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...year-old white pine tree knocked down by Hurricane Gloria is currently drying out in Kirkland House, awaiting plans to turn it into a memorial bench...
...council probably thought it had found a much needed friend in Gloria, the huricane which was savaging the East Coast as the council was making excusses for inducing so few students...
When the by-then blown-out storm blustered into Cambridge on September 28, council officers used Gloria to reopen nominations across the houses and the Yard. "We are postponing the elections for a week in order to make up for this one lost day," announced former Undergraduate Council Chairman Brian R. Melendez '86, who did not go after a third term as the council's head when it chose new officers last Wednesday...
...utilities' storm readiness, while Long Islanders fumed over the fact that the chairman of Lilco, the often bumbling local utility, was holidaying in Europe while they groped in the dark. In desperation Lilco distributed 100 tons of dry ice to residents who were watching their food spoil. All told, Gloria did less damage than expected by meteorologists and hyperactive news organizations, but its misery was prolonged...
...were convicted of violating the state's Clean Streams Act, and one was sent to prison. The three and their company were fined $750,000. EPA supervised the cleanup of the river pollution, and in 1982 it took the site off its priority list. But heavy rains from Hurricane Gloria sent 100,000 gal. of oily, smelly chemical wastes rushing back up to the surface of this presumably cleaned-up site and into the Susquehanna. "There was an extremely strong odor that would burn your nostrils," said City Clerk Paul McGarry, who went to investigate after residents began phoning with...