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FILE NAME: New York State & NY Times (NY) DATE: 1974 July 11 DOC#: NY061 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: NYT Article - High Court Denies Plea Pollution HIGH COURT DENIES PLEA ON POLLUTION Special to The New York Times New York Times (1857-Currentfile); Jul 11, 1974; ProQuest Historical Newspapers The New York Times (1851 - 2002) Pg-9 HIGH COURT DENIES by the Armed and R eptile Iprrne CbuVl: grantd ^ty of Steel Companies. After a 139-la' ruling tha invalidated'some day trial, the longest environ* provisions of the 1971 Federal PLEA ON POLLUTION menial ease brought by the Jus- Election Campaign Act rgultlice Department, District Court mg political advertising. The Judge Miles W. Lord had or- Justice Department had sought dered the plant closed. the stay pending resolution of Dumping Into Lake Superior ApTpheealsUnfoitredtheStaEtiegshthCoCuirrtcuoift itsAatppisesauletoisthaenSuadpvreemrtiesCemouerntt. Permitted to Continue gave the company a 70-day re- submitted to The New York prieve on June 4, during which Times by the American Civil the Federal District Court is to Liberties Union naming 102 Sptcli! lo The New York TlniM work out a plan to halt the Representatives who had voted WASHINGTON, July 10 -- The Supreme Court has refused to strike down a stay that will permit the Reserve Mining Company to continue polluting Lake Superior until at "least mid-August with ground rock containing potentially hazar dous asbestos fibers. With Associate Justice Wil liam 0. Douglas dissenting, the Court refused a request by Minnesota officials to put into effect ' immediately a Fdral District Court order that would halt the dumping on the ground that it was injurious to health. The case involves an iron ore processing plant in Silver Bay, Minn., operated by the com pany, which is owned jointly pollution. against a bill that would have One official of the Environ- barred forced busing to achieve mental Protection Agency has racial balance. The newspaper estimated that constructfoh .of refused to accept the ad with,- permanent facilities to- remove out stdtemnJS from'..a ir th 90 per cent of the fibers would Congressmen - that/ its- cots take three years. ' would not put' them oveMheir Reserve dumps 67,000 tons of campaign spending limits, ground taconite rock into the A three-judge panel ruled southwestern end of Lake Su- that the statute imposed an perior every day,, and three unconstitutional -prior restraint states as well; as the Justice on newsjfdpers % requiring Department charged thfiibers spending limit certificates- nS left in the rock made drinking piling tq-dfme <$niy enough water drawn from tne lake dan- what -ads were * w beha1f"-;pf geroys. A .. - a cbnaidat,. / ' The decision was reached by As a result"Of the Supreme the justices Tuesday afternoon, Court action, the Government but newspapers were not in- will continue to enforce all as- formed until today.' pects of the .'Campaign-law un-: 3!Urn*. In another decision, the Su- til the justices decide the case. _______ ______ __________--_____ ------------------------------------ 1___ - - - *-- Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission