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AIR POLLUTION
AIR POLLUTION. Federal involvement in confronting air pollution and its results began in 1955. In that year, Congress gave the Public Health Service authority to supply money and leadership to individual states, universities, and research groups. In the following three years, $8.5 million was spent in 32 research projects dealing with pollutants and their behaviors. There were 73 full-time air pollution control centers across the nation with most located in industrial states. There were sixty part-time control agencies. The burden of the fight against air pollution, however, rested on the individual community. (1) In 1954 Mayor Clarence P. WELU issued a proclamation designating October 19-25th, 1958 as Cleaner Air Week. Welu stated that air pollution "of all forms is a menace to the health, cimfort, and economy of our fellow citizens. (1) In 1959 Mayor Charles KINTZINGER urged all citizens to follow efforts of committees to "save our city from property damage and loss due to air pollution." (1)
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1. Danzig, Fred, (United Press Staff), "What Comes Out the Chimney?" Telegraph-Herald, May 6, 1958, p. 2
1. "Columbus Day, Cleaner Air Week Proclaimed," Telegraph-Herald, September 21, 1958, p. 10
2. "Oct. 25-31 Proclaimed As Cleaner Air Week," Telegraph-Herald, September 14, 1959, p. 3