Folder 3: Tocks News Items, 1939 - 1977

- 1939 June 30 The Tock’s Island Dam The Record Stroudsburg, Pa (3 cop) - 1965 September 14 Speedup Fund Down, Tocks Project Lags - 1969 October 5 ‘Progress’ Threatens Valley of Delaware Newark News (3) - 1969 October 7 Army Engineers’ Dams by Michael L. Hoffman - 1969 October 9 Useless Reservoir by Nancy R. Cornish - ???? Do We Need the Tocks Island Dam for Water Supply by S. Freeman Kittatinny Mountain Pumped Storage Project by V. Dalal Plant Life of the Tocks Island Area - 1970 May 17 Alternatives to Tocks Island The Middletown, N.Y. Record - 1970 October Dam the Rivers, Full Speed Ahead by Michael Frome Field & Stream - 1970 December 6 Tocks Dam: Latent Fiasco? By William F. Sandford Asbury Park Sunday Press - 1970 December 26 Letter from Adolph J. Margus (Red Bank, N.J.) to Mrs. Shukaitis RE: newspaper reprints and William Sandford of the Daily Register (Red Bank) - 1971 January 26 Challenging Tocks Dam Bethlehem Globe-Times - 1971 February 2 The D.W.G.N.R.A. - To Be or Not To Be RE: Delaware Water Gap National Recreational Area by Marion W. Masland - 1971 March 21 Tocks Foes Note Halt in Arkansas by Richard Harpster Newark Sunday News - 1971 March 22 To Honorable Frank Thompson Jr. from Henry W. Smith (Lenni Lenape League director) RE: Tocks Island dam - 1971 April 19 High Ground RE: proposed Tocks Island dam The Express - 1971 April 21 Nature Columnist Rebutted On Tocks Dam Commentary by James F. Wright Asbury Park Sunday Press - 1971 May 2 ‘Eutrophication’ Gets Explanation by Dr. F. J. Trembley The Sunday Call Chronicle Allentown, Pa - 1971 May 9 Ski Project Confronting Problems on Delaware by James M. Staples Newark Sunday News - 1971 May 9 Oxygen-Free Artificial Lakes Abound in Area by Dr. F. J. Trembley Sunday Call-Chronicle - 1971 May 19 Tocks Proposals Divide Monroe Commissioners Easton Express - 1971 May National Wildlife Federation Speaks Out on the Tocks Island Dam Issue New Jersey Federated Sportsmen Newsletter - 1971 May 24 Gateway vs. Tocks The Daily Register Red Bank, N.J. - 1971 May 26 Tocks Island Project Hit by Ray Baker The Home News New Brunswick, N.J. - 1971 June 3 The Tocks Island controversy News Tribune, Woodbridge, N.J. - 1971 June 7 Dam Effects - Letters to the Editor by Casey Kays The Express - 1971 June 8 The Delaware: Toured by Raft by Florence Bruder The Daily Register Red Bank, N.J. {2 copies) - 1971 June 10 Opposes Tocks Dam - Letters To The Editor by Casey Kays The Star-Gazette Hackettstown and Washington, N.J. - 1971 June 11 Dam Project Unwise by Casey Kays Daily Record - 1971 June 12 Tocks Debate by Rep. Frank Thompson Jr. Easton Express - 1971 June 16 Pond Debate by Casey Kays by Casey Kays RE: Frank Thompson and Sunfish Pond The Express - 1971 June 20 To Stretch the Soul…Nature’s Notebook by Eva Rodimer Sunday Herald Newton, N.J. - 1971 July 8 Tocks Island Dam Opponent Would Preserve Area Beauty by Casey Kays The Democrat, Flemington, N.J. - 1971 July 8 Tocks: Richer or Poorer? By Casey Kays Star-Gazette - 1971 July 22 Tocks Fish Ladder by Casey Kays The Express - 1971 August 11 Department of the Army Right-of-Entry for Survey and Exploration - Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area and Tocks Island Reservoir Project - 1971 August 18 Army Corps files self-appraisal of Tocks by Knight Kiplinger - 1971 September 22 Tocks dam not opposed or favored; U.S. agency Opposes dam; Reservoir Opposed By Parks Service News Tribune Woodbridge, N.J. (2 copies) - 1971 September 22 Construction of Tocks Dam to begin only after study of eutrophication Problem; TIRAC to deliver commentary on pumped storage at Tocks by Richard Harpster Free Press - 1971 September 24 Plan for Tocks Island Dam Stirs Misgivings by Richard L. Madden New York Times - 1971 September 30 PRESS RELEASE from U.S. Rep. Fred B. Rooney Rooney says permissive approach to land development in Tri-state Tocks Island region poses biggest threat to dam, asks Delaware River Basin Commission to Crack down hard. - 1971 October 1 Statement of Henry W. Smith, Director, Lenni Lenape League, Before the Delaware River Basin Commission Public Hearing on the Kittatinny Mountain Pumped Storage Electric Power Project - 1971 October 9 to Mrs. Shukaitis from Michael Frome RE: Clipping returned: - 1971 June 24 Silver Lining by Bernadine Silver - 1971 June 24 Two Frank Thompsons? Here We Go Again - 1971 October from Adolph J. Margus to Mrs. Shukaitis RE: newspaper clippings And completed tax petitions for the DVCA [14 petition sheets] - 1971 October 8 Where we stand on the Tocks Island project Free Press - 1971 October 14 How Economical is Project by