Floyd H. Larrison, Jr. to E. S. Prochnik Forwarding Newspaper Articles on Dr. Selikoff's Senate Testimony and the King City Asbestos Operation (1973)

Internal correspondence from the King City Operation manager to the New York Public Relations Department, sent at Mr. Beverly's request, enclosing a Salinas Californian article about the King City asbestos operation and a clipping reporting Dr. Irving Selikoff's Senate subcommittee testimony. The memo says a Californian reporter sought Union Carbide's comment on the testimony and was told the company had no comment, though the problems in general, the company's concern and its actions were discussed. The enclosed AP clipping reports Selikoff's prediction of asbestos-related deaths.

What the document holds

• Page 1: Memo from F. H. Larrison, Jr. to E. S. Prochnik, May 9, 1973, transmitting two newspaper articles
• Page 2: Clipping, Niagara Falls Gazette, 2-24-73, AP story 'Million deaths by 2,000 seen caused by asbestos' on Dr. Selikoff's Senate subcommittee testimony
• Page 3: Newspaper clipping scanned upside down, apparently the Salinas Californian article on the King City asbestos operation; text largely unreadable in OCR

People and organizations

From Floyd H. Larrison, Jr. (Manager, King City Operation) to E. S. Prochnik (Public Relations Dept., 4th Floor, New York); R. G. Beverly (copy recipient); W. N. Johnson (copy recipient); W. J. Kovack (copy recipient); J. S. Whitaker (copy recipient).

• Floyd H. Larrison, Jr. (author)
• E. S. Prochnik (recipient)
• R. G. Beverly (copied)
• William N. Johnson (copied)
• W. J. Kovack (copied)
• J. S. Whitaker (copied)
• Mining and Metals Division (its organization)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• Center for Science in the Public Interest (named)
• Food and Drug Administration (named)
• Mount Sinai School of Medicine (named)
• Niagara Falls Gazette (named)
• Public Relations Department (named)
• Salinas Californian (named)
• San Jose Mercury (named)
• Senate Commerce environmental subcommittee (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: California Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · New York Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage.

About this copy

This is document UC-1384 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 3 pages.