Folder 4: Newspaper Clippings and Correspondence & other Media, 1963 - 1970

- 1963 August Harper’s Magazine New York Drowns Another Valley by Noel Perrin - 1966 August 8 from Henry R. Schnitzer - Bayonne, N.J. to Joan RE: check to pay for Membership in the Delaware Valley Conservation Assn. - 1967 April 27 [letterhead] Pocono Realty Company - Donald A. Robbins, Jr. to Dear Neighbor (Mr. & Mrs. Frederick W. Egger) RE: appraisal of property under government acquisition order [envelope] - 1968 February 27 from Eleanor Egger to Mr. John B. Gillen - Philadelphia Inquirer - 1968 March 4 [letterhead] The New York Times - John B. Oakes to Mrs. F. W. Egger RE: Mrs. Egger’s letter of February 27 [not available] [envelope] - 1968 March 28 [letterhead] The Philadelphia Inquirer - Andrew Khinoy to Miss Eleanor Egger RE: enclosed tear sheet of editorial paper of March 19 - Tocks Island [envelope] - 1968 April 25 from Mrs. Frederick W. Egger to The Minneapolis Tribune RE: the newspaper’s stand against the Army Corps of Engineers - 1968 May 17 from Sister Marie Regina to Dear Parents RE: school requirements - 1969 February 21 [handwritten letter on tablet paper from Eleanor Egger - Delaware Valley Conservation Assn to Mr. George Laing - New York Daily News RE: Appealing for help on behalf of themselves and thousands other landowners And intolerable abuse from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - 1969 February 24 [typed version of above letter] - 1969 February 27 from Eleanor Egger to Mr. John B. Oakes - New York Times RE: Pork barrel project Tocks Island Dam - 1969 May 8 [letterhead] The Reader’s Digest - William Schulz to Mrs. Frederick W. Egger RE: follow-up story on “The Great Land Grab Scandal” - 1969 June 2 from Eleanor Egger - DVCA to Washington Post RE: reprint from April 1965 About the “persistent and useful gadfly” (Mrs. Shukaitis) referred to in editorial Is still plugging away for the people involved in the Tocks Island Project - 1969 June 9 to Hon. Allen J. Ellender - Senate Subcommittee on Public Works Approg. RE: recreational benefits increased for Tocks Island Dam - 1969 June 7 Sen. Ellender To Restudy Tocks Plan The Express [photocopy] [note in Green ink] Dear Eleanor, Please send Schnell as many of the Green Acres Copies as you think he wants. Let me know if there are any special articles You need copies of. We were all very proud of you at the hearing. Best, Nancy. [reference item] Couple Wins Green Acres Interest Newark News May 20, 1969 [3 copies] - 1969 June 20 from Delaware Valley Conservation Assn to Mr. John Gambling - Radio Station WOR & Mrs. Pegeen Fitzgerald - Radio Station WOR RE: invitation to attend 3rd Annual Meeting of Delaware Valley Conservation Assn. - 1969 June? From Mr & Mrs. W. L. Schnell to Mr & Mrs. F. Egger RE: enclosed June 8 Newspaper articles: Dam and Reservoir At Tocks Debated by James Staples Newark News; House Committee To Probe Tocks Project, Senator Orders Restudy of Tocks Island Project Newton Sunday Herald; Tocks Area Residents Growing More Bitter by Richard Harpster Neward Sunday News [envelope] - 1969 August 4 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEETING RE: Senator Richard Schweiker Notified Nancy Shukaitis that he co-sponsored a bill with Senator Muskie Providing for uniform and equitable treatment of persons displaced by federal or Federally assisted programs - 1969?? [typed note] from Nancy Shukaitis to Eleanor & Fred (Egger) RE: Sierra Club Meeting at Biltmore Hotel, N.Y. representing the DVCA - 1970 ??? [newsletter] Senator Hugh Scott Fights to Reclaim the Environment - Newspaper Clippings: - 1965 May 15 Open letter to LBJ by Eleanor Egger Pocono Record - 1965 September 2 Johnson signs Water Gap Park bill - Will be in use by early 1970s; Johnson gives pens to Pipher, Rooney Pocono Record - 1966 September 11 Dutch Coast Life Changed by Dams New York Times - 1966 November 10 Dam discussion highlights Progressive Women’s Club (Nancy Shukaitis speaker) Pocono Record - 1966 December 3 Hail the Tocks Wreckreation Area! National parks: noisy, Crowded Crisis Pocono Record - 1968 March 10 Plans for River Area by Peter Marcuse New York Times - 1968 April 28 The Poconos: instant vacations New York Sunday News - 1968 May 9 Army Engineers Assailed Minneapolis Tribune - 1968 May 14 State Power Bill Passed by Senate by Sydney H. Schanberg New York Times - 1969 March 29 Tocks Island Dam’s future up in air within Congress by Mary C. Berry Pocono Record - 1969 June 6 Rooney seeks more Tocks Island $$$ The Pocono Record - 1969 June 7 Tocks opponents backed in Senate Pocono Record - 1969 June 28 Ellender orders Tocks Island probe by Bert Walter The Pocono Record - 1969 October 4 Corps of Engineers may face charges over Tocks Pocono Record - 1970 March 10 Case Wants Tocks Dam Work Blocked Until All Land Is Bought by Richard Harpster Evening News - 1970 March 23 Alternate Site for Tock’s Power Project is Chosen by Richard Harpster - 1970 May 23 Tocks Island Council Asks $109,000 for Garbage Study Newark News - ???? Motor club tours serene valley which will be DWNRA by Bert Walter; Jersey’s Sunfish Pond Is Returned to State; Tocks costs spark remark; Tocks vicinity Land owners form association; Another Lake Unneeded by Thomas Ellig; Stalling on the St. Croix River? DWGNRA, TIRAC, now comes DVCA; Three Tocks agencies now operating within region; Tocks Island project aids area Progress; Water Supply is Down as Delaware Gets It; Kennedy Eyes Muddy Hudson With Distaste by Tim Hutchens