Show ' January A 21 1976 Page cold silent killer WASHINGTON (AP) — David E Litienthal the first chairman By TOM FENTON Associated Press Writer ALBUQUERQUE NM (AP) Scores of people will die this winter victims of a silent killer called hypothermia sometimes known as freezing to death -- Hunters hikers and lost children frequently are candidates So are stranded motorists briefly ter © 1 1 plane crash victims and alcoholics who pass out in snowbanks The body temperature lowers The cold can kill in less than two hours at outside temperatures well above freezing In 1975 it killed 29 in New Mexico alone Cold weather survival experts say many of the deaths could have been prevented if the victims had known a few tricks about staying alive in the cold building a fire in wet conditions wearing woolen clothing that retains its insulation value when wet carrying food and finding shelter out of the wind Kenneth Moneagle was a victim Moneagle 33 and his Car follows grass route OXNARD Calif (AP) Archie Bard’s 1951 Mercury is going to seed so he just lets it sit friend Lewis Lackey 37 both of Little Rock Ark rented a hunting cabin this past deer season in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains near Cowles On their third day they left the cabin about 8 am The two became separated There was a snowstorm Moneagle never returned “I know he didn’t have any way to light a fire because I was lighting his cigarettes” Lackey said We carried matches flares and a flashlight the first two days But Ken figured he didn’t need all that stuff anymore” When found searchers two he was later Moneagle days dead lying on his back face turned to the sky barely a mile from the cabin and three or four miles from where Lackey had last seen him His rifle lay across his chest Larry Renner of the state medical investigator’s office in Santa Fe said Moneagle died of hypothermia probably brought on by exhaustion lack of food and improper clothing The reason Moneagle was uriaBTeTTrhake it back to the car probably never will be known for certain But evidence indicates he was unable to think clearly a of common symptom hypothermia The National Ski Patrol in its winter first aid manual says mental confusion sets in when the body temperature falls from the normal 986 degrees By the time it reaches 95 degrees the manual says the victim might be unable to speak clearly and might find it difficult to walk The victim also might not be aware of what is hap’ pening to him The threat of a cold death isn’t always apparent to those setting out on a hunting hiking or any kind of winter excursion The Ski Patrol manual says that as the body temperature 90 degrees shivering sinks below ceases and muscles become of the Atomic Energy Commission today called on the United States to ban further exports of nuclear materials and technology to any other country Lilienthal said that the atomic arms race is proceeding “at a more insane pace” than ever and that the prospect of reprocessing or recycling nuclear wastes to produce weapon material from atomic power plants around the world is close at hand WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration today banned Red Dye No 2 the most widely used color additive in the United States from all future production of foods drugs and cosmetics The decision by Commissioner Alexander M Schmidt came after d a new statistical analysis of a laboratory study upheld findings once regarded shaky that the dye had produced malignant tumors in test animals Schmidt’s order will permit manufacturers to go ahead and sell products that already contain the color additive known generically as amaranth but will prohibit them from using existing stocks of the dye not already mixed with other ingredients Schmidt said that despite the laboratory findings there is “no evidence of a public health hazard from any currently available food or other product made with Red No 2 three-year-ol- increasingly rigid The victim loses consciousness below 81 degrees and the heart may stop when the temperature sinks below 71 Mexico New Medical Examiner James Weston says the victim might feel warm before he dies “Individuals who die as a result of exposure often demonstrate a propensity to disrobe during the last several minutes of their life” Weston said -- around in his yard The car used to look like a moving golf course its grassy exterior neat and trim as a putting green But Archie got tired of clipping it with the hedge shears and watering it daily “The weeds have taken over and it is crawling with slugs and snails” AFTER THE BASKETBALL GAME! 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