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Show Army May Be Storm Problem Responsible For Deafness the WASHINGTON (AP) The House ranking member of public health subcommittee today asked Army Secretary Stanley R. Resor to explain iy the Army hasnt followed own recommendations to prevent partial deafness to trainees. ' 2 Paul G. Rogers, also asked Secretary o Deferse Melvin R. Laird in another letter to explain why tile separate services havent joined to prevent ear damage from the - noise of weapons during training. JRep. Its unexplainable lor one sfrvice to be doing one thing, another to be doing nothing and none of them coordinated, Rogers said. Toll-N- ew GULFPORT, MISS. (AP) -The grim search for Hurri- tion, suggested as standard by Dr. Jerry L. Northern, chief audiologist at Walter Reed Army Hospital, is the type of ear muffs used by civilian air-- , port crews. They cost $6 a pair and would be useful in training, Northern said. But doctors at some bases decline to approve their use in most cases because they consider the cost too high. In his letters, Rogers said: The outlay of the Veterans for hearing Administration defects each year amounts to more than $32 million. So in addition to doing physical ha"m to tne men themselves, it is costing the government a great deal of money to pay for this damage. cane Ornillp victims dragged on along the Mississippi Gulf Coast today amid disagreements on the death count and a new problem arising. Refugees trickled back into area at nearby the hardest-hi- t Pass Christian where bodies were still being found. The new problem involved bodies being washed out of Pass Christian cemeteries and mistaken for hurricane victims. This caused some confusion among rescue teams. Mississippi Gov. John Bell Williams stood by his count of a minimum of 200 plus killed by the vicious storm when it swept out ef the Gulf of Mexico Sunday night. But the Civil Defense coordinator Nap Cassibry put the toll in two of the three coastal counties at approximately DESERET NEWS, S. Korea Assured Of U.S. Support Continued from First Page one of mutual convenience. Nixon was heading back for his San Clemente Western White House in souihren California, with a conference scheduled an route with the chief U.S. negotiator at the Paris talks, .Henry Cabot Lodge. Park arranged for a week- end in Californias Yosemite National Pork before return-in- g to Seoul Sunday. said The two executives their talks Thursday and today took place in an atmosphere of warm cordiality. They had met for two hours privately on Thursday just of the United States for the prior to a glittering state dinstability and progress in this ner for 250 guests Thursday region. night in the hotel. Park said that the undei lyIn an exchange of tnast at the dinner, both stressed the ing theme of Nixons Asian policy would have his wholenecessity of Asian firmness hearted support. against communism and of When he started his trip to American help. Park raised Southeast Asia and Romania the possibility of new Red dislast month, Nixon called for turbances and threats. Asians to assume the major Park said, "Only when the portion of the burden of initiatives and efforts of Asdefending themselves but also ians themselves and the cooperation of the United States said the United States would stand by its commitments in are well coordintaed and balanced together so as to meet the Far East. At another point at the dinthe need of Asia in an affective way, can we expect great ner, Park hit at what he effect from the new approach called bellicose provocation 5 Friday, August 22, 1969 and infiltration by North Koreans. He said tills has failed to gain an inch of free South Korean land because of the M 12 satance of the Korean people and because of the firm determination of liie United States to defend his country. X Wi THE; !(, 12 m' k,i tlw , iriMMsmoK Mart SAVl? KETCUUM'd- 4th U. It larthing Fn Tba laildtr m Wtst J5M N Motivate study with a 235. desk by Loroman In an interview Rogers also said the government has a double standard on prevention of deafness, requiring civilian contractors of the Defense Department to keep decibel levels low while needlessly exposing troops in training to damaging noise. rog. 26.95 Being organized means better grades and it's so easy with this attractive desk. Complete with attached study lamp, shelves and matching chair. The durable plastic top looks like walnut to accent the sturdy wrought iron frame. 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