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D. 11.493
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AUG 1 5 1978
More PCBitem Mmoalriag ihiped |iiAwh that/
form the orinMl put ef the tank,
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and tom MN Icm of trash-water
discovered^marsh, prime waterfewl habitat, is Cut-
rituck Sound as tha inland lide. .
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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
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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
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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.
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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)
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ick-off
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