Word: lake
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...purpose of the dramatic assault quickly became clear. In a surprise push, the Israelis sent a spearhead of tanks and armor across the canal just north of the Bitter Lakes to the western bank. The goal of the task force was to destroy missile and artillery sites in Egypt and harass the supply lines that nourished the Egyptian divisions in the Sinai. The Israelis quickly resupplied the infiltration commando force with tanks, halftracks and artillery, first by barge and later across bridges hastily constructed north of the Great Bitter Lake. By week's end the force...
When the Reserve Mining Co. opened its huge iron ore plant in northern Minnesota in 1955, there was no problem attracting labor. Thousands of workers jumped at the promise of high wages, dazzling views of Lake Superior from an attractive company town called Silver Bay, and the good moose and partridge hunting in the area. Now, however, the jobs, the plant and the town itself are in danger of extinction. In a complex court case now in its twelfth week, the Government is suing to halt Reserve Mining from dumping 67,000 tons of ore wastes per day into Lake...
...iron content for commercial mining and processing. Today the plant, producing 15% of the nation's iron ore, is a solid money-maker for its owners, Armco Steel Corp. and Republic Steel Corp. One reason for the profits: By dumping "tailings," or waste sand, into Lake Superior, the company saves some $25,000 a day over the costs of hauling them to disposal sites on land...
...issue for six years. A persistent federal biologist named Louis Williams opened the attack by making a 10-month study of the plant's operation on his own initiative. He concluded in a 1967 report that the tailings were not, as the company contended, falling harmlessly to the lake bottom. Instead, he said, they were partially dissolving and releasing into the water nutrients that hasten the growth of algae...
Reserve Mining, which began arguing its defense last month, is expected to present evidence of its own to dispute the Government's 48 claims against it. The company says that the tailings have "no significant adverse effect" on the lake, and that they sink harmlessly to the bottom. Any asbestos, according to the company, comes from streams and rivers around the lake...