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Pollution Price Tags in 1969 and Prison Ratings
Two UPI wires report contrasting items. In Kentucky, inmates at the Kentucky State Reformatory near LaGrange scored high on education and recreation but low on counseling and employment, with four escapees last month. warden James Howard expressed surprise at security ratings. Separately, in New York, Humble Oil chair M A Wright warned that pollution control costs will hit about $2 billion in 1969, urging broad societal action and noting the total pollution effort requires coordinated government, business, and public participation to restore water and air quality.
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Frankfort
Kentucky State Reformatory
LaGrange
James Howard
New York
Humble Oil and Refining Co
American Petroleum Institute
Federal Water Pollution Control Administration
Wright
Vietnam