Johnson City Press from Johnson City, Tennessee • 3

i JOHNSON CITY PRESS-CHRONICLE Sunday June 29 1975 Page 3 U- :1 (SUM PMN Sr OnMutt) Appalachian Highway Bridges Span Across Water Street Workmen Install Signs On Appalachian Highway In Johnson City Appy Highway section to open 1-81 flow to change i I Ci s't and cross North Roan with a conventional left turn Until SR 137 is completed through Johnson City all southbound (US 19 23) and westbound (US 11E and 411) through traffic will exit at the Roan Street interchange Travel on two key upstate Interstate 81 and the Appalachian Highway (State Route 137) through Johnson is scheduled for a new look this week Tomorrow morning the State Transportation Department is planning to redirect traffic on 1-81 between Gunning community in Sullivan County and Jeroldstown in Greene County switching two-lane northbound traffic lanes onto the southbound lanes State officials will make this lane change around mid-morning tomorrow! allowing workmen to put the finishing touches on the northbound lanes of 1-81 Work on the 25-mile section of 1-81 will include surfacing shoulder work and the installation of guardrails Officials say the northbound lanes should be completed by Sept 1 at that time four four lanes of 1-81 will be opened for traffic Meanwhile another section of the Appalachian Highway (SR 137) will be opened Tuesday from North Roan Street to Market Street The North Roan Street interchange is a three-loop interchange which permits merging for all turns except for southbound traffic on SR 137 wishing to proceed north on Roan Street toward Bristol and Kingsport This northbound traffic must make a stop 's' '5 'v-c ll w- jKfSIf- IV Vy ti- '1 The Unaka-Watauga Avenue interchange will be opened and will carry eastbound traffic to US 321 (Elizabethton Highway) on Watauga Avenue and Broadway Reverse traffic will follow Broadway and Unaka Avenue to SR 137 Portions of Elm and Oak Streets will be incorporated into the interchange Elm Street will be one-way south from Eighth Avenue to Fairview Avenue and Oak Street will be oneway going north from Fairview to Eighth Ave-nue Motorists desiring to travel downtown after Tuesday can use SR 137 to the Market-Main Streets interchange Main Street will become one-way going east and Market one-way going west as they were prior to construction on SR 137 1 Colonial Way between Market and Main streets will be converted to one-way for southbound traffic to allow traffic to move from Market to Main Street View Of State Route 137 Interchange From 5 Landfills: way data now it has become clear that the program has barely begun to understand the hazardous waste In the end whether taxpayers begin to pay now or let succeeding generations pay all the costs the reasonable alternative is what has come to be known as One of the experts in the field of resource recovery has predicted that by 1980 this nation will be using enough of its garbage to produce each year energy equivalent to six million tons of coal or 28 million barrels of crude oil According to the expert Ronald Kinsley this can and will be done by using just 10 per cent of this municipal garbage There is gold in those landfills But the question remains: Will we use it now bury it and leave it for future use which will mean consumers will be paying for burying it now and then for digging it up have more on the question from time to time and will welcome comments suggestions and reference materials from anyone who is concerned about the problem By JIM TURNER Outdoor-Conservation Editor Using landfills to dispose of household and industrial solid wastes has been likened to the concept of original sin We do it by the easiest (cheapest) way possible leaving future generations to bear more cost than do those of us who dispose of our wastes in landfills Although professionals in the field of environment health advocate the use of landfills they do so apparently because they believe it is the only methpd which because it is cheapest the citizenry is willing to pay for Yet their strong defense of the landfill method leads to the conclusion at least part of the time that they are committed to it not only because it is the expedient way but also because they believe it is in all ways the best method But whether it is the best method from either of these viewpoints can' arouse sometimes heated argument and did in some recent letters appearing in the Mailbag section of this editorial page One of the letter writers is Dr William L' Gaby chairman of the Health Sciences Department of East Tennessee State University Dr Gaby is the author of a 44-page study which was published this year by the US Environmental Protection Agency In the study Dr Gaby notes that refuse contains all the organisms found in upper respiratory tract and that it is a potential source of contagious diseases including the common cold influenza and diphtheria Disposing of solid- waste by using landfills is the only method approved by the federal agency But as