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Garbage Threatens To Buy Cities
A 1960s warning reports a garbage explosion could bury major cities as waste climbs with population. New York faced a 100000 ton heap amid a strike, health emergency, and rising per capita waste. It cites rising totals, costs, privatized disposal, and calls for regional planning and rail haul to move refuse to disposal sites.
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Phil Thomas
United States
U.S. Public Health Service
Enogh
Panama Canal
New York City
Department of Sanitation
Empire State Building
Karl Wolf
American Public Works Association
Chicago
Portland, Ore
Philadephia
New York
Little Rock
Ark