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Calvin left the house at about three on Friday. He had another stack of senior finals to finish, and grades were due Monday. Terry didn't mind his going, in a way it was a relief after that awful night of frustration. She also had plenty of busy work to keep her mind off things. "If I can get through the day on just my brainstem," she said before he left, "I'll be grateful." |
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But Calvin did not go to his office. Instead, he headed for the Wilson Library in Carleton center. |
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He began with the computerized indices for the Patriot Chronicle, looking for cross-references on a number of key terms related to Carleton: Magog Woods, chemical dumping, disposal, pollution, hazardous wastes, commercial usage, toxins, toxic materials. From 1970 he found fourteen items which cross-referenced with Carleton. Most had to do with Carleton's long-range fight with the Commonwealth's efforts to use land on the other side of town for a disposal site. After a seven-year battle Carleton won, and the state moved its efforts elsewhere. |
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Of the remaining stories, one snagged Calvin's interest. Town Buys Magog Acreage from Research Firm. The author was Sally Forand; the date April 11, 1973. He jotted down the date, then tapped in the author's name. A list of other articles: What's Buried in Magog? (May 7, 1973), A Question of Contamination. (May 23, 1973). |
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All Patriot Chronicle articles were on microfilm, located in drawers in the reference room. He found the right section and drawer for the year, only to discover that three boxes covering April, May, and June, 1973, were missing. He checked with the librarian, who went |
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