Nixon seeks 23000 acres for Gateway Park along Atlantic coast
President Nixon urged Congress to expand the park system by adding 23 000 acres along the Atlantic coast aimed at aiding 20 million urban residents. He planned a tour of New York harbor with officials including Rogers Morton Rockefeller Cahill Lindsay Gibson and Mayor. The Gateway Park would cover Sandy Hook Breezy Point and Jamaica Bay among other properties, labeling several sites as under utilized.
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Official seeks to halt alleged steel pollution
Environmental Protection Administrator William D Ruckelshaus asked the Justice Department to seek injunctions under the Refuse Act against Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel Corp to stop water pollution from two plants. He cited Monessen Pennsylvania plant discharging phenol cyanide and solids daily into the Monongahela River and East Steubenville plant discharging phenols into the Ohio River. The EPA said phenols taint water and flesh and East Steubenville is a major phenolic source affecting Wheeling water intake.
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More than 1,200 bikers finish 210 mile trek to Portsmouth
From Columbus 1200 plus riders completed the 210 mile two day Tour of the Scioto River Valley to Portsmouth and back. The 10th annual event drew 29 states plus Canada the Netherlands Britain and Japan with riders starting at the statehouse in rain Saturday and finishing back in Columbus after overnighting in Portsmouth. Several incidents occurred including a tandem couple misrouting their bike gear on a truck.
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Cadets Choose Falcon as Air Force Academy Mascot
The first class at the Air Force Academy, which opened in 1958, selected the falcon as the school mascot marking a defining symbol for the cadets and reflecting the academy’s early traditions.
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Policeman Wounded in Apparent Death Plot Near Akron
Former Summit County undercover agent turned city patrolman Gene Chicoine was shot in the left arm while on patrol in Mogadore. A second bullet struck his belt as a shotgun blast shattered his cruiser windows during the attack. He lay in Akron City Hospital in fair condition. Chicoine had recently left the county sheriff's office and was testifying in a drug arrests case.
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