Dr Gaby writes in the report of his study its results indicate that disposal of raw refuse in open dumps or in landfills constitutes as great a public health hazard as would the dumping of raw dewa-' tered sewage under the same conditions Covering landfill refuse each day with six inches of soil is the only recommended way of disposing of it at least by any form of depositing it on land But according to Dr Gaby this method does not generate sufficient heat to kill most dis ease-causing bacteria found in raw refuse The desirable alternative on which Dr Gaby and the environmental health specialists seem to agree is to recover the useful parts of that refuse through some methods that are not used because they are not economically feasible They are methods which very simply cost more than some think they are worth The problem in assessing the value of any method or project primarily on the basis of its economic feasibility is that it remains a source of trouble It may be hidden for a while or for years but it does not go away Landfilling as a solution to the waste disposal problem is like building two-lane highways when if is or should be known that in 20 years a four-lane highway will have to built alongside the old road The Environmental Protection Agency has according to one of its 1974 publications begun to reach a somewhat similar conclusion In the publication the federal agency wrote level of understanding has been overstated in the past based on incomplete or Opinion Poets take a look For this old war-torn world only hope of America and if we trust in Him as our founders did then love and peace will prevail Cramp AMERICA TIME Many hearts are filled with hatred and pride Bitterness toward our fellow- man The white is for purity The red it stands for love Hie blue is for truthfulness In this bright land we love THE FOURTH OF JULY And who can with answer reply? We crave for the power of riches No matter who lives or who dies Beyond this farce a rebellion Some people still dauntless and pure A hope of emerging victorious With peace that will ever endure Slipping away to many things for an answer nothing beats A bright blue sky And a hot gold sun On the Fourth of July Time to turn back to God He is the answer If these then are the principles On which our Constitution stands We know that God will guide us And lend His helping hand Is turning pink! getting sunburned Don't you think? Hie ice cream freezer Is cranked with glee Putting juicy pink peaches Where they ought to be A sawhorse table Beneath the tree Is loaded with cookies And cakes and tea By DOROTHY HAMILL Coming up this week is the big holiday of the summer when our nation is memorialized Our first poems brings in the whole scene of the Fourth of July but as Jean Craft writes about it she has a nos- talgic look for it since in past days this always meant a family picnic This feast so well described took place on a farm and all relatives came from town to enjoy companion-' ship and many good things to eat Old Glory will wave in many places on this day Vertress Reeser thinks of our flag and all it stands for but sadly acknowledges that God is in our creed but not in our national or private lives The hope of our nation says Albert Spaller is God who as our foundation will bring in a world of peace for the future inhabitants Glenna Barron too believes in the truth that God is the Hie founders of our nation trusted in God The way of life was hard but rewarding All' men had dignity and worth in their sight The foundation of trust and Christian love There's watermelon And lemonade To cool you off On a quilt in the shade The there To say the grace And all the Elders Are in their place When we salute the flag We say nation under But then our acts and deeds Do not acknowledge God A great big ham And chicken fried brown And all the relatives Come from town Some cry from the greatest injustice Some wince from the burdens they bear They all have a right to their feelings But who judges honest and fair? With hope as our surest foun- dation And men filled with spirit within A world safe for future inhabitants Emerges victoriously tnen Spaller Johnson City To' the swimming hole Then off fly In the hot gold sun On the Fourth of July Craft Johnson City There are new potatoes With fresh green beans Com bread and butter And turnip greens No wonder then we have So much of hate and strife God's only in our creed Not in our way of life Vetress Reeser Rt 3 Limestone The prayer is long It's a work of art Behind his back Jimmy sneaks a tart Beyond the gate In the pasture field play ball!" All the children squealed Our world is begging for love Lay aside alfmat turns away from God Peace love for one another will fill our hearts America will be in God we trust Barron Jonesboro OLD GLORY Long let Old Glory wave Its colors to unfurl Lord give us lasting peace Potato salad A deviled egg To fill up Jimmy's hollow leg THE HOPE OF OUR NATION The hope of our nation is questioned Young Sally's baby 'f A.