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EUZASETH KIT, It C JDVSf'CE D. 11.493 . AUG 1 5 1978 More PCBitem Mmoalriag ihiped |iiAwh that/ form the orinMl put ef the tank, . and tom MN Icm of trash-water discovered^marsh, prime waterfewl habitat, is Cut- rituck Sound as tha inland lide. . ' Or. Bfis 1. Stafcr, presideut gf tkt onAudubon Society, laid, "Thia if truly a historic day. Not juat tor the Audubon "V)Society, ootiustEor Piao Ukta. aad out highway just for the wildMfe, bet for the wisdom of RALEIGH, N.C. (API - A fresh strip C our (taorattoa aad tko oajoyiatat af 'ofoily liquid, believed to be the latest in a Z </) geoeratioas yti to coma." aeries of PCI spills oa the state's Ho described the piapaity at a "erowi jewel" ia the society's sanctuary system. '`It b aa otermal ecosystem," said Sidhr, "aad It will aerre ter the eallghtauwt of roadways, was ternoon along a 41 near Sanford, discovered Monday af six-mile stretch of N.C, According to state Highway Patrol &o o* Stahr said the society is establishing a Capt. 0. R. McKinney, the new spill was SI asOlioa endowment fund to preserve discovered along a section of i ' the sanctuary permaacatly and Earl aad already posted with chemical i Jane Slick have attend IMAMS to in taminatien warnings. He said the new me workers pried him loose from crease this fund If the society eta match spUl is about two ISot wide. l (Staff photo by Lester Bell) st.sn.oao.the amount, briagiag the total to McKinney said officials suspect the spill ia related to the previous spills. Be said the atrip has aot been chemically pinned in overturned truck A tanker traveling the state's high ways at night is suspected ef pollatinf more than 250 mike of the state's Potts said the wanted driver will pro bably face a charge of hit aad ran. The state trouper saw as reason to charge Nelson. ' Nelson was reported in satisfactory condition at Chowan Hospital. He suf fered no broken bones, but Potts said Nelson cotapisiaod of a lack ef circula tion ia his fast which had boea wedged in turned into a ditch north of the intersec Squad extracatod Nelson from the tion of State Road lilt, coming to rest on crushed cab of his truck, Edentoo its back and facingft? apposite d^vetum. flromtn stood by with a pumper. Diesel of its travel. Potts said the rig traveled fumes had leaked during the rescue at 519 test after the Brat indication of tempt aad firemen had earlier put out a Nelson's efforts to avoid collidiag with sparking electrical short ia the instru tilt vu. ment paael. Damages totalling M5.000 were According to the injured driver's ac estimated hr the rig aad its load of count, Potts said Nelson had delivered roadsides with toxic PCBs, or polychlorinated biphenols. Officials said that until Monday, no new spills had been reported ia nearly a week. Monday's spill was discovered just as state enviroameatal officials were meeting to try decide how to dispose of the contaminated soil ia the spills. The mg with teprowafsttveo ef the windshield. bitterns. The tractor-trader skidded sad over- While the Edoaton-Chowan Rescue (Sm TXVCK, page I) fSaePCJ.pegeri- ick-off Area Jobless