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February 26, 1971
THE WHITE FALCON
Page 5
Grades 3-12 set
for TB testing
Tuberculin tests will be ad-
ministered by the station medical
department to all students in
grades three through 12 at A.T.
Mahan School next Wednesday at
1 p.m.
The test will be given to de-
termine whether any child has been
exposed to tuberculosis and will
be given at> the school to ensure
maximum coverage.
The P.P.D. test will be used.
This is a skin test, and if there
is no reaction, nothing will show
on the arm at the site of the in-
jection. If redness is present
after 48 hours, the reaction is
positive.
Children who have had a posi-
tive reaction in the past should
not be given the test. Parents
are urged to contact the school
as soon as possible if their child
has had any positive reaction.
Children who have had a TB test
within the last year need not
have another, but should bring a
note aday in advance of the test-
Big to the school nurse.
W Tests will be read after 48
hours. Parents of children with
negative readings will not be
notified. The medical department
will contact parents in all pos-
itive reading cases.
The test is being done on the
recommendation of the medical de-
partment in cooperation with the
school health services. Children
in kindergarden through the sec-
ond grade will be given the tu-
berculin test at another time.
Z-gram
beer
has few
local
hitches
The beer-in-
the-barracks Z-
gram is in ef-
fect on the
naval station with the installa-
tion of eight beer machines in
bachelor quarters.
Four installations on January
16 started the "barrels" rolling
and to date, BBC! 746, 747, 748,
750, 751, 753 and 756 each have
one beer machine. BOQ 636 also
acquired a beer machine in Janu-
ary.
Case upon case of beer has al-
ready gone through the machines
to the personnel of the barracks,
and it doesn't look like the run
on beer will slow down. But
since the machines were installed
the comments from the barracks
MAA's are that there have been
fewer incidents and fights, and
morale has improved visibly.
The NEX office is pleased too.
The beer-in-the—barracks project
is working out remarkably well
and could serve as a model for
other exchange projects,
The exchange has personnel mak-
ing daily deliveries of beer to
the eight quarters and there have
been no problems keeping up with
the thirsty demand.
The machines in the barracks
at the moment, are converted soda
machines which have a smaller ca-
pacity than regular beer venders,
therefore the daily refill is al-
most necessary. However, new and
larger venders are expected to
arrive shortly and will be in-
stalled in place of the ones in
use now.
ON STAGE — The Icelandic brass band Svanur at Andrews Theater last Monday night

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