Folder 2: 1968, 1/27/1968 - 11/24/1968

- Kittatinny Beach Lifeless Under Federal Auspices - The Morning Call - 8/23/68 - Public Opinion: Memories of Kittatinny Beach - The Morning Call - 8/27/68 - Tocks Island Waste Matter Is Expensive Proposition, Basin Commission Is Told - Easton Express - 3/7/68 - Costs Raise Doubts Over Tocks Project - Philadelphia Inquirer - 2/25/68 - Smithfield, Middle Smithfield, Price: Tocks impact projected - Pocono Record - 2/22/68 - Conservation Plan Proposed - Easton Express - Court Upholds Round Valley Water Contracts - Easton Express - 6/29/68 - Engineers feel Tocks Island Dam still good investment - Pocono Record - 2/24/68 - DRBC Permits Sewage Plant Expansion In Phillipsburg - Easton Express - 3/8/68 - Correspondence - To Senator Joseph Clark for release 6/28/68 - Opinion of Clinton Heller - Correspondence - Tocks Island Project - To: Allen Ellender, From: Nancy Shukaitis - Report From the Poconos: Federal Wolves Sighted Too Soon - Easton Express - 1/29/68 - Monroe Commissioners To Hear All Tax Appeals - Easton Express - 2/9/68 - Land Assessments Rise By $5.14 Million In Monroe, Monroe Officials Cuts Budget By $1600; Stresses Economy - Easton Express - 1/23/68 - TIRAC executive director sees Tocks completed in '77 - Pocono Record - 8/9/68 - Tourist corporation aims to attract Water Gap visitors - Pocono Record - 2/5/68 - Tocks Island Citizen Unit Plans 1st Meet - Easton Express - 2/5/68 - Commission okays $500 for soil unit - Pocono Record - 2/3/68 - Rooney wants faster land buying - Pocono Record - 2/9/68 - To relocate or not: Bushkill faces big decision - Pocono Record - 3/29/68 - Engineers optimistic about Tocks benefits - Pocono Record - 6/6/68 - Basin Units Okays Tocks Plan, Says 'Hands Off' Sunfish Pond - Easton Express - 10/23/68 - 'Unethical' practice placed under fire - 5/11/68 - collection of articles from Sargent S. Marshall, to Nancy Shukaitis - Minisink Bull - 6/26/68 - Con Ed Planning Huge Atom Plant At Fort Slocum: New Rochelle Sells Island to Utility--Any Pollution of L.I. Sound Discounted - 7/25/68 - Copper Mine Tour To Highlight Meet Of Historical Group - Easton Express - 10/17/68 - Reflections On Water: Thought Provokers From the World of Water (Water Resource Association) - Sediment--The Most Serious Water Pollution - 8/19/68 - Tocks Island Regional Advisory Council - Meeting of the TIRAC S/W Steering Committee - Minutes - 9/24/68 - $4.1 million not spent: Park Service claims corps slows land acquisition - Pocono Record - 4/19/68 - Tocks citizens committee views regional problems - Pocono Record - 4/8/68 - Senator Sorry IRS Insists He Pay Income Tax - 3/6/68 - Tocks Island faces cutback - Pocono Record - 4/9/68 - New Jersey firm wins park bid - Pocono Record - 2/17/68 - Congress won't consider plan saving Sunfish Pond this year : Utility's new plan strikes out - Pocono Record - 4/16/68 - Property Owners Protest County Plans For Park - Easton Express - 4/12/68 - Tocks Slash Is Accepted By Rooney - Morning Call - Hospital Planners Give Approval To 2 Major L.V. Health Projects - Morning Call - 3/8/68 - Rooney Wants Report On Tocks Island Plan - Easton Express - 2/27/68 - Utility's plan opposed: League against Sunfish plan - Pocono Record - 7/17/68 - Housing Shortage Is Cited In Area Of Tocks Island - Easton Express - 4/4/68 - Four-day fall meeting: Tocks action conference - Pocono Record - 7/28/67 - Tocks Benefits - Inquirer - 5/26/68 - In Assembly Tomorrow: Bill Calls for Sunfish Pond Purchase - Newark Sunday News - 5/5/68 - Long Way to Tocks - The Sunday Bulletin - 5/12/68 - Bill to Buy Sunfish Pond To Be Introduced By Kean - Express - 4/30/68 - for immediate release - Sunfish Pond And Public Law 89-158 - a statement by the Atlantic Chapter of the Sierra Club - Handwritten Notes - Statement of Nancy Shukaitis, Monroe County Commissioner - Pennsylvania Department of Highway Hearing - Sunfish Pond Bill Offered by Kean - Inquirer - 5/7/68 - Round Valley, Spruce Run Reservoirs Lack Pipelines - Newark Sunday News - 2/18/68 - Two Useless Reservoirs--No Lines - Re: Tocks Island Dam Project Tract No. 1126 , Civil No. 10180 - 5/7/68 - Utilities' Proposal on Tocks Hit as Threat to Landscape - Philadelphia Inquirer - 5/9/68 - Save Sunfish Pond - Flyer - Jersey Utilities Present Cost-Saving Tocks Plan - Easton Express - 5/8/68 - An Overpriced Fraud on the Taxpayers - Philadelphia Inquirer - 5/4/68 - Letters to the editor: Pumps and Power - 5/16/68 - Abandon Tocks Dam Plan, Hearing Witness Proposes - Easton Express - 3/1/68 - Our Views On The News: Preserving Beauty - Easton Express - 5/25/68 - $3.8 Million Approved For Tocks Island - - Tocks Island Dam on way: Land now being acquired - Pocono Record - 3/9/68 - Court refuses appeal of anti-dam association - 3/12/68 - DRBC adopts sewage policy; Monroe officials' views differ - Pocono Record - 6/27/68 - Commissioners compromise: $3,000 for Price roads, Mrs. Shukaitis wants information on sewage - Pocono Record - 6/25/68 - Commissioner Reports: Basin Panel to Hear Water Pollution Views - 6/25/68 - Charting future: TIRAC governs Tocks Island's future - Pocono Record - 3/9/68 - Tocks Island citizens council elects officers, directors - Pocono Record - 3/18/68 - Udall Tells DRBC: Federal Support Promised For Water Quality Rules - Easton Express - 3/8/68 - Basin Unit Votes Strict Rules For Cleaning Up the Delaware - Morning Call - 3/8/68 - Absentee owners selling Tocks land - Pocono Record - 2/15/68 - Tocks hearing March 19 - Pocono Record - 3/4/68 - Tocks citizens group will install officers - Pocono Record - 3/14/68 - Udall To Head River Basin Unit For Year - Easton Express - 2/29/68 - Conservation Unit May Carry Tocks Fight To Top Court - 3/14/68 - Part Of Delaware Urged For Inclusion In U.S. Scenic River System - Easton Express - 3/18/68 - Special Delaware Basin report: Tocks forces DRBC action - Pocono Record - 3/18/68 - National Park Service official pays rent for DWGNRA dwelling - Pocono Record - 7/6/68 - New Jersey governor's plan would save Sunfish - Pocono Record - 7/10/68 - Engineers blast Tocks tunnel - Pocono Record - 7/12/68 - TIRAC Chief Asks Data On Survey Plan - Express - 7/9/68 - Tocks middle reservoir: DRBC may back storage plan - Pocono Record - 7/1/68 - Tocks Island Loses 2 Years to Vietnam - Sunday Call Chronicle - 6/2/68 - Similar To Sunfish Pond: State To Exchange Land For PP&L Power Project - Easton Express - 6/13/68 - Rooney Requests $4 Million For Tocks Project - Easton Express - 5/9/68 - Regional Control Systems Urged For River Basin - Easton Express - 6/26/68 - Agency holds annual meeting - TIRAC to form advisories - Pocono Record - 5/13/68 - Soaring Costs Boost Fight Against Tocks Dam - Philadelphia Inquirer - 5/19/68 - Clark, Rooney want $4 million more for Tocks Island Dam - 5/9/68 - Tocks passes House without any further slashing of funds - Pocono Record - 5/22/68 - 2200 Nature Lovers Hike To Sunfish Pond - Easton Express - 5/27/68 - Rooney Helps Defeat Move Threatening DWGNRA - Easton Express - 5/24/68 - TIRAC speakers announced - Pocono Record - 5/29/68 - Bridge Planned At Location Of Beltzville Dam - 5/14/68 - Despite budget cuts: Park service continues acquisition - Pocono Record - 5/29/68 - TIRAC activates old study group - Pocono Record - 4/16/68 - Tocks Island discussed: Sportsmen urge fish passage - Pocono Record - 2/27/68 - Senate slashes fund, could affect Tocks - Pocono Record - 5/2/68 - Save the Red River - New York Times - 5/10/68 - Bridge will replace two access roads: Beltzville dam savings cited - Pocono Record - 5/15/68 - First hand view: Motor club tours serene valley which will be DWNRA - Pocono Record - 5/24/68 - House approves funds - Pocono Record - 5/23/68 - Spending Cuts May Affect Work In Tocks Area - Easton Express - 5/16/68 - Slash in Gap park funds may slow land acquisition, GOP group reorganizes - Pocono Record - 5/18/68 - Would control development: Urge police power for TIRAC, 'Environmental awareness' could prevent urban sprawl - Pocono Record - 6/10/68 - Possible route around Tocks Island project (map), No questions answered: Little new revealed during hearing on relocating rt. 209, Committee slashes park land fund - Pocono Record - 5/17/68 - Highway will link Echo Lake with Milford: Quick action on 209 relocation expected - Pocono Record - 2/29/68 - Rooney labels Tocks Island good government investment, McDade worried over Tocks report from his committee, DRBC may purchase Tocks land - Pocono Record - 5/27/68 - Monitoring Of New Building Considered By TIRAC - Easton Express - 2/17/68 - TIRAC agrees to compile Brodhead water study - Pocono Record - 2/19/68 - Federal funds being sought: Plan Tocks medical study - Pocono Record - 3/12/68 - Built-Up Areas Pinpointed For Tocks Region, Tocks Region Development Seen Hinging On Planning - Easton Express - 6/10/68 - Engineers optimistic about Tocks benefits - Pocono Record - 6/6/68 - TIRAC receives grants - Pocono Record - 5/28/68 - Sun Fish Pond wins support - Pocono Record - 6/7/68 - Increased powers proposed for Delaware Commission - Pocono Record - 6/1/68 - TIRAC set for action on 3 items - Pocono Record - 4/30/68 - Recreation Facilities Seen As Major Tocks Effect Here - Easton Express - 1/31/68 - More funds to be sought for property - Pocono Record - 2/10/68 - Editorial: No time wasted on future waste - Pocono Record - 2/2/68 - Editorial: Tocks makes dent in Johnson budget - Pocono Record - 1/31/68 - TIRAC Will Meet June 29 In Monroe - Easton Express - 6/18/68 - Tocks Completion Date Put At 1977 By Council - Easton Express - 2/16/68 - Water Pollution Report Splits Commissioners - Morning Call - 6/18/68 - Sunfish Pond, For Clean Water - N.J. Sunday Herald - 6/9/68 - New director named for Children's Bureau, Housing statutes outlined, Two commissioners disagree on water pollution report - Pocono Record - 6/18/68 - Study set for budget of TIRAC - Pocono Record - 6/29/68 - Increase in Tocks use suggested, money cut, TIRAV okays study design for program, Lehigh prof opposing area study - Pocono Record - 6/15/68 - Budget not discussed: TIRAC meeting brief - Pocono Record - 7/1/68 - TIRAC's work is discussed - Pocono Record - 5/8/68 - 'Parks are for people,' but… - The Christian Science Monitor - 5/8/68 - The Problem of Survival - Photograph (Secretary of Interior Udall and Navajo Indians) - Newark Sunday News - 6/9/68 - Handwritten Notes - Lambertville, NJ - 7/1/68 - Delaware Valley Conservation Assn. - TIRAC in quest of study funds - Pocono Record - 1/27/68 - One part of DWGNRA plan curtailed by spending cut - Pocono Record - 1/27/68 - House Unit Cuts Million From Tocks Project - 5/17/68 - An Unchanged Delaware - 5/21/68 - Bushkill properties target for acquisition in 1968-69 - Pocono Record - 8/13/68 - TIRAC's report wins prize - Pocono Record - 8/16/68 - Tocks Island funds freed - Charles C. Worthington: "Early" conservationist - Free Press - Senators restore Tocks funds - Star Ledger - 7/16/68 - The Battle to Preserve a Pristine Jersey Pond - The New York Times - 5/12/68 - Harrisburg platform session: TIRAC to testify at Demo hearing, Tocks' citizen group objects to rumors - Pocono Record - 8/9/68 - Plan for Tocks 'impact area' to be completed this month - Pocono Record - 8/9/68 - Mrs Whitehead, Stubblefield Testify: Land Acquisition Tactics Of TVA Called Ruthless, Unjust - The Landowners Times (American Landowners Association) - 5/16/68 - Delaware Data: Gap Center Opened - 8/7/68 - Internal Folder: - handwritten letters from taxpayers advocating for conservation - a few newspaper clippings - New Jersey firm wins park bid - Pocono Record - 2/17/68 - Correspondence - To: Mr. G.R. Herberger, From: Henry R. Schnitzer - about anti-dam effort - 8/23/68 - Correspondence - To: Richard Schweiker, From: Henry Schnitzer - mentions Nancy Shukaitis - 9/17/68 - Correspondence - To: John M. Ashbrook, From: Henry Schnitzer - 9/4/68 - Correspondence - To: Nancy Shukaitis, From: Marlin S. Morgan - 8/6/68 - Correspondence - To: Glen Davis, From: Brendan Higgins - 3/11/68 - Correspondence - To: Delaware Valley Conservation Association, From: William Proxmire - 8/30/68 - Public Affairs and Politics: Experts Pender Elevator For Shad - Easton Express - 11/6/68 - Delaware Basin Waste Plan Favored - The Evening News - 6/27/68 - Regulation No. 4 - Use of Public Shooting and Fishing Grounds - Big Bang Launches Tocks Dam Project - The Morning Call - 7/27/68 - Anti-Dam Committee - Copy of "Budget Head Sees Rise of $7-Billion" Article sent to Charles (director bureau of the budget), Rep. Wilbur Mills, Rep. H.R. Gross, Senator Ellender, Senator Strom Thurmond - Ranking U.S. senator criticizes Tocks dam, park projects: Ellender doubtful about cost benefits - Pocono Record - 3/21/68 - A National Park for the Pine Barrens? - Philadelphia Bulletin - 8/3/68 - Giant 2-Day Pilgrimage to Sunfish Pond May 25th And May 26th (flyer/directions 1968) - Thompson Bill Restrains Future Sunfish Land Loss - Newark Evening News - 2/9/68 - Some Canoe Race - Kiwanis Magazine - June 1967 - $10 Million Proposed For Delaware, Lehigh Watersheds Projects - Easton Express - 1/29/68 - Many Residents Miffed at Price OffersL Beltzville Dam Eviction Notices Irk Carbon Property Owners - The Morning Call - 1/19/68 - Rooney criticizes anti-dammers - Pocono Record - 10/25/68 - Delaware River Impact Study Gets Underway - 11/7/68 - John M. Cummings: Turkey AND Sauce Are Milford Treats - 11/29/68 - Warren Planners Oppose Police Power For TIRAC - Easton Express - 2/27/68 - Tocks Island Project Faces Delay - Newark Sunday News - 11/24/68 - Bushkill Marina approved as part of 4,000-acre National Park plan (includes maps) - Pocono Record - 12/28/68 - Engineers blast for test tunnel in Tocks Dam area - Pocono Record - 7/27/68 - Tocks Job To Start When Funds Granted - Sunday Call Chronicle - 11/24/68 - Water Gap Girds For Huge Influx: Giant Sewer System Slated For New Park - Sunday Times Advertiser - 11/24/68 - Army Engineers to start study of Martins Creek shed - Pocono Record - 12/11/68 - Park Unit Starts Condemnation Of Camp Weygadt - Easton Express - 9/11/68 -