Interpretation Questioned Ancient Law Dusted Off In Pollution Suit
The Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 known as the Refuse Act is being revived by the Justice Department, with courts reinterpreting it to ban any refuse in navigable waters without a Corps permit. Armco Steel faces scrutiny after Houston Works was charged with dumping cyanides into the Houston Ship Channel, as executives worry over permit needs, EPA veto power, and new federal guidelines shaping enforcement and deadlines.
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John E. Barker
Armco Steel Corp
Barker
Armco
Houston Works
Justice Department
Houston Ship Channel
U. S
U.S. Corps of Engineers
Republic Steel
Illinois
Calumet River
Agency
EPA
West Virginia
Kari
Corps of Engineers
The
Federal Water Quality Authority
William Ruckelshaus
Ruckelshaus
U.S. Plywood
Champion Papers Co
Hamilton
Great
Miami River
Champion
Crystal Tissue Co
Middletown
Ohio Department of Health
Houston
Train Hits Car Injuring Driver Near Poasttown Crossing
A 17-year-old Carlisle youth escaped injury when his car was struck by a northbound Baltimore & Ohio freight train at the Franklin Madison Road crossing near Poasttown. Kenneth R. Church of 1064 Poinciana Drive said ice caused the skid and the vehicle slid onto the tracks. The locomotive struck the car’s right side, but the driver was unharmed.
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Carlisle
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Franklin- Madison Road
Poasttown
Kenneth R. Church
Poinciana Drive
Ptl
Mack ‘Hurley
Ice Cream Store Robbery Reported in Park Street Shop
Mrs. Mildred Graham 56 of 324 Vanderveer Street, a clerk at Park Street Ice Cream Store, said two men robbed the shop yesterday at 5:49 p.m. One restrained her while the other took an undetermined amount from the cash register.
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Mildred Graham
Vanderveer St
Park Street
Accord With Millett shapes Miami Hamilton campus ties
Miami University President Phillip Shriver told the Hamilton campus advisory panel that Ohio Regents Chief Millett will back a unified master plan for the two year campuses, stressing community needs and equal treatment for Hamilton and Middletown. He noted plans for nursing and paper technology programs, a future science technology building, and shared staffing with the central Oxford campus. Frank Witt was elected chairman of the Hamilton Campus Advisory Committee, tasked with linking community needs to the campus.
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Hamilton
Ohio
Miami University
Phillip Shriver
Miami
Shriver
Ohio Regents
John D. Millett
Middletown
Ohio Board of Regents
Middletown General and Technical College
Hamilton General, College of Miami University
Millett
Oxford
Kent State
Canton
Frank Witt
Five Points
University
Miami student to speak on weight loss psychology at Optimist Club
Karen Campbell, a student at Miami University, will address the Optimist Club at noon tomorrow at Alfy's Restaurant on The Psychology of Losing Weight. Program chairman Ron Decker announced the talk.
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Karen Campbell
Miami University
Optimist Club
Alfy
Ron Decker
Middletown Hospital Debuts New Heart and ICU Units
The $835000 facility opens for patient use tomorrow with about 1,000 visitors at yesterday’s open house. Elevators delayed tours briefly. new units allow direct ER to ICU admissions with beds interchangeable between ER and ICU beds.
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Middletown Hospital
Findley murder trial hingeing on alibi witness
Dennis Smith testified he did not see Findley after about 8 p.m. on Oct 17 as the defense argues, while prosecutors seek to place Findley with Cheryl Segal and a companion earlier that night. The 16 year old victim was found Oct 18 near Gregory Creek, with a gunshot wound and a marked incision. Final arguments and jury instruction were pending in Butler County Common Pleas Court.
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Findley
Indley
Shin di “Els
Court of
Butler County Common Pleas
Fred B. Cramer
Smith
Kathleen Smith
Richard J. Wessel
Cramer
Cincinnati
Peggy Thall
van Kirk Ave
Carthage
Cheryl Segal
Findlay
In Case
Segal
Butler County
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Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr
Secretary of the Army
Nixon
Korps
Houston Ship Canal
Henry S. Ruess
D.wis
Acapulco
Lyndon B. Johnson
Miguel Aleman
Mexico
Gulf Main
Manchester
Tal
Dennis Smith
James Albert Findley
Gregory Creek
Princeton Pike
Liberty Township
Here
Howe
Magnavox
H Electronics
S. Main ST
Franklin
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