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The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, May 7, 1970—PAGE 7 Students at Mrs. Betty Folk’s “Little ter in the vicinity of the airport Tuesday. Folks Kindergarten” join in the county (Sunphoto) clean-up campaign, as they picked up lit- Areas in state are polluted Is there really any air pollu tion in South Carolina? The of ficial answer to this question came from the Pollution Con trol Authority, a branch of the State Board of Health, which answered the questions below. In three more sets of weekly questions following this one, the Authority will answer: “What is being done about the air pol lution in South Carolina now?“ “Will we have more or less pol lution in South Carolina in the future?” and “What will be done about air pollution in the future?” 1. Do we have any air pollu tion in South Carolina today? A. Yes. 2. Where is it? A. In North Charleston, Spar tanburg County, Greenville, Col umbia-West Columbia A great deal of pollution is created on land being cleared when trees and stumps are burned. Much of this is in progress across South Carolina constantly. 3. What kinds of pollution do we have in these areas? A. North Charleston is a veri table smorgasbord of pollutants including chemical plants, paper mills, and metal processing plants. In other S. C. cities and counties the burning of fuels by power plants, by homes, and by automobiles creates most of the air pollution. There is also gar bage burning in many commun ities. 4. Who measures this pollu tion? A. The Air Pollution Control Staff of the Pollution Control Authority of the S. C. State Board of Health in Columbia. 5. How many people work on the Control Staff? What do they do? A. Two engineers, four chem ists, two engineering technicians and a director, total of eight. These men collect air samples across the State, bring them to the Board of Health laborator ies and analyze pollution found in the samples. They examine all the plans for new factories, power plants, etc. to make sure they will have the necessary pollution prevention devices. They go into counties suspect ed of polluting the air and make surveys of factories, power plants, business areas, residen tial areas, etc. 6. What kind of instruments and equipment do they use? A. They have scientific equip ment to analyze samples they collect including automatic sul fur dioxide monitors, gas chro matographs, atomic absorption spectophotometers, high volume air filters and others. 7. How do these machines measure the amount of pollu tion? A. Some suck in air and col lect the pollutants in it for test ing; some analyze the concen tration of gaseous substances in samples; others check amounts of other harmful materials. 8. How does this amount of pollution compare with that we hear so much about in large northern cities? A. The State experts measure pollution this way: seventy-five micrograms of solid residue per cubic meter of air is considered normal. Many South Carolina communities have air with less residue: Beaufort, the City of Charleston, the City of Spartan burg. North Charleston registers an average of 200 micrograms of residue. Columbia and Green ville register less than 200 but more than 75. The large north ern industrial cities (New York, Chicago) register amounts sim ilar to that of North Charleston. 9. Is the polluted air in South Carolina dangerous to people in areas where it originates? Has anyone ever become ill because of the polluted air in these places? A. This is not known, but there is probably some adverse effect. We have no records of anyone being made ill, but there are subtle effects, and many of them escape detection. 10. What other organizations, besides the Pollution Control Authority, if any, check air pol lution in South Carolina? A. The Charleston County Health Department, the Green ville County Health Department, The City of Spartanburg and the City of Columbia. LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the under signed intends to apply to the South Carolina Al coholic Beverage Control Commission for a license to operate a retail liquor store for the Fiscal Year ending June 30, 1971 at Main Street, Little Mt., South Carolina, under the provisions of the Al coholic Beverage Control Act, Code of Laws 1962 and Acts Amendatory Thereto. Carl Ray Barrett Many arrests alcohol related In 1966 39 percent of all ar rests made in the State by law enforcement agencies reporting to the South Carolina Commis sion on Alcoholism were for pub lic drunkenness or driving und er the influence of alcohol. The following year, the percentage rose to 42 percent. In 1966 nine counties of the State reported that 50 percent POLITICAL Announcements COUNTY COUNCIL, DIST. 1 I hereby announce myself a candidate for the office of Coun ty Council, District 1 in the June 9 Democratic Primary, and I pledge myself to abide by the results of the Primary. CARMAN BOUKNIGHT COUNTY COUNCIL, DIST. 2 I hereby announce myself a candidate for the office of Coun ty Council, District 2 in the June 9 Democratic Primary, and I pledge myself to abide by the results of the Primary. EARL H. GILLIAM COUNTY COUNCIL, DIST. 2 I hereby announce myself a candidate for the office of Coun ty Council, District 2 in the June 9 Democratic Primary, and I pledge myself to abide by the results of the Primary. JOHN H. SCHUMPERT COUNTY COUNCIL, DIST. 2 I hereby announce myself a candidate for the office of Coun ty Council, District 2 in the June 9 Democratic Primary, and I pledge myself to abide by the results of the Primary. BILLYE L. WEST SCHOOL BOARD DISTRICT l I hereby announce myself a candidate for renomination to the office of School Board, Dis trict 2, Newberry County and I pledge myself to abide by the results of the Democratic Pri mary. W. HUNTER CALDWELL PROBATE JUDGE I hereby announce myself a candidate for re-election to the office of Probate Judge for New berry County in the June 9 Democratic Primary, and I pledge myself to abide by the results of the Primary. FRANK H. WARD or more of the total arrests were for public drunkenness or driving under the influence, and in 1967 the number of counties reporting this increased to 13. Reporting enforcement agen cies in Newberry County show that in 1966, 37 percent of all arrests were for alcohol-related arrests. There were 609 arrests for public drunknness and 105 arrests for driving under the influence. In 1967, 48 percent of all arrests were for alcohol- related arrests. There were 966 arrests for public drunkenness and 48 arrests for driving under the influence. A report on similar statistics for the year 1968 is presently being prepared and will be re leased shortly. CADET LONGSHORE PRESENTED AWARD Cadet Sgt. James M. Long shore, a Clemson University jun ior from Newberry, is recipient of the Association United States Army award presented during ceremonies at the university. Cadet Longshore, together with three other junior ROTC cadets, received the award for outstanding scholarship in mili tary subjects and in general academic course work. SQUAD CONCLUDES DISMAL SEASON The Newberry College base ball squad closed the 1970 sea son Saturday on a dismal note by dropping a double header to Elon College on the North Caro lina school’s home diamond: 8-2 and 5-2. The double loss gave Coach Horace Turbeville’s team an 8-18 record. “We were weak in the pitch ing department,” Coach Turbe- ville commented in reviewing the season. “The squad just didn’t have the needed depth to carry us through the 26-game season.” Sunday, May 10 Sets in Dubarry $2.75 to $5.75 Dubarry Paradox—$10 value— Body Creme & Milk Batb $5.00 Sets by Yardley $2.25 to $10.95 Sets by Revlon $5.00 to $7.00 Sets by Cara Nome $4.50 to $12.50 Colognes and Dusting Powder in Arpage, My Sin, Ambush, Chanel No. 5, Wind Song and Woodhue Remington Electric Razor $11.95 JMax .Factor Sets $3.50 to $5.75 Lady Sunbeam Electric Razor $10 79 Sibon Bath Oil on SPECIAL- $1.75, $2.75 and $3.50 Curler Bonnets, Travel Bags and Shoe Totes by Trina $2.00 up Candies HOLLINGSWORTH $1.75 to $6.00 PANGBURNS 85c to $3.75 ji: !1 ii 1212 Main St Ph. 276-3412 Newberry, South Carolina