Students Participate in Earth Day by BOB CALVERLEY Society, Who Are Polluting Our Not to Use Water Anywhere With Lion More Each Year
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And a neighbor works Students participate in Earth Day By BOB CALVERLEY society, who are polluting our not to use water anywhere with lion more each year. He showed News Staff Wrtier society," he said, "by our at in five miles of shore In Lake students slides of some of the titudes, by the things we buy Erie. anti-pollution facilities In Mid There was just a little bit of . let's not continue to blame —Four thousand people died land. bluish pollution haze where the Dow Chemical when we ride in London in 1952 from air Concerning salt content of the yellow straw fields met the sky on snowmobiles instead of skiing." pollution. river used by Dow In its opera the morning of Earth Day In He called for the young peo — School children In Los tions he said: Clinton County. All over the ple in the audience to change the Angeles don't go outside for re "The quality of the river is country, and In Clinton and St. attitudes toward the environ - cess on days when pollution is better than the quality of drink Johns, people were concerned ment. heavy. ing water of most people In the about that little bit of haze. *You people do have a pro —In Tokyo there are public area." "Much of the younger genera found effect on politics," he said, oxygen masks on many streets, When asked about mercury tion is mad about this situation/ "this generation coming up is a and policement directing traffic contamination of the Great Lakes State Rep. Richard Allen told St. large one." cannot do so without wearing an Sawinski said he couldn't give Johns High School students. Edward Tucker from the De oxygen mask, for more than half a good answer. "Dow Chemical Allen is a former biology partment of Natural Resources, an hour. of Canada is a separate organ teacher and only a little over while talking to th e students, Tucker also explained the del ization,'* he said, "the company 30, which is when you get to be compared the environment to the icate balance of nature that con is aware and concerned." Healso old, untrusted and part of the Apollo 13 spacecraft. stitutes ecology. explained that Dow In Midland •establishment." He wore his "This is our spaceship/ he •You the youth of today ques did not use mercury in produc steel - rimmed glasses to the said, "both (the Earth and Apollo tion the priority of the estab ing chlorine as was done in gathering and explained to the 13) have very complicated life lishment," he said "wake up, Canada, but used carbon dioxide audience that he wore horn support systems. There are get informed and tell it like it Instead. rimmed ones for other groups finite resources aboard. We must is . without an interest in Dennis Sweeney, who helped he faced. work consistently or else the the environment you have no organize Saturday's cleanup of Allen said that the genera passengers will die,* he said. future." the city park spoke to the stu tion of World War KK had an He gave examples that the ef Richard Sawinskl representing dents about coming out to aid outlook of exploitation towards fects of overcrowdings on the Dow Chemical Co. from Midland, in the park clean-up. He said the environment and legitimately passengers has started. the largest chemical production that after going to the city park so. The natural resources of the —One-third of the world is facility in the world, told stu board and volunteering to clean world were looked upon as a relatively well-fed while two- dents of some of the techniques up the park, the city had burned solution to problems of poverty thirds goes hungry. being used by Dow to combat brush at the park which stu and hunger. He added: —With seven per cent of the pollution. dents could have hauled away. *We can no longer view re world's population America uses "We believe that the solution When students had complained Rep. Richard Allen, a former biology sources as something to use up." 50 per cent of the world's re at the source is the best solu they'd been given the entire park teacher, talked to St. Johns students about He said more stringent measures sources and soon will have about tion," he said, "it's to the pro to clean up. "We've got to get together," Dennis had to be taken on the producers nine per cent of the population duction man's advantage." "We've got to get together," the environment on Earth Day. He says he of society. But he didn't believe and use 83 per cent of the He said Dow had invested be said Sweeney, "we've got to make wears his steel rimmed glasses to gather Sweeney told his classmates, "we've got resources. this was the only way to protect tween $10 million and $12 mil a good scene on Saturday. We've ings such as at St. Johns High and horn to make a good scene on Saturday. We've the environment. -The U.S. Public Health De lion in pollution control in Mid got to show them we've got some interest." "It's us, the consumers of partment has warned shippers land and was spending $3.5 mil Continued on page 6A rimmed glasses for other groups. Clinton Earth Day activity brings positive response By NORRIS R. MCDOWELL munities, to be followed by a Students at Pewamo-West- dance for only those students phalia observed Earth Day with Earth Day brought various re who have participated In the a special assembly, said Prin sponses and activities at Clinton cleanup. Students in the agri cipal Roy J. Thelen. Guest,speak- County high schools. cultural training program are er was Mike Fried of Lansing, At Ovid-Elsie, the student contributing to the effort by representing Project Equal, and 114th Year, No. 52 ST. JOHNS, MICHIGAN - WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 1970 15 CENTS council had planned a similar planting trees in sparsely vege organization devoted to combat affair,, which th'ey titled "Mother tated areas, he said. ting pollution. * Earth Day," said Dean McKay, "The students here are def- "Student reaction was good, Ovid-Elsie assistant principal-. laliejy .concerned. afeQut ecologyt , they seamed„quite.. concerned," Because of-this-event, which is and community appearance," Mc Thelen said; *I really can't say scheduled for some time in May, Kay said. "Last year a group of I was surprised, however, be County Commission hikes Ovid-Elsie students made no spe students cleaned up and painted cause we emphasize ecology and cial efforts on Earth Day, he a house belonging to some people the dangers of pollution in our said. who were having financial prob biology classes all year long." McKay explained that Mother lems. These kids know that en At DeWitt, one student took Earth Day will be observed by vironmental conditions are bad, the Initiative In promoting Earth Clinton equalized valuation they don't need Earth Days to students working together In a Day, according to Principal Don around," says Smith. general cleanup of the two com remind them." S. Mueller. The student, Harmon By BOB CALVERLEY The factor was then applied to Everett, gathered Information News Staff Writer bring valuation up to that level, Following last week's meeting, about pollution on his own, col but the factor applies to all Hundley and Smith were consid R. Douglas Trezise lated it and prepared a speech The County Board of Commis property. ering appealing their factors to which he gave to 16 classes. sioners last week set $154,857,- "You're not correcting aprob the State Tax Commission. Her- "I think my speech did some 162 as county equalized valuation lem, you're just spreading it Continued on page 6A for 1970, an increase of about good," Everett said. "Many (stu 5?SSftS^^5^%W^^ Gel Tel executive dents) who were noncommittal $4.5 million over what was ap r are more interested, I do see proved by the boards of review an awakening," he said. throughout Clinton. resigns post to run Mueller said a group of about Factors were assigned to St. Annual tax sale 60 students volunteered to help Johns (118.8), Watertown Twp. *• u the head custodian clean the (103.8), and Bath Twp.-(101.5), debris from the school lawn on This means, for example, St. ft set for Tuesday 1 for 87th District seat Earth Day. "I think it(EarthDay) Johns property owners assess R. Douglas Trezise has re is a real good idea," he said. ments have been increased to Because of delinquent tax pay quent taxes are paid by a bidder ments, 205 parcels of land will at the sale have one year to signed his position as central Approximately 50 students 118.8 per cent of their previous division manager at General assessments. be up-for bid at Clinton County's redeem their land, says Mrs. from Bath were sent to Michigan annual tax sale next month, says Telephone Co, to run for the State University to take part In •We are being taken unfair Beaufore. State House of Representatives ' advantage of," says Thomas Velma Beaufore, county trea If such land is not redeemed the programs held there, said surer. within a year's time after the in the 87th District. Principal John Parker. "We tried Hundley, St. Johns assessor. Al though he says he did expect to The tax sale is set for 10 a.m.