Port Angeles Evening News (Newspaper) - August 3, 1969, Port Angeles, Washington August 1969 99th Issue of 54th Year 14 Pages 10 Cents Romanians noisily greet Nixon TRAVELING FIRST CLASS An Alaskan sea otter got right into the swim of things as he and 28 other former residents of Amchitka Island arrived at their new home on the North Washington The otters were flown by jet to Hoquiam and then taken by hel to Point Grenville on the Quinault Indian Res where they paddled merrily off into the Scientists hope to restore the otter to the Washington coast after nearly 50 years of AP Mills held to schedule on pollution controls OLYMPIA Tt has been eight years since the state of Washington first ordered eight pulp mills to stop polluting Puget It will be 1976 before that or der is fully carried But for the first mills are be ing held to a firm A 1967 federal state enforce ment conference developed cleanup steps and gave the mills five years to put them Into The recommendations be state standards and the secretary of the Interior ap proved them as federal regula Although the timetable set forth by the conference is lagging up to four years In some state Water Pollution Control Commission believes the past 18 months have brought the most progress in a decade toward halting pollution of the Now 75 per cent of the mills operate under the 1967 require The commission hopes to have the remaining two signed up by The antipollution efforts have involved bargaining for time pressing the mills to comply while not forcing them across the line into court said flexibility In enforcing the standards avoided ed legal battles In at least four cases and will bring compliance up to four years The timetable was negotiable but its objectives were said Jerry senior engl neer In the commissions en forcement If we insisted on adhering to the we would have been in court for five years while nothing was Even If wa eventually the mills would have been given five years from the decision to he The new requirements are contained in waste discharge permits issued to the The drive to halt pollution of Puget Sound began In 1961 when the state required waste dispos al control The mills protested on grounds of cost and former Albert Rosel lini called on the federal gov for The enforcement conference was convened in 1962 under terms of the Federal Water Water Control Act of The issue then became a matter of possible federal en At the first hearing the mills contended little scientific basis existed to pin pollution on The conference ordered a study of the problem which took four years and million to It concluded the mills caused extensive and damaging effects to salmon and other marine The re port called for primary ment of wastes to remove an 80 per cent reduction In the discharge of sulphite waste extension of outfalls into deeper and dredging of sludge accumulations in water around A second meeting of the joint conference was called In the fall of 1967 to review the Industry contended questionable laboratory procedures and in adequate analysis of the data resulted in erroneous con The how held to the tions and forwarded them to the secretary of the The mills were given until September 1972 to fully imple mont the requirements a job they said would cost As the Pollution Control Com mission initiated steps to carry out the indus try was talking of taking the is sue to The commission staff will say privately it has worked to avoid the mistake of At that time all eight permits were is sued at Faced with instal ling the costly the mills banded together and as legal staff to outgun the commission In carrying out the conference the commis sion this time took on one mill at a time and negotiated exten sively with exploring possible areas of agreement before writing the A mill has 30 days after a per mit Is Issued to protest the con and request a hearing be fore the It may take an adverse commission decision to the By May of last four mills were operating under the new They were Georgia Pacific Everett and Fibreboard and Crown Zellerbach at Port 14 file for city posts was given until May 1973 to remove 80 per cent of the sulphite waste liquor from discharges instead of the 1972 date recommended in the The four permits held to September 1970 date for installation of primary treat mont for settleable The Weyerhaeuser mill at Ev erett was Issued a permit July 15 and has time to file a The firm has until March 1972 to notify the mission whether it will install sulphite waste liquor removal facilities at its present construct a new or close down the present The al were given instead of the 1972 date for full compli ance so Weyerhaeuser could evaluate a process for pulp now under develop said to virtually eliminate air and water Prim ary treatment was delayed delayed from September 1970 to May The worlds largest sulphite the Scott Paper at was issued a permit last it must remove 40 per cent of the sulphite waste liquor by the end of 1972 and the remainder by June Ths commission