Niagara Gazette newspaper clippings
(Niagara Falls, New York)

Please note: permission was granted in 1998 to include online digitized versions of these selected Niagara Gazette news articles as part of the Library Services and Technology Act Grant.

1978

• August 2 - Evacuation of Kids Urged (2 pages)
• August 3 - Canal Residents Vow a Tax Strike (2 pages)
• August 3 - Who Will Help Them?
• August 5 - Cheers Greet Word of Relief (2 pages)
• August 7 - Board Session Set to Decide Future of 99th Street Pupils
• August 7 - Canal Attracts Little Attention
• August 8 - State to Assume Canal Mortgages (2 pages)
• August 9 - Sealed Vault Effort Failed at Canal Site
• August 12 - Forster Memo Cited Chemical Odors in '64
• August 18 - Canal Aid Phone Numbers
• August 20 - Reporters Flock to Canal Crisis
• August 20 - Later Hours Voted for Canal Students (2 pages)
• August 20 - Photo - "Boxes, Boxes..."

1980

• April 7 - State to Submit Canal Records
• April 8 - Officials to Discuss Canal
• April 9 - Daly Responds
• April 9 - County Officials Fear Canal Effort Could Bring New Costs
• April 11 - $10.5 Million Loan Eyed for Canal, Waste Plant
• April 27 - Every Mother is Scared to Death
• May 20 - Canal Residents Look for Home
• May 22 - Hooker: City Should Pay for Problems
• May 22 - Emergency Phones / What's Chromosome Damage All About?
• May 22 - Rooms Will Be Few and Far Between
• May 22 - Litigation Over Canal to Last Years (2 pages)
• May 23 - State Officials Questioning the Validity of Health Tests
• May 24 - Store Operators Fear Canal Relocations Will Hurt Business
• May 24 - Carey Urges Permanent Relocation of 710 Canal Families
• May 24 - Insurers Seek Consolidation of Canal Claims
• May 28 - State Opposes Joining U.S. Suit Against Hooker
• June 1 - Gibbs Did More than Politicians
• June 2 - Falls Residents Backing Permanent Relocation
• June 2 - Gibbs in Washington for Relocation Session
• June 3 - Vultures Confront Canal Residents
• June 3 - Forgotten Families
• June 3 - Cause of River Explosions Probed
• June 3 - Relocation
• June 4 - Who's Grimy?
• June 7 - The Exception
• June 8 - Hooker Holds Open House, Canal Groups Stage Demonstration
• June 8 - Link Between Canal Chemicals, Illnesses May Never Be Proven
• June 10 - Council Declares City 'Disaster Area,' Asks Federal Help
• June 10 - Fate of Canal Renewal Plan in State Hands
• June 12 - State Ordered to Join Hooker as Defendant in Toxics' Suit
• June 13 - Class Action Request Denied
• June 14 - Guinea Pigs
• June 15 - LaFalce: U.S. Placing Suit Ahead of Canal Residents' Health

1981

• May 2 - Falls Still May Receive a Portion of Love Canal Grant
• May 3 - Canal Tragedy Not Yet Over
• May 5 - Canal Proceedings OK'd
• May 7 - Wesley Methodist to Close, a Victim of the Love Canal
• May 16 - Street Left out of Tax Break Plan
• May 17 - A Year Later, Canal Homes Sit in Silence
• May 18 - Morris May Purchase Home in Love Canal
• May 27 - Morris' Proposed Move to Canal Home is Premature
• May 27 - Morris Canal Move Makes Light of Serious Problem
• May 30 - Canal Residents Fuming Over Delays of EPA Tests