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...Arkansas Community Organization for Reform Now (ACORN) this week asked 18 colleges and universities that own stock in Middle South Utilities Inc. to join its fight against a proposed power plant near Pine Bluff...
...ACORN sent letters Monday to the 18 institutions, asking them to put pressure on Arkansas Power and Light, a Middle South subsidiary, to install sulfur dioxide emission controls on the proposed plant's smokestacks...
...ACORN also asked the colleges and universities to consider providing expert advice for an independent economic and environmental impact statement on the plant...
...ACORN also wrote Bok Monday to notify him of the Princeton request. The letter said Bok "will probably find this [Princeton] distinguished company in support of your affirmative action on our requests." However, the letter said Harvard should bear "the lion's share of responsibility and action" on the plant, because it owns more Middle South stock than Princeton...
Surrey would not comment on ACORN's Princeton letter because he said he had not had time to "look it over...