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ROTARY CLUB INDUCTION-Gus Kite of
Vanceboro is inducted by Alton Whitley, a member
of the Vanceboro Rotary Club since 1946. Alton
would have been a charter member like Jather
Peterson and Donald Witherington, but Alton was in
the service when the club was formed in 1945.
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Rain Or Snow Cloud
May Have Acid
Lining
By Barbara S. Moffet
National Geographic News Service
WASHINGTON—Those sweet spring showers
and pure fluffy snowfalls turn out not to be so sweet
and pur after all. In fact, some rain and snow are
downright filthy.
High in the sky, before falling to earth, rain and snow
often mix with pollutants-mainly sulfur dioxide and
nitrogen oxide-and through a series of chemical
changes become acidic.
By the time it reaches earth, the stuff farmers and
skiers are calling a godsend scientists are calling
“acid precipitation.” Some rain and snow that have
made their way to earth in recent years in this
country have been almost as acidic as vinegar, and
the acid precipitation problem seems to be
spreading.
Tons of Trouble
About 60 million metric tons of sulfur dioxide and
nitrogen oxide are spewed into the air every year in
the United States, as byproducts of fossil fuel
combustion. Car engines, home furnaces, coal
burning power plants, and smelters all contribute.
As the use of coal increases, these pollutants could
Intensify, an idea that worries scientists because they
really don’t know how the pollutants travel or what
happens after they come down.
Many do believe that acid precipitation can wipe
the fish from lakes, corrode buildings and statues,
leach minerals from soil, and possibly slow tree
growth, damage crops, and taint drinking water.
“The phenomenon of rather direct damage caused
by what once was thought to be pristine rain and
snow is appalling,” said Dr. Kenneth J. Hood of Ithe
snow is appalling,” said Dr. Kenneth J. Hood of the
Council on Environmental Quality. “Acid sprinkled
all over the land just doesn’t sound good.. .But what
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