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Bennington Banner

Location

Bennington, Vermont, United States of America

Date

Nov 12, 1976

Page

12

EPA adopts trade-off policy permitting new pollution

The EPA unveiled a controversial plan allowing new pollution sources in areas not yet meeting federal air standards if equivalent reductions are achieved elsewhere in the region. Deputy administrator John R. Quarles Jr. framed it as a compromise, while critics from the National Clean Air Coalition argued it undercuts the Clean Air Act of 1970.

Anaheim Calif Environmental Protection Agency New York City New Jersey John R. Quarles Jr National Clean Air Coalition Washington League of Women Voters American Lung Association Sierra Club Friends of the Earth EPA Quarles Anaheim Convention Center

77-Foot Escape Tunnel Found at San Quentin Prison

Three inmates working in a 77 foot long tunnel beneath San Quentin surrendered after guards opened a locked steel door with a hacksaw. The tunnel ran roughly 55 feet from shore, averaged 2 1/3 to 4 feet square, and yielded shovels hoes lock picks lights an intercom and a drainage pump. Norman Lucas Lawrence Saffeels and Richard Lee were identified as the escapees.

San Quentin Calif UPI Jerry Copus Copus Lucas Norman Lucas Lawrence Saffeels Richard Lee Alameda County San Francisco Steve Lawrence Lawrence San Francisco Bay

Mastermind Lucas Creates Near-Finish San Quentin Escape

Norman Lucas, a 26 year old inmate serving a life sentence, masterminded a 67 foot tunnel under San Quentin’s cell blocks nearly to completion. He has made multiple escape attempts, with two resulting in deaths, including a December 1969 Hall of Justice escape.

San Quentin Calif UPI Norman Lucas San Quentin Prison State Department of Corrections Lucas San Francisco

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