Smoke from Sammis Plant Clouds Rural Ohio West Virginia Town
In Stratton Ohio and nearby New Manchester West Virginia residents describe thick smoke from Ohio Edison's W H Sammis generating plant. Local supermarket owner Arnold Siegal notes days when windshield wipers are needed. A Jefferson County Grand Jury indicted Ohio Edison for emissions exceeding state limits. A suit by West Virginia and the EPA seeks stop actions or plant closure under new Clean Air Act amendments.
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Stratton
Ohio
Gina Ward
New Cumberland
Miss Ward
Arnie
West Virginia
Weirton
Ohio Edison Co
W.H. Sammis
Sammis
New Cumberland Lock
Steubenville
Arnold Siegal
Arnie’s
Jefferson County
Ohio Edison
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
U.S. District Court
Columbus
Fred Abdalla
Jefferson County Common Pleas Court
Abdalla
Midwest
Jim Dodson
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Dodson
Congressman objects to EPA excluding Wilsonville dump
Illinois congressman Rep. Paul Findley protested EPA omission of Wilsonville hazardous waste site from a national list of 638 potentially dangerous dumps. EPA said Wilsonville was a permitted site, not eligible. Findley urged inclusion citing risks to Wilsonville and nearby communities. The 130 acre site near St Louis area was ordered closed Aug 14 and is subject to appeals.
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Congressman
EPA
Wilsonville
Springfield, Ill
Illinois
U.S
Environmental Protection Agency
Paul Findley
R-Ill
Findley
Douglas M. Castle
St. Louis
John W. Russell
Circuit Court
Macoupin County
Earthline Corp
John McGuire
Wil
Sonville
McGuire
Bryan Porter
Byron Salvage Co
Byron
Kerr-McGee
West Chicago
Tipton-Martin Disposal Co
Rockford
American Recovery Co
East Chicago
War on Rats: Chicago appoints Rodent Control Commissioner
Madison Brown becomes Chicago Department of Rodent Control commissioner on January 1 launching a citywide campaign to reduce rat populations. He cites rats squeezing through quarter inch holes and jumping two feet, with breeding potential of 15,000 offspring per year. He aims to change environments via education, baiting, cleanup, and emergency teams, noting a Southwest Englewood battleground and a decline in rat bites to 209 through October from 219 year prior.
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Chicago
Madison Brown
Department of Rodent Control
Brown
Department of Streets and Sanitation
Englewood
Fortune Cookie Soap Sparks Business and Love
In a quirky NY feature, Fritz tests Fortune Cookie soap with fortunes linking love and money. Ron Rothstein of Soapreme shares his stumbles and success as fortunes appear in a bath product lineage from soap to joke toilet paper ventures. The entrepreneur pivots from law to laughter, forecasting a line of novelty items and puzzle rolls for January launches.
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New York
Nea
Fritz
Lydia
Ron Rothstein
Soapreme Products, Inc
Dupont
Apollo
Rothstein
Miami
Wharton School
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Morris Dry Cleaners
Morris Daily Herald
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Redfern's
White Westinghouse
Kelvinator Litton
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