Word: mainland
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...dirty world has suddenly caught up with the citizens of Hilton Head. Last summer, the American subsidiary of Badische Anilin und Soda Fabrik, West Germany's giant chemical company, quietly bought up 1,800 acres on the mainland near Beaufort, less than four miles away, and announced that it was going to build a $200 million petrochemical complex. It will be South Carolina's largest single industrial development. It also promises to be a big source of pollution...
Twice during November, a small band of Indians put ashore on the island of Alcatraz in San Francisco Bay. Twice, U.S. officials escorted them quickly back to the mainland. It was a different story the third time. Fourscore young Indians ferried to the Rock at night, and instead of being turned back, they were welcomed by Deputy Caretaker Glenn Dodson, who announced that he was one-eighth Indian himself. Thereupon, Dodson directed them to quarters in what had been the warden's house before the Federal Government closed the prison...
There are reports that the Government may be prepared to offer the Indians some land at Fort Miley, on the mainland near the Presidio. The Indians are amenable. "But," says one, "we want Alcatraz. We'd accept all of America back if it were possible." In the meantime, they have raised their own flag over Alcatraz: a broken peace pipe and a crimson tepee emblazoned on a field of azure...