship.

Three years later in 1954 Dr. W. C. L. Memeon of the Mellon Institute in Pittsburgh, after intensive research, claimed to have isolated the cause of the disaster-tiny deadly particles related to the coal smoke particles isolated from samples of the London smog which killed 2,000 in 1952.

The Memeon report was said to debunk the theory that the Donora deaths were due to sulphur dioxide gas. There has been no- further opportunity for first-hand research. Donora has had no recurrence of the unusual atmospheric conditions that brought sudden death. Today the city serves as a model for many towns with similar problems. Com In and let ut PROVE to you how our Consolidation Plan con By WILLIAM FLANNERY DONORA, Pa.

INS Seven years ago a heavy blanket of fog settled over this steei city nestling in the deep Monongahela river valley not far from Pittsburgh. Pive days later. 22 persons were dead and more than 6.000 of Don-ora's 15.0C0 population were ill. Those who died were around 60. or older.

The a 'mystery" became a. headline story from coast to coast. The tragedy was likened to a biblical plague. Experts were summoned from state and health agencies to determine the cause. There were even hints wholly unconfirmed that the deaths resulted from tests being carried out by some on some "secret Donora was plunged into semi-darkness as the fog blended with heavy industrial smoke and fumes SUPPLY CASH TO lAV YOUR BILLS REDUCE YOUR MONTHLY PAYMENTS PROVIDE ADDITIONAL READY CASH The shutdown of the American I Steel and Wire plant was shortlived.

It has been operating without incident ever since reopening, but safe-guards have been installed. WINS CONFIDENCE VOTE '1 from the American Steel and Wire ztnc plant. Ruby Haag's outstanding globe act will be an added attraction at Nothing So PARIS INS French Premier Edgar Faure won a vote of confidence in the National Assembly -today, enabling Antoine Pinay to return to the Geneva conference as foreign minister of a government -stfl tnnpbwer Ttreteffiier squealed through with a 12 vote margin. The official tally was 271 to 259, Residents found difficulty breath- the -annual Hallowe'en party for the the50Qty air and were, seized 1 children of the Jasperommunity with roughing spdls 2nd Floor Kuebler Bidg. Phone 38 Lovely next Monday night at J.H.S.

gym nasium. The Jaycee -sponsored event will begin at 6:30 with a parade of the costumed kids from Memorial Park on north Main street. SMALL DOWN PAYMENT Vote For Maurice H. Fehribach their automobiles slowly with the aid or headlights, even during the day. Donora physicians and health authorities placed the immediate blame on the sulphur fumes from the zinc plant.

Though plant officials protested that nothing like this had occurred in more than 43 years of the same type of operation, they bowed to public demand and closed the plant. On the fifth day. wind and rain lifted the fog and dispersed the po-luted air. The city of Donora, the ClO-United Steel Workers union Indianapolis Indians Franchise For Sale ELGIN Reserves her for Christmas INDIANAPOLIS The Cleveland Indians have told Indianapolis to uut up 1100.000 or lose the American Association franchise that has been here since 102. for COUNCILMAN AT LARGE Independent Citizens Party aSsflaBS9'r rStm and the Pennsylvania state neaitn AtNsln rl A 1 tf viv Hank Greenberg said the parlnt (department immeouUe ly requested a comDlete investigation by the U.

baseball team isn't -being under u-uu DURAPOWER MAINSPRING Election November 8 1955 My Program is Prosperity Growth for Jasper Fit Pol. Adv. S. public health service in Wash-Intw Eleven months later, the Public Health Service made public the results of its probe, which took the full time of 25 experts in industrial hygiene. It said the Donora tragedy resulted from an unusual combination of warm, stagnant air and heavily smoke-polluted fog.

The 200-page report released -by Surgeon General -Leonard' A. Scheele also warned that the circumstances, although unusual, could occur again in Donora or in any other highly-industrialized area. zj April, 1951, the American Steel and Wire Co. made out-of-court settlements of about 130 damage faa kMrf that aavar brtalti BOUQUiT. A frea jgrad gift, a gy-te Delicately modeled in a jf9 Modern new stylsv Matching Hadley expansion bracelet.

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Robert S. Kirby, chairman of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce athletic committee, has been talking with Cleveland officials about the situation. He said: "I'm not in the baseball business, but when I- receive an option- to buy from Cleveland then I can go to work to see whether we can put the deal over Greenberg said Cleveland has lost $400,000 the last three years in Indianapolis and that with the purchase price of S300.0C0 from former Democratic National Chairman Prank McKinney and former Big League Baseball Official Ownie Bush pushed the cost, so far to $700 ,800. bbY'bbbsbbbsssbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbk" psbml sT sBsbbbbbbm I BBBBBBBBBBbV BkpC 7 1 MBBBBBSBBBuBBBBSBBBBaiX SH m. suits for a total of $235,030 about five per cent of the asked by the plaintiffs.

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