Word: litters
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...wake were other sounds. The vroom of departing campers, jalopies and motorcycles as the last of 600,000 pop fans set out along roads which for the first time in nearly a week were not clogged with traffic. The crunching of garbage compacters at work on tons of litter from the auto-race-track festival site. The echo of unanimous voices raised at the Schuyler County legislature in favor of a four-month moratorium on further large concerts in the area. And, of course, the rustle of money being counted; after expenses of $1.3 million, the Summer Jam stands...
...litter is human, to pilfer, divine." Such a maxim might well be carved on every American monument and tourist attraction. For if airmailing a beer can into Yellowstone National Park seems to give pleasure, stealing a hunk of Arizona's petrified forest seems to afford pure bliss...
...presence of the lone security man, who works only from 4 to 8 p.m., has not been sufficient to stem the tide of litter and vandalism, however...
About 10 per cent of the time of the Arboretum's staff is spent cleaning up litter in the park, DeWolf said. This detracts from the time that could be spent on research and horticultural planning, he commented...
DeWolf attributed the litter problem partially to the new policy of allowing Boston high school students to leave school grounds when they have no classes. "This is a good place to come and sit and drink beer," he said...