Lyle D. Goodhue, 77, Inventor Of Wartime 'Bug Bombs,' Dies (original) (raw)
Lyle D. Goodhue, 77, Inventor Of Wartime 'Bug Bombs,' Dies
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- Sept. 21, 1981
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Dr. Lyle D. Goodhue, inventor of the ''bug bombs'' used in World War II to control malaria-carrying mosquitoes in the tropics, died late Friday. He was 77 years old.
Mr. Goodhue, who retired from Phillips Petroleum in 1968, held more than 125 patents.
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