Town wins fight against wastes in Wilsonville Illinois
Wilsonville 700 residents plus top state lawyers win a Circuit Court ruling to close Earthline Corp 130 acre waste disposal site near St Louis in Macoupin County. Judge John Russell orders closure and removal of toxic liquids and solids stored since 1976. State AG calls it a national landmark.
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Carlinville, al
Wilsonville
Macoupin County
Illinois
Earthline Corp
St. Louis
Earthline
Sisca Services Ne
John Russell
Athline
Russell
Earthlines
Stuart Dobbs
Dobbs
William Scott
Seabrook foes stage new wave of protests at plant
Seabrook opponents first of a new protest wave vow renewed efforts to halt the $2.3 billion plant. Eighteen demonstrators including two nuns were arrested for trespass or disorderly conduct as they chained to a traffic island and walked onto a fenced area.
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Seabrook
N.H
Robert Cushing Jr
Clamshell Alliance
Clamshell
Ray Morrison
The
Alliance
Texaco gas find viewed as moderately encouraging
Texaco officials called the Baltimore Canyon discovery off New Jersey moderately encouraging for future gas finds. The test well produced gas but not yet enough for commercial production, with two more wells planned to assess viability.
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New York
Texaco Inc
Baltimore
New Jersey
Texaco
Robert Palmer
Atlatic City
Palmer
Shell
Continental Oil
Atlantic City
Baltimore Dome
L. Weldon Calahan
Japan marks end of war 33rd anniversary in 1948
Tokyo ceremonies honor 3.1 million war dead with Memorial Day events across Japan. Emperor Hirohito and Empress Nagako attended a Tokyo ceremony with about 5800 mourning families. The Emperor expressed sorrow for war victims and their relatives and urged lasting world peace.
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Tokyo
Japan
Emperor Hirohito
Nagako
Washington home hit by thieves
A stagecoach two buggies and antique furniture were stolen from Ferry Farm in Fredericksburg where George Washington lived as a boy. Property owner Samuel Warren of Arlington said the theft occurred after July 30, on land now overgrown with weeds.
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Fredericksburg, Va
Ferry Farm
George Washington
Samuel Warren
Arlington
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