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...chemicals were no problem. But by 1976, after years of abnormally heavy rain, the chemicals, leaking from corroded containers, began to rise. Pools, some bubbling like witches' cauldrons, appeared in low-lying backyards; fumes seeped into cellars. So far, more than 80 chemicals have been found in the dump site itself. At least ten have been identified in homes bordering the old canal, seven of them known to cause cancer in animals. One, benzene, has been linked to leukemia in humans. Women living in the area have suffered 50% more miscarriages than would be expected. There is also...
They need help but where is it to come from? The Hooker Corp., which violated no laws at the time it was dumping, has helped to finance the investigation and the construction of a ditch to drain the dump, but acknowledges no liability for damages. City officials are unsure of their power to clean up what is, for the most part, private property...
...granted, must provide satisfactory service or face CAB sanctions. Under the White House plan, the airlines would be free to start or stop service wherever they liked. Some small communities that have already lost their rail service would probably be deserted as well by the airlines, which would dump marginal and money-losing routes. The biggest lines would have an advantage over smaller ones because they could concentrate their vast fleets on the most lucrative markets. They could also use their financial muscle to set rates at such low levels that weaker lines would be forced to fold...
...with most other urban headaches, the problem is more serious in New York than in any other community. The city's estimated 1.4 million dogs dump some 125 tons of feces daily-not to mention 100,000 gal. of urine. This is not merely an aesthetic and emotional issue between dog owners and doo-dodgers, but a matter of health as well, since the minute roundworm eggs excreted by many dogs can be transmitted to humans, particularly children, and can ultimately affect the kidneys, liver, lungs, brain and eyes...
...tortured class losers. Animal House, a riotous farce set at fictional Faber College in 1962, presents quite another picture. The film's so-called animals-the inhabitants of Faber's most disreputable fraternity house-are a filthy, outrageous lot. They guzzle and spit beer, drive motorcycles indoors, dump Fizzies in the school swimming pool, pile up 1.2 grade-point averages on their "permanent records" and wreck the homecoming parade. Here, at long last, are movie characters who embody the true spirit of American higher education...