Word: silver
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Those who fear fainting spells might like the necklace that contains a small oxygen mask. Another necklace, this one trimmed with peacock feathers, monitors the wearer's body temperature. An ornate gold and silver bracelet carries an electronic gadget that measures pulse rate. Perhaps the farthest-fetched item is an enclosed vehicle, with "legs" in back and wheels in front. It carries one rider and is powered by a small motor. Called the Madison Park Stroller, it is supposed to be a piece of art as well as a conveyance...
When the Reserve Mining Co. opened its huge iron ore plant in northern Minnesota in 1955, there was no problem attracting labor. Thousands of workers jumped at the promise of high wages, dazzling views of Lake Superior from an attractive company town called Silver Bay, and the good moose and partridge hunting in the area. Now, however, the jobs, the plant and the town itself are in danger of extinction. In a complex court case now in its twelfth week, the Government is suing to halt Reserve Mining from dumping 67,000 tons of ore wastes per day into Lake...
Most worrisome to lakeshore residents was a report by the Environmental Protection Agency last June that asbestos fibers were contaminating the drinking water of Duluth, some 60 miles from Silver Bay. So far during the trial, 22 Government witnesses, including physicians, biologists and chemists, have pinpointed the mining plant as the source of the fibers...
...publicity has generated a climate of fear that takes the form of black humor at the Silver Bay Tavern, where patrons order "bourbon and asbestos." Silver Bay residents know that there are few other good jobs for hundreds of miles around. They are thus fiercely loyal to the company and furious at the Government, the conservationists and the news media. "We don't think there's a health issue," says Mayor Frank Scheuring. "Nothing has been proved...
...Judge Miles Lord, who is hearing the case without a jury, is feeling pressure. To ensure his own impartiality, he has taken the unusual step of hiring experts to make an independent study of the extent of water pollution and the effects, if any, on residents in the Duluth-Silver Bay region...