Mr. Marlen Heines of the St. Louis Beautification Commission spoke recently to a group of Washington Heights Neighbors at their general meeting on March 9. He urged citizen involvement in initiating legislation that would help make St. Louis beautiful and litter free.
Mr. Heines informed the group that such an ordinance is in effect in Bowie Md . requiring a fine of $100 per day against a store that sells beverages in throw away containers. Similar laws are being sought in New York, Madison, Wisc., Buffalo, New York, and Baltimore, Ohio. Over sixty such laws are pending in 25 states.
Heines hopes that individuals and neighborhood groups would work with their Aldermen and other representatives to enact this type of legislation in the St. Louis area.
Originally published in The Paper, April 1971.
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