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...oceans that cover two-thirds of the earth's surface are its biggest dump. The theory has always been that the seas could absorb any amount of filth and sewage, but leading scientists have repeatedly warned that the waters' capacity to purify lethal industrial wastes is limited and that poisons entering the marine food cycle become concentrated in fish...
...example, recently signed a threeyear, $1,000,000 contract with a private collection firm that will save the city an estimated $350,000. This week, for the first time in its history, Chicago will have a private firm process some of its refuse; Waste Management, Inc., will compact and dump into its own landfill up to 1,000 tons of garbage a day. Other cities that have turned over all or part of their garbage business to private hands include Boston, Omaha, Detroit, Dallas and Charleston, S.C. Indeed, only bureaucratic lethargy and union opposition prevent more cities from contracting with...
...handle the big loads, the new waste companies must be markedly different from the old, small-time collectors, with their rusted-out dump trucks trundling loads of melon rinds and empty bottles to their final rest in the city dump. The modern companies process refuse by shredding, compacting or baling it before hauling it to landfills, which cost $4,000 to $10,000 an acre. The companies operate fleets of $25,000 tractors, $35,000 trucks and $80,000 bulldozers. Unable to afford these capital outlays, many of the nation's 10,000 small collection companies are merging with...
Although Agnew has chosen his appearances before young people with care, selecting such conservative campuses as Brigham Young University and Michigan's Calvin College, he has been harassed by hecklers at many stops. When some students at Calvin College chanted, "Dump Nixon!", Agnew said "Since you are unable to think independently, I'll lead," and waved his arm to direct the chorus. The crowd loved it. In Syracuse, he gibed at demonstrators who were walking out on his talk: "Bye! Don't forget your bottle before...
Waving a forest of NLF flags and picket signs, the matchers chanted "Dump Nixon, Dump Thieu, End the War in '72," Picket signs read "Trick or Treaty" and "Nixon Eats Shit--$1000 a Plate...