David F. Moore RE: New Jersey Power & Light seeking permission to build pumped storage facility - 1971 October 20 Where we stand on the Tocks Island project Free Press - 1971 October 23 Work is Delayed on Tocks Is. Dam; Construction of Tocks Is. Dam Delayed for Environmental Study; Delaware Mud Gap? New York Times - 1971 November 8 Rooney: Tocks Needs Study - 1971 November 10 Committee Urges Shapp To Oppose Tocks Dam The Express - 1972 May 23 Park Yes, Dam No - 1972 June 28 Thompson cites need for dam by Don Campbell Courier News - 1973 January On the Tocks Controversy by George Nimmo New Jersey Federated Sportsmen - 1974 March 29 Ecological housewives [photocopy] Free Press - 1974 April 25 Heritage Wreckers - 1750 VanCampen Hone to be Destroyed - 1974 April 27 Preserving an Island…And a Valley Washington Post [3 copies] - 1974 April 29 Hunterdon: Tocks Will Destroy Ecology [2 copies] - 1974 June 6 Billion dollar boondoggle - Tocks Island Dam by Frank Millspaugh The Village VOICE - 1974 October 6 Two Hearings This Week to Help Shape Final Review of Tocks Island Dam Study by Walter H. Waggoner New York Times - 1974 November 20 Guilty plea - left-handed praise to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Maraziti rips Tocks cost ideas Blairstown Press - 1974 December ? Panel Rebuffs Nixon on Water Bill by E. W. Kenworthy; Environmental Group to Open More Scrap-Collection Centers by David Bird New York Times - 1975 May 4 Land For the Indians - It is a Dream at Tocks Island by William T. Keough [photocopy] The Sunday Bulletin - 1975 May 6 Survey shows Tocks-area residents favor dam Morning Call - 1975 May 27 Get the facts on Tocks Island; Tocks Lake Looks Like Nightmare By Tom Porch Bulletin - 1975 July ? CAC Re-Elects Haller; Sees Tocks Island Site [photocopy] - 1975 July 2 The dam is okay by dollar standards, but the costs are heavy in Environmental damage - Tocks study nearly complete… Free Press - 1975 July 23 Oldest Highway Is Lost by Rod Nordland Inquire - 1975 July 24 Tocks Island Dam Review Complete - L.V. legislators back Scrapping Tocks by Joyce Hoffmann Morning Call [photocopy] - 1975 July 29 Dry Dam Feasible, Tocks Study Finds; Governors plan statement On Tocks North Penn Reporter Lansdale, Pa [photocopy] - 1975 July 30 U.S. Unit Urges Scrapping Tocks by Richard V. Sabatini Philadelphia Inquirer - 1975 July 31 DRBC urged to kill Tocks in final vote slated today by Joyce Hoffmann Morning Call - 1975 July 31 Tocks Dam May Die Today Tocks Dam Plan May be Killed - Governors’ Session To Decide by Rod Nordland Inquirer - 1975 July-August Environmental Coalition on Nuclear Power Newsletter [Item 6 Tocks Island Dam…nuclear power pest hole] - 1975 August 1 Tocks Dam Plan Is Voted Down - 14 Year Controversy Is Ended By Rod Nordland Philadelphia Inquirer [photocopy] - 1975 August 1 Tocks Loss Jars Phila. Water Plans - Bad Decision by Warren Froelich Evening Bulletin - 1975 August 1 Governors vote to doom Tocks Dam project by Joyce Hoffmann Morning Call [photocopy] - 1975 August 1 Governors’ Tocks stand gets varied reactions by Leonard Kucinski - 1975 August 3 ‘Greatest Day,’ Mayor Says, Proves the People Can Win - Tocks Island Dam - Stroudsburg, Pa - 1975 August 3 A River Beats an Army Corps - New Jersey by Rod Nordland - 1975 August 3 Tocks still an emotional issue by Joyce Hoffmann Call-Chronicle - 1975 August 3 State selects 4 L.V. waterways for study by Richard Subber Call Chronicle - 1975 August 3 Tocks Rejection Stirs Joy, Bitterness - Evictees Cite Loss of Homes by William T. Rebugh Sunday Bulletin - 1975 August 3 Tocks Defeat Is Really Everyone’s Victory by Tom Porch Sunday Bulletin - 1975 August 3 The Tocks Island Dam: a long overdue obituary; States’ rights on Tocks Sunday Bulletin - 1975 August 4 Tocks decision overdue; Appeal Is Planned on Project - 1975 August 6 DRBC rejects dam for Tocks Island by Richard T. Pienciak - 1975 August 8 Tocks Island decision is applauded Bulletin Forum - 1975 October 8 Prayer Called Dam Alternative - Trenton DRBC says “prayer” May be only hope for residents along flood-prone Delaware River since Tocks Island dam project scuttled - 1976 March 12 New kill-Tocks bills in Congress by Vic Bereardelli - 1976 June 8 The ‘Experts’ Erred The Express Easton, Pa - 1976 July 13 Last hearings set on Tocks Union-Gazette - 1976 July 14 An anti-Tocks bill Union-Gazette - 1976 July 24 Keep Tocks Island alive, Bryne urges Congress Morning Call - 1976 August 17 Kill Tocks Island Project Asbury Park Press - 1977 March 27 Paradise Lost - Valley Residents Forced to Leave; Dam Is Doubtful - Shawnee, Pa. - Tocks Island Dam by Bob Dvorchak Miami Herald