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San Diego Air Pollution, 1967-1969

 File — Box: 247, Folder: 4
Identifier: Folder 4

Scope and Contents

corresp., newsclippings, telegrams & reports. Examples are: corresp. of S.D. Regional Water Quality Control Bd. to Congressman Wilson (11/28/69) re/ North Island Industrial Waste Control Project; corresp. of Congressman John Dingell to Congressman Wilson (9/10/69) re/ Clean Water Restoration Act for the fiscal year 1970; corresp. to constitutents (Mar.-Ap. 1969) re/ water pollution & water qualtity legislation; corresp. of HEW & copy of Federal Register Notice (Jan. & Feb. 1969) re/ Mr. Griggs suggestion to combat air pollution with fuel conditioners or additives; corresp. of Congressman Wilson, Senator Jack Schrade & William H. Randall (6/68) re/ air pollution controls on aircraft; corresp. of Congressman Wilson, HEW & D.H. Nielsen (1/68) re/ Nielsen’s request for information on smog controls; corresp. of G.L. Southwell (Lt.Col. USAF Ret.) to Congressman Wilson (10/11 & 11/16/67) re/ Col. Smith’s suggestion to gradually replace gasoline engines with atomic steam power to control smog; memos & notes from Wilson’s office and letters from City of San Diego & Dept. of Interior (12/67) re/ “the reverse osmosis process for waste treatment purposes...does not appear warrented at this time;” copies of Congressman Wilson’s Nov. 2, 1967 speech to the House of Representatives re/ Calif. smog health hazards & exemptions needed from the Federal Air Quality Act; constituent corresp. & Congressman Wilson’s responses, telegram from Gov. Reagan & Resolution from County Supervisors Assoc. (11/67) re/ opposition to Dingell Amendment to Air Quality Act of 1967 & the issue of smog in California; corresp. from Congressmen Lionel Van Deerlin, John Moss, Cecil King & Glenard Lipscomb (10/67) in support of S-780, the Air Quality Act of 1967; Los Angeles Times editorial (10/67) re/ Calif. smog and S-780; corresp. from constituents, S.D. Highway Development Assoc., S.D. Mayor Frank Curran, Motor Car Dealers Assoc. of So. Calif. & Congressman Wilson’s responses (Oct.-Nov. 1967) re/ Air Quality Act of 1967 & Dingell Amendment; corresp. from Calif. Assembly Committee on Transportation & Commerce (10/10/67) re/ opposition to Dingell Amendment to S-780; corresp. from Sen. George Murphy, Assemblyman Jesse Unruh & Peter Schebarum (10/11/67) in support of the Air Quality Act of 1967; letter from Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce to the Honorable Lionel Van Deerlin (10/6/67) supporting Van Deerlin’s effort to defeat the Dingell Amendment; Congressman Wilson’s corresp. (8/7/67), copies of San Diego’s Health (vol. 15, no. 7) & Motor Vehicle Pollution Control Board Bulletin (vol. VI, no. 7) re/ appointment of Dr. J.B. Askew as MVPCB chairman; small packet of corresp. from U.S. Dept. of Transportation, H.E.W. & Congressman Wilson (July& Aug. 1967) re/ high school civics class student, Robert S. Scudder’s request for information on traffic & smog.

Dates

  • created: 1967-1969

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Extent

From the Collection: 0.00 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

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