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THIS DAY IN HISTORY: 

Tokyo Tower Completed (1958)
In the postwar boom of the 1950s, Japan was searching for a monument to symbolize its ascendancy as a global economic powerhouse. Inspired by the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, architects designed the 1,093-foot- (333-meter-) tall Tokyo Tower, the world's tallest self-supporting steel structure. Today, the Tokyo Tower serves as a television and radio communications tower and is also a major tourist attraction.

I always thought it was fascinating that there was another part of the Apollo program called Apollo Applications where they had plans to send a manned probe to slingshot around Venus and Mars.  On the same trip. They would launch, head to Venus, slingshot assist out to Mars, then slingshot back to Earth. I think they were going to have two Apollo capsules connected for more space and only two crewmen. 

The only thing that came out of AAP was Skylab.  

Is that where you hid the clubs from the EX

Alot of Chrismas shows back then used it - who knew

But the scarecrow Ray Bolger lived to 83
The Cowardly Lion Bert Lahr lived to 72
The Tin Man Jack Haley lived to 82
The WWoW Margaret Hamilton lived to 83
The Wizz Frank Morgan lived to 59
Dorothy well unfortunately got hooked on Liquor and perscription drugs
So collectively not a bad run

Well back in the 80s I assisted a retired Engineer repack fire brick in the combustion chambers/fire box and the front and rear tube sheets on some fire tube boilers. The guy would do maintenance when the Boilers were down for summer break at schools.He worked for Standard Oil and BP at refinneries doing all sorts of this work. He would mix this batter much like a baker mixes dough - bags of it with asbestos in them.Back then they didn't use self contained breathing apparatus or even masks.

I had heard AL lived to 83 and he spent a lifetime in and around these areas of work.However many types of asbestos have hook/shank like fibers that did embedd in skin or organs - much like a fish hook and then the problems begin. No way to really remove them either. As long as it was wrapped/packed right containment was OK but had to be routinely maintained. Not for personal safety as they really didn't know at the time but smooth operation of the equipment. Fiberglass was a problem but is relatively straight fibers so could be coughed or brushed out. I guess problems were predicated on work environment, type of asbestos,the individual and luck