for Scotts smaller facility at Anacortes would be issued In a The ITT Cor mill at Port Angeles is the last still operating without a new It and Scott are expected to be the first mills to challenge the Filing for five city council posts produced 14 The primary election Is set for Those filing before the 5 Friday were Position 1 Harrison 1117 In cumbent James Ev 522 Race Carleton Bu 117 Fourth and Leola 819 Position 2 Incumbent Donald 1019 Ninth and John 1025 Fourth Position 3 Incumbent Donald 1022 Cher ry Clarence Eddy 1019 F and John 215 12th Position 4 Deane 308 Second and Lorraine 418 Front Position 5 Edward 303 Floyd Second and Lau rel and Incumbent Dalton 101 Arrest of two clears up burglary cases A man and a woman were ar rested by Clallam County Sher deputies Friday afternoon in connection with three house burglaries July 22 and ac cording to Sheriff Hirley All of the articles except food stuffs stolen from the two in the Whisky Creek Beach area July 28 and one at Clallam Bay July have been Bishop Estimated value of the merchandise Is The arrests were made by Deputies Ron Ellsworth and Jay with the aid of Deputy Tom who conducted the is expected to be referred to the prosecuting at torney Bishop No ball has been The persons arrested are not accord ing to the Bishop commended the three deputies who worked on the case for their teamwork and called their effort a job well New action sought in Kennedy case NEW AP Edmund who has asked for an Inquest Into the fatal accident involving Edward was reported Saturday to be ering exhuming the body of the a young Blyth Evans of Lu cerne County In where Jo Kopechne is said telephoned him Friday to pave the way for possibly exhuming the body for an I said I would cooperate with him to the fullest extent Evans but I also asked him to a written request for was unavailable for the New York Post reported that a second judge has turned down Dints request for an inquest into the Post curfew CAP A midnight curfew has been dered at this Colorado Army precipitated by auto acci dents last weekend that killed eight President gets biggest welcome Baker summit stand Ing out clearly above a lower haze Drivers education car being pushed Into serv ice station with Instructor driving and students pushing Resident complaining about dog howling under her win dow during the wee hours Mobile home moving truck and logging truck driving up First Street side by side with lot of cars stacked up Mars is fearen planet AP Mariner 6 has turned up no dence that even the crudest form of vegetation could exist on a panel of scientists agreed A Space Agency official that continued search for life on the apparently barren planet Is The statements came at a news conference at the Jet Pro pulsion Laboratory on scientific findings of Mariner held as a sister Mariner was televising approach pic tures Preliminary to a flyby of Mars Tues John associate administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Adminis summarized the scien reports If there are any Martians traveling about the universe they probably would go to the mcon rather than earth because the moon would appear more hospitable to He was referring to photo graphs televised by Mariner G earlier in the week that show the Martian surface as desolate and much like earths Other scientists said the pic tures and information from electronic instruments on Mari ner 6 also showed The Martian atmosphere con tains little If any nitrogen or ox two of the elements neces sary to support Gases detected Include hydro a very small amount of ox carbon monoxide and car bon There are definite Indications of water Ice In scattered low areas scanned during the space crafts equatorial sweep as It flew within miles forclos estever analysis of the AP President Nixon was swept up and almost overwhelmed Saturday by thousands of cheer ing Romanians who shouted Nixon and Hoorah as they waved American The cheering began decorated with and Romanian as Nixon be came the first president to make a state visit to a Commu nist Welcomed by President lae the party boss who has not feared to ruffle the feelings of the Soviet Nixon once made a bid for peaceful saying Nations can have widely different Internal orders and live in The cheering swelled to a roar as Nixon and Ceausescu set out In an open limousine for the 12 mile ride from the It was Ironic that long a fighter against communism In the United received in Communist Romania the warm est welcome given him any where on his roundtheworld Romanias government as sured a large turnout by letting workers cut short their Satur day halfday of It moved many In by But there was no doubt about the enthusiasm of the Police estimated the total at and said It was more than turned out for Charles de Gaulle last Three times during the drive Into the throngs forced the motorcade to When Nixon got out of the open car to shake he sometimes was all but engulfed and nearly knocked off his got out with The crowds began chanting Nixons name when he cried