European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 18, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse Sic pro lose the enough Back in is gov g costs no mis Ial ses inc con it and a says Macon 3, Busi 4by and Rector but Wejrow we it dam a Lullion. Kill our Ildron s Aas be cd site o prove be the assess for the then wife Vwe Tacq fit s nip any Kar a apply. Too5co boated exists 3 than wring iof the seven in in his Black rectangle Marks a 600-acre area near Excello mo., chosen As a disposal site for hazardous waste. Mine area eluding gov. Joseph Teasdale out to the proposed site uncapped a Well and tossed in pebbles that go plunk after Only about three water in that Well says Kauffman is Only about 15 feet deep. They want to Bury 21,000 Drums of hazardous waste per acre right where you hear that Missouri department of natural resources con ducts the geological surveys for planned hazardous waste Sites. During a recent stale House Energy committee meeting in Kansas City the chief Engineer for National Industrial environmental services said the Excello site was the company s second . Allan Haliburton testified that the company with the help of Missouri slate officials looked at 50 potential waste disposal Sites All in the northeastern part of the stale. The company owned by Gene Miles quietly bought the site last november from Farmer Harold Uhlorn. He says be thought the 600 acres was going to some fellow from Wichita who wanted to Plant Corn and raise horses. He says now that be would never hate sold if he d known the truth. Mrs. Pagliai says that if the stale Grants the permit "3,000 tons of hazardous waste will be trucked into this county every month five Sci tractor trailer loads a Day travelling a gravel Road that s barely wide enough for two pickups to pass each other. What happens when my kids school bus meets one head on when the Road s a Sheet of ice in january Johnnie Day a Farmer who came to his land in 1920, says property values have dropped by half since folks found put about the dump. There s been a 56 million depreciation on All the land within a 2 6-Milc radius of the site. Yet our research indicates that for that same amount of Money you could buy a toxic waste incinerator that would meet nearly All of Missouri s requirements for a year. And How much would it Cost the slate to clean up a spill Here millions and millions the state department of natural resources is expected to decide after the legislative session whether to Issue the disposal permit. The people of Northeast mis Souri believe the decision will be a landmark for their peaceful Bountiful part of the world. If approved Many will leave. But no matter which Way it goes Norma Miller says her life will utter be the same again. Psychologically i be changed says the housewife. Back in the 60s, when All the kids were protesting i never listened to what they were saying 1 Only criticized their weird clothes and Long hair. I did t understand How they could defy the government. Now i m sorry i did t pay attention. A decade later i finally under w or 18, 1980 the stars and stripes Page is
