Word: abingdon
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...fund-raising schemes. All told, $10,500 has been collected so far for the legal fees involved in seeking an injunction to block exploratory drilling or digging by APCO−at least until some thorough environmental studies have been made. The case is scheduled for trial in the Abingdon Circuit Court at the end of this month, but the town is beginning to realize that whatever the decision, later appeals may cost them an unimaginable $100,000. That is one reason why they have swallowed their distrust of outsiders and outside help enough to encourage the Sierra Club Legal Defense...
...high school and a benefit play, Red Fox: Second Hanging, at $5 a head to raise more money for the lawyers. Richard Austin, a Presbyterian minister, one of the few outsiders (he moved to the area from Washington six years ago), urges everyone to be at the trial in Abingdon. He goes over the long list of ponds, drill sites, access roads and trenches that APCO intends to create just for its survey. There is also a 2,000-foot tunnel to be drilled into the mountainside...
UNDERSTANDING AND COUNSELING THE SUICIDAL PERSON by PAUL W. PRETZEL 251 pages. Abingdon Press...