In Romanian Long live Roma Some tossed bouquets into the limousine and shouted Hoo Thats shouted a worn I know his I have watch 3d him on television when he was waiting for the Amerl can astronauts on that A man observed This would have been unbelievable only a few years Said This Is a good thing for Roma The government had passed out paper flags for the crowds along the Riding behind the presidential open Nixon in a closed car came close to being overlooked by the Many did not see her and Ceau pass Nixon blew kisses to the The crowds were so dense that Nixons schedule was set back half an Nixon him self said the reception was bet ter than tha fervent welcome lie hands school funds fo new group Mobile home living in local area on pages 8 and 9 The Clallam approved the transfer of of the county super intendent of schools budget to new Intermediate School Dls 114 at their meeting Fri The is half of the money to be transferred the Intermediate district this the balance of which will be transferred In other the com missioners resolved to Improve grades and drain miles of Grauel Road in the Salt Creek area west of Port ToUl cost of the project is Bids were opened for a pav ing on La Push Road from its junction with Highway 101 to the junction with Mora approximately three One submitted by Interstate Asphalt was received and accepted after study by Assistant County Road Engineer The commissioners received a report from the temporary commissioners of the Clallam Park and Recreation Dis saying that they felt addi timo and effort must be spent before the proposal could appear on the November elec tion For this the election will not be held in con junction with the November elec tion but at a later ac cording to County Auditor Alice The commissioners voted to accept Island View plat near They also proved a resolution to set the speed limit on Road 1550atBea ver at 20 miles per A letter from the city notify ing the commissioners of amis take rental to he county for the new District Court room was The pre vious rental figure of per month did not include mately Per month for oil and the city requested that the price be raised to Per month retroactive to cor rect the The cominis approved the Also at the meeting the com missioners discussed a pro posed small scale computer Pro gram for the county with a rep from the National Cash Register received as vies president In Poland 10 years ago to the The President frequently stood up In the his hands raised and that familiar campaign gesture brought more What pleased his aides the most was the response along a 10block stretch from his quar ters in government guest house to the handsome Palace of the where Nixon opened the first of his two talks with The crowd was so solid with people hanging out of win that Nixon had to slow down en route to his appoint Again there were ringing Besides the first state visit by an American there were other precedents Nix ons arrival from Pakistan was It was the first live telecast ever sent from Roma nia to the United He was the first official visi tor to land at million Otopeni It will not be completed until next Beyond these historical foot notes and official exchanges of views on International It was the size and the emotional surge of the Ro manian welcome that made the Nixon party feel the trip was well worth any Irritation to the Soviet Union next advisers hope the visit will have a Impact In opening up the East European bloc to Increasing Western Influ This Impresses strate gists mere than any immediate results of the Aides said Nixon did not Intend to make any specific commitments during his 27hour but to discuss topics In general ABM vote still a tossup WASHINGTON AP The Senate votes Wednesday on the Safeguard missile with the outcome still in doubt on the issue that has becom a symbol of congressional efforts to curb the Pentagon and reord er national Two aging senators In what may be their final Re publican John Williams of Delaware and Democrat Clinton Anderson of New pear to hold the key to the Intense Neither has stated a and opponents concede they need at least one of the two to attain the 51 votes required for a one of those things that could go Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mans field of Montana said In an in The showdown will come on an by John Sherman and Philip to limit the ABM to present bar ment or site It would not cut the million earmarked for the Bombers hit targets near Saigon SAIGON Enemy shell ings dropped to two attacks the smallest number in two But the fury of bombing raids shook buildings in Saigon as bombers hit targets 17 of the The big bonders had not struck so close to Saigon since April when they bombed 14 miles Several soldiers were ed In one of the two enemy fire attacks on a South Vietnamese military unit north of A spokesman said there were no casualties or dam ge in the other Saturdays shellings in the 24 hour period ending at 8 Saigon time wore the lowest since May 30 when one mortar attack was
