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Inc. is composed of ov& and supporters, two-thirds . jlf Coast residents, voters . The common goal of ave the Bay of St. Louis I destruction by E.l. Du I us in a three year fight nsiderations to the fore-is which effect the future ist. The fight is not over, our helpl
has opposed Du Pont on ds that the State of Geor-i Pont; the injection of st poisonous toxic wastes i into the underground well injection and the u^ effluent at the rate orrs Ker day into the Bay a pipeline which we are 1 Court. Every citizen of* can rejoice that Save the e succeeded in obtaining ion and more stringent ese proposed activities. :hter controls it can be I that no one knows for ong range effects will be. iney-saving reasons, Du r, refused to extend its le Mississippi Sound so ts would be more widely ■ tides and currents of the >f the Mississippi Sound, sist on dumping the ef-
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County, Pass Christian, Long Beach and Gulfport. In 1976 there were, principally in the Long Beach and Gulfport areas,
1,147 acres open to industrial expansion . . . and let us not forget the $17,000,000 Harrison County Industrial Seaway recently built to serve the Gulfport Industrial Site. Should we forget this expenditure and let industry choose its own site along Du Pont's 13’/2 mile roadway and thus "plunder" 20,000 beautiful acres, saved for future residential expansion and recreational use?
SAVE THE BAY OPPOSES THE BUILDING OF DU PONT'S RAILWAY
Population of the Gulf Coast has risen from 62,443 in 1920, to 272,700 in 1977.
It is predicted that this population growth will continue at the annual growth rate of 3%. But where will that population house itself? Right now the attractive residential areas along the Bay of St. Louis and Mississippi Sound are chock-a-block with homes for several miles north of the shoreline. So where can attractive home sites be offered to future residents of the Gulf Coast? One of the prime areas is along the 13Vi mile route of Du Pont's proposed railroad and 1-10. Du Pont doesn't need this railroad to economically supply its DeLisle plant. Six 20-ton enclosed hopper trucks, with four round trips daily, could supply Du Pont with its expected average need of ore. Du Pont will admit, for its own use alone, this railroad is economically unfeasible. So what would make it feasible — the plundering of the 20,000 beautiful acres by other industries who will share the cost and pollute our area even further.
WHAT ABOUT THE DANGERS OF RAIL TRANSPORTATION OF CHLORINE AND CAUSTIC SODA?
Du Pont has testified that annual transportation of chlorine via this railroad
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If certain members of Junior and Senior classes at a local Gulf Coast high school had been sitting on the Board of the Mississippi Air and Water Pollution Control Commission, Du Pont might still be looking for a place to locate its Titanium Dioxide Plant presently under construction near DeLisle, Miss.
If in several years the worst fears of skeptics become reality, those teenagers will pay the price in a ruined landscape, contaminated water, higher taxes and other nightmares that heavy industry often brings.
That's why these Juniors and Seniors expected some simple, honest answers to some tough questions when plant manager Gordon Howell and associate plant manager Larry Kniffin visited the High School. And with only a few exceptions the inquisitive students were dissatisfied with the answers they got. For the most part students agreed with the young man who said "Howell and Kniffin were good at getting off the subject and replying to our questions with other questions."
WHAT ABOUT DU PONT'S AND OTHER EXPECTED INDUSTRIES WATER CONSUMPTION?
It is a matter of record that our water tables, along the entire Gulf Coast, are
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In a recent issue of the Wall Str Journal, authorities in a Pennsyka community wrote they are mutually c< cerned about just how high taxes will when the huge Volkswagon Plant is bi: History has shown us that with indust! expansion there are inevitable increa in taxes. And there will be here on I Gulf Coast tool If all these expect industries are allowed to be built alo Du Pont's unneeded railroad line — we allow it to be built!
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HELP!
If you agree with the sentiments in •id, please sign your name and addre the coupon below. (If you .prefer, (anonymous) and city only.) If you ■ send us a few dollars in the form ■ check or monov older made out to: ' the Bay, Inc. We must continue to I for cleaner industry, against this needed railroad, and for better envii ment for all Gulf Coast residents. I! you cannot send a contribution, it only cost you 13' to state your objet and that would be of material help. \\ up, Mississippians, and get invol before it is too late.
U.S. Corps of Engineers U.S. Coast Guard
Mississippi Air & Water Pollution Control Commission Harrison County Board of Supervisors'
I agree with the thoughts as expressed on this page and OPPOSE THI BUILDING of Du Pont's railroad.
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Mail to P.O. Box 521, U.S. Post Office, Pass Christian, Miss., 39571.
ponse to Save the Bay's advertisement in last week's Herald &	There is to be a meeting of the Miss. Air & Water Pollution Control Comm
very gratifying. Please, all residents of the Gulf Coast - "Stand	at the Westside Community Center, Hwy. 90 Gulfport, 7:30 p.m. Fridav
..rdonrl in vnnr favorable coupon now.	19th. Your attendance is invited.__________________


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